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OPENING THE TREASURE BOX for 9th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver on Saturday October 27, 2012
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OPENING THE TREASURE BOX: A Panel of Historians
Saturday October 27, 4pm – 6pm
Chapel Arts, 304 Dunlevy
An exciting opportunity to meet and pose questions to a number of the historians who live, share and celebrate the storied and rich history of the Downtown Eastside. Our panel of history treasure hunters features: James Johnstone, house history researcher and heritage activist; John Atkin, author and civic historian; Lani Russwurm, writer and Vancouver history blogger; Larry Wong, enthusiastic historian and writer born in Chinatown; Kat Norris, Coast Salish activist and community leader; and Grace Eiko Thomson, freelance curator and respected Japanese Canadian elder. Houses, rumours, streets, labour strife, ancestors, and community successes are just some of the fascinating topics in the neighbourhood treasure box of DTES history. Free
This event was on Day 4 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 9th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday 24 October to Sunday 4 November, 2012
Over 120 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 13 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
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!
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AHA MEDIA filmed at W2 Soul Gardens Long Table European Dinner with Lani Russwurm in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Time: August 1, 2011 at 7pm to August 5, 2011 at 9pm
Location: W2 Media Cafe
Street: 111 W hastings
City/Town: Vancouver
Event Type: dinner
Organized By: W2 Woodwards
Event Description
W2 Media Cafe, 7pm daily
Founding DTES communities shared gardens, ingredients and stories, now taste the recipes and flavours from Vancouver’s early settlers on the Unceded Territories of the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Musqeam Nation. Guests chef Mark Smith (Toronto) works with artists Cease Wyss, Indigo, Anne Marie Slater, Wayde Compton and Lani Russwurm to craft nightly menus centred around a single heritage.
Tickets $1–20 by donation/sliding scale.
European, Aug 1
Coast Salish, Aug 2
African, Aug 3
Chinese Aug 4
Japanese, Aug 5
Tickets available at: w2longtables.eventbrite.com/
W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Soul Gardens Public Art Project
Event Details
Time: July 5, 2011 to September 21, 2011
Location: W2 Media Cafe, DTES locations
Event Type: project, exhibition, workshop
Organized By: W2 Woodwards
Event Description
Soul Gardens is a W2 community public art project that investigates the cultural history of the Downtown Eastside as told through stories of food, gardening and community.
A collaboration between five muralists and five artist researchers, the project draw heavily on individual and shared narratives within founding DTES cultural groups including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations, and African, Chinese, Japanese and European settlers. In addition to a large public mural, Soul Gardens will create a dynamic online interface inviting individuals to share recipes, stories, photos and other information about how food has played a role in shaping their experience of Vancouver.
Muralists: Jordan Bent, Indigo, Scott Sueme, Melanie Shambach, Take5. Researchers: Wayde Compton, Lani Russwurm, Anne Marie Slater, Sid Tan and Cease Wyss. Project Coordinators: Irwin Oostindie, Lianne Payne.
Look here for further event updates on the project as they are announced, including long table dinners, recipe card collections, and public talks and workshops on cultural heritage and community history.
With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada. Artwork design: Jordan Ben
AHA MEDIA is very proud to help support the W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project!
Below are photos from a recent meeting at W2 Media Cafe
Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA unboxing a Nokia N8 for #N8Productions in Vancouver, Canada
In the following photos and video, Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA unboxes a Nokia N8 smartphone for #N8Productions in Vancouver, Canada
Below is Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA looking at the Nokia N8
Below is Barb Goosehead with Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA looking at the Nokia N8 at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Below is Christoph Runne and Bill Inglis looking at the Nokia N8
Below is the difference between Nokia N8 and Nokia N97 mini cameraphones
Below is a photo and video of Barb Goosehead watching a video on the Nokia N8
Below are photo of Lani Russwurm looking at the Nokia N8
Below is a photo and video of a video being filmed on the Nokia N8
Many thanks to WOM WORLD Nokia for the Nokia N8 and #N8Productions package 🙂 The members of AHA MEDIA and our friends in Vancouver are very proud to see and use the Nokia N8.
We are honored to be asked to compete in the #N8Productions worldwide! We love using Nokia smartphones for all our mobile media making and livestreaming! 🙂
AHA MEDIA Livestreamed Human Rights and Media Matters forum at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver
From Georgia StraightBy Staff, December 9, 2010A public forum called “Human Rights and Media Matters” is being held tonight (December 9) at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver.
Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith is moderating the discussion, which is being cohosted by the Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, the Chinese Canadian National Council, and the W2 Community Media Arts Society.
The panel features B.C. Civil Liberties Association executive director David Eby, Downtown Eastside activist Tami Starlight, antiracist activist Harsha Walia, and UBC history professor Henry Yu.
Here’s the live stream from April Smith of AHA Media.
Below is Sid Tan, organizer of “Human Rights and Media Matters” forum at W2 with Irwin Oostindie watching
Below is Tami Starlight, Henry Yu, Charlie Smith and David Eby
Below is a photo of AHA MEDIA’s Mac with Nokia N97 mini and Nokia N8 smart cameraphones
Below is Nokia N97 mini livestreaming
Below is filming with Nokia N8 and livestreaming Nokia N97 mini
Below is David Eby and Harsha Walia
Below is Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA filming with a Nokia N8
Below is Tami Starlight with Henry Yu
Below is Charlie Smith, Editor of Georgia Straight
Below is Sudha Krishna asking a question
Below is Miraj Khaled asking a question
Below is MLA Mable Elmore for Vancouver-Kensington
Below is Sean Gunn
Below is Lani Russwurm, Stephan and Miraj
See all “Human Rights and Media Matters ” livestream at http://qik.com/ahamedia/videos
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