Event Category Archives: Arts & Culture District

Graphic Historiography: Comics and/on Historical Writing

November 9, 4-5pm Visual + Material Culture Research Seminar Series:   Graphic Historiography: Comics and/on Historical Writing Community Lounge in MOA Administration Building   This interdisciplinary seminar series is for anyone with interests in visual and material culture across different departments at UBC and beyond. The seminar provides an opportunity to share research and exchange ideas, […]

Wei Hai Min and Her Personas: Jingju in Our Time

Nov 10, 1-2pm   Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre Wei Hai Min is a prominent award-winning jingju actress from Taiwan. Jingju, or Beijing opera, the best-known genre of Chinese opera, is a form of classical Chinese theatre that integrates singing, speaking, dancing, and acrobatics. In this lecture, Wei Hai Min will share her knowledge and […]

The Chan Centre Presents Abdullah Ibrahim

Jazz Concert | Nov 19, 7pm |    Any performance from Cape Town’s jazz hero is a journey through a lifetime’s experience; the musical melting pot of his upbringing (gospel and jive, American jazz and classical music, sacred and secular) and the music of his jazz heroes (Ellington and Coltrane amongst them) all skilfully embroidered […]