The Nettle Dress is a poetic 2023 documentary by Dylan Howitt that follows the seven-year activity of artist Allan Brown to glean, process, spin, weave, and sew a dress of local stinging nettles. We will be screening it as an opening to the Slow Fashion Show at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), opening at 7 pm the […]
The UBC Asian Independent Cinema Showcase 2025, supported by UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, will present the Vancouver premiere of K-Family Affairs, followed by a virtual conversation with Director Arum Nam to be hosted by AICS co-curators Dr. Helena Wu and Jimmy Lo. Join director Arum Nam in her journey that delves into her parents’ […]
Has your daily routine become a non-stop juggling act? Do you feel overwhelmed by competing priorities, responsibilities, and expectations? Do you feel like disorder and confusion have unwittingly overtaken your way of life? If so, we’re presenting a Human Resources executive who will share strategies on how to overhaul your approach to everything that’s eating […]
As a professor of history at Boston College and an award-winning author, Heather Cox Richardson has explored critical periods of American history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to the Gilded Age and the evolution of the Republican Party. Reaching over 1.5 million readers daily with her wildly-popular newsletter Letters from an American, she has earned a reputation as […]
Presented by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society, "From Hong Kong to the World Through the Eyes of Artists" features a book exhibition and a public conversation with four artists and cultural practitioners from Hong Kong, now residing in Canada: they are actor Debby Leung, filmmaker Jimmy Lo, multimedia […]
Join artist Lisa Matthias at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum as she takes visitors on an interactive tour of her exhibition. Learn about the various printmaking techniques used in her art, including woodblock prints and etchings, and make your own rubbing of woodblocks carved by Lisa. Included with general museum admission, free admission with a valid UBC Card.
