Dance Our Snake on Granville Island
h4>>Jacquie Rolston lantern artist will be at the Granville Island Lunar New Year event - with the snake lantern.
We still need a couple more volunteers to dance the snake lantern. …
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Winterlude………..
h4>>Well, the mid-winter festivals have been celebrated; today is the first day of a new year.
'The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older' - Pink Floyd.
It is a good life when there is something to celebrate in the middle of winter, especially in these cold and dark climes where the daylight hours are so, so, so, short. Feasting, partying (hopefully with some common sense), …
Follow the Snake – Feb 8, 10, 17 and beyond…
h4>>Snake in the News
Province http://www.theprovince.com/news/foot+long+sculpture+marks+Year+Snake+Vancouver+garden/7896041/story.html
Westender http://www.wevancouver.com/news/190029651.html
Metro Vancouver cover photo February 8
on Breakfast TV with Dawn Chubai and on Shaw TV
Lunaria snake and artist Jacquie Rolston were interviewed on CBC On the Coast February 8.
Have you sighted …
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Volunteer Opportunity: Social Media Group Facilitator
h4>>Are you a whizz on social media *and* in person networking?
Like turning people onto the pleasures of tweeting and want to support community-engaged arts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by introducing people both in person and online.
These sessions happen at UBC Learning Exchange and we have a two-hour program design worked out. You'd meet with five people and five laptops and help them …
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The long, dark days of winter
h4>>The long, dark days of winter are upon us; it is dark at 4 pm, the days are getting shorter. Until the 21st day of December.............and then sun rise is earlier, and earlier, and soon it will be spring.
There are many mid-winter festivals, many of them centered around light; Divali and Hanukkah among them. There is the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanza and Hogmanay. In many …
Francis Heng is an Advocate for Community Arts and Social Change
h4>>Francis Heng has been actively participating in various CACV initiatives since 2011 and is a passionate advocate for Community Arts and Social Change. In 2012, Francis became co-chair of our Community Arts Activities Committee and coordinator of Community Arts Dialogues.
Francis is a professional visual and performance artist as well as an arts-based facilitator. He currently works in a variety …
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