The Museum of Vancouver (“MOV”) explores our city’s rich history of protest demonstrations with City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism, a new photo-based exhibition showcasing rarely seen walks of resistance.
The collection features 650 photographs of demonstrations, occupations, riots, blockades, and strikes from the early 1900s to the present day, capturing those transformative moments when the city showed up, stood up, and rallied for change – or exploded in anger.
MOV Presents City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism
Dates: September 28, 2017 to February 18, 2018 Where: Museum of Vancouver (1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver)
1993 Clayoquot: Clayoquot Sound logging protesters gather at daybreak at the Kennedy River Bridge in preparation for another day of confrontations with loggers and RCMP enforcing a Supreme Court injunction, 1993. MARK VAN MANEN/Vancouver Sun
Visitors will find themselves in a dynamic and interactive environment of large digital projections, short films, and animated sounds of protest rallies and choirs, inviting the public to engage with and think about the impact of grassroots activism in their lives.
The photos capture emotionally raw and transformative moments in the lives of Vancouverites. Large digital projections and films coupled with animated sounds of protest choirs will create an immersive environment that will inspire the public to think about the impact of grassroots activism in their lives.
From the shore workers’ strike at the Battle of Ballantyne Pier in 1935 to rallying of anti-logging groups at Clayoquot Sound in 1993, these records demonstrate the power of “ordinary people” in mobilizing public opinion and effecting change locally and globally.
The exhibition is designed by Amir Ofek and co-curated by Kate Bird, a retired Pacific Newspaper Group librarian, and Viviane Gosselin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at MOV. Kate Bird’s new book will be published in the fall by Greystone Books entitled City on Edge: A Rebellious Century of Vancouver Protests, Riots, and Strikes. MOV’s upcoming exhibition expands on this book, showcasing a significantly larger number of photographs in a dramatic multimedia environment.
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This weekend Miss604 is proud to sponsor Surrey Youth Fest, the city’s largest free event for youth, happening on Saturday at the Guildford Recreation Centre with free shuttles to and from community centres throughout the city. This event and many more are listed below:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.
“I would hate to have to confiscate your apples,” the Canadian border guard said with a smile as I re-entered the country. I was returning from a trip to Lynden, Washington where I spent three days bike riding, whale watching, appreciating art, and learning about local history. One of the highlights of my little getaway on the other side of the 49th parallel was BelleWood Acres apple farm. While I did not pick any apples, or attempt to bring any back across the border – since you can’t do that – I did sip cider, sample spirits, roll through the orchard in a golf cart, play among sunflowers and corn stalks, and eat one of the best turkey sandwiches around.
BelleWood Acres Apple Farm in Lynden
Location: #6140 WA-539 (Guide Meridian Rd) less than 20 minutes directly south of the Aldergrove border crossing.
Hours: Daily 8:00am to 5:00pm
Bellewood Acres is one of Northwest Washington’s largest apple orchards. You can pick your own apples and your own pumpkins from their pumpkin patch, and their farm market features fresh, locally grown produce. They have around 20 varieties of apples grown on site, from Honeycrisp, Gala, and Mountain Rose to Sunrise and their own BelleWood Prince.
Heading south of Guide Meridian, or north if you’re coming from Bellingham, you can’t miss the big red barn. The 14,000 square foot building hosts an expanded farm market, gift shop, Country Cafe and bakery, and the distillery tasting room. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
The Vancouver Alpen Club is hosting its annual Oktoberfest spanning three consecutive weekends in October this year. The Vancouver Alpen Club has been the home of Oktoberfest in Vancouver for over 30 years, serving up traditional Bavarian cuisine and partnering up with three German breweries Pfungstaedter, Krombacher and of course Erdinger, the world’s largest wheat beer brewery, founded in 1886.
Oktoberfest at the Vancouver Alpen Club
Where:Vancouver Alpen Club (4875 Victoria Dr, Vancouver) When: October 6 & 7; October 13 & 14; October 20 & 21, 2017 Tickets:Available online now for all three weekends. The regular ticket $35 includes the cover charge to Oktoberfest. The $75 VIP ticket includes the cover charge and entrance to the special VIP area with a server along with a delicious German buffet.
The Continentals will entertain with live music all night, the Alpenplattlers will perform their amazing Schuhplattler dance, and a DJ mixing classic German Schlager songs will follow to keep the dancing going through the night.
Don your dirndls and lederhosen, and enjoy the authentic German atmosphere, beer, pretzels, German food, music and Oktoberfest traditions.
