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City of Vancouver Locks W2 Media Cafe W2 Community and Indigenous Groups shut out
City of Vancouver Locks W2 Media Cafe
W2 Community and Indigenous Groups shut out
As a pre-Christmas gift, on December 17 the City of Vancouver changed locks on the W2 Media Cafe in the Woodward’s Atrium.
Community groups are responding raising objections to loss of inclusive space in the Downtown Eastside. The 10,000 sq ft community-engaged media arts centre had been facing a controversial December 31 eviction notice.
The inner-city media hub is broadly recognized for incubating and launching programs and services with the Urban Indigenous community, and these groups are most affected by the locks being changed.
A Press Conference will take place at the Woodward’s Atrium on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at 11:00am.
Speakers will include:
Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Co-Founder, Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival•
Debbie Krull, Woodsquat Veteran
Cease Wyss, Squamish Media Artist
Ashley Frances, InDigital Co-Coordinator
Rob Morgan, Woodsquat Veteran/LAPP member
Scott Clark, ALIVE Executive Director
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Media Contact: Scott Clark, ALIVE, clarkscott00@hotmail.com
3rd Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair 2012 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
The Community Christmas Craft Fair is a unique experience to support low-income women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Crafts are affordably priced, vendors are part of a supportive community that the public is welcomed into, and the event has no cost to vendors which means all proceeds go directly to the artists. Not only that, but submission to the fair is restricted to low-income residents in the DTES, many of whom are involved in drug and alcohol treatment and employment training programs.
25th Annual Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast and Toy Drive
The Pan Pacific Xmas Wish Breakfast results are in! Over 5,000 Vancouverites attended & donated over 13 TONNES of toys & $26,000 in cash!
The results are in! This past Thursday nearly 5,000 generous Vancouver residents attended the Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast and donated more than 13 TONNES of toys to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, along with $26,000 in cash! On behalf of everyone at the Hotel, we would like to thank those who participated in making this year’s event one to remember. We look forward to seeing you again next year 🙂
An intimate winter evening with George Leach at W2 Media Cafe in Vancouver
As a part of our Woodward’s Indigenous Winter Market, we present to you an intimate winter evening with George Leach, performing songs from his highly anticipated album “Surrender” at W2, his first concert in Vancouver in 2 years. You will also be able to purchase the new album and other merchandise from George Leach.
http://www.georgeleach.com/
Educational Enrichment Society, Simon Fraser University, Our Place, Inner-city Economic Strategy, Hastings Crossing BIA, BC Government & Services Employees Union, Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival (VIMAF), and City of Vancouver’s Local Area Planning Process
Yoko Tomita and Christmas Origami workshop in Vancouver
Yoko Tomita recently showed some happy Vancouver residents how to fold brightly coloured paper into beautiful Christmas origami ornaments! What a wonderful delightful experience!! 🙂
Yoko works as community artist in east Vancouver area on Murals, Street Banners, Mosaic,Lanterns,Textile art,Origami,Acrylic painting, Water color painting, photographs and more.
See more of Yoko here
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