ArtsFest 2008
April 2 - May 10
To showcase the breadth and depth of fresh talent, Langara College presents Artsfest 2008 running April 2 - May 10. Artsfest encompasses seven unique grad shows and Planet of the Arts, a one-day interactive celebration.
Planet of the Arts
May 10
An interactive, one-day celebration for the community and a chance to check out Langara College’s finest student work. Explore your creative side--design a magazine cover, manipulate a photograph, create a painting, and mingle with performers. Learn more about our wide-range of Creative & Applied programs and chat with graduates and alumni about their experiences.
Planet of the Arts - May 10, 2008
Langara College Library/Classroom Building
100 West 49th Ave, Vancouver
1 - 5 pm
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at 8:00pm and
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 2:00pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre
(677 Davie Street, Vancouver)
From the culturally rich island of Bali in Indonesia, comes a tradition of beautifully intricate music and evocative dance that has been attracting international attention for over a century. Gamelan Gita Asmara (translated as “Gamelan of the Song of Love”) is a Vancouver-based ensemble of 27 musicians and 4 dancers dedicated to performing the music and dance of Bali.
The group was founded by ethnomusicologist and composer Michael Tenzer, and is host to guest Balinese artists I Wayan Sudirana (composer and musical director) and Ni Putu Widiantini (dance director). The ensemble performs on a spectacular and authentic gamelan made up of bronze gongs, metallophones, cymbals, drums, and bamboo flutes. Based at the University of British Columbia, Gamelan Gita Asmara prepares the extremely complex interlocking patterns of this music in the traditional Balinese manner of memorization and intensive (5 hours weekly) rehearsal.
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· professional vs personal profiles, privacy and promotion
· community netiquette and joining the blogosphere at large
· what the world wants to hear vs what you have to say
Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.
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Reservation guaranteed only upon acceptance of payment. Please email ahead and let us know what kind of blog you're working with (Drupal, Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, etc).
The Addiction Services, Public Education Series, is a community service of Vancouver Coastal Health. This program is free and open to anyone who is interested in addiction, alcohol and other drugs.
There are 6 sessions, 1) what is addiction, 2) drugs and the body, 3) recovery, 4) family issues, 5) helping others, 6) drugs in our society-a public health approach to drug control. Participants who complete all six sessions will receive a certificate upon completion. This ongoing program occurs every Friday morning from 9:30-11:30 on drop-in basis, no registration is required. Presented by Mark Haden. For more information phone: 604-267-3970 .
Thats right! RBC desiFEST is now going to Montreal and Vancouver in 2008. We are travelling across the country to find the BEST South Asian artists and showcase them in their home cities AND bring them to Toronto’s main event. [www.desifest.ca]
For the first time ever and making HISTORY, Gastown closes its streets for a South Asian Festival. 10 hours of free programming including local superstars: Cassius Khan, en Karma, Jagua, Bombay Sapphire, Bharatnatayam and Kathak dancers, a-slam, and many more. Come experience the flavour of India in Vancouver's oldest heritage district.
Saturday May 3, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Water Street between Cambie & Richards.
Brought to you by the good people at RBC Financial Group, TELUS, Blueband Media, Urban Mixer, A-town Productions, South Asian Arts and Virsar Media.
2008 DATES:
MONTREAL - March 29th, 2008
- National Desi DJ Competition
VANCOUVER– May 03, 2008
- National Desi DJ Competition
- National South Asian Talent Search
- 10 hour FREE outdoor music festival
TORONTO GRAND FINALE– May 31st, 2008
- National Desi DJ Competition
- 12 hour FREE outdoor music festival
On Saturday May 3, 2008, four brands will unite to create a very special experience: desiQUEST. Join A-Town Productions, Urban Mixer, Virsar Media Inc. and By Sathish aboard Vancouver's largest privately-owned cruising vessel: the MV Britannia.
Your mission aboard desiQUEST will begin at 501 Denman St, Vancouver (Coal Harbour) at 2100h (9pm). The ship will set sail in into the waters of English Bay promptly at 2200h (10pm). Those agents not making it to the point of contact by 2200h will have failed their mission and will not receive a refund. All agents must be nineteen (19) years of age or older. Agents under the age of nineteen (19) will be denied permission to board.
Your assignment will last 3 hours until 0100h Sunday morning. Once you have accepted this mission, you must complete it.
Your primary objective will be to enjoy the company of your 500 co-agents. Your secondary objective is to experience the sounds of industry legend, DJ Baba Kahn with DJ Publicity from Toronto and those of Vancouver's own legend DJ Reminisce and DJ Lajit.
At 0100h, the mission will conclude and desiQUEST will disembark at the mission's starting point, the Harbour Cruises Marina.
Tickets for this assignment are on sale for a price of $55 each. Groups of 10 are entitled to a group discount and each ticket will be $45.
30 Days' Sustainability and Kids: Growing Up Green for Kids and Parents
May 3 | 1:00 – 4:00PM | Free | Britannia Community Centre & Grandview Park, Vancouver
Bring the kids for a family oriented green afternoon. Kids will enjoy 30 Days' recycled craft creation, face painting, bubbles and Bonkers! A musical duo that performs interactive songs about sustainability like “Go Talk to a Tree”, “Energy Hog”, “Planting a Garden” and more. Yoga for the both the kids and parents! Kids 8 to 88 also invited to operate mininature wind turbines, which provide power to model electric cars, for mini-races. This Saturday, May 3rd at Britannia Community Centre and Grandview Park, Vancouver, the Solar Powered Road Show will be giving away over $500 in free, revived alkaline batteries. Presented by BC Hydro. For a full listing of over 20 events and inspiring actions under the 30 day long, 30 Days “umbrella” from April 22 to May 21, visit www.30days.ca.
Participate in any of 30 Days events (http://www.30days.ca) for your chance to win a pair of side stage wristbands to see Jack Johnson Live in Vancouver with a copy of his latest album “Sleep Through the Static” available online and in stores now.
Jack Johnson's 2008 Global Tour greening initiative (http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/greening), collaborates with 30 Days of Sustainability in Vancouver in order to inspire music fans to create change.
Win a chance to see Jack Johnson’s Live in Vancouver at upcoming 30 Days Events:
30 Days Café: Green Economy - Responsible Investments that Turn a Profit
May 6 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Free | BCIT Downtown – conference room, Vancouver
With key-note speaker, renown investing expert and author Storm Cunningham (http://www.restorationeconomy.com).
30 Days Café: Carbon Tax Explained
May 12 | BCIT Downtown – conference room, Vancouver | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Free
With Graham Whitmarsh, Head of the BC Climate Action Secretariat, James Tansey, CEO and Co-founder of Offsetters and Jotham Peters of SFU. Moderated by Kevin Washbrook of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change.
30 Days Café: Green Home - How to Make Your Home Green
May 15 | BCIT Burnaby, Town Hall D, Burnaby | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Free
With speakers from Lighthouse Sustainable Building Centre and GreenWorks.
