Archive for October, 2009:
| October 29, 2009 |
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| November 5, 2009 |
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| November 12, 2009 |
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| November 26, 2009 |
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| December 3, 2009 |
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| December 10, 2009 |
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| December 17, 2009 |
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| December 24, 2009 |
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Marek Kociolek is organizing Vancouver’s newest venue for LGBT dance at 1130 Jervis Street (downstairs at St. Pauls) on Thursday evenings between 7:00 and 9:30 PM, starting on October 29th.
Lessons from 7 to 7:45 and dancing ’til 9.
All you have to do is show up…there’s always a partner available for you.
It’s easy, fun, and most of all gives you chance to meet new people and support your community.
A portion of your $5 Donation at the door goes to help a Loving Spoonful in Vancouver.
www.timberlinedance.org
timberlinedance@hotmail.com
| November 1, 2009 | to | November 30, 2009 |
Hi LQ Readers,
This is a monthly message from Lisa Moore of Rhizome Cafe – the Rhizome is a great lesbian-owned cafe in Vancouver with a lot of fun and interesting community events and great food.
~LQ Editor.
November 2009 at Rhizome
Café * Arts Venue * Community Space
317 East Broadway
Dear friends of Rhizome-
Lots of events are coming up this month, and we’re excited to tell you about them. But first, a few…
Announcements
Rhizome is Hiring!
We’re looking for an experienced weekend brunch cook. There’s a link to the job posting on our website (http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/events.html, look in the announcements section of our events listings). Please help us find good candidates by passing this announcement on to people you know who are qualified and would be excited about working here!
Anniversary Celebration a Success. Thank you!
Thank you to all who helped make Rhizome’s third anniversary celebration on October 3 such an amazing event. From the many people who donated items for our silent auction, to the many more who bid on these items, to the others who lined up to get a seat at the party, to those who performed, to those who volunteered: we so appreciate your support in all its varied forms! This party demonstrated how truly vibrant, diverse, talented and committed our community is. Thanks to all for being a part of it. We’ve posted photos (as well as a video of the Rhizome Café Bottle Orchestra) on our Facebook group, and on the wall in the café.
Art on Our Walls
Until November 2- Prints of Resistance by Angela Sterritt
From November 2 through January-
The Artist Must Disturb the Peace: Posters by Favianna Rodriguez
Favianna Rodriguez is a celebrated printmaker and digital artist based in Oakland, California. Using high-contrast colors and vivid figures, her composites reflect literal and imaginative migration, global community, and interdependence. Whether her subjects are immigrant day labourers in the U.S., mothers of disappeared women in Juárez, Mexico, or her own abstract self portraits, Rodriguez brings new audiences into the art world by refocusing the cultural lens. She is the co-founder of the Eastside Arts Alliance and Visual Element, both programs dedicated to training young artists in the tradition of muralism. Read more about her at www.favianna.com.
Join us for two events with Favianna!
- An artist talk on Thursday November 5, 7pm
- A workshop on political poster-making on Tuesday, November 10, 7pm
See below for more information on these two events.
Events
Going against the Grain: 38 Years of Feminist Work, Joy and Struggle
Thursday, October 29, 7:00pm
Vancouver Status of Women invites you to join them for their AGM (at 7pm), to learn more about VSW’s exciting new programs, partnerships and initiatives, and then to enjoy live performances (from 7:30 onward) from local artists.
Free
Book Launch: Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Jeopardizes Democracy,
Friday, October 30, 5:00-7:30pm
This book, by Donald Gutstein, is about one of the most important unreported stories of recent years. Conservative businessmen and their foundations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support so-called independent think tanks and advocacy organizations that argue for smaller government, deregulation and fewer social programs. This money has bought undue influence in reshaping our society and future. Simon Fraser University researcher Donald Gutstein will discuss the book and sign copies. Presented by Key Porter Books, SFU School of Communication, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Free
Board Games are Sooo Gay…Let’s Play Again!
Friday, October 30, 8:00pm
We’re back (for a second time in October) with another round of queer-friendly board games! Bring your favourite games or use ours. Our house DJs will keep the tunes coming.
By donation, no one turned away.
A Cozy Place to Hang out on Hallowe’en
Saturday, October 31, at night
Whether you want to get away from it all or come show off your costume, this will be a warm and cozy place to spend your hallowe’en evening. Bring the kids by for treats!
