Coast Salish culture will be the theme for the next PechaKucha, which marks the start of the All Nations Festival in Coquitlam this month.
On Thursday, a number of First Nations leaders will speak in PechaKucha format — explaining 20 slides in 20 seconds each — at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).
The line-up includes: Malcolm Key (co-ordinator of SD43 aboriginal education department); Irwin Oostindie (All Nations festival producer); Ronnie Dean Harris (director of the Vancouver Indigenous Media and Film); Bill Angelbeck (professor of anthropology and sociology at Douglas College specializing in indigenous culture); Marie Hooper (educator); Anjali Appadurai (climate advocate); Fred Soofi (political activist and restauranteur); and Dawnda Joseph (First Nation traditional knowledge keeper).
As well, Port Coquitlam siblings Gillian and Robert Thomson of Sister Says will perform.
Tickets to the PechaKucha on July 9 at 7:30 p.m. are $12 via allnationspechakucha.eventbrite.ca or at the door at the Evergreen.
Visit allnationsfest.com.
