Its that time of year again for Vancouver's longest running community festival, the Powell Street Festival on the coming long weekend, Sat/Jul. 31 - Sun/Aug. 1 returning to its long time home and newly renovated Oppenheimer Park.
***THE POWELL STREET FESTIVAL IS HEADING HOME! After last year’s one-year relocation to Woodland Park, the Powell Street Festival will return to its traditional home in the newly-renovated Oppenheimer Park. Taking inspiration from the Japanese notion of Koen debut, or Park debut, whereupon neighbourhood toddlers are introduced to their local community, the 34th Annual Powell Street Festival celebrates the idea of neighbourhood, youth, children, the park and its landscape itself.***
FESTIVAL WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
Cross-disciplinary collaboration by Toronto-based contemporary dancer Andrea Nann and Vancouver theatre artist Maiko Bae Yamamoto * World premiere of the Podplay The Oppenheimer Incident, a downloadable audio theatre piece by NeWorld Theatre (Vancouver) * Performances by local bluegrass band Shout!WhiteDragon, butoh innovators Kokoro Dance (Vancouver), Katari Taiko (Vancouver) with Latin percussionist Mario Zetina, and many more * Screening of award-winning video art from Japan * Historic walking tours, bonsai and ikebana demonstrations, and tea ceremonies * Full schedule will soon be available online at http://www.powellstreetfestival.com.
Poster by Kaori Kasai
