The Canada SCORES Vancouver Soccer Ball Gala on May 19th will bring together its community of poet-athletes, community members, families, sponsors, and supporters for an evening to raise crucial funds for Canada SCORES Vancouver programming. The Gala will also feature TELUS as their Corporate Honouree, as well as Canada Soccer Women’s National Team Head Coach and Olympic Gold Medalist, Bev Priestman as the Individual Honouree.
Soccer Ball Gala in Support of Canada SCORES Vancouver
When: Thursday, May 19, 2022 from 6:00pm to late
Where: Brock House Restaurant (3875 Point Grey Rd, Vancouver)
The event will be hosted by CTV Morning Live in Vancouver co-anchor Jason Pires, and will feature Canada SCORES poet-athlete performances, guest speakers, a cocktail reception, a three-course dinner, and a silent and live auctions with incredible prizes where 100% of proceeds will support Canada SCORES Vancouver.
“We are extremely grateful to have both Coach Bev and TELUS at our Soccer Ball and also as partners to provide opportunities for children to experience sport, express themselves, and build confidence and character to make a difference in the world,” says Kevin Yang, Executive Director of Canada SCORES Vancouver.
“We know after-school programs are critically important for all children and we also know that not all children have access to them. At Canada SCORES Vancouver, we aim to remove barriers so those who need it can have access to it.”
Canada SCORES Vancouver is the only sport-based youth development after-school program that uses the unique combination of soccer, poetry, and community projects, emphasizing physical activity and health, creative expression and literacy, and community engagement. Their mission is to inspire vulnerable youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.
Promoting mental health awareness with the music of Nirvana in one unique concert for a cause! On May 14th, The Negative Creeps will perform in support of Dan’s Legacy BC, a non-profit that provides no-barrier trauma informed counselling programs to youth at risk. Funds raised at the event will support “East Van Dan’s”, the charity’s drop-in workshop program in the Downtown Eastside and East Vancouver.
The Negative Creeps Fundraiser for Dan’s Legacy
When: Saturday, May 13, 2022 at 7:30pm
Where: The Red Room (398 Richards, Vancouver)
Tickets:Buy online now for $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
This one-off send-up to the music of Nirvana is being orchestrated by Vancouver singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rod Moore (The Rod Moore Band, The Hang-Ten Hangmen), who had recently completed reading Dave Grohl’s autobiography and was affected by the depiction of Kurt Cobain’s struggles.
Moore was also affected by the book musically, having found himself immersed in Nirvana’s music; he was inspired to put together an ensemble to perform these songs while shining a light on some of the issues which affected the band’s late frontman.
“2022 marks 30 years since ‘Nevermind’ topped the Billboard charts; I felt that performing songs from both this album and the rest of their catalogue would not only make a great tribute, but also present a fun challenge,” stated Moore about the upcoming performance.
As this will be a one-time performance by THE NEGATIVE CREEPS, Moore has started an Instagram account @TheNegativeCreepsYVR which will chronicle the preparations in putting on this show.
The fundraising event will feature songs from “Nevermind”, “Bleach” and “In Utero”, along with sets by up-and-coming local acts Wax Theatrics and In the Cards.
Dan’s Legacy provides therapeutic counselling and life-skills intervention programs to youth affected by trauma-based mental health and addictions issues. In the past year, Dan’s Legacy helped over 400 youth stabilize and begin working towards their educational, employment, and recovery goals. Individuals can self-refer to Dan’s Legacy for help at any time.
The DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, returns to present a hybrid 21st edition, screening in theatres and streaming online May 5- May 15, 2022.
In a return to form, DOXA will screen its roster of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries in theatrical venues across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a long-awaited communal cinema experience. And for folks who prefer to view from the comfort of their own homes, most festival films will be available to stream online for select durations between festival dates.
2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival
When: May 5-15, 2022
Where: Online and in theatres around Vancouver:
SFU Goldcorp Centre, VIFF Centre, The Cinematheque, The Playhouse
General Admission in-person ticket: $15; Student/Seniors/Low-income in-person ticket: $13; In-theatre 5 Ticket Pack: $65; $7-10 sliding scale per individual online ticket; Online Festival Passes: $75
The 21st annual Festival will showcase a total of 55 features and mid-lengths, 24 short films, both pre-recorded and live Q+As, as well as Industry events and multiple opportunities for filmmakers, audiences and industry professionals to connect, both virtually and in person.
Films will be available to stream Canada-wide, through DOXA’s Eventive online platform. In-person screenings will take place at The Vancouver Playhouse (Opening film), The Cinematheque, VIFF Centre and SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. In-person Industry events will be held at SFU’s World Arts Centre.
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I have a pair of tickets to give away to the Opening Night film: Fire of Love, on Saturday, May 7th at 7:00pm at the Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St). Here’s how you can enter to win:
DOXA will feature two guest-curated programs: The returning FRENCH FRENCH, curated by Thierry Garrel, spotlights the work of two acclaimed French directors (Mariana Otero and François Caillat) in a double retrospective, alongside bold new voices in French-language cinema. A selection of films under the umbrella of GRAND-MÈRE. GRANDMOTHER. BABUSHKA., chosen by guest curator Laurence Reymond, takes the universality of the Grandmother Figure and examines her many cinematic representations.
