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AHA MEDIA is very proud to help announce Two East End History Walking Tours led by James Johnstone in Strathcona, Vancouver on Saturday March 6, 2010
AHA MEDIA is very proud to help announce Two East End History Walking Tours led by James Johnstone in Strathcona, Vancouver from 10:00am – 4:30pm on Saturday March 6, 2010
Come out and enjoy a two hour walk through Vancouver’s Historic East End. It promises to be a sunny day and the daffodils, cherry blossoms, and daphne odorata will be in full bloom. This Saturday, March 6th, I will be offering two departures of my East End Neighbourhood History Walking Tour, one at 10am and the other at 2pm.
My route, first offered on August 15th to an oversold crowd of 44 people, is the culmination of years of researching over 250 homes in the East End. Although architecture is a minor theme in the tour, my focus is more on the social history—the ebb and flow of different waves of immigrants who established themselves here before moving on to other parts of the city. Most people know about Little Italy, Hogan’s Alley, the East End’s early Jewish Community, and Japantown, but did you know that there were whole blocks of Newfoundlanders and a sizable Syrian colony here as well in the early 1900s?
The tour touches on the impact and influences of portside industries (BC Sugar, shipyards, etc.) prohibition, (the proliferation of bootlegging), the Oriental Exclusion Act (bachelor rooming houses, etc.), the Japanese Canadian internment, as well as the City Planning Department’s attempts to wipe out “urban blight”. It also gives participants the chance to see the locations of the previous homes of well-known East End residents, like pioneer female aviator Tosca Trasolini, premier Dave Barrett, champion boxers Jimmy McLarnin and Felice Di Palma (Di Palma boxed under the name Phil Palmer), Rabbi Nathan Meyer Pastinsky, award-winning authors Paul Yee and Wayson Choy, Ross and Nora Hendrix (Jimi’s grandparents), community activists Mary Lee Chan and Shirley Chan, and BC Supreme Court Judge, community leader Angelo Branca, and k.d. lang.
The Next Tours are scheduled to depart at
10am and
2pmSaturday, March 6th from in front of the Heatley Block at East Hastings & Heatley Avenue (696 East Hastings).
People interested in coming along are encouraged to reserve a space by e-mailing me at househistorian@yahoo.ca.
Cost is $15.00 per person
April Smith of AHA MEDIA is very honored to be interviewed by Stephen Quinn – Host of “On the Coast” on CBC Radio, live at the Patricia Hotel on Friday January 15 2010
On The Coast
On The Coast is a great way to catch up on the day’s news, and get connected to what’s happening in your neighbourhood. Join host Stephen Quinn between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m.every weekday, and you’ll be right up to date on all the latest sports, weather, traffic, and entertainment from around the Lower Mainland. Stephen Quinn’s Bio
Broadcast Times
- CBC Radio One:
- Weekday Afternoons 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. 88.1 FM and 690 AM in Vancouver.
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http://www.cbc.ca/bc/community/blog/2010/01/on-the-coast-live-at-the-patricia-hotel-january-15.html
“On the Coast” with host Stephen Quinn will be broadcasting live from Pat’s Pub inside the Patricia Hotel on January 15 from 3 – 6pm. Join us as we explore the cultural profile of the Downtown Eastside, the neighborhood of Strathcona, and even historic Chinatown. Seating will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Stephen will be talking to “house historian” James Johnstone who will give periodic profiles of specific buildings in Strathcona – when they were built, who lived there, stories of the residents, and where they are now. Photographer Bev Davies will be on hand sharing her memories of how the neighbourhoods used to rock. In the 1970s and 80s, she captured images of old rock and roll venues, as well as the homes of rockers in the area.
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April will be on air around 4:40 pm, speaking about AHA MEDIA’s hyper local community event coverage, connections with Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) and Strathcona with neighborhood members and upcoming projects during the Olympics
Below is a photo of April by Photographer Simon Hayter
Below is a photo of April with Members of LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA attended a very successful Photography Opening : Children Live Dream Here – Urban Landscapes, Children Photography – Inner City Children’s Voice at Chapel Arts 304 Dunlevy in Vancouver Downtown Eastside Thursday Oct 29, 2009
Part of the Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver Downtown Eastside http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/festival-09/october-29/
Celebrating the Voice of the Strathcona Children, Princess Avenue Interpretive Walk
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Below is a photo of Lead Artist Anne Marie Slater with students
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Below is a video of the Visual Arts – CHILDREN LIVE DREAM HERE
The presence of children in our community is the focus of this show of photo works by students from grades 4 to 7. Photographer and lead artist Anne Marie Slater collaborated with the students on an interpretive walk of Princess Avenue and their photographs reveal the sky, the street, and the industrial side of Hastings Street re-linking the historic north/south connection to the waterfront.
