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AHA MEDIA films French language CBC TV filming DTES Kitchen Tabes Project
DTES Kitchen Tables is reforming the quality, abundance and deliver of food across the DTES in collaboration with DTES residents and sister organizations
Right to Food mobile mural project in Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Right to Food mobile mural project collaboratively created seven 8’x4′ mobile, lightweight murals that each represent one of 7 Food Solutions to reform the quality, nutritional impact, abundance and delivery of food across the DTES.
The 7 Solutions were developed by the DTES Kitchen Tables project in partnership with sister organizations across the community. Once complete, the 7 murals will be displayed across the community, serving as Right to Food landmarks.
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HomeGround 2011 for the DTES Homeless and Underhoused at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
HomeGround
For Homeless & underhoused DTES Residents
4 Days of Free Food, Great Entertainment, Workshops & Activities About your right to food
AT OPPENHEIMER PARK
Thursday February 17 4pm – 10pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Feb 18 – 20 8am-8pm
Enjoy delicious hot meals. Explore & engage about your Right to nutritious, affordable, and healthy Food. Relax, listen & dance to great bands and performers.
THURSDAY February 17
4pm Late Lunch
Split pea stew & chorizo
4pm-8pm Right to Food Fair
Informative & Interactive displays showcasing our communities
Right to Food activities
8-10pm Movie Supersized Me
Popcorn & Beverages served
Learn what happens when you eat nothing but McDonalds supersize meals for an entire month
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY February 18-20
8am Breakfast
Hot Oats & strong coffee
12-12pm Lunch
A changing daily menu of classics
12:30-1pm First Nation Musical Opening
1-3pm Right to Food Workshops &
creative, engaging activities for all ages
3:30-8pm Entertainment Your favorite local performers, singers & bands to put you in a mellow mood or get up up dancing
5-7pm Dinner Delectable gourmet evening feasts
PERFORMANCES FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS AND BANDS
Dalannah Gail Bowen
Carnegie Jazz Band
Good for Grapes
Ron Stelting’s Drum Circle
Downtown Eastside Poets
Niddi Cascade & Dianna
Nancy Delyzer
Bev Blanchard
SongTree
Harmony of Nations
Stan Hudac Quartet
Pancho & Sal
Buffalo Spirits
WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES
Lantern Making & Parade
Spring Planting Workshop
Food Street Theatre
Cooking Demonstarations
Storytelling
Food Jeopardy
Mural Painting
SOLEFood Display
Community Kitchens Showcase
Recipe Swap
Fondest Food Memory Contest & Daily Draws
Brought to you by The Carnegie Community Centre and the DTES Neighbourhood House with seed funding from the City of Vancouver. HomeGround acknowledges & honours the fact that our community lies within the Traditional Territory of the Coast Salish People
Below are photos of friends of AHA MEDIA who have given permission to have their photos taken
Below is Roy giving a friendly wave
Below is Garvin Snider wearing his HomeGround toque
Below is Rob with a plate of healthy food
Below is Peter with delicious and healthy food
Below is Roy painting at the DTES murals
Below are some paintings from Peter
HomeGround Community Meeting at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside Friday November 20, 2009 2PM
HomeGround for the homeless & underhoused DTES residents, 1-28th February 2010
HomeeGround – a secular, creative event in February for DTES residents, who are homeless and underhoused.
HomeGround – to offer additional sanctuary and sustenance to our most vulnerable neighbours during the period of the Olympic Games.
HomeGround Workshops – at Carnegie, the DTES Neighbourhood House & Oppenheimer Park as of November 2009
HomeGround Workshops
– painting
– banner making
– exploring a DTES Flea Market with our binning neighbors
– traffic calming signage
– creating a HomeGround Zine
– workshops to support residents in dealing with the potentially invasive international media
– adapt as you contribute your ideas
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AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a Benefit Concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and Solidarity Notes Choir – Friday May 29th 7:30pm
AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a benefit concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and the Solidarity Notes Choir http://www.solidaritynotes.ca
Earle Peach is a legendary singer, songwriter, conductor and composer whose political activist work has included the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. He was Carnegie Centre’s band and choir leader until a few years ago. http://www.earlepeach.com/
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