The Vancouver Moving Theatre in Association with the Carnegie Community Centre & the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians presents, with a host of community partners, The 4th Annual 2007 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. The mission of the Heart of the City Festival is to promote, present, profile and encourage development of artists, art forms, cultural traditions, history, activism, people and great stories about Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
The festival runs from October 24 - November 4 and features over 200 artists at over 80 events at 25 locations. Most festival events are free, by donation or pay as you can. Tickets must be purchased for some events. Please consult each event description for ticket information.
For further further information visit Heart of the City Festival or contact 604-254-6911.
We hope to have selected excerpts provided by the Festival organizers to share with our audiences shortly.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Stanley Park Seawall Opening Soon
Reading the local papers today, a little tidbit of news in Vancouver's 24 Hours reveals that Vancouver Parks Board chair, Ian Robertson, has indicated the Seawall could be open to the public in two to three weeks.
The extent of the damage is not widely known by the public, having had the section cordoned off from the public. What is known is that huge chunks of the cliff-face, trees, etc., collapsed and buried a large part of the Seawall. With the clean-up and repairs almost completed, we will have the opportunity to experience the combined effects of Mother Nature's landscaping during the wind-storms and the subsequent landscaping clean-up. What will it look like?
Apparently, it won't be fully complete until the spring when the Vancouver Parks Board will close the Seawall again for a few days to give the path a proper paving.
The extent of the damage is not widely known by the public, having had the section cordoned off from the public. What is known is that huge chunks of the cliff-face, trees, etc., collapsed and buried a large part of the Seawall. With the clean-up and repairs almost completed, we will have the opportunity to experience the combined effects of Mother Nature's landscaping during the wind-storms and the subsequent landscaping clean-up. What will it look like?
Apparently, it won't be fully complete until the spring when the Vancouver Parks Board will close the Seawall again for a few days to give the path a proper paving.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Gmail - SRA news, 9 October
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Jackson and Union Home for Sale
While the color scheme may leave something to be desired, this classic home on the heritage registry just went up for sale.
It includes the 4 units of row housing that you can see to the right (mostly not in shot).
Considering fully renovated homes have been going for $800K plus all summer long, this property seems to be seriously under valued.
I'm sure that Jamie will be bidding hard for this one, come with your chequebooks on Sunday, I'm sure it'll be a bidding war.
It's so fresh, it's not even on MLS yet, email: rick@rickstonehouse.com to get a viewing, I'm sure you'll be impressed.
It includes the 4 units of row housing that you can see to the right (mostly not in shot).
Considering fully renovated homes have been going for $800K plus all summer long, this property seems to be seriously under valued.
I'm sure that Jamie will be bidding hard for this one, come with your chequebooks on Sunday, I'm sure it'll be a bidding war.
It's so fresh, it's not even on MLS yet, email: rick@rickstonehouse.com to get a viewing, I'm sure you'll be impressed.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Building Bridges in the Community
by Lee
LiveinStrathcona is a community portal that has just recently gone live.
Today I spent a number of hours walking through Chinatown and Strathcona visiting various associations, businesses, and other organizations that serve the community. My goal was to promote the site and demonstrate how they can utilize the community portal to promote, educate, inform, and so on. This is the purpose of community portals; it is for everyone in the community.
It is intriguing that some are so resistant and others are so excited. "Why the extreme differences in people's responses?" I wondered.
Based on what I experience as I speak with many people, I sense that some know how to take advantage of things that are offered. Others however, have a social conscience or perspective that rebels against business ethics and mores. I find this puzzling however.
As I walked through the region it became glaringly apparent that many businesses and successful business people have built the community, created associations and societies that benefit and serve the community, donated spaces, and a whole host of anonymous donations. And ironically, listening to a stance against business, I observe an individual enjoying a sandwich and coffee sitting outside a business establishment.
It just goes to show, that in spite of our obstinacy for certain things - me included - that we still partake in what society and business offers us. Things that put clothes on our back, food in our bellies, and roofs over our heads. What I'm trying to say is that even when business may stand to gain by what they give, those who receive can use what is given to their benefit and could gain even more.
Then there is the other seemingly inexplicable side, the business that stands to gain by using the community portal. Visiting one such place today, a business association, there seemed to be a cynical attitude that didn't really want to hear, let alone participate, in what was being offered.
"This is free and costs you nothing. You can use it to promote the association to local area businesses and residents. It is about sharing information and building bridges into the community," is what I was saying.
I know how valuable I would find such a site. I remember the first time I moved into a neighborhood and found it difficult to learn what was going on and where things were. I find it even funnier when I come up to my favorite coffee shop and discover something major is happening in the neighborhood and I scratch my head puzzled that I never heard about it in advance.
Building bridges, all aspects of society and life are presented. Use the community portal to create your own, add a coat of paint, or take a walk on a bridge created by another.
The good news, setting my curious observations aside, is that the majority of people I have spoken to are excited about what is available. Keep watching and get involved.
LiveinStrathcona is a community portal that has just recently gone live.
Today I spent a number of hours walking through Chinatown and Strathcona visiting various associations, businesses, and other organizations that serve the community. My goal was to promote the site and demonstrate how they can utilize the community portal to promote, educate, inform, and so on. This is the purpose of community portals; it is for everyone in the community.
It is intriguing that some are so resistant and others are so excited. "Why the extreme differences in people's responses?" I wondered.
Based on what I experience as I speak with many people, I sense that some know how to take advantage of things that are offered. Others however, have a social conscience or perspective that rebels against business ethics and mores. I find this puzzling however.
As I walked through the region it became glaringly apparent that many businesses and successful business people have built the community, created associations and societies that benefit and serve the community, donated spaces, and a whole host of anonymous donations. And ironically, listening to a stance against business, I observe an individual enjoying a sandwich and coffee sitting outside a business establishment.
It just goes to show, that in spite of our obstinacy for certain things - me included - that we still partake in what society and business offers us. Things that put clothes on our back, food in our bellies, and roofs over our heads. What I'm trying to say is that even when business may stand to gain by what they give, those who receive can use what is given to their benefit and could gain even more.
Then there is the other seemingly inexplicable side, the business that stands to gain by using the community portal. Visiting one such place today, a business association, there seemed to be a cynical attitude that didn't really want to hear, let alone participate, in what was being offered.
"This is free and costs you nothing. You can use it to promote the association to local area businesses and residents. It is about sharing information and building bridges into the community," is what I was saying.
I know how valuable I would find such a site. I remember the first time I moved into a neighborhood and found it difficult to learn what was going on and where things were. I find it even funnier when I come up to my favorite coffee shop and discover something major is happening in the neighborhood and I scratch my head puzzled that I never heard about it in advance.
Building bridges, all aspects of society and life are presented. Use the community portal to create your own, add a coat of paint, or take a walk on a bridge created by another.
The good news, setting my curious observations aside, is that the majority of people I have spoken to are excited about what is available. Keep watching and get involved.
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