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WALK AROUND THE BLOCK for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 7 2015

November 7, 2015 Leave a comment

Art Walk
WALK AROUND THE BLOCK with Brian McBay
Saturday November 7, 11am (approx. 90 minutes)
Meet at 221A, 221 E. Georgia
$10; pay what you can for local residents
Art plays a role in social transformation. The city block bound by E. Georgia, Main, Union and Gore is experiencing this right now as independent art galleries and arts organizations have recently made their home around the block, new businesses have opened, and longtime business mainstays have shut down. Join artist, designer and 221A curator Brian McBay for a walk around the block that is a microcosm of the larger neighbourhood. Brian will talk about the role that arts can play in our community as we go through intensive change. The walk will stop at Vancouver Especially (A Vancouver Special scaled to its property value in 1973, then increased by 8 fold) by Canadian artist Ken Lum at 271 Union, 221A’s new outdoor site

This event was on  Day 11 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!

The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015

Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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Visit the Heart of the City Festival website

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA

AHA MEDIA for Heart of the City Festival 2014

The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.

Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!

Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook,  Youtube and Flickr!

AHA MEDIA Twitter   @AHAMEDIA  @AprilFilms  

AHA MEDIA Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AHAMEDIA

AHA Media YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA Media Flickr Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHAMEDIA/sets

Categories: AHA Media, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Heart of the City Festival, Heart of the City Festival 2015, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

THE SHAKUHACHI QUEST for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 6 2015

November 6, 2015 Leave a comment

Theatre
THE SHAKUHACHI QUEST: An Epic Journey Into the Soul of Music
Thursday November 5, 8pm – 9:30pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall
Also November 6
Tickets at the door, sliding scale: 5 cents to $20
The Festival is pleased to partner with Jim Sands Presents on Jim’s one-man show that tells the story of three friends, one long weekend, and how a casual search for a legendary Japanese flute turns into a life and death journey: a journey that would change their lives forever. The play is inspired by the life and questing spirit of Dan Meichel, a Calgary based jazz musician whose music touched many lives. DTES musician Mike Richter and multi-instrumentalist Michel Vles join Jim for a moving evening of theatrical storytelling

This event was on Day 10 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!

The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015

Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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Visit the Heart of the City Festival website

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA

AHA MEDIA for Heart of the City Festival 2014

The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.

Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!

Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook,  Youtube and Flickr!

AHA MEDIA Twitter   @AHAMEDIA  @AprilFilms  

AHA MEDIA Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AHAMEDIA

AHA Media YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA Media Flickr Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHAMEDIA/sets

Categories: AHA Media, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Heart of the City Festival, Heart of the City Festival 2015, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

REGULAR EXPRESSIONS for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 6 2015

November 6, 2015 Leave a comment

Reception & Exhibit
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
Opening: Friday November 6, 7pm
221A, 221 E. Georgia
Exhibition November 7, 2015 to February 6, 2016
Free
A blinking vertical line—an empty cursor inside a search field is the elemental form of this exhibition. A “regular expression” in computer science defines a set of symbols, which describe a specific search pattern. Here, the term also captures the irony of outcomes when artists work with digital systems governed by the grammars of the searchable and the scrapeable. Artists: Aleksandra Domanović, David Horvitz, Jeremy Hutchison, The Lincoln Collection and Oliver Laric, Lindsay Lawson, Xiaoshi Vivian Vivian Qin, Solid Gold Bomb, Jesse Russell and Ronald Cohn (VDM Publishing). Curated by A.E. Benenson and Kristen Chappa

This event was on Day 10 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!

The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015

Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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Visit the Heart of the City Festival website

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA

AHA MEDIA for Heart of the City Festival 2014

The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.

Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!

Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook,  Youtube and Flickr!

AHA MEDIA Twitter   @AHAMEDIA  @AprilFilms  

AHA MEDIA Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AHAMEDIA

AHA Media YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA Media Flickr Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHAMEDIA/sets

Categories: AHA Media, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Heart of the City Festival, Heart of the City Festival 2015, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

TWELVE ANGRY JURORS for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 6 2015

November 6, 2015 Leave a comment

Preview Stage Reading
TWELVE ANGRY JURORS
Friday November 6, 1pm – 3pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
Free
A young man faces execution and his fate is in the hands of twelve jurors. Eleven are ready to get on with it and pronounce him guilty, but one among them wants to re-examine the evidence. This is your opportunity to see a preview stage reading of the play while the actors are still in rehearsal. Feedback welcome and encouraged. This thrilling classic will be presented by Theatre in the Raw at the InterUrban Gallery November 18 to 29. For more information about this production see Post Festival events in this program guide or go to www.theatreintheraw.ca.[

This event was on Day 10 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!

The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015

Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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Visit the Heart of the City Festival website

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA

AHA MEDIA for Heart of the City Festival 2014

The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.

Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!

Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook,  Youtube and Flickr!

AHA MEDIA Twitter   @AHAMEDIA  @AprilFilms  

AHA MEDIA Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AHAMEDIA

AHA Media YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA Media Flickr Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHAMEDIA/sets

Categories: AHA Media, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Heart of the City Festival, Heart of the City Festival 2015, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

SALMON STREAM MOSAIC PROJECT for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 6 2015

November 6, 2015 Leave a comment

Launch & Reception
SALMON STREAM MOSAIC PROJECT
Friday November 6, 1pm – 3pm
Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
Free
Join Mosaic artist Bruce Walther as he unveils the Salmon Stream Mosaic, a community masterpiece created to connect the two recently installed poles by Chief Henry Robertson and Wes Nahanee in the NE corner of Oppenheimer Park. Bruce led workshops every Friday for the last six months where community participants learned the story behind the carvings and the ancestry of the carvers to link the poles together; the Salmon Stream Mosaic meets in the middle. Inspired by the Oppenheimer Commemoration group, a grant from the Vancouver Parks Board Neighbourhood Matching Fund made the project possible. Join honoured guests to celebrate this beautiful community project; everyone welcome!

This event was on  Day 10 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!

The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015

Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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Visit the Heart of the City Festival website

http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com

On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA

AHA MEDIA for Heart of the City Festival 2014

The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.

Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!

Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook,  Youtube and Flickr!

AHA MEDIA Twitter   @AHAMEDIA  @AprilFilms  

AHA MEDIA Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AHAMEDIA

AHA Media YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA Media Flickr Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHAMEDIA/sets

Categories: AHA Media, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Heart of the City Festival, Heart of the City Festival 2015, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside