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Origins Parkour and Athletic Facility in Vancouver
Origins Parkour – Vancouver’s first and only facility dedicated to parkour training. We are centrally located on Main and 10th, just a block away from major bus stops.
Our gym was designed and built by the same people that use it — that means that all 10,000 square feet of the facility is full of structures and equipment that are specialized and of the highest quality. In addition to parkour, we also feature programs for tricking, gymnastics, and strength and conditioning.
We are pleased to announce the biggest grassroots parkour competition featuring top parkour athletes from all over North America. These elite contenders will be competing in 2 timed SPEED courses, 3 SKILL challenges, and, for the first time ever, a 2-on-2 FREESTYLE BATTLE tournament.
The event is hosted by ORIGINS Parkour & Athletic Facility.
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT THE GYM.
Qualifiers will be held on Friday, February 1st. Interested athletes contact INFO@ORIGINSPARKOUR.COM.
On February 3rd there will be a FREE training session with all visitors. Location TBA.
Rolling the DICE: Protecting Vancity Cultural Spaces and #W2Belongs2Me Legal Fund on Thursday Jan 17, Waldorf Tiki Bar in Vancouver
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Culture spaces in Vancouver are under attack. Let’s get together to shake down some ideas, build bridges to unite the arts community in the face of a passive City and aggressive developers / gentrification, and shake it on the dance floor with
Dunks (http://thefunkhunters.com/), Willisist + Eradik (http://Shahdjs.com/), and DJ Don Chow! Door proceeds support the #W2Belongs2Me Legal Fund! Support a community-run project that needs our love right now as they push back a City eviction notice. With the closure of the Waldorf as we know it, come out and show some love for Vancouver’s independent culture spaces. ENTRY: Roll 2 Dice for cover – roll a 12, get in free! SCHEDULE: THE PLAN: This is followed by a birthday party! And on this sombre information and ideas-generating night, we’re not just celebrating any old birthday party – it’s Art’s Birthday! Performances from a variety of older and newer Vancouver legends provoking #NoFunCity by showing how critical emergent and dynamic culture is, the people and spaces. Then the evening goes off the hook with the Waldorf’s Thursday night full of funk and funk-inspired beats from a cast of Vancouver DJs and cultural promoters who contribute to Vancouver’s dynamic arts community. Hosted by Dunks. OTHER ART’S BIRTHDAY EVENTS ON JAN 17: OTHER LINKS: |
Scott Clark and Don Walchuk on ICTV’s After Hours program at Shaw TV Studios in Vancouver
Scott Clark of ALIVE and Don Walchuk of ICTV at ICTV’s After Hours program at Shaw TV Studios in Vancouver
Don Walchuk, Host asks his guest Scott Clark some of the following questions.
1. Tell me a little about yourself and how you got involved with ALIVE?
2. What doe ALIVE stand for?
3. Why was ALIVE formed?
4. What got you into activism?
5. What kind of projects does ALIVE work on?
6. What are some of the challenges urban aboriginals face living in the DTES
7. What changes would you like to see?
8. What current project is ALIVE working on?
9. What is Idle No More? Why is this happening now.
10. Commons Committee on Aboriginal Self Government in 1983 & The Royal Commission on Aboriginals in 1996. Gave Aboriginals the right to self determination
11 What is the connection with ALIVE with W2 at the current time?
Defend the DTES Oppenheimer District and MAKE THE DTES A SOCIAL JUSTICE ZONE in Vancouver
Downtown Eastside community town hall
Defend the DTES Oppenheimer District and
MAKE THE DTES A SOCIAL JUSTICE ZONE
Friday January 11
2pm
Oppenheimer Park Field House
*Tea and light snack available*
For the last year members of the DTES low-income community have been involved in a city planning process to chart out a future for the Downtown Eastside. Meanwhile condos, high-end boutiques and architecture and other studios have been encroaching on the DTES Oppenheimer District – the heart of the low-income communities.
Come to this meeting to learn about the Oppenheimer district (which you may live in and not even know it), to strategize how to fight to defend this neighbourhood as a predominately and majority low-income community, and to vision what a Social Justice Zone might look like in the city of Vancouver.
Organized by members of the City’s Local Area Planning Process Committee
W2 Belongs 2 Me Community Meeting at La Casita Restaurant in Vancouver
A Happy New Year W2 Belong 2 Me Community Meeting at La Casita Restaurant in Vancouver
Culture spaces in Vancouver are under attack. Let’s get together to shake down some ideas, build bridges to unite the arts community in the face of gentrification, and shake it on the dance floor with Dunks (http://thefunkhunters.com/), Willisist + Eradik (http://Shahdjs.com/), and DJ Don Chow!
Door proceeds support the #W2Belongs2Me Legal Fund! Support a community-run project that needs our love right now as they push back a City eviction notice. With the closure of the Waldorf as we know it, come out and show some love for Vancouver’s independent culture spaces.
ENTRY: Roll 2 Dice for cover – roll a 12, get in free!
SCHEDULE:
-8pm VANCITY CULTURAL SURVIVAL – Panel on what can be done for 3 key Vancouver independent culture spaces, wth panelists and discussion.
-9:30pm ART’S BIRTHDAY – Come for the cake! It’s an annual global celebration on Jan 17 recognizing the birth of art! Hosted by DJ Don Chow (http://www.facebook.com/teahousemusic).
-10:30-2:15am DICE SPECIAL hosted by Dunks (http://thefunkhunters.com/) with special guests Willisist + Eradik (http://Shahdjs.com/), Don Chow ++ More
THE PLAN:
We get things started at 8pm with a Panel Discussion on Vancouver’s Cultural Spaces, and we’ve invited experts on the subject to talk about The Red Gate (proposed new home on Industrial), W2’s struggle for respect in the Woodward’s complex, and The Waldorf Hotel’s sell-off by their landlord to Solarra developer. What can be done to support these vital Vancity cultural institutions, and where to from here more united!
This is followed by a birthday party! And on this sombre information and ideas-generating night, we’re not just celebrating any old birthday party – it’s Art’s Birthday! Performances from a variety of older and newer Vancouver legends provoking #NoFunCity by showing how critical emergent and dynamic culture is, the people and spaces.
Then the evening goes off the hook with the Waldorf’s Thursday night full of funk and funk-inspired beats from a cast of Vancouver DJs and cultural promoters who contribute to Vancouver’s dynamic arts community. Hosted by Dunks.
OTHER ART’S BIRTHDAY EVENTS ON JAN 17:
http://transmissionarts.org/event/2p9vqb
http://arsacustica.wordpress.com/
http://www.banffcentre.ca/event/6008/arts-birthday-party/?d=2013-01-17+21%3A00&r=120
OTHER LINKS:
http://www.creativetechnology.org/events/dice-waldorf-fundraiser-for-w2belongs2me
#W2Belongs2Me video: http://youtu.be/S1Orpu6Vjn4
http://www.cbc.ca/onthecoast/episodes/2013/01/09/east-vans-waldorf-hotel-closes-1/
http://www.change.org/petitions/gregor-robertson-deny-rezoning-of-the-waldorf-hotel-site-to-condo-development#share
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