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AHA MEDIA was very proud to be invited to an exclusive screening of “It’s Complicated” at Shangri-La Hotel – Blue Moon Theatre in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA was very proud to be invited to an exclusive screening of “It’s Complicated” at Shangri-La Hotel – Blue Moon Theatre in Vancouver!!
“They snore, leave the toilet seat up and correct your Grammar. They know how you like your coffee, your favourite song and never forgot your anniversary. You love them. Why? It’s Complicated…
“It’s Complicated” – a hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010.
Time: 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel – Blue Moon Theatre, 1128 West Georgia Street
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AHA MEDIA says that “It’s Complicated” is a fantastic and funny movie! Perfect for today’s social media world and social relationships! 🙂
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Below are photos of Peter Davies and Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA who viewed “It’s Complicated!” They enjoyed themselves very much!
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Inside Blue Moon Theatre
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AHA MEDIA thanks Jennifer Barron and Reena Gacad of High Road Communications and Universal Studios Home Entertainment for this wonderful opportunity! 🙂
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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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.
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to wish Michael Tippett a very Happy Birthday!! (MT40) at W2 in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to wish Michael Tippett a very Happy Birthday!! (MT40) Michael’s birthday party was held at W2 in Vancouver.
Michael has always been such a wonderful and supportive presence to AHA MEDIA! AHA MEDIA is always very thankful to Michael and we all wish Michael many more happy years and a very long life! 🙂
Please see more of the amazing Michael Tippett at http://tinyurl.com/a4qdxj
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Below is Michael Tippett and Kate Armstrong for MT40 Party at W2
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Below are two photos of the lovely MT40 party for Michael!
Happy Birthday Michael! Happy MT40! May you get everything you wish for and much more! 🙂
AHA MEDIA was very proud to attend Paralympics Ice Sledge Hockey event – Italy vs Sweden 1:30pm at UBC Thunderbird Arena in Vancouver on March 16, 2010
AHA MEDIA was very proud to attend Paralympics Ice Sledge Hockey event at Preliminary Round Group B Game 10 Italy vs Sweden at 1:30pm at UBC Thunderbird Arena on March 16, 2010
About the Sport
Ice sledge hockey was invented at a Swedish rehabilitation centre in the early 1960s, when a group of athletes with a disability decided they wanted to continue playing hockey. The Swedes took two regular ice hockey skates and built a metal frame (called a sledge) to fit on top, with enough room for the puck to pass underneath. Using short poles to propel themselves along the ice, the men played the first ice sledge hockey match outdoors, on a lake south of Stockholm. By 1969, Stockholm had a five-team ice sledge hockey league.
Ice sledge hockey debuted at the 1994 Paralympic Winter Games in Lillehammer.
How It Works
Ice sledge hockey follows all the International Ice Hockey Federation rules, with a few small modifications.
Instead of standing on skates, players sit on aluminum or steel sledges fitted with two blades. They grip two double-ended sticks, one in each hand. One end of the stick has a sharp pick that the players use to propel the sledge, the other has a curved blade to pass and shoot the puck.
Eight ice sledge hockey teams compete in round-robin tournaments, and top seeded teams from round robin play advance to the playoff rounds. A team must not have more than six players on the ice while play is in progress. The object is for one team to get the puck (a hard black rubber disc) past the other team’s goaltender and into the goal.
A regular game consists of three 15-minute periods.
For more information on Ice Sledge Hockey, visit the IPC’s website or Hockey Canada.
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AHA MEDIA’s Alvin Clayton – Reporter and Richard Czaban – Photographer traveled from Vancouver Downtown Eastside to UBC
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AHA MEDIA’s Alvin and Richard were able to go to the Paralympic Ice Sledge Hocket event, thanks to the wonderful generosity of:
Randi Winter http://www.passionatetravel.com
Robyne Kassen http://www.pedestrianstudio.com
Sarah Gluck http://www.urbanmovementdesign.com
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Below is a photo and video montage of AHA MEDIA’s Alvin Clayton and Richard Czaban’s time going to Paralympic Ice Sledge Hockey
This photo and video montage was filmed by Richard Czaban of AHA MEDIA on a New Media camera Fujifilm S200EXR. 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
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to have ongoing rehearsals for our second performance of “Love In Shadows” – Shadow Theatre Play in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to have ongoing rehearsals for our second performance of “Love In Shadows” – Shadow Theatre Play at the end of March at Interurban Gallery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA cast and crew members were so encouraged by the very positive feedback by our audience from our first performance, we are continuing to do rehearsals in anticipation for our second performance.
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Below is a photo of AHA MEDIA’s cast and crew of the second production of “Love in the Shadows”
Richard Czaban, Hugh Lampkin, Clyde Wright, Holly Boyd, Alvin Clayton and Alex Martin
AHA MEDIA wants to present a play with seven scenes based on true personal stories about how child abuse, trauma and sexual molestation can lead to some folks unable to deal with issues and may end up in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside trying to cope in a variety of harmful ways .
Warning – the following scene is considered graphic but is a real story that happened to some of our actors
This video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a New Media camera Fujifilm S200EXR. 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 are thoughts from AHA MEDIA cast and crew and their thoughts on WHY they are presenting a graphic shadow play depicting Child Abuse scenes from their childhood to help inform people WHY some end up in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside and how they want to have a Harm Reduction project
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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AHA MEDIA believes “Love In The Shadows” can show the reasons WHY some people end up in the DTES – for the MEDIA, our friends and street folks. We wanted to help everyone remember us and our stories through visual and performing arts
AHA MEDIA is about doing positive community engagement and harm reduction strategies in our neighborhood through media, arts and now shadow theatre performances from our members.
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AHA MEDIA is very proud to have been mentioned in the Georgia Straight by Stephen Hui from our first production in February
Downtown Eastside media makers to put on first shadow play
By Stephen Hui
A group of Downtown Eastside media makers will present its first shadow play on Saturday (February 27).
AHA Media will put on Love in the Shadows at the Downtown Eastside Community Arts Network’s art space (67 East Hastings Street) in the Lux hotel.
“AHA MEDIA wanted to present a play with six scenes based on true personal stories about how child abuse, trauma and sexual molestation can lead to some folks unable to deal with issues and may end up in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside trying to cope in a variety of harmful ways,” the group states on its Web site.
“AHA MEDIA believes our play can show the reasons WHY some people end up in the DTES – for the MEDIA, our friends and street folks.”
The show—starring Alvin Clayton, Mike McNeeley, and Richard Czaban—starts at 7 p.m.
You can follow Stephen Hui on Twitter at twitter.com/stephenhui
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AHA MEDIA is proud to do our “Love in the Shadows” Play in great collaboration with DTES CAN – (DTES Community Arts Network)
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