How is your spring going? Lovely weather, sunshine, cool breezes. We are, so, so lucky to be feeling the effects of global warning. Who has heard the doggrel, 'Spring has sprung The grass is riz I wonder where The birdies iz" Ogden Nash, I believe. The full piece is on the net, if you are interested. Enough of this levity. On the 5th April 2013, some of the recipients …
Carnegie Community Centre
Downtown Eastside Poet/Writer Antonette Rea
This is a short slide show of Downtown Eastside poet Antonette Rea. Antonette is reading from her chap book, 'A Tranny Tapestry of Reality', a collection of five poems and two poetic prose. Downtown Eastside Poetry Night at Carnegie Center Rea's work is uncompromisingly honest, no holds barred. She writes about her '....Set(ting) new wheels in motion, to escape the …
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Making Art In The Downtown Eastside
I just finished writing this absolutely brilliant post - tried to add some images..........................Gone! Gone! Lost in ...........Cyberspace. Sometimes I miss the days of wine and roses, no, no, I mean the days of paper and cut and paste. Even if some particular page was ripped and tossed one could always go scrabbling in the dustbin and, painstakingly swearing all the while, glue the …
The Heart of The City Festival 2012
Well, it is that time of the year, the beginning of The Season. The festivities that will get us through the long, dark, days ahead. Cheer you up? No. Okay, let's go to the Heart of the City Festival, organized by the incredible Vancouver Moving Theatre team, showcasing and highlighting arts and craft in the Downtown Eastside. Featuring all the people we know and love, (well, for the most …
The 2012 Eastside Swarm
I just listened to an interview with Lou Reed, an old interview, some time in the 1970's where he has great fun with the journalists, all straight faced. You can listen to it on uwall.tv. Okay, so this is not what the headline to this post says, but thought it would be nice to see how hard I work to get this blog out:) Oh, right, and I also listened to Jeff …
Downtown Eastside Beat
Hey, Hope everybody is enjoying the beautiful weather; sometimes I complain about the heat – but fast upon that thought comes the remembrance of the long, dark days of winter. And the heat is preferable, way more preferable than the dark. What do you think? Is it easier to be creative in the summer? Creativity being any act of living; cooking, painting, making music, writing, clothing, …