Ronnie Miranda of Active Computer Services has produced another gigapixel (one billion pixel) image of a Vancouver scene. His latest was captured at the Voices in the Park concert this past weekend.
Those who attended can tag themselves and their friends in the image and share on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. You can also donate to the Sarah McLachlan School of Music directly from the photo page.
The Sarah McLachlan School of Music is a free music program in Vancouver, British Columbia aimed at youth who do not have the financial means to take music lessons. The school is dedicated to helping young people find their voice.
The concert that took place on Saturday, September 15, 2012 and featured performances from Bryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, and even an appearance from former United States President Bill Clinton.
Ronnie’s other images include 100 megapixel panoramas of the Celebration of Light Fireworks and one billion pixel photos of GigaPixel Fairview Vancouver at Dusk and Night. He has also created a series of time lapse videos: Gigapixel Time-Lapse of Vancouver, Vancouver Video Collection, Canucks Fan Time-Lapse, Vancouver Time-Lapse Videos.
There’s no shortage of businesses in Vancouver who do what they can to support causes in the community and Trees Organic is a part of that generous group. On Thursday, September 20, 2012 they will be donating $1 from every coffee and espresso-based beverage they sell to the Vancouver Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.
High levels of violence, homelessness, addictions and poverty characterize the Downtown Eastside community, and women and children are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, injustice and injury. Founded in 1978, DEWC is one of the few safe spaces within the Downtown Eastside exclusively for women and their children. We provide practical support to over 300 women, children and seniors, every day.
Pick up your coffee at any of the following locations: Downtown/Granville (450 Granville), Gastown (321 Water), Yaletown (1391 Richards), Richmond (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond Public Library). You can also drop off donation items on Thursday such as clothing and unused toiletries.
Trees Organic Coffee also signed onto the Café Femenino Project back in June which supports women coffee growers with an above Fair Trade contribution that they can use to fund social and economic programs in their communities.
Follow the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about their work in the community.
The Marriott Residence Inn in downtown Vancouver recently underwent a major design overhaul that lasted about 8 months. I’m asked often about hotel recommendations for downtown Vancouver so I was pleased to receive a tour of the remodeled property last month to preview the upgrades.
Suited for extended stays (featuring full kitchens, laundry and grocery services, BBQ patio, and more) quick trips and vacations are not out of the question. Pets are allowed, it’s a non-smoking property, there are several meeting spaces, and rooms on each of the 21 floors vary between 420 sq ft to over 800 sq ft.
The property has recently received a 5 Green Key eco-rating and AAA 3 Diamonds with its upgrade. Ken Boyd, Director of Sales & Marketing, told me that the hotel also has a zero waste program.
Guests can enjoy a complimentary hot breakfast buffet and lounge out with in-table laptop hookups and WIFI in the dining and common areas. Of course there’s also free WIFI and wired internet in the rooms along with iPod docks, flat screen TVs, and workspaces.
Cavino is the new cafe by day and wine bar by night that features the best that the Granville Island Market has to offer — such as plates from Oyama Sausage Company and Benton Bros. Cheese Company.
There are a few packages and special offers on right now as the hotel begins to promote its fresh look including a staycation package for locals. The Marriott Residence Inn Vancouver Downtown is located at 1234 Hornby Street just west of Davie.
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We have the annual Zombie Walk and Thrill The World and now zombie-lovers and zombie impersonators around the Lower Mainland can get their fix of the undead several ways this season.
Zombie Combat Zone
Your mission – locate and rescue a group of missing scientists and discover the cause of the outbreak and if possible… stop the plague. This adventure is a simulated fight for your life through a zombie apocalypse. Located on 57 acres of “insanely creepy forest” participants will undergo a crash course bootcamp (including weapons training with a paintball gun) then suit up and head out into the zone.
Location: Panther Paintball at 19022 16th Ave in South Surrey
Cost: $50 per person, group rates available
Hours: From dusk to 1:00am Thursdays to Sundays until November 15, 2012
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The Zombie Syndrome
This theatrical adventure takes the audience on a high-stakes mission to save the world from a deadly zombie invasion. This highly interactive theatrical scavenger-hunt features technical elements requiring each audience group to use their smartphones to navigate through the show and find clues leading to a renegade scientist’s secret mobile laboratory.
Location: The exact starting point of the show (somewhere in downtown Vancouver) remains undisclosed until the day before the show.
Cost: Tickets are $25 plus service charges
Hours: Various performance hours from October 13 to 31, 2012
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Enjoyed by thousands every day who take to its sea wall, forest trails, sea side lookouts, beaches and attractions, it’s no wonder that someone would want to create a film about Vancouver’s ‘Crown Jewel’, Stanley Park. Beautiful Earth, consisting of co-founders Adrian Green and Grant Finlayson, is the company behind a new Stanley Park documentary. They aim to make more than just a ‘tourist film’ and have recently released a trailer for Stanley Park: An Urban Wilderness.
Stanley Park: An Urban Wilderness Teaser Trailer from Beautiful Earth Films on Vimeo.
The film will follow the park’s history through interviews with individuals from our local First Nations and share the story of its popular attractions and areas of interest like the 9 o’clock gun, Deadman’s Island, the miniature train, and more.
“Although we are looking at a lot of these different things as they are today we are also delving into their past and telling their stories from their very beginnings,” Green told me. “We’ve been digging up some interesting facts as we’ve been doing our research and talking with people and it’s fascinating and very exciting when we find out something that we didn’t know before.”
The nature of Stanley Park is another main focus and the filmmakers have done several interviews with the Stanley Park Ecology Society. “The whole documentary will hopefully be a pleasing and inspiring mix of everything,” Green added.
They are looking to release the finished product in the spring of 2013 at the latest and are still filming this month and hopefully moving on to editing by October. They will soon be launching an Indigogo campaign to help raise funds to finish the documentary and are currently accepting sponsorship and donations to supplement what each of them have been contributing out of pocket.
You can follow the project on the Beautiful Earth blog, Twitter, and Facebook to learn more.
