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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

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gesu (5K)
The Hall of Gesù - Centre de Créativité
1200, rue de Bleury

Tickets:
(514) 861-4036

admission (5K)
Entrance: Free
Visual Arts
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 7 pm
Nebulous Rings

Vernissage:
Khosro Berahmandi

Press release

mekic (5K)
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

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gallerie samuel lallouz (4K)
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

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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

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espace dell arte (5K)
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

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oboro (4K)
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

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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

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frontenac(5K)
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

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Mikado
399, Laurier ouest

Entrance: $20 per person

RSVP before May 21, 2010 at 514-523-1047

 Come, enjoy!

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