Day of the Dead Celebration: Pray for the Dead and Fight for the Living!
Sunday, November 1, 5:00-8:00pm
Join us for one of our most favourite annual Rhizome events. We’ll celebrate the lives and legacies of those who have gone before us, and create a traditional Mexican Day of the Dead altar to commemorate our dead. Bring photos of your loved ones and others who have inspired you, as well as offerings of flowers, candles, fruits, bread, etc. We will create papel picado (paper cuttings) collectively. There will be Guatemalan hot chocolate, Zapatista handcrafts and coffee for sale, and more. Organized by Latina women together with their companeras at Rhizome.
Free (Donations welcome for materials)
The Artist Must Disturb the Peace: Artist Talk by Favianna Rodriguez
Thursday, November 5, 7:00pm
Join us for an evening of conversation with renowned printmaker and arts activist Favianna Rodriguez, whose work will be on our walls through mid-January. We’re thrilled to have Favianna join us from the San Francisco Bay Area, where her posters and digital graphics have become staple images of numerous social movements. Favianna will discuss the process of making movement art, as well as her experiences in creating a vibrant community arts centre in East Oakland. Learn more about Favianna at www.favianna.com and about the EastSide Alliance for the Arts at www.eastsideartsalliance.com.
Free
Madre Tierra: Fair Trade and the Mayan Struggle for Land in Guatemala
Friday, November 6, 7:00pm
Come learn about Rhizome’s house coffee, Café Justicia, and the group that produces it: the Comité Campesino del Altiplano (the Campesino Committee of the Highlands) in Guatemala. Herlindo Hernandez Pu and Lesbia Morales, members of the CCDA, will be here to talk about their organization’s work for the land, labour and the human rights of Guatemala’s Mayan majority, and about how the production of Café Justicia supports their struggle. This event will also feature a screening of the film “Madre Tierra,” which follows the CCDA as they confront Guatemala’s violent story of land distribution, and fight to get land back into the hands of the campesino families who have worked it for centuries. Presented by Café Justicia and the BC CASA.
$5 suggested, but no one turned away
Book Launch: Automaton Biographies and Wait Until Late Afternoon
Saturday, November 7, 7:00pm
Arsenal Pulp Press and Frontenac House Publishers present the launches of Automaton Biographies, the first full-length poetry collection by Larissa Lai and Wait Until Late Afternoon, a collaborative long poem by Hiromi Goto and David Bateman.
Free
Rhizome Free Store: Books and Music
Sunday, November 8, 5:00-8:00pm
Share what you have! Get what you need! Each month, the Rhizome Free Store has a different theme, allowing us to share our resources with each other. This month, we’ll be sharing books and music (CDs, records, etc.) Bring books and music you’re ready to pass on. Come browse the free store, and choose some new (to you) items.
Free
In our Meeting Room: Reproducing Revolt Workshop with Favianna Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00pm
Renowned printmaker and arts activist Favianna Rodriguez, whose work will be on our walls through mid-January, presents a workshop on how to create engaging political designs. Participants will learn to design high-impact posters for use in grassroots campaigns. We will design posters from a collection of royalty-free graphics from Favianna’s recent book, Reproducing Revolt.
$10 suggested donation, but no one turned away
Space is limited! Email lisa@rhizomecafe.ca to sign up.
In Our Meeting Room: Craft Mafia
Wednesday, November 11, 7:30-9:30pm
Meet up with other crafty folk for an informal “stitch and bitch” session. Bring your own project to work on!
Free
Vancouver Fruit Tree Project Harvest Season Wrap-Up Party
Thursday, November 12, 6:30pm
Every year, the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project harvests fruit from hundreds of urban trees, and distributes it so it can be eaten and enjoyed, instead of going to waste. Join the volunteers of the VFTP to celebrate the bounty this city has to offer, as well as the efforts of the VFTP to share that bounty within our communities.
$5 requested donation, but no one turned away
Board Games are So Gay
Friday, November 13, 7:00pm
We’re back with another round of queer-friendly board games! Bring your favourite games or use ours. DJ Extra Feeling will keep the tunes coming.
