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March 30, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9pm – Museum of Vancouver, Vanier Park, Kitsilano When does community planning begin with a song? When does art, aesthetics, and history help to define our future? How can we use our collective stories to shape our collective future, and do so in… Organized by Museum of Vancouver, Veda Hille & Annabel Vaughan | Type: kitsilano, art, presentation, planning, song
April 28, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm – The Rhizome Cafe How do we confront overwhelming social, political, and ecological issues with a sense of agency? Two pairs of young filmmakers explore this question on separate journeys: one kayaking the 900km betwe… Organized by Adam Huggins | Type: mount, pleasant, grandview, woodland, peak, oil, community, engagement, art, activism
May 8, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm – Mount Pleasant Elementary School (in the Library) Dear Neighbours and Community Members, Working with the Mount Pleasant Elementary School, we would like to encourage awareness of our local natural history through painting a mural on the asphalt of… Organized by Rita Wong | Type: main, street, mount, pleasant, community, art, water, blueways
June 10, 2012 from 11am to 6pm – HERITAGE HALL Third annual MID-MAIN ART FAIR featuring quality art works by ENDA BARDELL, JOHN BEATTY, JACKIE CONRADI-ROBERTSON, MARNEY-ROSE EDGE, ANNE GAZE,JENNIFER HARWOOD, JAMES KOLL, RITHEA LAMARCHE, FAITH LOV… Organized by Enda Bardell | Type: art, fair, vancouver, v5t, 3g7
June 21, 2012 from 6:15pm to 8:45pm – West End Community Center Join us for the West End mural project if you would like to connect with your neighbours, build strong community, celebrate diversity create colourful street art and HAVE FUN! The on-street mural wil… Organized by Sonja Mulabdic | Type: west, end, community, art, project
July 7, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – Burnaby Art Gallery on Deer Lake Free Art Workshop! For children 4-5 yrs. Join artist, Holly Schmidt to create your own monoprint using leaves collected from around Deer Lake. Arrange the leaves to make unique shapes, patterns and t… Organized by The Burnaby Art Gallery | Type: burnaby, art, making
July 12, 2012 at 9:30am to July 13, 2012 at 4:30pm – Room A229, Langara College Arts Collaborative Green Infrastructure – An Intensive Workshop Learn the value of collaborative, arts-collaborative, community-embedded “green” infrastructure. Through presenting ideas and examples… Organized by Sarah St. John | Type: workshop, art, ecology
July 21, 2012 from 1am to 3pm – Kitsilano Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver, the False Creek Watershed Society and the Greenest City Action Plan to create a series of 10 “Earth Walks”. We… Organized by Celia Brauer | Type: kitsilano, art, education
August 2, 2012 from 7:30pm to 11pm – W2 Media Café Can art be money? Can money be a form of art? By now, you may have heard about Seedstock, Vancouver's first community currency being launched this summer (www.seedstock.ca). Seedstock is money create… Organized by Seedstock Community Currency | Type: community currency, art
May 13, 2013 from 11am to 2pm – Kitsilano, near Wired Monk coffee shop A small group to experiment with making art from recycled plastic. Contact maryinvancouver@gmail.com for details. Organized by Mary Bennett | Type: kitsilano, art
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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