Eastside Culture Crawl Society (“ECCS”) recently announced its rebranding and name change to Eastside Arts Society (“EAS”), in recognition of the organization’s ongoing commitment to build and strengthen capacity for artists and arts organizations within the geographic region of Vancouver’s Eastside.
In support of this overarching vision, the Vancouver Foundation has awarded EAS $300,000 over three years—the largest funding gift the society has received in its 25-year history—to develop a strategic plan for the implementation of a designated Eastside Arts District (“EAD”).
Eastside Arts Society
Vancouver’s Eastside is home to the highest concentration of artists in any neighbourhood across Canada and the birthplace of the popular annual Eastside Culture Crawl, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in November 2021.
The three-year project will offer collaborative solutions for strengthening capacity and dedicated workspaces for artists, it will expand programming initiatives to complement and enhance opportunities for artists across all disciplines, and it will propose policy changes and new funding models to better sustain the development of the EAD.
The heat dome is gone and the air is cooling to the early July temperatures we’re used to around here. BC has also just entered Step 3 of the Restart Plan that opens the door to events, festivals, and gatherings both inside and outside. There are still some great online programs and virtual screenings available, and more and more in-person and live events are being added to the calendar every day. Find these events and more things to do in Vancouver this weekend listed below:
With over three decades of service, supporting moms at risk of losing custody or who want to regain custody of their children, Aunt Leah’s birthday is something to celebrate. Over the last 32 years, the local organization has transformed hundreds of lives through various programs.
Aunt Leah’s Place Birthday
Programs and services for women and their children have seen a greater demand with the development of the pandemic. The need for increased supportive housing for adult women and children connected to Aunt Leah’s Place is evident.
Aunt Leah’s Thresholds program is responding to the growing demand for safe and supported housing for new moms who are at risk of losing custody of their children, by expanding services with a third house. They know now, more than ever, the importance of keeping these families together and breaking the cycles of intergenerational trauma.
We’re moving into Step 3 of the BC Restart Plan on July 1st and summer plans are ramping up! As a reduced capacity event with a more limited scope that still delivers your favourite summer entertainment, food and more, the PNE Fair will return August 21 to September 6, 2021.
PNE/Playland at night. Evanessence Photography
The PNE Fair 2021
Here’s what will be in store for the 111th PNE Fair this year:
The SuperDogs™
Live music on the District Stage
Animal and agriculture displays
BCAA ToonCity
Safeway Cooking Stage
MarketPlace
Prize Home display suite
Rides & Games
The West Coast Lumberjack Show
PNE Pep Band
Fair food
Electric Fire – the nightly pyro musical finale
“After carefully considering a new way forward in light of increasing vaccination rates and declining COVID-19 case counts, we are extremely pleased to welcome visitors to the 2021 PNE Fair,” says PNE President and CEO Shelley Frost.
Today the Government of BC updated their BC Restart Plan to confirm we can move into Step 3 starting July 1, 2021. This phase will see a significant number of restrictions being lifted including the limits on restaurants, personal gatherings, together with an increase in the capacity limits for organized gatherings.
The criteria for moving to Step 3 is at least 70% of the 18+ population vaccinated with dose 1, along with low case counts and declining COVID-19 hospitalizations. In Step 3, all sectors will transition to using communicable disease prevention guidance from WorkSafeBC.
Masks are recommended in public indoor settings for all people 12 and older who are not yet fully vaccinated. The mask mandate order under the Emergency Program Act will be lifted July 1 and no proof of vaccination will be needed. Meaning, masks will no longer be required, just recommended.