By donation, but no one turned away
A Quiz Night for Subversive Types
Saturday, November 14, 7:00pm
Need a place to display your radical repertoire? Dying to exercise your razor-sharp intellect? Bring or join a team (maximum 5 people per team) to compete for prizes and raise money for Vancouver Status of Women’s Leadership Empowerment Activism Program (LEAP). Quiz is from 7pm-9pm. Then put your brain to rest and shake your groove thang to the fine beats of DJ Extra Feeling ’til midnight.
By donation, $5-$25, but no one turned away
Launch of The Dominion’s Olympics Issue
Thursday, November 19, 7:00pm
Join us for an evening of critical discussion and debate with local writers and editors to mark the Vancouver launch of The Dominion’s special issue on the 2010 Olympics.
Free
Libraries Across Borders Soiree
Friday, November 20, 7:00pm
Libraries across Borders envisions a world in which library services exist in all communities. Come celebrate this work, and hear special guest speaker Shirley Giggey speak on various projects to create and sustain libraries in small communities.
$10-$25 suggested donation, proceeds to support library and literacy projects
Remembering through Word and Sound: A Transgender Day of Remembrance Event
Saturday, November 21, 7:30pm
The Femininjas present an evening of local transgender performers in memory of those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Music by Ryan Coke and words by Kimothy Shaughnessy. Open mic sign up at 7:30. Show at 8pm. More info at www.femininjas.com.
Sliding scale $1 – $1000
Book Launch: Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings on Queer Parenting
Sunday, November 22, 5:00-7:00pm
Join editor Rachel Epstein for readings, discussion, and a celebration of the launch of Who’s Your Daddy?, a groundbreaking collection of writings from queer parents, parents-to-be, writers, academics, lawyers, activists, and queer spawn. This will be a kid-friendly event, and snacks will be provided!
Free
Book(s) Launch: Vancouver Special and The Prescription Errors
Thursday, November 26, 7:00pm
Join Charlie Demers for the launch of his two recent books. Vancouver Special is a book of essays about Vancouver, touching on the city’s history of racism, colonial displacement and homelessness, and critiquing the boosterism of the 2010 Olympics–while maintaining, at heart, a true affection for the city. The Prescription Errors is a fictionalized account of the attempt to ban same-sex themed children’s books in Surrey, touching comically on Marxist philosophy, and providing a first-person account of mental illness.
Free
Book Launch: Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O’Dell
Friday, November 27, 7:00pm
From his work with Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1960s to his efforts for the Rainbow Coalition in the 1980s, American civil rights leader Jack O’Dell was an instrumental force in the struggle for social justice in the United States. In this new book that collects and contextualizes O’Dell’s writing, NYU historian Nikhil Pal Singh calls attention to this crucial voice of the American left. Please join us to help celebrate the release of this book with Singh and O’Dell, who has called Vancouver home since the early 1990s.
Free
In Concert: Haisla with Nasty, Brutish & Short
Friday, November 28, 8:00pm
Anchored by the authentic and powerful blues voice of Haisla Collins, Nasty, Brutish & Short is an acoustic band dedicated to revisiting and reinventing classic blues and roots music, with the mission of ripping out the rocking-est, roaring-est, soulful-est good times ever.
$5 at the door
Disco, Baby!
Sunday, November 29, 4:30 to 6:30pm
Bring the kids for some disco dancing fun! dj little d will be mixing the old school and the new.
By donation, but no one turned away
AND WHAT? Downtown Eastside Working Girls Speak
Thursday December 3, 7:00pm
Prostitutes Empowerment Education Resource Society (PEERS) is an organization of sex trade workers for sex trade workers, providing support, resources, and programs in the Downtown Eastside. Since January, they’ve been working to build solidarity and seek empowerment through a creative writing workshop series. Come hear their stories of struggle and resistance!
By donation $0-20 suggested, no one turned away
Anti-Olympics Resistance
Friday, December 4, 6:30pm
No One is Illegal presents an evening of creative resistance to the 2010 Olympic Games. From traditional Indigenous territories to urban ghettos, from migrant workers to low-income families, thousands are being evicted or pushed out. Once displaced, many become cannon-fodder as precarious labour. Watch a video of you and your friends speaking against the Olympics at our speakers’ corner, and see a photo collage from October’s anti-Olympics treasure hunt. There will be performers, speakers, prizes and more.
