Book Launch! Beauty of a New Land: The Lives and Legacies of Five Immigrant Women in Canada.

Hello,

Please join me to celebrate the publication of my new book, Beauty of a New Land: The Lives and Legacies of Five Immigrant Women in Canada. 

Beauty of a New Land tells the stories of five elder women, including me, who immigrated to Canada, decades ago, from different parts of the world. The book celebrates their contributions to Canadian society and describes how each has managed to bridge the culture of her homeland with that of their adopted nation. It offers a glimpse into each of four women’s relationships with a daughter and a granddaughter and explores the cultural dynamics that tend to exist within immigrant families who become Canadians.  It bears witness to the vital self-confidence and the sensitive awareness of five women who have made meaningful and happy lives for themselves in Canada while working to forge a just society for others.

I will be reading from and signing the book as well as introducing these amazing women.

We hope you can join us. Please RSVP to michikoss@shaw.ca.

Michiko Sakamoto-Senge


Beauty of a New Land

The Lives and Legacies of Five
Immigrant Women in Canada

By Michiko Sakamoto-Senge

Date December 10, 2023
Location Wentworth Villa
Architectural Heritage Museum
1156 Fort Street, Victoria

Time 2:00-4:30 pm
Books Available for purchase.
Cash, cheque, or e-transfers accepted.
$40 (no tax)

Wheelchair access from the side door.

Street parking available.

Daikagura – Michiyo Kagami (Thursday, Aug. 3rd)


Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society presents
Daikagura performance by Michiyo Kagami

Thursday, August 3rd, 7:00pm
at the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA): https://www.ccpacanada.com/

Daikagura – a form of dance deriving from rituals performed by travelling priests between Ise Grand Shrine and Atsuta Shrine, who would travel to villages, crossroads, and other locations to help the locals by driving away evil spirits. Acrobatic feats and lion dances played a major role in these rituals.(Wikipedia)

Join us for an enchanting evening of Daikagura, traditional Japanese juggling and acrobatics and one of Japan’s most treasured and time-honored performing arts with a rich history spanning over 400 years.

Opening act: Minyo(Japanese folk music) performance by Rina and the Tohoku Minyo Band
Daikagura performance by Michiyo Kagami

Early bird ticket price ($15) in effect until July 23.
Regular ticket price: $20
Get your tickets at: https://bit.ly/daikagura

This event is sponsored by the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society and Arts Council Tokyo

CCPA hosts Tetsuro Shigematsu’s powerful display of emotion: Empire of The Son (Sep 22)

VNCS Members invited to complimentary one night only performance of
Empire of the Son

The Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA) is pleased to present Tetsuro Shigematsu’s Empire Of The Son on Thursday, September 22, 2022 for one night only at CCPA’s Performance Hall.
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Volunteers needed for GEI:ART Symposium (Sep 16-18)

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Volunteers needed for GEI:ART Symposium

The GEI:ART Japanese Canadian Artists Symposium organized by the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC), in collaboration with UVic and funding from the Canada Council will see one hundred Japanese Canadian artists from across Canada gather in Victoria for a three day symposium at the newly restored Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion September 16-18, 2022.

We invite you to join our elite volunteer crew to showcase what a warm and welcoming Japanese Canadian community we have here in Victoria and to make them feel at home.
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