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Lunch at Carnegie Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside for only $1.75
Lunch at Carnegie Centre at Main and Hastings is a City of Vancouver Community Centre where meals are always delicious and very affordable at $1.75 – a price that anyone, especially those living in the inner city of Vancouver Downtown Eastside can afford.
Below is a photo of today’s lunch – Beef Stroganoff with Tomato and Cucumber Salad – only $1.75!
Below is a photo of today’s vegetarian option – Tofu and Mushroom with Salad for $1.75
Below is a photo of Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA with Alvin Clinton, fellow Downtown Eastside resident enjoying their meals
Below is a photo of Peter Davies, Reporter for AHA MEDIA eating his lunch
Al Tkatch of AHA MEDIA and Ron become parody Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Jack Layton
In this video, Al Tkatch of AHA MEDIA and his good friend Ron and fellow musician Ron become parody Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Jack Layton – our federal political party leaders of Canada
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a HTC TITAN 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.
Below are videos filmed by April Smith on a Nokia N77 when she first started to learn how to film on a mobile cameraphone.
Imagine Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Jack Layton playing guitars together?
Al Tkatch and Ron play the song “Framed”
Al Tkatch and Ron play the song “La Grange”
Al Tkatch and Ron playing ” Spirit in the Sky”
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA film of Al Tkatch and Ron playing “Stuck in the middle with you”
AHA MEDIA co-facilitated Up Words writing group on retreat to Deep Cove and sees a bear!
AHA MEDIA went to Deep Cove in North Van, along with members of Up Words writing group to co-facilitate a “media making” retreat in the woods. During the trip, we got to express our different writing styles and even got to see a bear!
Please see the rest of the story including more photos and videos at http://tinyurl.com/mo5ngf
AHA MEDIA is very proud to be MEDIA SPONSOR of Vancouver Blogathon at Workspace in Gastown, Vancouver on July 25 for 24hrs!
Vancouver Blogathon is an event on July 25 where local bloggers blog for charity for 24 hours straight! The event will be held at Workspace in Gastown, where bloggers can share ideas and keep the momentum going during the course of a whole day and night.
During the blogathon, participating bloggers are to publish posts every half hour for 24 hours straight.. that’s 48 posts in total! Along the way they are encouraged to collect pledges (using the Blogathon.org pledge system) in order to raise funds for the non-profit of their choice.
AHA MEDIA’s charity is for Community Education Resource Society aka Co-op Radio Station at 102.7 FM http://www.coopradio.org/
Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 102.7 FM is a non-commercial, co-operatively owned, listener-supported, community radio station.
Located in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice for the voiceless that strives to a provide space for under-represented and marginalized communities.
You can sponsor us by : http://www.blogathon.org/?page_id=683
How do I sponsor?
- Go to the list of bloggers, and when you find someone you’d like to support, click the sponsor this blogger link.
We are listed as
April Smith aka @AprilFilms of AHA MEDIA
Blogging for:
Community Radio Education Society (CRES)
The fastest way to find us to to the Alphabetical section of the Blog List http://www.blogathon.org/list.php?sort=alpha
- If you’re logged in, you’ll go right to the amounts page. Otherwise, you’ll be given the option to sign up or log in.
- Choose how much you’d like to sponsor for, and whether it’s a lump sum, or an hourly amount.
- Decide how you’d like to appear on the site, and to your blogger. You can be completely open, or completely anonymous. Either way, your email address is never published on the site. See our privacy policy for details.
- Watch the event! Well, as much as you can stay up for.
- After the event, you’ll receive two reminders directing you to your blogger’s charity to fulfill your pledge. If you have already donated, just disregard the email.
This year, Kontent Creative Group volunteered to design a new badge for the event. Local bloggers who wish to participate can visit Miss604’s blog to download a badge.
As always, AHA MEDIA will provide viewers media rich, compelling community content both in our Media Sponsorship of Vancouver Blogathon and through our own posts showcasing other bloggers and their very worthy causes! 🙂
Come and support all of us local participants in the Blogathon for Charity!
Sponsor us to help Co-op Radio 102.7FM from the Vancouver Downtown Eastside http://www.coopradio.org/
http://www.blogathon.org/login.php?action=pledging&blogid=189
April Smith of AHA MEDIA with Lani Russwurm arrival at Japanese Language School to try to see Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Sunday July 12, 2009 was a Historic Day for us in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. Japan’s Royalty – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit our local Japanese Language School!
What a rare honor for us in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES) !
In this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA and Lani Russwurm’s arrival at Japanese Language School to try to see Japan’s Royal Emperor Akihito and Empress Michikoin Vancouver Downtown Eastside.
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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In the following photos, Lani Russwurm, local Vancouver Downtown Eastside Historian http://pasttensevancouver.wordpress.com and many others wait patiently for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to exit the Japanese Language School
In this video, Japan’s Royal Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko exit the Japanese Language School after being escorted by Mayor Gregor Robertson in Vancouver Downtown Eastside with the Emperor waving goodbye in his limo.
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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In this video, after Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leave Japanese Language School in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Mayor Gregor Robertson poses with Wendy Pedersen’s son and Rika Uto’s son.
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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In the following photo, our Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson poses with poses with Wendy Pedersen’s son and Rika Uto’s son.
In the photos below, happy people pose together including our Mayor Gregor Robertson and 2 RCMP officers in traditional dress uniform.
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To see our test livestream videos of this Historic event, please look at
To see 45 photos of the Japanese Royal visit, please see our Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157621279467487/
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