$0-10, no one turned away
Crafts for a Cause: A Craft Fair to Support Social Justice Struggles
Saturday, December 5, 6:00-10:00pm
Come shop for holiday gifts while supporting migrant rights, youth empowerment, Indigenous autonomy and more! Peruse socially conscious crafts by local artists, and items created by local organizations to support their social justice work. Featured artists and organizations will be announced soon. There will be live musical performances, and yummy food and drink available for purchase throughout the evening.
$2 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away
Thanks! See you soon!
Rhizome
Café * Arts Venue * Community Space
Where we are:
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory
For more information:
604-872-3166
www.rhizomecafe.ca
rhizome@rhizomecafe.ca
Our regular hours:
Tuesdays: 11am to 10pm **NOTE: New opening time.
Wednesdays: 11am to 10pm
Thursdays: 11am to 10pm
Fridays: 11am to midnight
Saturdays: 10am to midnight (brunch from 10 to 3)
Sundays: 10am to 9pm (brunch from 10 to 3) ***NOTE: New closing time.
We’re closed on Mondays.
A note on our name:
In the botanical sense, a rhizome is a root system that some plants (like lilies and orchids and ginger and bamboo) use to spread themselves about. While the roots of most plants point generally downward, the rhizome is a horizontal root system that runs parallel to the surface of the ground. The plant sends shoots up from nodes in the rhizome, creating what look like many separate plants. These seemingly unrelated individuals are actually all connected, through a system that’s not immediately visible to the eye.
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| November 5, 2009 |
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For more information: http://www.soundsandfuries.com/concerts.html
Excerpted from above site:
HOLLY NEAR & Emma’s Revolution:
“Over 35 Years of Social Change Music”
WHEN: Friday October 30 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm
WHERE: Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th Ave @Oak St, Vancouver
TICKETS: $27 advance, $32 at door:
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)
PayPal tickets coming soon.
Print your own souvenier copy of the concert poster.
HOLLY NEAR
SINGER, PRODUCER, ACTOR, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST & TEACHER!
Nominated for the Nobel Peace prize, Holly Near is known throughout the world as an ambassador for peace, a musician and a global justice activist.
Near’s career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. Her voice soars as she sings about that which she knows & has experienced. You can feel and see the passion, the knowing in her voice and in her body.
Holly was one of the first woman artists to start an independent record company when she founded Redwood Records in 1972 which became a major force in alternative music for nearly 20 years. Near’s vision for Redwood was to promote and produce music by politically conscious artists from around the world, a mission fulfilled for almost two decades.
Near worked for world peace and multi-cultural consciousness. The world was her university and social change movements informed her songs. Near helped support the work of artists from Nicaragua, Chile, Australia, Canada, England, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Vietnam, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States. She was outspoken on such issues as gay and lesbian rights, a woman’s right to choose, stopping domestic violence, and opposing nuclear war.
A peace activist and advocate for human and civil rights, Holly has linked the multitude of issues that are our lives, refusing the idea of separate “causes.” When asked how she keeps her energy for this work, she smiles: “I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best efforts as a gift to our children.”
For more information on this amazing woman, visit her web site www.hollynear.com.
EMMA’S REVOLUTION
Dancing on the edge of folk and pop there’s a revolution: Emma’s revolution. The sound of passion in “deftly-turned phrases,” songs imbued with hope, warmth and the “power and drive” to turn tears into laughter, cynicism into action.
EMMA’S REVOLUTION is the duo of award-winning, activist musicians, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, who write songs that become traditions. Their song,“If I Give Your Name” won Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and their music has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!”. “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” is sung around the world and has been called the “anthem of the anti-war movement.” “Keep On Moving Forward” opened the NGO Forum at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Bejiing, becoming the unofficial theme of the Conference.
“The powers that be can control the media but it’s hard to stop a good song… Pat’s songs will be sung well into the 22nd century.”
WE CAME TO SING! is Holly Near & Emma’s Revolution new CD. Get a copy on October 30th!!
Holly and emma’s revolution put their unique vocal stamp on songs from Holly’s repertoire. Eleven tracks include old favorites such as Listen to the Voices, Sky Dances, and Fired Up along with new arrangements of Study War No More and Sail Away Lady, Pat Humphries’ Swimming to the Other Side, and Rick Burkhardt’s (The Prince Myshkins) Ministry.
For more information on Emma’s Revolution, visit their web site www.emmasrevolution.com.
