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Comicon Hollywood North – Fan Expo Vancouver is finally here on April 21-22 in Vancouver!

ahamedia — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:39:28 +0000

AHA MEDIA is very excited to film at Comicon Holly North – Fan Expo Vancouver is finally here on April 21-22 in Vancouver!

Fan Expo Vancouver™ is the city’s very first major comicon. Highlighting all things comics, gaming, horror, anime, sci-fi, and more!

Fan Expo and Celebrity Guests Come to Vancouver Finally!

WHAT: Fan Expo Vancouver is uniting all fans of comics, gaming, anime, horror, and sci-fi. For years fans have been asking Fan Expo Canada to come to Vancouver. Comicon Hollywood North has final arrived! Tickets go on sale: February 21, 2012.

Special Guests include: Adam West (Batman), Burt Ward (Robin), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Fullmetal Alchemist), Veronica Taylor (Pokemon), Richard Cox (Inu Yasha) Trevor Deval (Mobile Suit Gundam), Mike McFarland (Dragonball Z), Brian Froud (Bakugan & Jimmy Two Shoes), Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Kristen Bauer (True Blood)Šand more to be released soon!

Best way to geek out on the weekend and buy cool stuff:

§ Celebrity Autographs & Photo Ops

§ Celebrity Q & A’s

§ Sketching Duels

§ Costumes

§ Workshops & Seminars

§ Web Series for Grown Ups

§ Artist Alley

§ Retailer & Exhibitor Area

§ Voice Acting 101

§ Ultimate Fan Expo Party

§ Horror Author Panels

§ The 501st Legion: Star Wars Photo Session

§ Sci-Fi Fantasy Author Panels and Readings

WHEN:

April 21-22, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday)

WHERE:

Vancouver Convention Centre

1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC

About Hobby Star Marketing & Fan Expo

Hobby Star Marketing produces premier sport and entertainment events such as, Fan Expo Canada (Toronto) the largest event of its kind in Canada and with over 80,000 fans in attendance celebrates its 18^th year. The latest addition to its expo family is Fan Expo Vancouver an all-ages playground for fans of comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming. April 21-22, 2012 Single Day tickets: $20 Weekend Pass $30; Kids 12 and under Free www.fanexpovancouver.com

CACV Eco- Arts Dragon in Chinese New Year Parade 2012 as part of the DTES Artist in the Street program in Vancouver

ahamedia — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:08:50 +0000

CACV Eco- Arts Dragon in Chinese New Year Parade 2012 as part of the DTES Artist in the Street program produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre and DTES Heart of the City Festival with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV)

Mary Bennett of CACV writes

ECO-ARTS DRAGON IN CHINATOWN PARADE

A parade celebrating the year of the water dragon at the end of January. What would you expect for weather? RAIN. So the idea occurred to us to make a dragon out of black (the colour related to water in Chinese system) umbrellas and each person would carry one part. Our intern from Spain, Elena, and friend of Mary (and CACV) alternated being the head of the dragon. Anna, Tashannah and Catherine all carried dragon parts that they had made. As well Karenza T. Wall did a session with kids at Oppenheimer park to make two umbrellas with help from Elena and Francis and the Oppenheimer staff.

Thank you to the Umbrella Shop who donated two very large umbrellas that became our “banner” for the parade. And will be at many more events!

Artists in the Streets, a CACV program coordinated by Terry Hunter of Vancouver Moving Theatre, booked Brad Muirhead and the Carnegie Street Band and once again Lily and her Mom arrived in costume and on stilts.

Jessica and Donna – and hundreds of others – took photos.

Bruce Voyce, our Eco-Arts Salon presenter for February showed up with some friends in dragon costumes made from water bottles, too.

For more information on the process of dragon creation, go to http://communityarts.ning.com and search “dragon”.

Thank you to all who participated, cheered, waved or are just now enjoying these fabulous photos from Richard.

See you all next year for Snake creations.

The Carnegie Street Band in the Chinese New Year Parade 2012 as part of the DTES Artist in the Street program

ahamedia — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:11:54 +0000

The Carnegie Street Band provided lively music during the Chinese New Year Parade 2012 as part of the DTES Artist in the Street program produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre and DTES Heart of the City Festival with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV)

Mary Bennett of CACV writes:

The Carnegie Street Band provided the fuel that kept the CACV Eco Arts Umbrella Dragon moving along the 1.2 km route of the parade. Not just moving: hopping; dancing; swerving and entertaining kids and adults alike!

Thanks, Brad, Philip, Robin and many more! You were all fabulous!

Dr. Peter Ferentzy, PhD Crackhead speaks on Ending Drug Prohibition and Emancipating the Addict – the Last Frontier in a Struggle for Enlightenment in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

ahamedia — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:35 +0000

Peter Ferentzy holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought from York University. His dissertation is a historical sociology of the origins and recent development of the modern concept of addiction with an emphasis on how it has interacted with ideas about mental illness and compulsions in general.

Dr. Ferentzy has studied and written extensively on Gamblers Anonymous, as well as other issues related to pathological gambling. His two most recently completed studies involve: 1. The history of ideas related to addiction with an emphasis on problem gambling wherein special attention is paid to the role of metaphoric conceptualization in the construction of scientific discourse; 2. A street level, ethnographic study of gambling patterns among crack users in downtown Toronto.

Peter Ferentzy is a recovering drunk and a recovering crackhead. He knows this topic from the gutter right up to the halls of academe. After losing two friends to overdose, and seeing clearly that in each case the governing approach to addiction was the cause, Peter wrote Dealing with Addiction — Why the 20th Century was Wrong. Peter wants to change things, and is arrogant enough to believe that he can.

Please see more at Peter’s website and book

Volunteer Chefs/Foodies/Cooking Enthusiasts needed for The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTESNH) in Vancouver

ahamedia — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:59:07 +0000

The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTESNH) is looking for creative chefs, foodies and cooking enthusiasts with a passion for social justice to volunteer their time once a month to run a themed Community Kitchen as part of our Right to Food programming. Themes include food preservation (canning, pickling, etc.), health (i.e. cooking for diabetes), baking, and food from different cultures. DTNESH is also open to chefs proposing their own themes.

All Community Kitchens follow the DTES NH Right to Food philosophy, which upholds the human right of Downtown Eastside residents to abundant, local, fresh and nutritious food. Food created and served at the DTES NH should use the freshest ingredients and avoid refined sugars and processed foods.For more information please get in touch (604) 215-2030

Location: Hastings E and Princess