May Program 2010
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From Thursday May 6 to Sunday May 22, 2010
Festival Accès Asie celebrates the
15th edition of Asian Heritage Month
Press releases:
Changes may occur to this program without notice.
Cocktail Opening Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 5 to 7 pm
ODAYA
ODAYA
Women’s 1st Nation’s Singing & Drum Group
Press release
The Hall of Gesù - Centre de Créativité
1200, rue de Bleury
Tickets:
(514) 861-4036
Entrance: Free
Visual Arts Friday, May 7, 2010 - 7 pm
Nebulous Rings
Vernissage:
Khosro Berahmandi
Press release
Mekic
4438, rue de la Roche
Info:
(514) 373-5777
Entrance: Free
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 1 pm
Dialogue with Professor Cornett
Professor Norman Cornett and Priscila Uppal
Press release
Galerie Samuel Lallouz
1434, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
# 200
Entrance: $25 general — $20 students (with valid ID)
Spoken Word Sunday, May 9, 2010 - 2 pm
A Tribute to Words from Here & Elsewhere
Master of Ceremony : ATIF SIDDIQI (English, French and Urdu)
With poets:
Naïm Kattan (French, Arabic)
Nada Sattouf (French, Arabic)
Hossein Sharang (Persian, French)
Shin Uet (French, Chinese)
Rachna Vohra (English)
And musician:
Babak Towhidi
Press release
Le Saint-Sulpice
1680, rue Saint-Denis
Entrance: Free
Multidisciplinary Friday, May 14, 2010 - 8 pm
Infusion
Co-choreographed by the hip hop prize winner
Alexandra « Spicey » Landé
and Michel Lim
Performed by
Troy Clarke , Saxon Fraser and Michel Lim
With musicians
DJ CrackFingaz , Pham Duc Thanh
VJ
Pink Rubber Lady
VIDEO
Press release
Espace Dell’Arte
40, Jean Talon est
Entrance: $15 - adults
$8 - 18 years old and under
$35 - families of three
New Media Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 4 pm
Sing, Juk Sing
Oboro and Centre A , in collaboration with Festival Accès Asie , present
Sing, Juk Sing
A meeting with
reputed master musician from Vancouver
Toa Wong
visual artist from Montreal
Mary Sui Yee Wong
A meeting made possible by cyber-technology
Press release
Galerie OBORO
4001, rue Berri
# 301, Montréal
Centre A
2 Hastings West
Vancouver
Entrance: Free
Cinema Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 1 pm followed by a discussion
Sense of Wonder / À la rencontre du paysage québécois
In collaboration with Festival Accès Asie , the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival presents
Sense of Wonder / À la rencontre du paysage québécois
1 pm - - Best of Asian Canadian Shorts of 2009
2:30 pm - A Special Selection from Quebec
Double presentation followed by a discussion
Press release
NFB
1564, rue St-Denis
Entrance: $7
Multidisciplinary Friday, May 21, 2010 - 8 pm
OrienTik/ Portrait
A multidisciplinary performance produced by Co.ERASGA
Choreographed and performed by
Alvin Erasga Tolentino
accompanied by
Andrea Nann
and musicians
Jordan Riley & Alison Nishihara
Press release
Maison de la culture Frontenac
2550, rue Ontario Est
Entrance: Free passes available from May 7th
Flavours of Japan Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 1 to 3 pm
Flavours of Japan
Demonstration and tasting of sushi
by the MIKADO restaurant Chef
and
Japanese teas by Ritsuko Uchiyama
Press release
Mikado
399, Laurier ouest
Entrance: $20 per person
RSVP before May 21, 2010 at 514-523-1047
Come, enjoy!