KATE CLINTON, #1 Lesbian Comedienne
WHEN: Thursday November 5, 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm
WHERE: WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St @ Victoria Dr
TICKETS: Tickets $27 advance, $32 at door
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)
PayPal tickets coming soon.
Check back soon for more details. We`ll post them as soon as we have them.
| October 25, 2009 |
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| October 27, 2009 |
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| November 5, 2009 |
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| November 6, 2009 |
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| November 15, 2009 |
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 25
THE DOTS
with special guests …
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm
Admission: $10
upcoming highlights …
TUESDAY OCTOBER 27
ANI DIFRANCO
Centre In Vancouver for The Performing Arts … 777 Homer
8pm Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-4444
$44.50-$49.50 plus service charges
Vancouver first embraced Ani DiFranco in 1992, when she made her debut appearance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Audiences fell head over heels for the feisty young singer-songwriter full of dynamic pizzazz. Armed with only a guitar, talent and a brain she kicked in the door for a generation of followers.
Twenty-some recordings (all on her own Righteous Babe label) and innumerable shows later, the little folk singer that could returns to Vancouver with a couple of pals. She’ll play songs from her latest release, the brilliant New Orleans-infused Red Letter Year, and selections from both ones that came before and new songs from a writer who never stops writing.
Whether the subject is politics or the foibles of being human, this is an artist who continues to deliver honesty, excellence and a few surprises. Seventeen years after her Vancouver debut, Ani DiFranco remains at the top of her game – a significant, outspoken and creatively ingenious artist who just keeps getting better and better.
Ani also performs in Victoria on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Royal Theatre.
Presented by Valdine Ciwko and Gary Cristall
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5
KATE CLINTON #1 LESBIAN COMMEDIENE!!
THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St
Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm
Tix: $27 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St & Urban empire 1108 Commercial Dr. $32 @ door
A Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6
PO’GIRL “DEER IN THE NIGHT” TOUR
with special guests …
THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St
Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm
Tix: $15 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $20 @ door
* ON SALE Tuesday October 6
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15
EVALYN PARRY
*EARLY SHOW
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 5pm Show: 6pm SHARP!
Admission: $10
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28
ISSA formerly (JANE SIBERRY)
with special guests … THE FATES
THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St.
Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm
Tix: $28 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $33 @ door
*ON SALE Tuesday October 6
another Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation
girlgig productions trigger@girlgigs.com
TUESDAY OCTOBER 27
ANI DIFRANCO
Centre In Vancouver for The Performing Arts … 777 Homer
8pm Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-4444
$44.50-$49.50 plus service charges
Vancouver first embraced Ani DiFranco in 1992, when she made her debut appearance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Audiences fell head over heels for the feisty young singer-songwriter full of dynamic pizzazz. Armed with only a guitar, talent and a brain she kicked in the door for a generation of followers.
Twenty-some recordings (all on her own Righteous Babe label) and innumerable shows later, the little folk singer that could returns to Vancouver with a couple of pals. She’ll play songs from her latest release, the brilliant New Orleans-infused Red Letter Year, and selections from both ones that came before and new songs from a writer who never stops writing.
Whether the subject is politics or the foibles of being human, this is an artist who continues to deliver honesty, excellence and a few surprises. Seventeen years after her Vancouver debut, Ani DiFranco remains at the top of her game – a significant, outspoken and creatively ingenious artist who just keeps getting better and better.
Ani also performs in Victoria on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Royal Theatre.
Presented by Valdine Ciwko and Gary Cristall
| October 6, 2009 12:00 am | to | October 27, 2009 12:00 am |
Tues Oct 6 – Oct 27
Rhodes Wellness College
Helmcken, between Hornby and Howe Streets**
Instructor: Murray Schellenberg
7 – 8 pm
ARGENTINE TANGO, Intermediate level, continues for 4 more weeks of intricate, intriguing patterns. This class is for current and past Argentine Tango students. A passionate, soulful dance originating on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentine Tango has gained much popularity in the same-sex dance community in North America (as well as in Buenos Aires). It’s addictive!! Lucky for us, Murray knows how to make this dance – and all classes – fun, as well as instructional!
