AHA MEDIA filmed at W2 Soul Gardens Long Table European Dinner with Lani Russwurm in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

August 1, 2011 ahamedia Leave a comment

Time: August 1, 2011 at 7pm to August 5, 2011 at 9pm
Location: W2 Media Cafe
Street: 111 W hastings
City/Town: Vancouver
Event Type: dinner
Organized By: W2 Woodwards

Event Description

W2 Media Cafe, 7pm daily
Founding DTES communities shared gardens, ingredients and stories, now taste the recipes and flavours from Vancouver’s early settlers on the Unceded Territories of the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Musqeam Nation. Guests chef Mark Smith (Toronto) works with artists Cease Wyss, Indigo, Anne Marie Slater, Wayde Compton and Lani Russwurm to craft nightly menus centred around a single heritage.

Tickets $1–20 by donation/sliding scale.
European, Aug 1

Coast Salish, Aug 2
African, Aug 3
Chinese Aug 4
Japanese, Aug 5

Tickets available at: w2longtables.eventbrite.com/

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Lani Russwurm, Soul Gardens Long Table Dinner Series, Soul Gardens Public Art Project, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Vancouver DTES, W2, W2 Community Media Arts, W2 Media Cafe

W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

July 10, 2011 ahamedia Leave a comment

Soul Gardens Public Art Project

Event Details

Time: July 5, 2011 to September 21, 2011
Location: W2 Media Cafe, DTES locations
Event Type: project, exhibition, workshop
Organized By: W2 Woodwards

Event Description

Soul Gardens is a W2 community public art project that investigates the cultural history of the Downtown Eastside as told through stories of food, gardening and community.

A collaboration between five muralists and five artist researchers, the project draw heavily on individual and shared narratives within founding DTES cultural groups including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations, and African, Chinese, Japanese and European settlers. In addition to a large public mural, Soul Gardens will create a dynamic online interface inviting individuals to share recipes, stories, photos and other information about how food has played a role in shaping their experience of Vancouver.

Muralists: Jordan Bent, Indigo, Scott Sueme, Melanie Shambach, Take5. Researchers: Wayde Compton, Lani Russwurm, Anne Marie Slater, Sid Tan and Cease Wyss. Project Coordinators: Irwin Oostindie, Lianne Payne.

Look here for further event updates on the project as they are announced, including long table dinners, recipe card collections, and public talks and workshops on cultural heritage and community history.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada. Artwork design: Jordan Ben

AHA MEDIA is very proud to help support the W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project!

Below are photos from a recent meeting at W2 Media Cafe

Categories: AHA Media, Anne Marie Slater, April Smith, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Lani Russwurm, Lianne Payne, Sid Tan, Soul Gardens Public Art Project, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Vancouver DTES, W2, W2 Community Media Arts, W2 Media Cafe

Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA unboxing a Nokia N8 for #N8Productions in Vancouver, Canada

December 12, 2010 ahamedia Leave a comment

In the following photos and video, Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA unboxes a Nokia N8 smartphone for #N8Productions in Vancouver, Canada

Below is Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA looking at the Nokia N8

Below is Barb Goosehead with Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA looking at the Nokia N8 at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

Below is Christoph Runne and Bill Inglis looking at the Nokia N8

Below is the difference between Nokia N8 and Nokia N97 mini cameraphones

Below is a photo and video of Barb Goosehead watching a video on the Nokia N8

Below are photo of Lani Russwurm looking at the Nokia N8

Below is a photo and video of a video being filmed on the Nokia N8

Many thanks to WOM WORLD Nokia for the Nokia N8 and #N8Productions package The members of AHA MEDIA and our friends in Vancouver are very proud to see and use the Nokia N8.

We are honored to be asked to compete in the #N8Productions worldwide! We love using Nokia smartphones for all our mobile media making and livestreaming!

Categories: #N8Productions, AHA Media, April Smith, Christoph Runne, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Lani Russwurm, Lifeskills Centre, Nokia, Nokia N8, Peter Davies, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Womworld Nokia

AHA MEDIA Livestreamed Human Rights and Media Matters forum at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver

December 10, 2010 ahamedia 1 comment

From Georgia Straight

By Staff, December 9, 2010

A public forum called “Human Rights and Media Matters” is being held tonight (December 9) at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver.

Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith is moderating the discussion, which is being cohosted by the Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, the Chinese Canadian National Council, and the W2 Community Media Arts Society.

The panel features B.C. Civil Liberties Association executive director David Eby, Downtown Eastside activist Tami Starlight, antiracist activist Harsha Walia, and UBC history professor Henry Yu.

Here’s the live stream from April Smith of AHA Media.

Below is Sid Tan, organizer of “Human Rights and Media Matters” forum at W2 with Irwin Oostindie watching

Below is Tami Starlight, Henry Yu, Charlie Smith and David Eby

Below is a photo of AHA MEDIA’s Mac with Nokia N97 mini and Nokia N8 smart cameraphones

Below is Nokia N97 mini livestreaming

Below is filming with Nokia N8 and livestreaming Nokia N97 mini

Below is David Eby and Harsha Walia

Below is Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA filming with a Nokia N8

Below is Tami Starlight with Henry Yu

Below is Charlie Smith, Editor of Georgia Straight

Below is Sudha Krishna asking a question

Below is Miraj Khaled asking a question

Below is MLA Mable Elmore for Vancouver-Kensington

Below is Sean Gunn

Below is Lani Russwurm, Stephan and Miraj

See all “Human Rights and Media Matters ” livestream at http://qik.com/ahamedia/videos

AHA MEDIA thanks Tom Hall of WomWorld Nokia London and W2 Community Media Arts for Nokia N97 mini

October 26, 2010 ahamedia Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA thanks Tom Hall of WomWorld Nokia London and W2 Community Media Arts for the Nokia N97 mini! With their generous tech support, AHA MEDIA is grateful for the opportunity to be able to provide mobile media event coverage throughout Heart of the City Festival happening Oct 27 – Nov 7, 2010

AHA MEDIA ‘s members are very proud users of Nokia Smartphone technology!

Below is a photo of a Nokia N97

Below is a photo of a Nokia N97 with a Nokia N86

Below is Tom Hall helping to set up the Nokia N97 mini

Below is a Nokia N97 mini installing apps

Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA is happy to see the Nokia N97 mini

Below is Tom Hall using his Nokia N97 to help set up the new Nokia N97 mini

A family of Nokia cellphones !! – Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N86 and Nokia 3500cb

Getting Home screen tips for the Nokia N97 mini from Nokia Love website

April holding Nokia N97 mini and Program Guide of Heart of the City Festival with Tom Hall

Below is Tom Hall, Richard Czaban, Peter Davies and Lani Russwurm – Coordinator of the DTES CAN and Program Guide Contributor to Heart of the City Festival

AHA MEDIA humbly thanks Tom Hall of Womworld Nokia London and W2 Community Media Arts for making it possible for us to do more mobile media in Vancouver!

AHA MEDIA is very proud to help provide social media coverage of the 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver from Pre festival events starting Wed Oct 20, 2010 through to the Main Festival during Wed Oct 27 – Sun Nov 7, 2010

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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