It's become a tradition for the Shadbolt Centre to host a cabaret night - and this year is no exception.
Bustin' Out All Over, the latest in 17 years' worth of annual cabaret evenings, is happening at the Shadbolt Centre on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 at 8 p.m.
The centre has commissioned six performers to create 15-minute pieces about the nature of secrets and what happens when they can no longer be contained.
Audiences will be entertained by the performances of Marco Soriano, Melanie Yeats, Cande Andrade, Beth Southwell and Joel DeStefano, with the Kent McAlister Trio providing musical accompaniment.
Bustin' Out All Over is onstage at the Shadbolt's Studio Theatre.
The Shadbolt Centre is at 7450 Deer Lake Ave. For tickets, call 604-205-3000 or see www.shadboltcentre. com.
ARTISTIC LEGACY
What legacy has the Second World War internment of Japanese Canadians left in contemporary society?
That thought-provoking question is the subject of a new art exhibition at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre.
YO-IN Reverberation had its opening reception last night (May 24) and continues at the centre until Aug. 25.
It features two groups of artists: the nisei (second generation) who lived through the internment as children, and those born in Canada after the war who are descended from those who experienced internment first-hand.
In the first group are artists Shizuye Takashima, Kazuo Nakamura, Aiko Suzuki and Nobui Kubota. In the second are Cindy Mochizuki, Emma Nishimura, Louise Noguchi and Jon Sasaki.
A press release notes that the artists' work addresses themes of memory, place and identity.
The exhibition is cocurated by Beth Carter and Sherri Kajiwara.
Check out www.nikkei place.org or call 6047777000 for information.
LITERARY DIARY
The Nikkei Centre is also offering another look at the internment of Japanese Canadians - this one in literary form.
Author Susan Aihoshi will be on hand at the centre on Saturday, May 26 at 3 p.m. to read from her book, Torn Apart - The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi.
Aihoshi draws from the experiences of her own family as she tells the story through the eyes of young Mary.
The book is aimed at young readers aged eight to 12, but the presentation is geared for all ages, and families are encouraged to attend.
Books will be available for signing and purchase.
For more, check out www.susanaihoshi.ca/ tornapart.html.
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