Picks of the week - July 4th 2012

 

 
Vancouver Courier July 4, 2012
 
 
 
The Indian Summer Festival returns for its second year celebrating South Asian culture, arts and ideas July 5 to 15 at the Woodward’s Complex downtown (149 West Hastings St.) The 10 days of “stimulating performance, dialogue and culinary delights” will include appearances by local celebrity chef Vikram Vij; Bollywood icon Sharmila Tagore; journalist, politician and thinker MJ Akbar; renowned feminist Urvashi Butalia; and award-winning world music group Mrigya. For a full listing of events and more information, go to indiansummerfestival.ca. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.
 

The Indian Summer Festival returns for its second year celebrating South Asian culture, arts and ideas July 5 to 15 at the Woodward’s Complex downtown (149 West Hastings St.) The 10 days of “stimulating performance, dialogue and culinary delights” will include appearances by local celebrity chef Vikram Vij; Bollywood icon Sharmila Tagore; journalist, politician and thinker MJ Akbar; renowned feminist Urvashi Butalia; and award-winning world music group Mrigya. For a full listing of events and more information, go to indiansummerfestival.ca. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.

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The Indian Summer Festival returns for its second year celebrating South Asian culture, arts and ideas July 5 to 15 at the Woodward’s Complex downtown (149 West Hastings St.) The 10 days of “stimulating performance, dialogue and culinary delights” will include appearances by local celebrity chef Vikram Vij; Bollywood icon Sharmila Tagore; journalist, politician and thinker MJ Akbar; renowned feminist Urvashi Butalia; and award-winning world music group Mrigya. For a full listing of events and more information, go to indiansummerfestival.ca. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.
 

The Indian Summer Festival returns for its second year celebrating South Asian culture, arts and ideas July 5 to 15 at the Woodward’s Complex downtown (149 West Hastings St.) The 10 days of “stimulating performance, dialogue and culinary delights” will include appearances by local celebrity chef Vikram Vij; Bollywood icon Sharmila Tagore; journalist, politician and thinker MJ Akbar; renowned feminist Urvashi Butalia; and award-winning world music group Mrigya. For a full listing of events and more information, go to indiansummerfestival.ca. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.

 
The Indian Summer Festival returns for its second year celebrating South Asian culture, arts and ideas July 5 to 15 at the Woodward’s Complex downtown (149 West Hastings St.) The 10 days of “stimulating performance, dialogue and culinary delights” will include appearances by local celebrity chef Vikram Vij; Bollywood icon Sharmila Tagore; journalist, politician and thinker MJ Akbar; renowned feminist Urvashi Butalia; and award-winning world music group Mrigya. For a full listing of events and more information, go to indiansummerfestival.ca. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.
Dubbed as “an evening of experimental and collaborative performances by an eclectic lineup of Asian Canadian artists” Spatial Poetics XI: Some Monster features collaborations with electro-acoustic sound composer Yota Kobayashi and flutist/visual artist Mark Takeshi McGregor; musician/visual artist Andrew Lee and musician Alex Zhang Hungtai; and experimental cellist Peggy Lee with dancer Delia Brett. The performances will also be accompanied by a series of “sound works” collected by Cindy Mochizuki and Emma Hendrix. It all goes down July 5, 7:30 p.m. at Studio D, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings). Tickets at brownpapertickets.com. More information at powellstreetfestival.com.
Pacific Cinematheque is going Alfred Hitchcock crazy. From July 5 to Aug. 11, the theatre hosts a six-week retrospective of the famed director, featuring all 20 of Hitchcock’s made-for-TV works for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Suspicion and Ford Startime; two French-language rarities; and nine classic thrillers including Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds. For more information and show times, call 604 688 FILM or go to cinematheque.bc.ca.
Although Mississippi-based singer/songwriter Dent May is known for his ukulele prowess, he decided to ditch his strummable wooden buddy on his latest album Do Things, which some have described as the Beach Boys meets Magnetic Fields. Hear for yourself when May drops by the Waldorf, July 5, for a show with fellow eccentric southerners Quintron and Miss Pussycat and local act Rags to Radio. More info at waldorfhotel.com.
 
 
 
 
 

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