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Chinatown is going to to get "hot and noisy" Saturday night

I'm stoked to be able to help spread the word about this great event aimed at keeping the diversity and energy of Chinatown alive.

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I'm stoked to be able to help spread the word about this great event aimed at keeping the diversity and energy of Chinatown alive. As a response to the lack of liveliness with no night market this summer, a group called the Youth Collaborative of Chinatown are hosting a free Mahjong night this Saturday, June 20th down in Chinatown Memorial Square (Keefer and Columbia).

"Chinatown Mahjong Social: A Hot and Noisy ?? night” is the first event for the network of youth active in the community and motivated to reactivate public spaces in Chinatown and bring the "hot and noisy" back to the neighbourhood.  “As young people, we want to do what we can to contribute to the vitality of this irreplaceable neighbourhood. And for the summer, it’s about social activities that respect its people, past, present and future. We tend to think of Chinatown as a site for retail, for food, for housing, for language, for culture — and it is all of those things — but it is also a site for social activity and community building,” says Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, one of the event organizers.

Not familiar with Majhong? It's a time-honoured game that brings together families, generations, and strangers around the same table. People of all ages are invited to come out and play, learn, and teach the game along with other childhood games such as Chinese chess and checkers.

Chinatown Mahjong Social: A Hot and Noisy ?? Night

(free and open to the public)

Saturday, June 20. 6 – 9PM

Chinatown Memorial Square

Find out more at the Facebook Event page