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I have a prize package to give away to one lucky reader and a friend! It includes 2 tickets to Oktoberfest for Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Vancouver Alpen Club PLUS 2 beverage flights and 2 classic Schnitzel Meals to top off the German experience.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
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Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly. Follow the Vancouver Alpen Club on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
Intent on ending his misery, Ben Layten merely adds to a laundry list of embarrassments. So it’s no surprise when subsequent efforts to connect with the woman who was nearly his adoptive sister send him into a darkly comic tailspin that leaves him questioning every relationship in his life, as well as his increasingly tenuous grip on reality. Jason James‘ sophisticated film poignantly questions whether it’s ever advisable to let things go.
This year’s Miss604-sponsored film at the Vancouver International Film Festival (“VIFF”) is Entanglement. It is an affirming comedy/drama about mental health that stars Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, The Wolf of Wall Street), Diana Bang, (Seth Rogan’s The Interview), and Jess Weixler (Good Wife). The script is by Jason Filiatrault (Young Drunk Punk), and produced by Amber Ripley (Sitting on the Edge of Marlene).
I had a chance to chat with its director, award-winning producer/writer/director Jason James (That Burning Feeling) who is no stranger to VIFF, being a Vancouver local and winner of Best First Canadian Feature at VIFF in 2013.
Entanglement premiered at the Seattle Film Festival, opened the Brooklyn Film Festival so while it will have its Canadian premere at VIFF, Jason has had a chance to see the audience’s reaction already, which he’s found fascinating.
“The film talks about mental illness, depression, loneliness, and pretty dark subject matter but it’s sort of treated in a very lush, beautiful, poetic way.” What he has loved so far about the screenings is that a conversation follows.
“Mental illness is something that has touched so many people’s lives. People really want to talk about it, they relate to it. It’s refreshing to see how open and honest people are after the screening and maybe it’s like a catalyst to talk about these things in a different way.”
Jason says that when he received the script from Jason Filiatrault, he read it all in one sitting. “It was one of those scripts where you could just see the movie. It was so visceral, and visual.” He began to think about the Ben’s character, his mental state. “There’s so much you can do with the cameras, with the sound, with the imagery and that’s what drew me to it.”
With Thomas Middleditch as Ben, Jason feels that audience got to really see a different side of the actor, who is originally from BC but has garnered international acclaim and success through Silicon Valley, and is currently working on Godzilla: King of Monsters.
“This is the first Canadian film that [Thomas] has ever done. So it’s kind of interesting that he went out and did all these Hollywood things now he’s coming back and doing this tiny little Canadian film, I think it’s pretty cool.”
One thing Jason loves about Thomas’ performance as Ben is that the audience gets to see a new side of him. “I’m very proud of his performance. It’s a very beautiful, nuanced, romantic and dramatic performance. And it’s still comedic but it’s just a different side of him that we don’t normally get to see.”
Many of Jason’s other films have been comedies. “They’re very naturalistic and grounded, and rooted in the real world and [Entanglement] just had that sort of fantastical, magical, realist, element to it that really excited me.” There’s visual effects, animations, interesting stunts, and “things that bump up against the real world and kind of play with it.”
Jason is currently slated to direct the feature film The Mother Outlaws for Brightlight Pictures. He is also developing the comedy TV series Sleeping Around for Corus/Shaftesbury Films and Lady Business for Bell/EOne Television.
He films all of his movies in his hometown of Vancouver, and you’ll most likely spot a few familiar landmarks in Entanglement. “We have such a diversity of locations and such well-trained crew. As an indie filmmaker here, I can’t afford the big budget rates but I can always provide people with interesting, cool material. Vancouver is a special place to make movies.”
Must See BC
Entanglement is part of the BC Spotlight at VIFF this year and you can vote for it as a #MustSeeBC film here until September 25th. The winning film will receive the #MustSeeBC audience award and a special red carpet screening.
Showtimes
Rio Theatre Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 6:15pm; buy tickets »
Rio Theatre Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 1:00pm; buy tickets »
Note: The Rio Theatre is a 19+ venue.
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Intent on ending his misery, Ben Layten merely adds to a laundry list of embarrassments. So it’s no surprise when subsequent efforts to connect with the woman who was nearly his adoptive sister send him into a darkly comic tailspin that leaves him questioning every relationship in his life, as well as his increasingly tenuous grip on reality. Jason James‘ sophisticated film poignantly questions whether it’s ever advisable to let things go.
With Thomas Middleditch as Ben, Jason feels that audience got to really see a different side of the actor, who is originally from BC but has garnered international acclaim and success through Silicon Valley, and is currently working on Godzilla: King of Monsters.