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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+1"><b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">ASIAN CANADIAN HERITAGE
MONTH CELEBRATIONS 2016 Next week!<br>
</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+1"><b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Chinese Poetry and Asian
Masks at the Langham 27-28 May <o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>
<font size="+1"><b> </b></font>
<p class="MsoNormal">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<sup>st</sup> year this event has been almost
overwhelmingly successful, and this May the Langham continues its
new tradition with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Red Pine</i>
and an exhibition of Asian Masks.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>On Friday 27 May at 7:00- 8:30 PM</b> the
highly acclaimed translator of Chinese poetry and travel writer <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Red Pine </i>will read some
of his favourite poets and excerpts from his latest book, <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Finding Them Gone</i>, <span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">a pilgrimage to the
homes and resting places of more than 40 famous Chinese poets. </span>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. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FREE to all <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Saturday 28 May at 10:00-11:30 AM </b><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Red Pine</i> will talk on
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Heart Sutra</i>.<span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"> 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.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Red Pine</i> 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. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><font size="+2">Tickets
$18 for this Saturday <i>HEART SUTRA </i>event and Asian
lunch </font><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><font size="+2">All
other events are free.</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><font size="+1">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.</font></b>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><b>ASIAN MASKS</b>
free to all <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">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. <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Exhibition guest
curator: L.A. C</span><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">é</span><span style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi">zanne Moss</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Come a half-hour
early on Friday or Saturday and enjoy the exhibition of Asian
masks in the Langham theatre. </span></i><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some books by Red Pine/ Bill Porter<span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">From Temple Walls,
The Collected Poems of Big Shield & Pick Up</span></i><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"> (1984); <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Road To Heaven, Encounters
With Chinese Hermits</i> (1993); <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Guide To Capturing A Plum
Blossom</i> by Sung Po-jen (1995, 2011); <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Lao-tzu’s Taoteching</i>
(1996); <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Collected Songs
of Cold Mountain</i> (2000<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">);
Poems of the Masters, China’s Classic Anthology of T’ang and
Sung Dynasty Verse </i>(2003); <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Zen Baggage</i>, <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A Pilgrimage To China</i>
(2009); <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Finding Them Gone,
Visiting China’s Poets Of The Past </i>(2016); </span><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#0E0E0E">The
Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan </span></i><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#0E0E0E">(2016).</span>
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<pre wrap="">The Langham Cultural Society,
Kaslo 1-250-353-2661
email us <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:langham@netidea.com">langham@netidea.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.thelangham.ca">www.thelangham.ca</a>
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