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Illuminares Lantern Festival Returns

July 21, 2009

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Ah, the complications of nonprofittery: last year, for reasons on which I’m unclear (but which many, MANY people on both sides are happy to discuss, at great length, the first chance and every chance they get) Public Dreams Society did not get the support of the City and whatever other agencies/organizations they were looking to […]

3 Day Novel Contest Writer’s Retreat

July 17, 2009

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I am cross-posting this from the Shebeen Club because dammit, this just needs to be plastered everywhere! The more I talk to this resort, the more excited I get! From a bright-eyed Friday, September 4th through to a groggy, shaken Tuesday the 8th morning, we’ll be closeting ourselves away in a secluded BC resort doing […]

Participatory Art with Pierre-A. Sonolet at Science World and Waterfront Station

July 17, 2009

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Got this very intriguing invitation from Judi Piggott of SynergyByDesign via email. Pierre-A. Sonolet invites you to assist and participate in two performances that will take place in Vancouver, July 19 and July 25, 2009. Bring yours organic pigments* for a lunch performance. Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 2:00 pm. meet at Science World where […]

Free by Chris Anderson, FREE!

July 8, 2009

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It doesn’t get much simpler than that; you can now read the almost-certainly-about-to-be-a-best-seller book Free, the Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson, the author of old-skool social media gospel Long Tail, right here online. I mean yeah, you could click away to Amazon and buy it there and spend anxious weeks waiting to […]

Bowen Island Poetry Salon with Allan Briesmaster and Clara Blackwood

June 8, 2009

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Stole this from Facebook. If you haven’t Friended me there, please do; Faceplant killed my “raincoaster” account and now most of my friends don’t recognize me when I Friend Request them, dammit! POETRY READING/SALON with visiting poets Allan Briesmaster and Clara Blackwood Please join us for a lovely evening of stellar verse with father and […]

Eastside Stories: The People. The Voices

June 5, 2009

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I got this in an email a few weeks ago, and the full version is over on the Heart of the City website. Eastside Stories: The People, The Voices Friday June 19 to Sunday June 21 Locations in the Downtown Eastside, including Carnegie Community Centre and radha yoga & eatery. Most events are free. Eastside […]

Artist Trading Card Exhibition: Call for Entries

June 5, 2009

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OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES : RICHMOND ART GALLERY 4th ANNUAL ARTIST TRADING CARD EXHIBITION Open to all participants in the Lower Mainland and Beyond Exhibition: 18 September – 30 October 2009 Deadline for ATC Submission: Post-mark deadline of 4 September 2009 Closing Celebration and Trading Session: Friday, 30 October, 7-8:30pm The RAG’s 4th Annual Artist […]

Banff Literary Arts Deadlines

June 1, 2009

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Literary Arts Application Deadline Reminder Wired Writing Studio 2009 – 2010 Fred Stenson, director On-site residency: October 5 – 17, 2009 Online residency: November 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010 Application deadline: June 19, 2009 Faculty Fiction and other narrative prose: Caroline Adderson, Pasha Malla, Sid Marty Poetry: Sue Goyette, Stan Dragland The program is […]

W2 information night

May 30, 2009

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Interested in W2 and the community? Want to get involved and make a positive and lasting change? Come to the W2 info night, held on Thursday, June 4th at 7PM. This is an free and informal event open to everyone. Food and drinks will be served. Learn about upcoming programming, including the Youth Media Arts […]

Free Inter-Cultural Orchestra Event

May 29, 2009

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Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Open Rehearsal / Workshop June 1 and 8, 20096:00 to 10:00 pmCambrian Hall, 215 East 17th Ave. The VICO is pleased to invite interested composers and music lovers to audit two upcoming workshop sessions, in which the 18-piece intercultural orchestra will be exploring some of the artistic challenges associated with creating and […]

Designing for the Community Experience Event

May 26, 2009

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This one’s tonight, so I thought I’d get the post up ASAP. From a Facebook invite, because I’m part of the Vancouver User Experience group, although I’ve never managed to make it to one of these really interesting-sounding events. There in spirit, baby! That’s the trouble with social media; sure, it lets you know what’s […]