Things to do

Looking for something to do? Check out these Winnipeg attractions. We have many activities planned for the month of May 2012. Watch Asian Manitoban performances and celebrate Asian culture. Our annual Festival at the Forks is one of the highlights.

• 10TH ANNIVERSARY OPENING CEREMONY
  Sat., May 5, 2012
  Cocktails at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00 pm
  Indo-Canadian Arts and Cultural Centre
  479 St. Mary's Road
  
  Tickets: $30/person or a table of 8 is $200
  Tickets available from board members:
  Rod Cantiversos: 489-8894
  Muni Mysore: 895-7242
  
  
• ASIAN HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM
  (Winnipeg High School Students)
  Thurs., May 10, 2012
  9:30 am - 3:15 pm
  University of Winnipeg
  
  Co-sponsored by Global College, University of Winnipeg
  
  
• FILM SCREENING: Between Here and There
  Curated by Leslie Supnet
  Thurs., May 10, 2012
  7:00 pm
  Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street
  
  Featuring seven experimental short films by Asian Canadian filmmakers "...dealing with physical and ethereal landscapes, places and spaces, revealing the beauty in structure, both natural and man-made. With a focus on the everyday, these artists foreground what is familiar in such a way for the viewer to look at the tangible world in a different light, mediated by personal history and memory.” -Leslie Supnet
  To download a poster, click here.
  
  Leslie Supnet is an artist whose drawing, animated and film work aims to represent sincerity, lived experience, and the multiplicity of human emotion. Her moving image works have been screened at various festivals around the world.
  
  Co-sponsored by the Winnipeg Film Group
  
  
• TREE PLANTING CEREMONY
  Sat., May 12, 2012
  11:00 am
  Kildonan Park (in the garden with the bridge near the entrance)
  
  In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba.
  
  
• POETRY READING and WORKSHOP by SALLY ITO
  Tues., May 15, 2012
  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
  181 McPhillips Street
  Free, but advanced registration required (see below)
  
  Poet Sally Ito, author of Alert to Glory, presents a poetry reading and a writing workshop. Please register by contacting: artmiki@mts.net . To download a poster, click here.
  
  
• TAI-CHI/CHI-KUNG WORKSHOP
  Sun., May 20, 2012
  11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  Near the Canopy between Forks Market and Johnson Terminal
  Admission Free
  
  
• ASIAN CANADIAN FESTIVAL at THE FORKS
  Sun., May 20 and Mon., 21, 2012
  Sunday Schedule: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  Monday Schedule: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  At The Forks under the Canopy
  Admission Free
  
  Entertainment, Asian cooking demonstrations, and cultural displays.
  
  
• ASIAN CANADIAN WRITERS -
  READING by RABINDRANATH MAHARAJ
  Wed., May 23, 2012
  7:30 pm
  McNally Robinson, 1120 Grant Avenue
  Grant Park Shopping Centre
  Admission Free
  
  Join us for a reading by Rabindranath Maharaj, award-winning author of The Amazing Absorbing Boy. To download a poster, click here.
  
  
• ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH FESTIVAL in BRANDON
  Sun., May 27, 2012
  1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
  City Hall in Brandon, Manitoba
  Admission Free
  
  To download a poster, click here.
  
  
• MAPLES HERITAGE SHOW
  Mon., May 28, 2012
  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  Maples Collegiate, 1330 Jefferson Ave.
  
  
• CLOSING CEREMONY -
  SHOWCASE of ASIAN CANADIAN DRUMMING & DANCE
  Sat., June 9, 2012
  7:00 pm
  Manitoba Theatre for Young People (at The Forks)
  Tickets: $10
  
  Tickets available from board members:
  Rod Cantiversos: 489-8894
  Muni Mysore: 895-7242
  
  
• ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH DISPLAY
  Throughout the month of May
  Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street