$48 for 4 weeks
$15 for drop-in
come a few minutes earlier to register/pay
8 – 9 PM
INTRO to WEST COAST SWING
West Coast Swing is a slinky, syncopated “slot” dance which looks…well, slinky! Students will learn enough basic steps and turns to shine on the dance floor. This is for beginners and those who want to brush up on the basics — “if you don’t use it, you lose it”
$48 for 4 weeks
$15 for drop-in
come a few minutes earlier to register/pay
***Getting into Rhodes College
A “Rhodes College” sign is on Helmcken St. btw. Howe & Hornby streets. Look for intercom box to the right of the door. Buzz and one of us will let you in. The buzzer noise is faint so just pull on the door. Take elevator to the second floor. Head left until you see NSSB’s check-in desk by the studio door.
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- Saturday classes. NO CLASS Thanksgiving Weekend
REMINDER
No class on Saturday October 10
Classes resume Saturday October 17, as follows:
Saturday, Oct 17 – Nov 7
Legion Hall, E. 6th & Commercial Dr (upstairs, “auditorium” door)
Instructor: Michel Guimond
10:30 am – 11:30 am -
NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS SLOW WALTZ
October 17 is the start of class 5 of an 8 week class. This beautiful, all-time favorite always does well at parties, weddings, anywhere there’s a dance floor! If you’ve had some waltz experience and want to brush up, or, if you’d like to drop in and see if you can pick up steps learned thus far (past 4 weeks), join us!
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
BRONZE: INTERNATIONAL TANGO
4 more weeks… This class is offered to current students and those who have taken International Tango during Winter and Spring classes this year, or previously. It’s for those who really want to improve their technique and figures. Amazing what we forget if we haven’t been dancing awhile. Practice, practice, practice is what she said!!!
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
SILVER: INTERNATIONAL FOX TROT
4 more weeks…..For experienced dancers who have been taking lessons in this dance off and on for years. An opportunity to work on posture, balance, turns, heel pulls, and much more…International Fox Trot!
Saturday Classes’ fees if signing up on October 17 are:
$48 for 4 weeks
$15 for drop-in
come a few minutes earlier to register/pay
Drop-in… but don’t drop out!!!
Keep on Dancing!!
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- Saturday Oct 17: NSSB’s 1st Dance of the Fall Season!
“IT TAKES TWO” Dance Party!! — one of NSSB’s most popular social dances.
- 2 newcomers for the price of one.
- Past & current students: pay for one, bring a newbie for free!
Saturday October 17, 8 pm – 11:30 pm
Let’s Dance Studio, 927 Granville, 2nd Floor
Host/DJ/Instructor: Murray Schellenberg
Tickets: $10 – $15 sliding scale (pay what you can afford)
available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie or reserve with notsostrictly@hotmail.com
8:45 pm Dance lesson in the lively, fun MERENGUE!
Cash bar, Latin, Swing Ballroom and Popular Music.
Dance Demos!
Everyone welcome – singles, couples, dancers, non-dancers.
Get up on the floor and do your own thing!!
Join our ever-so-friendly NSSB community
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 8: PM - 1 AM
WOMEN’S HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL
FEATURING the Duelling DJ’s, DJ SUSAN & DJ JACQUIE
THE SAHARA ROOM AT THE OLD DELL HOTEL
KING GEORGE HWY. AT ABOUT 106TH AVE., Surrery
2 BLOCKS FROM Gateway Skytrain Station.
Take Expo line and get off at Gateway Station. Go down
stairs and turn left. Walk along 108th Ave to the King George Hwy. (about 1/4 mile) Cross at the lights and turn right along King George. The Sahara Club is on the left hand side about 1/4 mile down.
$10 advance, $15 at door.
COSTUMES FOR PRIZES or JUST JOIN IN THE FUN
Mail your cheque by October 23 to Jacquie Hope #4 – 18883 – 65th. Ave., Cloverdale V3S 8Y2 For more info e-mail hopejacquie@gmail.com or call 604-575-2020
| October 5, 2009 | to | October 31, 2009 |
Hi Lesbians,
The Rhizome cafe is lesbian owned and provides amazing community building along with delicious food on Broadway street near Fraser in Vancouver. Help keep this great business going by having lunch there or attending one of their awesome events. I eat there a lot and really enjoy the atmosphere and community. My favourite regular events are the Board Games are So Gay, the Disco Baby! and the Women’s History Talks. They also have a meeting room for your community org to have a board meeting, talk or other event that can be booked. During the day especially it’s a good place for a meeting.
