If you’re into local history there are a few events coming up with Heritage Vancouver this month that may be of interest.
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Annual Top Ten Endangered Sites Release and Bus Tour
Each year Heritage Vancouver publishes a list of its Top Ten endangered heritage sites and this ride (inside a Transit Museum Society vintage 1958 BCE bus) will take participants around to visit the 2009 finalists including.
Unfortunately the event is currently sold out and the endangered sites for 2010 will be revealed at that time. The 2009 tour included: 1. Pantages Theatre (1907), 2. Vancouver School – Kitsilano High School (1928), 3. Historic Precincts: Gastown, Hastings, Chinatown, 4. First Shaughnessy Neighbourhood, 5. Heatley Block (1931); Houses (1889 & 1898), 6. Historic Monuments, 7. Firehall #15 (1913), 8. Shaughnessy Hospital (1940), 9. Robson Square Complex (1973-79), 10. Hollow Tree (Stanley Park).
Thursday, April 22, 2010 An Evening at the Marine Building (1929-30) Penthouse
Known as the Daily Planet from Smallville and an office tour in films such as Fantastic Four the iconic Marine Building is home to this Heritage Vancouver fundraiser. Aside from having access to the penthouse, your $100 ticket includes wine and hors d’oeuvres along with stories told by Chuck Davis. Tax receipts will be issued for your contribution.
Saturday, April 24, 2010 Heritage & the Arts: Inaugural Long Table Social
The first event of its kind for the organization, the Long Table Social will take place in the legendary Page Building at 330 West Pender. Tickets are $!5 in advance, $20 at the door. Inside this “1907 Neoclassical Revivalist BC Permanent Loan Building†there will be a cash bar and raffle prizes up for grabs.
Tickets for these events can be purchased online (via PayPal) or by calling the number on the Heritage Vancouver website.
Heritage Vancouver was incorporated as a non-profit society dedicated to the conservation of Vancouver’s built, cultural and natural heritage, and has now achieved charitable status. All proceeds from the events assist Heritage Vancouver with their programs, advocacy and education. You can follow them on Twitter @HeritageVan.
As the pre-eminent action sports photography contest in the world, the Pro Photographer Showdown celebrates still images and the commitment required to build a body of work that captures time and captivates the human spirit.
Finalist Grant Gunderson / Warren Miller Ent
It all starts with the re:Action event where the finalists will be featured and the 2010 winner will be announced. This will be followed by a showcase April 22nd at Whistler Conference Centre (Sea to Sky Ballroom).
I have two VIP “Black Market” tickets to give away to the showcase on April 22nd… but there’s a catch. The organizers wanted participating sites to ask for a trade. As such, if you would like to enter to win these VIP tickets to the Pro Photography Showdown, you’ll need to make me a unique trade offer.
It can be for something you made yourself, some type of service you can offer my readers, trade a prize to win this prize, or offer to donate to the non-profit of your choice.
I’ll go through the entries and award the tickets to the person who I think is offering up the best trade.
You can make your trade offer either on Twitter (please @Miss604 and use the tag #BlackMarketPhoto) or through a comment on this post.
Please note, I have a soft-spot for the Union Gospel Mission, Developmental Disabilities Association, the Vancouver Food Bank, and of course chocolate. I’ll decide the trade winner April 14, 2010 at 12:00pm.
Fine print: Regular ticket price is $21 each, not including VIP access. The trade winner will receive two tickets. I may consult friends, family, Twitter or a reader poll for help with my selection.
Update April 15 I have decided to take pussck up on their offer of: “$500 to kidsport Wendy Ladner-Beaudry Fund – for the Foodbank Sports program” in exchange for the tickets. Thank you to everyone for their generosity!
The winner also told me by email, “Wendy worked on a project with the Vancouver Food bank that gave access to sport for low-income immigrant families. Wendy was an inspirational person to many people.” I’m so very pleased that the KidSport Canada Wendy Ladner-Beaudry Memorial Project can benefit from this trade.
On Saturday May 8th at 8:00pm the Wailin’ Jennys and Jeremy Fisher will take the stage at the Chan Centre at UBC.
Wailin’ Jennys
This trio of singers/songwriters took home their first Juno Award in 2005 for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group). Their 2009 album Live at the Mauch Chuck Opera House is currently available and has reached #3 on the US Bluegrass charts. You can follow them on Twitter @TheWailinJennys.
Jeremy Fisher
This upbeat, 1960s influenced rocker went from busking on street corners to touring across Canada. He’s played with everyone from Craig Northey to The Proclaimers and is known for his budget $60 homemade video for Cigarettes that has brought in over 2 million views on YouTube.
Tickets for the show are $35 and available through Ticketmaster. If you would like to attend, I have two tickets to give away through this site. To enter to win, please leave a comment on this post or include the following in a Twitter update (copy/paste):
I entered to win tickets to Wailin’ Jennys and Jeremy Fisher from @Miss604 http://is.gd/bjwNK
The draw will take place at 12:00pm 9:00am, April 23, 2010.
Update I won’t be in the office at 12:00pm today so I bumped the contest to 9:00am and drew a winner at random. That person is… Cameron (comment entry). Congratulations!
However, the booth space where I am doing my presentation is in the middle of the tradeshow floor so I’m unsure how well people will be able to hear my speak. As such, I’ll be posting my slides online later today and will also add in some voice-overs for the playback.
Big thanks in advance to Tris Hussey who will be lending me his MacBook so I can do my presentation. He’s also doing two workshops (in the same space) about Podcasting 101.
In the meantime, I’ll be exploring the conference, workshops, and tradeshow and will post updates throughout the day. The Twitter tag for the conference is #F5Expo so you can follow real-time updates.
Update It was a great morning at the F5 Expo and I ran into many old friends and new faces. It was a real mix of traditional business promotions (booths with roll up banners and pen giveaways) and new media (live Twitter feeds, Wii setup, gadget demos, green screen video on the fly etc.)
My slides have now been posted and I’ve added an audio mp3 over-top. The slide numbers I announce in the audio are a bit off so please ignore the numbers and hopefully it’s fairly easy to follow along.
There is still time to pick up your ticket and I also happen to have a pair to give away. Please leave a comment on this post to enter to win or you may also enter by tweeting the following:
When: Monday April 12 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm