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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 […]

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 […]

Art and Ecology event at Van Dusen Gardens

July 13, 2009

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Art and Ecology, a talk on the intersection of art practice and responsible land use with John K. Grande, is at the VanDusen Gardens this Thursday. This is taken from the Facebook invitation: You are invited to join us for an evening presentation and discussion about environmental art: Thursday July 16 6:30-9:00pm at VanDusen Botanical […]

Car-Free Festival on the Drive

June 8, 2009

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Join the Commerical Drive Car-Free Festival, Sunday, June 14th, all day until 8pm. I’d love to tell you how to volunteer, what to expect, what time the bands go onstage, etc, but the poster they emailed out is too small to read. Just show up and have fun! Volunteers also needed, apply here. UPDATE: found […]

LifeLid Art Gala Announcement

June 5, 2009

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This is the latest fundraising event for Children’s Hospital from Chip Wilson, the force of nature behind the Chip’s Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile. Stole this announcement from UrbanMixer, which I am glad to see is back in action after too long a layoff! Life Lid Art Gala ~ A celebration of life Saturday, June […]

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 […]

Job Opportunity:Membership Consultant, Vancouver Board of Trade

June 4, 2009

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Stole this right off their website, to which I was pointed by their (highly useful) Twitter account. Fax? People still fax resumes? Live and learn. Membership Consultant POSITION: Membership Consultant – Vancouver Board of Trade ONE YEAR TERM CONTRACT: One year from date of hiring A dynamic, high-profile customer service role with the largest and […]

Social Media Expert Volunteering Opportunity

June 3, 2009

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I know, I know, another volunteering opportunity. But this one is a great portfolio-builder and you’d be helping out a great organization, so if you’re a social media practitioner, take a look. You can see the posting on their site at VolunteerVancouver as well. This one came straight to my social media inbox, bloggingclasses@gmail, thanks […]

Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Call for Volunteers

June 3, 2009

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From a SEARCHgrad email. I don’t post most of the volunteer “opportunities” I get, because mostly they’re just a chance to work for free and thus reinforce the class system (welfare recipients are not technically allowed to volunteer, as it takes away from their work search time. They are thus unable to accept most internships, […]

Vancouver Changecamp June 20

June 2, 2009

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I initially volunteered to help with Changecamp, but warned them at the beginning I wouldn’t be able to help pull it off in May, and the way May turned out I had no chance to help out when they switched it to June, either. So the least I can do is post this, eh? VanChangeCamp […]

Etiquette and Social Media panel at the Blogger’s Meetup

June 1, 2009

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Here’s my little monologue from last week’s Blogger Meetup at the St Regis downtown. You can read my post on the announcement for background, and you can see videos of the whole presentation on AHAMedia’s page at YouTube. Thanks again to Raul Pacheco for putting the event together, Colleen Coplick for moderating, Shane Gibson for […]