Special Festive Greetings from Buick to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

This year, Buick Canada celebrates this important cultural moment through a collaboration with multiple local Chinese-owned businesses, and partnerships with Chinese-Canadian influencers by encouraging them to share their stories of Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese heritage with the greater Canadian community. Readers also have a chance to win one of four prizes that include a set of Buick mooncakes and a premium dining experience at either Yu Seafood Yorkdale (for Greater Toronto Area winners) or Quan Jude 1864 (for Greater Vancouver Area winners) with a $400 dinner gift certificate. The mooncakes feature a motif on its chocolate coloured tops, its floral pattern a modern-traditional look

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseSeptember 9, 2022buick, vehicle, car, buickcanadaComment

Mirror — A Reflection

A Canadian dancer, Moses Li Kai-Yin, known Ah Mo, was severely injured and still in intensive care after a series of operations after being hit by a giant 4m x 4m video screen that crashed down from the ceiling of the concert hall, mid-performance. Videos and news went viral that night, and I regret watching the first and only clip of it. The TV screen fell down during the song Elevator, landed on Ah Mo and knocked him flat on the ground, seemingly crushing him.

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseAugust 9, 2022CommunityComment

The Second CCYAA Celebrity Classic Featuring Simu Liu, Jeremy Lin & Friends

Two icons we write about often at Fête Chinoise come together again in the name of basketball and a great cause for sports. Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin and their friends were in town for the CCYAA Celebrity Classic on July 9th. Benefitting the Chinese Canadian Youth Athletics Association and the Jeremy Lin Foundation for underprivileged AAPI youth in sports. ⁠

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseJuly 11, 2022basketball, Celebrity, CCYAA, simu liu, Jeremy LinComment

Simu Liu & Jeremy Lin Headline 2022 Celebrity Basketball Game in Toronto

Asian Canadian Actor / Advocate Simu Liu in partnership with the Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association (www.ccyaa.org) will host the 2022 CCYAA Celebrity Classic Powered by Virgin Plus on Saturday, July 9 2022 at the University of Toronto’s Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

Current Affairs, Mark Your CalendarRuizhou LiJune 10, 2022Comment

Alexander McQueen: PROCESS‌ + Pre-AW22 Womenswear Collection

To illustrate the fact that creativity emerges from countless perspectives, Alexander McQueen invites a group of twelve artists to express their individual working practices inspired by the Autumn/Winter 2022 women’s pre-collection.

Current Affairs, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseJune 9, 2022Asian Representation, Art, fashionComment

TRIBUTE TO FRIENDSHIP EXHIBITION

On May 25th, in celebration of Jewish and Asian Heritage month, the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto hosted the TRIBUTE TO FRIENDSHIP EXHIBITION.

Opening night highlighted the cross cultural experiences of the two cultures, and featured the works of over 25 Jewish and Chinese artists who explored the 1000 year historical legacy of the Jewish and Chinese communities.

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseMay 31, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, ArtComment

CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY LAUNCHES SHOWCASE SERIES WITH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAMMING

The Canadian Opera Company is proud to announce the Showcase Series, a new slate of programming that spotlights a variety of cultural identities through curating performance opportunities that comprise Toronto’s unique cultural landscape. In May, the company celebrates Asian Heritage Month with a month-long calendar of events that highlights the beauty of music, cultural identity, and language, and also support an understanding of the vast range of Asian communities throughout the city.

Current Affairs, Community & PeopleFête ChinoiseMay 2, 2022Asian Representation, chinese artComment

Hong Kong Drama Series at Centre of Controversy Triggers Need for Greater Dialogue.

At the time of this article being published, a NextShark post on instagram has over 11,000 likes and 500 comments, with a majority full of hate and criticism towards a popular Hong Kong television drama that is currently being broadcasted and coming to a close. The issue being discussed two weeks ago was the disapproval of “brownface,” as make-up was used on a Chinese actor to darken her skin to portray a Filipina domestic helper for one half of her role, where she transforms from the first ethnicity to being Chinese, when the family she works for tries to turn her into the replacement for their late daughter who fatefully died years prior.

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseApril 29, 2022Comment

Canadian Actor Selena Lee’s Highly Anticipated Drama Sequel Takes Off This Week: 金宵大廈 2

Many fans of TVB’s supernatural drama 金宵大廈 can still hear the tune of theme song 今宵多珍重 in their heads from the blockbuster in 2019. Drama creator Ruby Law was inspired by the song, originally in Mandarin, to pen a story about a man and a woman who see each other in their dreams, which was the basis of the romance of the first series. This was also the song that Selena performed in 2020 on the stage of our Fete Chinoise Signature Event at the Royal York Hotel. Selena Lee not only plays the main character in this sequel, she also released her new single 相愛萬年, her first individual solo piece which she also had a part in writing.

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseApril 5, 2022Asian Representation, TV SeriesComment

Everything Everywhere All At Once is A Must Watch!

This long preamble is my way to wrap my brain around my stunned reaction after seeing EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. In my perfect world, all I’d write is “Trust me. It’s brilliant. SEE IT”. But I can’t, so please bare with me as I discombobulate my addled brain cells and convince you to be first in line to see the most original and bombastic movie in decades without any spoilers!

Mark Your Calendar, Current Affairs, Film & BooksFête ChinoiseApril 1, 2022Asian Representation, FilmComment

Ronny Chieng in Toronto: This Is Not A Review

My day begin with delicious Pho for lunch, then on to exciting wedding planning activities, which eventually brought me to Nordstrom for some suit shopping. After an hour of unsuccessful consulting, I found myself rummaging through the ready to wear clearance section hoping to find some gems. I end up next to another frantic asian man – I could tell based on the slightly sweaty forehead and furrowed brows, and of course the pace of his browsing from hanger to hanger. I almost instantly had a hunch, wow, is this RONNY CHIENG? He made a remark to the associate helping him and I knew it had to be him based on his distinct Asian-Australian accent. Then, finally it was confirmed, I caught a glimpse of his cyan blue printed Ronny Cheng socks, and there was no mistake!

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseMarch 21, 2022Asian Representation, CommunityComment

Turning Red: A Disney Pixar Chinese-Canadian Fairytale

After the Canadian Premiere of Turning Red, Disney and Pixar’s newest masterpiece, we stepped out of the TIFF Lightbox onto King Street, where the historic two-storey brick buildings sat as a backdrop to a passing streetcar, CN Tower lit up in red and purple to the left. It felt like the scenes from the movie continued into the sidewalk. This is the first Disney film to be situated in (and featuring) Toronto in the early 2000’s, a coming of age story about a 13 year old Chinese-Canadian girl whose emotions turn her into a giant red panda… as the poster suggests, “growing up is a beast!”

Current Affairs, Mark Your CalendarDeborah Lau-YuMarch 11, 2022Asian Representation, Film, animationComment