[BCMA] Asian Canadian Heritage Month celebrations at the Langham Cultural Society

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

*ASIAN CANADIAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATIONS 2016 Next week!
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*Chinese Poetry and Asian Masks at the Langham 27-28 May *

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Five years ago several residents of Kaslo got together around the idea 
of a Kaslo and West Kootenay celebration of Canada’s annual Asian 
Canadian Heritage Month -- May. We all enjoy Spring celebrations, and 
perhaps more so when they bring the possibility of expanding one’s 
understanding of neighbours and cultures that are growing more 
significance in our lives; and especially when an opportunity to taste 
others’ foods is included. From its very 1^st year this event has been 
almost overwhelmingly successful, and this May the Langham continues its 
new tradition with /Red Pine/ and an exhibition of Asian Masks.

*On Friday 27 May at 7:00- 8:30 PM* the highly acclaimed translator of 
Chinese poetry and travel writer /Red Pine /will read some of his 
favourite poets and excerpts from his latest book, /Finding Them Gone/, 
a pilgrimage to the homes and resting places of more than 40 famous 
Chinese poets. His considerable global following, including in China, 
are particularly attracted by his direct and pithy rendering of the 
poetry and an ability to express ancient sentiments and insights that 
also reflect and interpret our contemporary condition. In both his 
translations and travel writing we are treated to a deep knowledge of 
Chinese culture. After the reading, Asian desserts and teas will be served.

FREE to all

*Saturday 28 May at 10:00-11:30 AM */Red Pine/ will talk on the /Heart 
Sutra/.Since this text appeared 1,500 years ago, it is chanted daily at 
Buddhist temples throughout East Asia. Wrapped inside its three-dozen 
lines are the teachings of all major sects of Buddhism./Red Pine/ will 
explicate its teachings line by line with hand out copies of the text 
for everyone to follow along. A luncheon of Asian food and teas will 
follow.

Tickets $18 for this Saturday /HEART SUTRA /event and Asian lunch

All other events are free.

*This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading 
translators of Chinese poetry and a deeply informed commentator on 
China’s culture.*

*ASIAN MASKS* free to all

Saturday 12:30 pm Panel Discussion - an opportunity to further view the 
mask exhibition and take advantage of a panel discussion of the masks 
and the masking traditions of East and Southeast Asia.

Exhibition guest curator: L.A. Cézanne Moss

/Come a half-hour early on Friday or Saturday and enjoy the exhibition 
of Asian masks in the Langham theatre. /

Some books by Red Pine/ Bill Porter

/From Temple Walls, The Collected Poems of Big Shield & Pick Up/(1984); 
/Road To Heaven, Encounters With Chinese Hermits/ (1993); /Guide To 
Capturing A Plum Blossom/ by Sung Po-jen (1995, 2011); /Lao-tzu’s 
Taoteching/ (1996); /The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain/ (2000/); 
Poems of the Masters, China’s Classic Anthology of T’ang and Sung 
Dynasty Verse /(2003); /Zen Baggage/, /A Pilgrimage To China/ (2009); 
/Finding Them Gone, Visiting China’s Poets Of The Past /(2016); /The 
Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan /(2016).



The Langham Cultural Society,
Kaslo 1-250-353-2661
email us langham at netidea.com
www.thelangham.ca
visit us also on facebook


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