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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 and Fearless City Mobile Volunteers help to move W2 to Storyeum on Sat April 17, 2010
In next photo and video, Richard Czaban, Peter Davies and Kevin King of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile wait for Lianne Payne of W2 to back the moving truck to begin moving on a very rainy Saturday
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
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Below is a photo of Irwin Oostindie, Executive Director of W2 chatting with some volunteers
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In this video, Volunteers help move W2 building and its contents to our new home at Storyeum in Vancouver on a very rainy Saturday, April 17, 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
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Moving Volunteers are still needed for today April 20, 2010 – noon to 8pm!
If you have some time the rest of the week as there is much work to be done organizing Storyeum and making sure we leave 112 in a clean state.
Thanks in advance – we couldn’t do this without you!
Silly squirrel playing with a sock!
In this photo and video, Stephen Hill of the Fearless City Mobile Project and Advisor to AHA MEDIA films a silly squirrel playing with a sock! 🙂
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
“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
AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile was glad to help W2 Community Media Arts move into Storyeum on Sat April 10, 2010
Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile documented the move from W2’s present location of 112 West Hastings to W2’s new location at Storyeum at 151 East Cordova through the photos below.
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Below is a photo of Irwin Oostindie – Executive Director of W2 looking on while Clyde Wright and Jennifer Wallington of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project places boxes of gear to their new home at Storyeum! 🙂
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Below is a photo of Richard Czaban and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile in front of W2’s current location
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W2 has four floors and a basement. Lots of walking up and down stairs with our elevator experience technical difficulties!
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Below is just some of the items on one of the floors of W2 that has to move into Storyeum
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Please click on any of the following photos to enlarge
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A view of W2 at 112 West Hastings from outside Woodwards Atrium
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We’re still moving furniture and gear this Saturday April 17th, we’ll be working throughout the day from 11am-6pm. If moving isn’t your bag we also need help cleaning up, designing and setting up new spaces. Contact Hywel directly to help out: hywel@creativetechnology.org
We have plenty of volunteer opportunities in the coming months including: committee work, venue staffing, gallery sitting, media lab attendants, event production and working with us on committees.
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