John from Australia and his thoughts on Olympics 2010 and Vancouver Downtown Eastside

February 9, 2011 ahamedia Leave a comment

Below are photos and video of John from Australia and his thoughts on Olympics 2010 and Vancouver Downtown Eastside

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Vancouver, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Games, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

LifeSkills Centre Artists on HomeGround Mural project in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

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Thanks to Ali and Melanie for bringing the HomeGround Mural to LifeSkills Centre! 🙂

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, HomeGround Festival, Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

“With Glowing Hearts” – Screening this Saturday Feb 12, 2011

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This Saturday, the Wait is Over!

Though it’s doubtful that any of you have been waiting as long for this day as Andrew and I, we hope that you’re equally excited. We can’t wait to finally present the film to everyone and have been overwhelmed by the amount of interest we’ve had so far since announcing the screening a few weeks ago. If you’ve already signed up on our Eventbrite page, great, but if you haven’t don’t despair because you might still be able to get in just by showing up (or join us for the afterparty at W2). We know that there are lots of other great Olympic related events going on that day, but we hope that you’ll include us in your schedule.

Here are the details:

Saturday February 12th, screening @ 7pm – please arrive early (1/2 hr) to ensure you get a seat and that we can start on time
After the film, a Q+A with the filmmakers
Afterparty (19+) at W2, the first official event in their new space in Woodward’s!
Food supplied by Nuba
Screening Address – 149 W Hastings (enter off Cordova) SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Center for the Arts

We’ll also be hosting our friends from W2, Hope in Shadows, Megaphone Magazine and OpenMedia.ca, as well as raising money for the construction of a wireless mesh network in the DTES

Reserved tickets will be held until 15 minutes before showtime and then released on a first come – first served basis.

If you miss this screening, keep your ears open for other opportunities throughout the coming year, and we’ll keep you posted as well