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AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile warmly welcomes Omari Newton as our Story Box Project Facilitator at W2 Storyeum
AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile warmly welcomes Omari Newton as our Story Box Project Facilitator at W2 Storyeum
Omari Newton
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Omari Newton Artistic Associate |
Montreal-born actor Omari Newton is a professional actor whose work can be seen on television, film and stage. He is fluently bilingual in both French and English and has performed in both languages. His stage work in Québec has earned him a number of favorable reviews and awards. Some career highlights include a best supporting actor nomination for his work in the Centaur Theatre’s production of Joe Penhal’s Blue Orange(soirée des masques). The play also went on to win best English production. Now a resident of Vancouver, Omari recently appeared in Joe Calarco’s critically acclaimed Shakespeare’s R & J and on an episode of the Spike TV series Blade.
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Below is a photo from left to right, Hendrik Beune, J-Hock, Kevin King of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile with our new Story Box Project facilitator Omari Newton
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The Story Box Project
at Vancouver Society of Storytelling’s Storytelling Festival June 13th
FREE
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden 578 Carrall St., Van.
Public multi-media presentation in August TBA
At the heart of the City’s Great Beginnings Initiative is the desire to go back to its roots and give each of the founding neighborhoods something to talk about. In one such community, the DTES Story Box Project highlights its rich and storied cultural diversity through oral and written tradition. Unique object/artifact boxes illustrate stories from various voices which are intermingled to create a new and visceral experience. The Festival offers great new beginnings for some multi-faceted dialogue.
Participating Organisations are:
Vancouver Society of Storytelling; Portland Hotel Society; Raycam Community Centre; W2 Culture and Media Centre; Musqueum Nation Writers Group; DTES Women’s Writing Group; Carnegie Centre’s Thursday Writing Group; Native Court Workers, vancouver moving theatre
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Below is a photos of our Story Box Project meeting with discussion of creating our stories though oral, visual, written and a new media, social media and digtial documentation format with cameraphones!
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Below is a photo and video of Omari Newton sharing his ideas for our Story Box Project at W2
This video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile on a New Media camera – Panasonic DMC-ZS3. Both AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile is about exploring mobile media production through New Media cameras. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
AHA MEDIA at Army & Navy Legendary Shoe Sale in Vancouver April 21, 2010
AHA MEDIA at Army & Navy Legendary Shoe Sale in Vancouver April 21, 2010
http://www.armyandnavy.ca/flyer_index.cfm
“LEGENDARY SHOE SALE!!
Canada’s Largest Shoe Sale returns Wednesday April 21st…doors open at 8:00AM, all locations open till 9:00 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Shoe Sale runs until May 2nd, with new shoes arriving daily! Don’t be late!!”
“The lineup started forming at 6 a.m., and the doors open in just a few minutes. The annual Army & Navy shoe sale starts at 8 a.m. today at the Hastings Street store.
They’ve got over 100,000 pairs of shoes to clear out in the annual sale, including designer brands that can sell for up to $300 full price. The store is open until 9 p.m., and expect it to be hopping busy all day — last year they sold 75,000 pairs of shoes in 12 days.”
Source: News 1130
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In this video, is a walk through Army & Navy store during the Legendary Shoe Sale in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday April, 21, 2010
This video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a New Media camera – Panasonic DMC-ZS3. AHA MEDIA is about exploring mobile media production through New Media cameras. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
AHA MEDIA doing Community Engagement with Story Box Project at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
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Below is a photo of Van Jensen wearing a Story Box T-shirt
AHA MEDIA is proud to help announce the screening of “Copyright Criminals” at W2 Storyeum, Sunday April 18, 7-10pm
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
April 18, 7 – 10 p.m. at W2 Storyeum, 151 West Cordova
Screening with filmmaker Kembrew McLeod (7pm)
Discussion (8pm)
Remix Meetup 9-10pm. Show n share your remix works.
$10 at door (includes complimentary beverage)
Copyright Criminals is a riveting and expansive documentary about the history of music sampling, charting the movement from its inception during the rise of hip hop to the legal battles that dominate the practice today.
Artists’ Legal Outreach (ALO), W2 and Emily Carr University will present two screenings of this work, April 16 and 18, with the film’s executive producer Kembrew McLeod taking part in a post-screening Q&A at the April 18 event.
April 16 / Emily Carr University of Art and Design
1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island
12 noon / Room 301
April 18: Screening, Q&A and After Party
7 – 10 p.m. at W2 Storyeum, 151 West Cordova
$10 donation at the door
Q&A with Kembrew McLeod, the film’s executive producer, writer and music consultant. Stay for remix music, video and drinks.
Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money.
This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions.
When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.” The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more.
It also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most sampled musician), as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton.
As artists find ever more inventive ways to insert old influences into new material, this documentary asks a critical question, on behalf of an entire creative community: Can you own a sound?
Copyright Criminals features:
Public Enemy
De La Soul
Mix Master Mike
Clyde Stubblefield
George Clinton
DJ Spooky
El-P
Mr. Len
AND ALSO
Harry Allen
Anthony Berman
Jeff Chang
Cibo Matto
Coldcut
Danger Mouse
Pam the Funkstress
Eyedea & Abilities
Ken Freundlich
Bobbito Garcia
Kid 606
Matmos
Mr. Dibbs
Qbert
Pete Rock
Prefuse 73
Sage Francis
Tom Silverman
Greg Tate
Siva Vaidhyanathan
“The Only Seafoods” being carried away from Hastings and Carrall in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
In the following photos and video, Stephen Hill of the Fearless City Mobile Project and Advisor to AHA MEDIA films Vancouver’s Legendary “The Only Seafoods” sign being carried away on a flatbed truck from Hastings and Carrall in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
This video was filmed by Stephen Hill of Fearless City Mobile Project and given to April Smith of AHA MEDIA to upload. Stephen Hill filmed this video on a New Media camera – Kodak Zi6.
Both AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project are about exploring mobile media production through New Media cameras. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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Below is a photo of the very noticeable absence of the Legendary “The Only Seafoods” sign along Hastings street
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