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After a good night's sleep, lets recap the Opening Ceremony. Overall I give a good solid B. It wasn't an embarrassment. It was kind of like a community theater production compared to the Beijing Games, but that worked, cause we are like a community t...

topics: john-furlong, poet, vancouver-2010

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So, what the heck happened in Vancouver? The prime minister has only been in British Columbia for a few hours, but his pre-Olympic tour is already proving to be a memorable one... greeted by several hundred protesters who were apparently unhappy by...

topics: olympics, poet, political, vanoc

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Bringing back a bit of Scotland for everyone was how Toddish McWong described the 2010 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. Throughout the evening, Todd Wong, creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy, shared ...

topics: activist, arts, author, opera, poet

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THANK YOU to OUR GUESTS for attending Gung Haggis Fat Choy44 tables were filled for almost 440 guests at the 2010 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.Our performers put on a great show, and people were on their feet for the Gung...

topics: arts, author, opera, performing-arts, poet

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Last year, Larissa Lai was a guest at the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dinner. She enjoyed the event so much she is coming back... as our featured poet! At a reading event at the Vancouver Public Library, Larissa shared with me that she teaches Robert Bur...

topics: author, fish, poet

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What does it mean if you mix up haggis with Chinese food? Anthropologist Dr. Marilyn Iwana presents a lecture: Bannock,Borscht and Sushi: Do These Genes Make Me Look White?Back in November, I was sent a facebook message from Dr. Marilyn Iwana, aski...

topics: poet, whistler

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Quatchi, Miga and Sumi go to Scotland with Toddish McWong and Quatchi brings back a kilt2009 was Homecoming Year for Scotland. It was an invitation to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the birth of poet Robert Burns on January 25th, and went all th...

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Hi EverybodyI - Todd Wong - am MCing the Ricepaper Christmas party and new issue launch! Leanne Riding is co-president and Tzhe Lam is also on the ACWW board.Ricepaper Magazine is also a recipient of the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New...

topics: arts, poet

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Now Available: Tickets for Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner- It's the 12 Anniversary of the little dinner that could. January 31st, Sunday 2010Floata Seafood RestaurantVancouver ChinatownContact Firehall Arts Centre:phone 60...

topics: arts, documentary, jazz, museum, olympics

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Toddish McWong's inaugural 7 day visit to ScotlandI am now back in Canada. It was an incredible learning experience for my first trip across the Atlantic to one of the most important cultural and historical ancestral homes for this country called ...

topics: mayor, museum, park, poet, premier