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SUMMARY:Aki Takahashi / Mohamed Assani Trio
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/aki-takahashi-mohamed-assani-trio/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Sharon Minemoto Trio / Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/sharon-minemoto-trio-jill-townsend-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Feven Kidane Trio / Longhand Trio featuring Zubot Brothers
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/feven-kidane-trio-longhand-trio-featuring-zubot-brothers/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Peggy Lee Band Album Release with Julia Ulehla
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/peggy-lee-band-album-release-with-julia-ulehla/
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:Under The Atrium: Rahael & SUGARFUNGUS
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/under-the-atrium-rahael-sugarfungus/
LOCATION:KW Studios\, #10 – 111 Hastings St W\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 1H4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Under The Atrium
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SUMMARY:Under The Atrium: Savannah Read & Madelyn Read
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/under-the-atrium-savannah-read-madelyn-read/
LOCATION:KW Studios\, #10 – 111 Hastings St W\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 1H4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Under The Atrium
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SUMMARY:Under The Atrium: Kardias Quing & Spindle!
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/under-the-atrium-kardias-quing-spindle-2/
LOCATION:KW Studios\, #10 – 111 Hastings St W\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 1H4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Under The Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231103T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231103T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
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SUMMARY:Under The Atrium: Kardias Quing & Spindle!
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/under-the-atrium-kardias-quing-spindle/
LOCATION:KW Studios\, #10 – 111 Hastings St W\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 1H4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Under The Atrium
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SUMMARY:Under The Atrium: Rahael & SUGARFUNGUS
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/under-the-atrium-rahael-sugarfungus/
LOCATION:KW Studios\, #10 – 111 Hastings St W\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 1H4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Under The Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240320T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240320T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240223T225051Z
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SUMMARY:Bonnie Northgraves' Super Fun Frenzy
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/bonnie-northgraves-2024/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240223T231741Z
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SUMMARY:Moneka Arabic Jazz with opening act Gord Grdina
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/moneka-arabic-jazz-2024/
LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre\, 3123 W Broadway\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6K 2H2\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240503T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240503T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240223T235904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T204437Z
UID:10000031-1714764600-1714773600@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:EAST OF THE SUN - SE:UM and Jasmine Jazz (New West)
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/seum-jasmine-jazz-2024-nw/
LOCATION:The Anvil Theatre\, 777 Columbia St\, New Westminster\, BC\, V3M 1B6\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240504T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240504T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240224T000230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T203937Z
UID:10000032-1714851000-1714860000@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:EAST OF THE SUN - SE:UM and Jasmine Jazz (Vancouver)
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/seum-jasmine-jazz-2024-van/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240512T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240224T001418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240515T191709Z
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SUMMARY:Drumming Up Spirit - Tzo'kam and Sawagi Taiko
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/tzokam-sawagi-2024/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Concerts
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240722T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240722T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240708T201734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T201800Z
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SUMMARY:Gamelan Turtle Bliss - Show On Earth - Jul 22
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/gamelan-turtle-bliss-jul22/
LOCATION:Performance Works\, 1218 Cartwright St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240723T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240723T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240708T201834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T201834Z
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SUMMARY:Gamelan Turtle Bliss - Show On Earth - Jul 23
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/gamelan-turtle-bliss-jul23/
LOCATION:Performance Works\, 1218 Cartwright St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241019T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241019T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20240912T231324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T231324Z
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SUMMARY:John Kameel Farah
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/john-kameel-farah/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250424T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250424T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20250227T234225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T234225Z
UID:10000037-1745524800-1745532000@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:Music At The Cinemas - Steph Wall & Leo D.E Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/music-at-the-cinemas-steph-wall-leo-d-e-johnson/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music at the Cinemas