The perspectives of inner city children are captured in photo stories and audio recordings, on view in the main gallery and in projections on the outside of Chapel Arts. Children Live Dream Here: Urban Landscapes is a community arts initiative with the participation of local organizations, community members and the support of the Festival and the City of Vancouver Great Beginnings program.
Sponsored by Strathcona Elementary School, Strathcona Community Centre Association and Chapel Arts, with funding from Port Metro Vancouver and Telus-Vancouver Community Board.
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 or message me at http://www.facebook.com/AprilFilms
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Below is a photo of Irwin Oostindie of W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org with his Daughter reading a photo book made by school children
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Below is a photo of Terry Hunter of Heart of the City Festival http://www.HeartOfTheCityFestival.com
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Below is a photo of a young artist drawing with chalk while Savannah Walling of Heart of the City Festival looks on. http://www.HeartOfTheCityFestival.com
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Below is a photo of Savannah Walling, Anne Marie Slater, Irwin Oostindie and daughter looking at the Powerful Projection of Photos taken by students of Strathcona Elementary from the Garage across Dunlevy Street to the side of Chapel Arts!
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Thanks to the following who made the Princess Avenue Interpretive Walk very possible! 🙂
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Below is Anne Marie Slater with Nathan Wiens of Chapel Arts http://www.ChapelArts.com at the end of a successful evening !
AHA MEDIA is proud to present Children Live Dream Here: Urban Landscapes on Thursday Oct 29th, 2009
Visual Arts
CHILDREN LIVE DREAM HERE
Thursday October 29, 5:30pm-10pm
5:30pm-7pm Art opening
Families welcome
7pm-10pm Join your neighbours to celebrate the Festival
Chapel Arts, 304 Dunlevy
The presence of children in our community is the focus of this show of photo works by students from grades 4 to 7. Photographer and lead artist Anne Marie Slater collaborated with the students on an interpretive walk of Princess Avenue and their photographs reveal the sky, the street, and the industrial side of Hastings Street re-linking the historic north/south connection to the waterfront.
The perspectives of inner city children are captured in photo stories and audio recordings, on view in the main gallery and in projections on the outside of Chapel Arts.
Children Live Dream Here: Urban Landscapes is a community arts initiative with the participation of local organizations, community members and the support of the Festival and the City of Vancouver Great Beginnings program.
Sponsored by Strathcona Elementary School, Strathcona Community Centre Association and Chapel Arts, with funding from Port Metro Vancouver and Telus-Vancouver Community Board. Free
With thanks to Anne Marie Slater and the Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver Downtown Eastside for text and image
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/festival-09/october-29/
AHA MEDIA is very proud to present CABARET L’AMOUR FOU!Thursday, July 23rd and Friday the 24th at The Russian Hall, 600 Cambell Ave in Strathcona area of East Vancouver
We , the Ancient Rugged Revival, in association with The Dusty Flower Pot Cabaret do cordially invite you to an evening of delectable theatre and revelry…. . .. .
Casting anchor down on weathered docks,
the Ancient Rugged Revival arrives
Is it a band, or is it a play?
Is it a vaudville act or a didactic fable?
A barrage of sailor’s songs,
tap dancing,
shadow puppetry,
erotic mumblings,
gale storms and mutiny
C’EST CABARET L’AMOUR FOU!
we present
CABARET L’AMOUR FOU!
at The Russian Hall, 600 Cambell Ave in Strathcona
Tickets $15-25 sliding scale
CABARET L’AMOUR FOU! offers up a 12-person spectacle of genre-bending collaboration by East Vancouver’s Ancient Rugged Revival. Recently returned from the Montreal Fringe Festival, here is what folks have been saying about this viewer-rated FESTIVAL TOP TEN performance:
“Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant… hilarious… truly entertaining.” — The Montreal Hour
“Over the top joyous and maddening as love itself” — The Montreal Hour
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