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AHA MEDIA hopes to be able to welcome Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan to our area, the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
During the upcoming ROYAL visit from Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan to our area, the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, we at AHA MEDIA will be hoping to be lucky and honored enough to be able to film and take photographs as we welcome the Royal couple to our neighborhood! 🙂
This will be a historical moment in time!! 🙂 What a great honor! 🙂
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Below is text from :
Rod Mickleburgh
Vancouver — From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 04:40PM EDT
It’s been a long time – if ever – since a prominent royal visited the city’s notorious Downtown Eastside, even in its former, more benign status as Skid Road.
But that’s where the 75-year-old Emperor of Japan and his 74-year-old wife will come calling during their three-day stop in Vancouver.
The rare royal foray into the area by a frail couple, from whom aides warn reporters to expect very, very slow movement, did not land on their agenda easily. It took weeks of intense, behind-the-scenes lobbying to overcome initial resistance to the idea of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko venturing through neighbourhoods few tourists see.
In the end, history won out. The streets of the Downtown Eastside were not always rife with the boarded-up businesses and daily horrors we see today. Once, this was the heart of Japantown, a thriving ethnic community every bit as significant as nearby Chinatown, before internment scattered the residents and delivered their businesses and possessions into the hands of others.
Please see the rest of the story at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-downtown-eastsides-royal-visitors/article1208588/
Pivot Potluck in Wonderland! Music, People, Food, Fun!
Pivot Potluck in Wonderland!
Music, People, Food, Fun!
Visit the Facebook page about the event here
Host: Pivot Legal Society
Type: Party – Barbecue
Date: 12 July 2009
Time: 15:00 – 21:00
Location: Trout Lake Park – south-east corner
Description
It’s sunny, it’s warm, and it’s time for Pivot’s Summer Potluck in Wonderland! Come out and join Pivot staff, board, interns, and volunteers for a relaxed potluck at Trout Lake Park on Sunday July 12th. Mingle with other Pivot supporters, talk social change, play a game of croquet, or just lounge in shade and enjoy the scenery.
We will be sharing the south-eastern side of park with the 15th annual Alice in Wonderland Festival and Mad Tea Party and the organizers are excited about Pivot supporters being part of the festivities.
So bring your rabbit ears and/or top hats and get ready for quite a show – the festival runs from 1 – 5 and the finale includes a performance by the legendary Carnival Band.
To see the festival in action – check out this video from last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXy65GNX5s
Plus! See the new top 40 Hope in Shadows photos and vote for your favourite three!
What: Pivot Summer Potluck in Wonderland
When: Sunday, July 12th 3 – 8
Where: Trout Lake off 19th Avenue (south-east end of the park)
Who: Pivot supporters like you!
What you should bring:
Food: bring your favorite dish to share with everyone – and just so that we don’t end up with 200 different potato salads, send Naila a quick email at getinvolved [at] pivotlegal [dot] com and let us know what you are bringing. We are attempting to make the potluck a paper-plate free event, so please bring something to eat on (ceramic plate, tupperware, etc.) and utensils.
Musical instruments: if you have a musical instrument and feel like playing on a Sunday in the park, please bring it along.
Games: we have the basics – soccer, frisbee, croquet – covered but if you have a game that you really want to share, bring it out.
Costumes: If you want to engage with the festival the possibilities are endless (see the video). Some easy items include: rabbit ears, top hats, face-paint, Alice dresses.
Looking forward to seeing you in the park!
J Hock and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA speak about Sun Eagles in Carnegie Centre Gym in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES)
In this video, April Smith films J-Hock and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA speaking about Sun Eagles, Vancouver Downtown Eastside Street Soccer team in need of support, a new coach, team managment, new members to join, food and clothing donations to the team.
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
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Sun Eagles, last year called ( Dream Catchers) just came back from Toronto’s Homeless Street Soccer World Cup and are rebuilding again after unsuccessfully defending their National Championship where they won Gold last year.
The team known as the Dream Catchers renamed the Sun Eagles will now build on this defeat with an eye for recapturing the championship.
Their dream is to make the Sun Eagles soar again and bring Homeless Street Soccer World Cup to Vancouver to host!
AHA MEDIA ‘s photo is a finalist in Pivot’s Hope in Shadow Top 40 Finalists Votes for Best Photos at Carnegie Centre from July 6 to 10, 2009!!
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Last month, AHA MEDIA participated in Pivot’s Hope in SHadow 3 day photography contest in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) where the theme was ” Heart of the Community” https://ahamedia.ca/2009/06/06/aha-media-to-participate-in-pivots-hope-in-shadows-3-day-photography-contest-in-vancouver-downtown-eastside-dtes/
We are very proud to say that AHA MEDIA’s Peter Davies’s photo of April Smith is Photo No. 3 – Please Come down and vote for Photo No 3 for AHA MEDIA to be in 2010’s Hope In Shadows Calendar!! 🙂
Please Come down to Carnegie Centre and vote for Photo No 3 for AHA MEDIA to be in 2010’s Hope In Shadows Calendar!! 🙂
When? From July 6 to 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where? On the street outside Carnegeie Community Centre (Main and Hastings in Vancouver)
What? Comunity members can vote for their favorite photos. This vote decides the ranking of contest winners
In this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA films Hope in Shadows’ Display of the Top 40 Finalists with a mentor of AHA MEDIA – Jon Ornoy of Animal Mother Films http://www.animalmotherfilms.com standing with Paul Ryan of Pivot’s Hope In Shadows Project
AHA MEDIA attended The Miss Guide’s “Walking the Ruins: Fragments of Vancouver
April Smith and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA on behalf of W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org attended the “Walking the Ruins: Fragments of Vancouver with commentary by The Miss Guides made up of a art collective of Natalie Doonan, Katharine Somody and Sean George .
AHA MEDIA found the walk a delightful blend of a historical tour and a theatrical performance. It was like taking part of a National Film Board of Canada documentary but in real time and experience 🙂
A unique blend of historical tour and street theatre, this one hour walk will make you experience Vancouver as though for the first time. Using the city as their stage, The Miss Guides will lead you through the gritty underbelly of a city teeming with secrets.
From glamour to grime, Walking the Ruins explores four surprising urban sites, drawing unexpected connections between the forgotten past and overlooked present.
Audiences are limited to 12 adults, and groups meet on the Northwest corner of Granville and Hastings Streets, in front of Sinclair Centre, rain or shine ( bring an umbrella )
Walking the Ruins runs July 9 – August 1: Thursdays + Fridays at 7pm; Saturdays at 2pm.
Tickets $20 ( includes entry to Harbour Center’s The Lookout, valued at $13) available through: http://www.themissguides.com
or http://www.tickettonight.ca or 604.684.2787
Intro to the Miss Guides Walk in Vancouver
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give intro commentary during their performative and historical walk in Vancouver
Going up in elevator at Harbour Centre as part of Miss Guides Walk
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give commentary during their Performative and historical walk while going up in the elevator in Harbour Centre.
Going Down in Elevator in Harbour Centre as part of Miss Guides Walk
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give commentary during their Performative and historical walk while going down in the elevator in Harbour Centre.
These videos were filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of these videos, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
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