Tea with Sally Lee & Oboro (Skype with Montreal)
Wed Feb 17
4 – 6 pm
Participants; Soren Brothers, Kathy Kennedy, Sally Lee, Marc Lemoine, Su Schnee, Mary Wong, and friends
Skype tea with artist Sally Lee in Montreal in collaboration with Oboro Gallery in Montreal
Tea with Sally Lee is a small and intimate Skype event that connect the spirit of tea ceremony, friendship, music, Vancouver and Montreal. A more flavored tea will be served throughout the evening. The various pieces of music play during the evening are scheduled according to this particular flavor that tea possess and my approach to this flavor.
World Tea Party
Welcome. WORLD TEA PARTY is a continually evolving fête éternelle developing through dialogue among people and cultures around the world.
First manifested in 1993 as a collaboration by Daniel Dion, Bryan Mulvihill & Su Schnee, World Tea Party has since evolved in a myriad of activities that range from the simple gathering of few people sharing a brief moment in time, to months long extravaganzas including exhibitions, concerts, conferences, poetry readings and multicultural events involving dozens of organizations, hundreds of artists,thousands works of art and infinite cups of tea…
You are welcome to visit the archives, view photographs,video and audio clips, read reviews of past manifestations, brouse through the World Tea Party catalogue, participate in live discussions in the World Tea Party Palace chat rooms, purchase fine teas and works of art, or link up to other tea friendly sites.
All Souls 2009
A Night for All Souls was created by Paula Jardine the cemetery’s artist in residence. Find out more about Paula here.
It’s almost October, and preparations are underway once again for All Souls at Mountain View Cemetery. This year we will open on Friday, October 30, with opening prayers at sundown, and continuing until the closing ceremony at noon, November 3. Once again we will be inviting the public to remember their dead in an atmosphere of contemplative beauty, with candles, flowers, music and tea. The Helping Mex y Can Society will host an evening of Mexican cultural activities celebrating the Day of the Dead on Saturday, October 31, and there will be an afternoon to honour Vancouver Poets who have passed away this year on Sunday, November 1st.
Visit our website www.vancouver.ca/allsouls for complete listings of events, and public workshops, which begin October 17th.
Download a pdf poster (all souls poster09) to print.
Download a pdf (AllSoulsPostcards) to print.
Download a pdf (AllSoulsNativeTea) to print.
For those wishing to be more involved, we will host our annual Planning Tea Party, Thursday October 8 at 7pm. This is a casual gathering where you can find out what is being planned and opportunities for participation. For more information send an email to worldtea@shaw.ca
OBORO’s 25th Garden Salon
exhibition / event
Saturday, April 18, 2009 – Saturday, May 2, 2009
http://www.oboro.net/
opening banquet
Saturday, April 18, 2009, at 5pm
Special Closing Ceremony
Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 3pm
location to be confirmed
To mark its 25th anniversary and to celebrate the future, OBORO is organizing a major exhibition bringing together more than one hundred artists with their own interpretation of “OBORO.”
Come and celebrate with us at the opening banquet and throughout the exhibition during which all the artworks will be on sale. Proceeds will go towards OBORO’s endowment fund. Hot tea will be served by Trolley Bus, famous emcee of the World Tea Party, in a charming garden setting.
As a closing ceremony, you are invited to participate in a special event during which a tree will be planted to thank the community for its unfailing twenty-five year support and to make a gesture for future generations.
Until then, be on the look-out for the publication of our “manifestoboro” at oboro.net or on a bulletin board near you.
Korean Tea Parties
Explore our Korean Tea Parties gallery.