~LQ Editor
October 2009 at Rhizome Café * Arts Venue * Community Space 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
Dear friends of Rhizome-
Lots of events are coming up this month, and we’re excited to tell you about them. But first, a fewAnnouncements
Rhizome’s third anniversary party is fast approaching, and we hope you’ll join us! See the October 3rd listing below for details. In addition to coming to the party, there are a few other things you can do to help us celebrate. All of these contributions will help keep Rhizome going strong into the future as a community space that supports social justice work, provides a forum for marginalized voices, and connects us all to each other.
1) There’s still time to sign up to do a 60-second performance at the anniversary party. Poetry, singing, skits, interpretive dance, videos…anything goes, as long as it lasts no longer than 1 minute and is related to the theme of rhizomes. Email lisa(at)rhizomecafe(dot)ca if you’d like to perform.
2) Our silent auction is going on now (bidding ends at 10pm on October 3) and includes an amazing array of items donated by members of our Rhizome community. Thank you to all who have so generously donated their time, creativity and talents! New items are being added throughout, but at the time of this mailing the auction includes:
- Original artwork (by Claudia Segovia, Vanessa Lowe, Sam Bradd, Lenka S., Pat Beaton, Laiwan, and Krisztina Kun)
- Integrative Energy Healing Treatment (by Denise Woodley, Ripple Wellness)
- A Transgender Day of Remembrance proclamation (donated by Tami Starlight)
- Handmade rhizome-themed notecards (by Dalia Vukmirovich)
- 2 kinesiology sessions (by Amy Ruth)
- Preparation of one simple will (by Tim Louis and co.)
- 2 hours of housecleaning (by Deb Ashcraft)
- A set of 3 handmade bowls (by Amanda Walker)
- A 2-hour blogging tutorial (by Karianne Blank)
- 2 pairs of handmade velour pants (by Niki Westman)
- A 3-hour soapstone carving workshop (by Michelle Sylliboy)
- An 8-session drawing class (by Bernadine Fox)
- Handmade earrings (by Kyla Bourgh)
- A women’s history walking tour (by Jolene Cumming)
- A 1-hour drum set lesson (by Lisa Lambert)
- 6-8 classes of Cuban salsa lessons (by Michael Gabriel Rosen, Mas Movement)
- Computer repair (by Martin Suchanek)
- And a handmade puppet named Ghostie (by Diana Jeffries, Flexible Theatre), begging for you to bid on it and escort it out on hallowe’en.
3) There’s still time to contribute something to the silent auction. Email lisa(at)rhizomecafe(dot)ca if you’d like to contribute.
In other news, our new expanded hours are listed at the end of this message. We now open at 11am on Tuesdays, and close at 9pm on Sundays.
Please remember that we’re open for lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks and delicious weekend brunch. [A side note: someone who regularly attends events here told us yesterday, "It just sunk in, after three years, that in addition to events I should also come here for lunch!" Hence this reminder.] Also, our Community Meeting Room is available for use by your community group. Let us know if you’d like to use it. Our contact information is listed at the end of this message.
Please note that we’ll be closed for Thanksgiving on Sunday, October 11.
We’re now on Facebook. Join our group by searching for Rhizome Café.
Thanks for all you do to support this space! We hope you’ll join us for some important and wonderful events this month. Here’s what’s coming up:
Art on Our Walls
Prints of Resistance, by Angela Sterritt
On display through November
Remarkable Women: Honouring Women from our Vancouver Communities
On display October 6-27, 2009
The Arts and Culture Office of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Jolene Cumming, Tania Willard and Kamala Todd have developed a women’s history project that includes a set of 14 posters identifying 14 women from different areas, backgrounds, socio-economic and cultural groups who have formed part of Vancouver’s history. The poster project will be on exhibit in our meeting room. Join us on October 20 (see below for details) for an informal chat with Jolene Cumming.
Events
I Could Have Been a Spelling Bee Champ!
Thursday, October 1, registration at 6:30, bee at 7:00pm
Join us for Round 5 of this fundraiser for Towards Aboriginal Health and Healing. Come spell your way to the top, or bring your spare change to support your favourite speller. A trophy and prizes will be awarded to the top spellers! Lucky audience members will win door prizes donated by local bookstores! F-U-N for all, and a chance to support crucial community services.
$5-20 sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds
Never Forget: Mexico, October 2, 1968 and the Social Movements of the 60s
Friday, October 2, 7:00pm
Building Bridges and New Noise present an evening to remember the October 2, 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco, Mexico; the wave of social movements in 1960s; and to talk about current times.
