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DESCRIPTION:The Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian fes
 tival and the longest running community celebration in Vancouver! Enjoy tr
 aditional and contemporary Japanese Canadian performances\, including taik
 o drumming\, sumo wrestling\, martial arts demos\, folk and modern dance\,
  alternative pop/rock/urban music\, visual arts\, film/video\, as well as 
 a fantastic array of Japanese food\, crafts &amp\; displays. Full festival
  schedule available online at <a href="http://www.powellstreetfestival.com
 /" target="_blank">http://www.powellstreetfestival.com</a>.\n\n***Due to t
 he City of Vancouver&rsquo\;s summertime construction plans for Oppenheime
 r Park\, the Powell Street Festival will relocate to Woodland Park for its
  33rd celebration. The Powell Street Festival will return to Oppenheimer P
 ark in 2010.***\n\nFESTIVAL WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS\nCross-cultural exploration
  between Sawagi Taiko and First Nations performance group Tiqilap * Contem
 porary chamber music by Mark Takeshi McGregor &amp\; Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa * 
 Screening of Empty Orchestra\, in which karaoke singers collaborate with n
 ew media artists * Performances by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre\, danc
 er Aretha Aoki (USA)\, and contemporary taiko performer Kenny Endo (USA) *
  Documentaries by Tadashi Nakamura * \n<strong>\nOTHER FESTIVAL EVENTS</st
 rong>\nGENERATION MOVEMENT: COLLABORATION &amp\; COLLECTION\nAugust 1st-14
 th\, 2009\, Helen Pitt Gallery\nArtist Talk: August 6th \nIn Generation Mo
 vement\, contemporary artists Rafael Tsuchida\, Cindy Mochizuki\, and Kaor
 i Kasai work with non-artist members of their own families to produce work
 s based on the concept of intergeneration. Seeking to overcome misundersta
 ndings between generations\, Generation Movement brings the non-artist old
 er generations into the folds of the contemporary art world. Curated by in
 terdisciplinary media artist and curator Lyndsay Sung.\n\nTRACES: PROJECTI
 NG STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD \nAugust 1st\, Evening\, Woodland Park				
 	\nTraces: Projecting Stories of Our Neighbourhood connects youth\, artist
 s and seniors in an exploration of a diverse Vancouver neighbourhood. Seve
 ral youth artist interns working with artists Tamara Unroe\, Madoka Hara\,
  and Diana Leung\, will produce a series of video projections. Through sha
 dow puppetry\, stop motion animation\, live animation\, their short videos
  share the collected histories of senior Strathcona residents.\n\nPSF BASE
 BALL GAME\nAugust 2nd\, 10:30am\, Woodland Park\nCome take part in a fun s
 low-pitch ballgame&mdash\;a tribute to the Asahi who played at Oppenheimer
  Park in the team&rsquo\;s home &ldquo\;Powell Street Grounds.&rdquo\; Fan
 s and friends are welcome!
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SUMMARY:33RD ANNUAL POWELL STREET FESTIVAL
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