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250522T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250522T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20250415T210500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T210822Z
UID:10000038-1747944000-1747951200@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:Music At The Cinemas - Nimkish & Cordie M. Sad
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/music-at-the-cinemas-nimkish-cordie-m-sad/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music at the Cinemas
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250530T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250530T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20250415T210959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T190746Z
UID:10000039-1748635200-1748642400@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:Music At The Cinemas - Sara Gold & x/o
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/music-at-the-cinemas-sara-gold-x-o/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music at the Cinemas
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250605T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250605T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20250415T211049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T191919Z
UID:10000040-1749153600-1749160800@vimhouse.ca
SUMMARY:Music At The Cinemas - everyb0dy / Tsimka & Michael Red
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/music-at-the-cinemas-everybody-tsimka-michael-red/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music at the Cinemas
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250712T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250712T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20250605T191311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T211955Z
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Ledbetter Trio & Raagaverse
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/jeremy-ledbetter-trio-raagaverse/
LOCATION:Pyatt Hall\, 843 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251120T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20251121T014352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T014352Z
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SUMMARY:VIM Virtual Auction 2025
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/vim-virtual-auction-2025/
LOCATION:BC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260207T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20260114T025136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260124T020621Z
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SUMMARY:Russell Wallace's Saltchuck City Orchestra - Klatwa Album Release
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/russell-wallaces-saltchuck-city-orchestra-klatwa-album-release/
LOCATION:VCC Broadway Auditorium\, 1155 E Broadway\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 4V5\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260411T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260411T213000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20260318T003331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T003331Z
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SUMMARY:CapU Choirs: In the Same Room
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/capu-choirs-in-the-same-room/
LOCATION:BC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20260203T195810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T195853Z
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SUMMARY:SHINE: Showcasing Filipinx Artistic Excellence - Curated by Mary Ancheta
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/shine-showcasing-filipinx-artistic-excellence-curated-by-mary-ancheta/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260502T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260502T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20260318T003522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T002728Z
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SUMMARY:Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill - Sharon Minemoto Album Release Concert
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/goodbye-strawberry-hill-sharon-minemoto-album-release-concert/
LOCATION:The Anvil Theatre\, 777 Columbia St\, New Westminster\, BC\, V3M 1B6\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260514T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T031147
CREATED:20260317T194517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T201114Z
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SUMMARY:George Leach & Hayley Wallis
DESCRIPTION:Concert Program		\n			\n	\n\n\n	Anvil Theatre & Vancouver Independent Music Centre presents \nGoodbye\, Strawberry Hill\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 7:30pm \nA concert celebrating the launch of Sharon Minemoto’s new album\, Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill (Cellar Music). This album tells her family’s stories\, joyful and sad\, from WWII to present day. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941\, the Canadian government interned people of Japanese ancestry due to fears of espionage\, widespread anti-Japanese racism\, and pressure from British Columbian politicians. Japanese Canadians were stripped of their civil rights and nearly 22\,000 people were forced to leave their homes\, many of whom were moved to internment camps. In 1942\, Sharon Minemoto’s mother’s family’s 10-acre strawberry farm in Strawberry Hill\, (Surrey-Delta) was confiscated by the government and her family then interned in Slocan\, BC. \nEven after the end of the war\, Japanese Canadians were forbidden to return to the West Coast. They were given two choices: move east of the Rockies or “Repatriate” to Japan. Sharon’s maternal grandparents made the difficult choice to take four of their six Canadian-born children by boat to Japan. As Canadians\, they would face years of hardship and discrimination in Japan before choosing to return to Canada. \nSharon’s father’s mother took her children to meet their grandmother in Japan when the war broke out. Without a home\, income or father\, the family was stranded near Hiroshima when the US atomic bomb was dropped. With his family stuck in Japan\, her grandfather was interned in a camp in Moose Jaw\, where he died. \nWith the support of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society\, Sharon composed nine works for her quartet\, each inspired by and reflecting her family’s experience during WWII. These works would become the album Goodbye\, Strawberry Hill. \n\nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/george-leach-hayley-wallis/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="VIM House":MAILTO:info(at)vimhouse.ca
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