Beyond the festival’s cornerstone Justice Forum and Rated Y for Youth programs, DOXA 2022 will include two Spotlight programming streams: MEMORY AND ARCHIVES and LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE.
The affective and political potential of archival material is the focal point of the Memory and Archives Spotlight program. Landscapes of Resistance presents a collection of films rooted in stewardship and grounded in political freedom. The films in this Spotlight are searing reminders of the ongoing effects of colonialism, systemic oppression and environmental destruction in BC, across Turtle Island and around the world.
Several Canadian filmmakers launch their world premiere at DOXA 2022. In addition to Sara Wylie’s A More Radiant Sphere and Ali Kazimi’s Beyond Extinction, Canadian films premiering for the very first time at DOXA include Teresa Alfeld’s Doug and the Slugs and Me, DOXA’s Closing film; Colin Askey’s Love in the Time of Fentanyl (Justice Forum Special Presentation); Simon Plouffe’s immersive short about a flooded forest on unceded Innu territory, titled Forests; My Friend Jim, Aaron Zeghers’s short about his friend’s kinship with pop star Britney Spears; And Ingrid by Hannah Dubois, a short profile of the conceptual artist Ingrid Baxter; Alixandra Buck’s Beckwoman’s Hippie Emporium, about the legendary Commercial Drive shop owner; and Cypher, directed by Miriam Ingrid Barry and Eva Anandi Brownstein, which follows three Black artists creating safe spaces for youth of African descent in Vancouver.
DOXA’s Special Presentations include Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (which also finds a place in the Memory and Archives Spotlight), telling the awe-inspiring story of two volcanologists in love; Love in the Time of Fentanyl by Colin Askey, an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives through harm reduction; Dear Jackie directed by Henri Pardo, an endearing portrait of Black life in Montreal and a testament to the history and legacy of community-building in the face of segregation and racist urban renewal policies; and Doug and the Slugs and Me by local DOXA alum Teresa Alfeld, which utilizes candid testimonies of the Slugs themselves to temper nostalgia for the band’s glory days with a nuanced look at the complexities of the legendary Doug’s life—from his formative early years to the bittersweet end.
Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places that Matter will host a Militant Mothers of Raymur Celebration in time for Mother’s Day on May 7th, featuring the 91st plaque presentation to commemorate the history of the location.
Militant Mothers of Raymur – Places that Matter
When: Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Where: 600 Raymur, Vancouver
Festivities: Plaque presentation, live music, storytelling. More info here »
When the Raymur housing project opened in 1971 parents were dismayed that their children had no option but to cross the railway tracks to get to school. After months of meetings and no action, mothers took actions into their own hands.
On January 26 1971, newspapers reported that: “twenty five women, the ‘Militant Mothers of Raymur,’ blockade the train tracks between Raymur and Glen demanding a safe crossing for Seymour students who have to cross the busy and dangerous tracks every day to get to school.”
Tents were pitched across the tracks, placards were hoisted with slogans such as “Petitions Don’t Work” and “Children Before Profits” and the news media showed up. In short order the city agreed that an overpass would be built across the tracks at the foot of Keefer Street. Not trusting the City, the “Mothers” kept a vigil on the tracks until construction actually began in March of 1971.
In 2019, the City of Vancouver officially changed the name of the bridge from the Keefer Street Pedestrian Overpass to the Militant Mothers of Raymur Overpass in honour of these women.
The Places That Matter Community History Resource website is an information-rich website that expands on the original Places That Matter plaque program – a project created in 2011 to celebrate Vancouver’s 125th anniversary as an incorporated city. PTM has helped recognize 125 community-nominated sites, covering some of the people, places and events that tell the story of Vancouver’s history. Each of the 125 sites is profiled with their own webpage exhibiting the plaque text, historic research, oral histories, contemporary and historic photos, as well as opportunities for community contribution.
Miss604’s Rebecca Bollwitt was on the Places That Matter to Vancouver selection committee in 2011.
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In early March of 2020 I was given a plant, and not having the best track record with keeping leafy things alive in my home, I promised myself that this one would make it. I’m happy to report that two years later it’s thriving, and I think I also managed to grow a green thumb in the process. Not really knowing where to go from here, expanding from my office window sill to perhaps my balcony, I was happy to be connected with the pros at Urban Roots Garden Market. They have eleven pop-up locations all around Metro Vancouver this season, open from April to July.
PNE Location of Urban Roots
Urban Roots Garden Market – Community Garden Centres
I arrived at the PNE location, just across from the entrance to Playland on Hastings. Little league teams were playing baseball, there was a random pipe band rehearsing in the field, and families were flocking into the pop-up garden shop on a sunny spring morning. That’s where I met Ron Murphy, Operations Manager at Urban Roots.
