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AHA MEDIA is very proud to have their photo featured in the Vancouver Sun newspaper article “Arts take over Downtown Eastside – Heart of the City Festival shows off community culture and character” by Graeme McRanor
AHA MEDIA is very proud to have their photo in the Vancouver Sun newspaper in “Arts take over Downtown Eastside – Heart of the City Festival shows off community culture and character” article by Graeme McRanor !!
Below is Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA holding the Vancouver Sun paper where a photo of Clyde Wright, Alvin Clayton, April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA is featured
To many people the Downtown Eastside is an intimidating place: a dangerous, dirty, drug-infested ‘hood patrolled by pimps, pushers, prostitutes and police.
But there are also poets, painters and patrons of the arts in the mix. And spend some time chatting with residents in the area’s animated streets and you’ll discover a tenacious camaraderie unmatched in the Lower Mainland.
Celebrating that community’s culture, heritage and distinct character, the seventh annual Heart of the City Festival — running from today to Nov. 7 — features 80 events at more than 25 venues throughout the neighbourhood. Festival artistic producer Terry Hunter likens it to an open house. And if that makes him a de facto sales agent, well, he knows every nook and cranny: as a DTES [Downtown Eastside] resident and executive director of the Vancouver Moving Theatre, Hunter has lived and worked in the area since 1975.
“It’s a great community with a great spirit,” he says. “It’s a community that’s always fought for its rights … there’s a quote in the program guide where one of the poets [Na, Megwich] says, ‘I love the Downtown Eastside community because of its beauty and its strength, its refusal to shut up and its insistence upon justice.’
AHA MEDIA is very proud to help provide social media coverage of the 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver from Pre festival events starting Wed Oct 20, 2010 through to the Main Festival during Wed Oct 27 – Sun Nov 7, 2010
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
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AHA MEDIA filmed at Downtown Eastside March for Women’s Housing on Sat Oct 2, 2010
ANNUAL DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE MARCH FOR WOMEN’S HOUSING
SATURDAY OCT 2 @ 2 PM AT DTES WOMEN’S CENTRE (302 COLUMBIA)
October 1 2010, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories- In response to the persistent violence of poverty and homelessness, women in the Power of Women Group of the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre are organizing the “4th Annual March For Women’s Housing” to demand safe and long-term affordable housing.
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/4749
AHA MEDIA is very proud to be mentioned in Gillian Shaw’s article “Meet a Geek”
AHA MEDIA is very proud to be in Gillian Shaw’s article “Meet a Geek” in Vancouver Sun
Gillian Shaw writes:
Got a pressing question that only a true geek can answer?
Your chance to meet a geek comes this Tuesday, September 21 at Vancouver’s first Meet the Geek event where a gourmet dinner will be served up with hearty helpings of geekery as some of the city’s top tech minds gather at The Salt Cellar to “meet, eat and give back.”
The idea behind the event, hosted by the Social Media Club Vancouver and sponsored byVancouver Food Tour, is to give the less technologically inclined a chance to get together and pose their most pressing tech questions to the experts and at the same time raise money for a worth cause.
The cause in this case is the independent documentary, With Glowing Hearts, a two-hour film that will focus on four Vancouver activists and artists living and working in the downtown eastside.
April Smith, with mobile media reporters Hendrik Beune (left), Ken Glofcheskie and Peter Davies Photograph by: Bill Keay, PNG
The documentary chronicles the impact of social media and how the four individuals saw their lives change through their social communities, both online and off. Among the participants is April Smith. Hers is an inspiring story that goes from a life in the streets to a life in which she has co-founded a social media company in the downtown eastside and uses her new media skills to help others.”
Read the rest of Gillian Shaw’s article “Meet a Geek”
AHA MEDIA thanks Gillian Shaw for always giving us support. We appreciate it so much! 🙂
AHA MEDIA’s group photos from the 2010 DTES Heart of the City Festival photo shoot in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA is pleased to have some fantastic photos photos taken by David Cooper from the 2010 DTES Heart of the City Festival photo shoot recently! WIth great thanks to Terry Hunter of Vancouver Moving Theatre and Heart of the City Festival
The 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday 27 October to Sunday 7 November, 2010Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
Below is Terry Hunter with AHA MEDIA’s Hendrik Beune, Alvin Clayton and Clyde Wright and April Smith
AHA MEDIA is looking forward to an amazing 2010 DTES Heart of the City Festival!
With a focus on the rich and diverse communities of the Downtown Eastside, the seventh annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival celebrates the culture, heritage and distinct character of the heart of Vancouver.
The festival features twelve days of cultural events, including cultural celebrations, outdoor festivities, processions, forums, workshops, discussions, history talks and history walks.
To celebrate and promote the spirit of our home community, the 2010 Festival theme is: “Downtown Eastside – Heart and Home.” The Downtown Eastside is the heart of the City of Vancouver and the home of choice for thousands of its residents.
The Festival takes inspiration from the words of Downtown Eastside resident Bud Osborn:
Our purpose is to live in community, and community is care, care for one another, care for those least able to care for themselves, care for all care in action.2010 Festival highlights include: a community celebration at the new Oppenheimer Park club house; First Nations and Latin American days of cultural sharing; and a diverse array of exciting community showcases.
Program details will be posted on the website by 8 October 2010
AHA MEDIA was very proud to be a part of the 2010 DTES Heart of the City Festival Photo Shoot
AHA MEDIA members Hendrik Beune, April Smith, Alvin Clayton and Clyde Wright were very proud to be a part of the 2010 DTES Heart of the City Festival Photo Shoot recently
The 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday 27 October to Sunday 7 November, 2010Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
Below is Hendrik Beune, Alvin Clayton and Clyde Wright on their way to the photo shoot
Below is Hendrik Beune, Alvin Clayton and Clyde Wright cheering in celebration!
Below is Alvin Clayton and Clyde Wright seeing themselves in a big theatre mirror with lights with April Smith taking their photo
Below is Alvin Clayton smoothing out his hair with April Smith taking his photo
Below is Clyde Wright and Hendrik Beune waiting excitedly!
We were very proud to have our photos taken by David Cooper
With a focus on the rich and diverse communities of the Downtown Eastside, the seventh annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival celebrates the culture, heritage and distinct character of the heart of Vancouver.
The festival features twelve days of cultural events, including cultural celebrations, outdoor festivities, processions, forums, workshops, discussions, history talks and history walks.
To celebrate and promote the spirit of our home community, the 2010 Festival theme is: “Downtown Eastside – Heart and Home.” The Downtown Eastside is the heart of the City of Vancouver and the home of choice for thousands of its residents.
The Festival takes inspiration from the words of Downtown Eastside resident Bud Osborn:
Our purpose is to live in community, and community is care, care for one another, care for those least able to care for themselves, care for all care in action.2010 Festival highlights include: a community celebration at the new Oppenheimer Park club house; First Nations and Latin American days of cultural sharing; and a diverse array of exciting community showcases.
Program details will be posted on the website by 8 October 2010
Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians
AHA MEDIA looks forward to support the Heart of the City Festival 2010! With much thanks to Terry Hunter, Savannah Walling, Teresa Vandertuin!
The 7th Annual DTES Heart of the City Festival
Wed Oct 27 to Sun Nov 7, 2010
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