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Vanessa Richards and the Woodwards Community Choir in Vancouver
The Woodwards Community Choir is conducted by Vanessa Richards.
Rehearsals are at Woodwards SRO, 131 West Hastings, 10 floor ( 6pm-7:30pm) every Thursday
A dose of collective joy, they sing songs in the oral tradition of blues/gospel/folk/popular tradition
Below are photos and videos of a recent rehearsal at Woodwards SRO
Below are videos of the choir singing “Dark as a Dungeon” in honor of the Chilean Miners
Vanessa Richards says
This Thursday (Oct 28, 2010) we will have a very special guest at our Woodward’s community choir. Su Hart, will be teaching us songs from the Baka people of Cameroon where she has been working with the Baka to create a cultural centre and recording studio.
BC211 service Official Launch on Tuesday November 2, 2010 in Woodward’s Atrium in Vancouver
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BC211 would like to invite you to its inaugural launch on November2nd 2010
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The Launch of 211 The United Way of the Lower Mainland andBC211 are pleased to announce that 211 service will officially launch November 2nd2010 for the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Squamish-Lillooet Regional Districts. 211 is a new and easy to remember telephone number that links people to a full range of community, social and government services. A trained staff person answers 211 calls, listens to the caller, and connects them to the right resources to meet their needs. Join us at the Woodward’s Atrium on November 2nd to celebrate the launch of this new and vital service. Enjoy coffee and refreshments and talk with our Board and staff team. Celebrate this great occasion with us and discover what 211 can mean to you! We hope to see you there. Myrna Holman
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Woodward’s Atrium
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R.I.P Lenore Herb aka Doreen Grey – Activist and Vancouver Punk scene photographer/filmmaker
Lenore Herb recently passed away of pancreatic cancer. She will be remembered by many in our Vancouver community and will be greatly missed. R.I.P Lenore !
About Lenore
Lenore Herb has been practising eco-social art for more than 30 years.
She is a pioneer of poetry, music and environmental videography,
filmmaker, curator, producer, poet and serious environmental advocate.
Working with a coalition of environmental groups,
in 1989, aided in successfully stopping the
Ashcroft / Cache Creek hazardous waste incinerator.
Co-wrote with Dermot Foley “Garbage War on the Future”
supported by Vancouver Citizens Action Network
the Yalakom Ecological Society, Western Canada Wilderness Society,
Cache Creek Area Citizens United, Catalyst Eduction Society,
Greenpeace, Cache Creek Landfill Legal Defense Fund
and which is as true today as it was then,
due to the prolific waste and resource greed of our society.
From 1989 – 1990, Waste Management Director (S.P.E.C.)
1990 – 1995 President of SPEC (Society Promoting Environmental Conservation)
See more of Lenore here
AHA MEDIA most memorably remembers Lenore as a very active participant in our Fearless City Mobile Project of W2 Community Media Arts
Thank you Lenore for everything you did! We miss you!
Recruiting for Women’s Street Soccer team in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Women of the Downtown Eastside Community…..
Street Soccer needs you!!
The guys of Vancouver’s Street Soccer teams have been having a great time; now we’re starting up a WOMEN’S TEAM
No experience or skill needed; everyone is welcome!
Meet new people….Learn a fun team sport…Get fit!
WHERE: Andy Livingstone Park ( Columbia St. & Union St.)
WHEN: Every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. ( rain or shine )
If you’d like to play but need help with running shoes or exercise clothing, come out to the next practice ( or contact Heather: 604-734-9394, hburt@telus.net), and we’ll get you set up with whatever gear you need. Children are welcome, too. Older ones can play soccer, and we have volunteers who can help look after little ones.
We hope to see you soon!
Opening Reception LOVE LETTERS FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE for DTES Heart of the City Festival at Oppenheimer Park on Friday Oct 22, 2010
Opening Reception
LOVE LETTERS FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
Friday October 22, 6pm
Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main
Exhibition October 16 to November 14
The original printing press used by Woodward’s Department Store has found a home with the W2 Community Access Letterpress Studio. Many local artists are working on the press to create prints of words and images unique to the DTES. The Downtown Eastside Women Ad-Hoc Printmakers Collective offers an exhibition of prints created over the previous year and at the October 16th. Tea & Refreshments served. Everyone welcome! Free
DTES Women’s Letter Press Workshop led by DTES artists Honey Mae Caffin and Ali Lohan, they present Love Letters from the Downtown Eastside
Below are photos and video where Teresa Vandertuin thanks Honey Mae Caffin and Ali Lohan during the opening reception of LOVE LETTERS FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
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
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