Free
Rhizome’s Third Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, October 3, 7:00pm to midnight
Join us for an evening of celebration including: tasty things to eat; Coast Salish welcome by Kat Norris; the world premiere performance of the Rhizome Café Bottle Orchestra; 60-second performances by Rhizome community members; presentation of the Third Annual Golden Root Awards; dancing to the tunes of DJ Su Comandante; bidding on our silent auction; an opportunity to socialize with friends, neighbours and co-conspirators; and more. Please come to our party so we can thank you! You’ve helped us create a community hub that supports social justice work and connects us all with each other.
$1-$100 sliding scale, all helps Rhizome keep on going.
Rhizome Free Store: Adults’ Clothing
Sunday, October 4, 5:00-8:00pm
Share what you have! Get what you need! This is the second in a series of Free Store events at Rhizome. Each month we’ll have a different theme, and will share our resources with each other. This month, we’ll be sharing adults’ clothing. If you have clothes you don’t want, bring them! If you need something, come choose some new (to you) items. Items must be clean and in good condition. Anything left over at the end of the evening will be donated to the Battered Women’s Support Services stores.
Free
Board Games are So Gay
Friday, October 9, 7:00pm
We’re back with another round of queer-friendly board games! Bring your favourite games or use ours. Our house DJs will keep the tunes coming.
By donation, no one turned away.
Sister Spit: The Next Generation
Saturday, October 10, doors at 7:00, show at 8:00pm
Sister Spit, the legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang from San Francisco, lands in Vancouver with a vanload of queertastic, female-centric brilliance! Don’t miss this multimedia literary explosion of zinesters, fashion plates, novelists, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers. Featuring queer luminary Michelle Tea, hilarious literary force Beth Lisick, trans-licious performance artist Ben McCoy, graphic novelist extraordinaire Ariel Schrag, powerhouse poet Kirya Traber, photographer/myth-explorer Sara Seinberg, and world-traveling novelist Rhiannon Argo.
$12-$15 sliding scale
Closed for Thanksgiving
Sunday, October 11
Mas Movement Salsa Party for Queer Folks and Allies
Friday, October 16, 7:30pm
Whether you’ve only dreamed of Salsa or are already a pro, you are welcome here! From 7:30 to 8:15 we’ll hang out, listen to some music, eat, and drink. At 8:15 we’ll learn some moves from Michael Gabriel Rosen of Más Movement. From 9:30 onward we´ll party to the sweet rhythms of Salsa, Merengue and Reggaeton. No partner necessary.
$5-$10 sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds
Café for Chiapas & Report-back on Zapatista Corn Growing in Local Gardens
Sunday, October 18, 5:00-8:00pm
In the spirit of indigenous resistance and solidarity, local gardeners have been growing corn from seeds provided by autonomous Zapatista communities in southern Mexico. Come see images of the corn and its harvest, and learn about how growing this corn in the Lower Mainland is an act of solidarity, resistance, hope and re-connection with our roots and our food. Defendamos Nuestra Tierra (Defend Our Land) Artesanias presents this report-back, and will also have Zapatista coffee and handmade creations for sale, including leather handbags and wallets, blouses, handbags, shawls, skirts, pants, cushion covers, earrings, and more. Come hang out with old and new friends, and support Zapatista communities’ autonomy in education, justice, health, and local government.
Free
In our Meeting Room: Celebrate Women’s History Month
Tuesday, October 20, 6:00-7:00pm
“Remarkable Women: Honouring women from our Vancouver Communities” Join historical interpreter Jolene Cumming from the Herstory Cafe for a casual discussion on the life and times of the 14 women featured on the poster series on exhibit at the Rhizome October 6-27. The women are from different areas, backgrounds, socio-economic and cultural groups and played significant roles in Vancouver’s history.
Free
Eyewitness Reports from Palestine: The Ongoing Reality of Siege and Occupation
Thursday, October 22, 7:00pm
Local Palestine solidarity activists Joanna Zilsel and Greg Starr speak about and show photos of their recent trips to Gaza and the West Bank. Presented by Jews for a Just Peace.
Free
Anti-Olympics Resistance
Friday, October 23, 6:30pm
No One is Illegal presents an evening of creative resistance to the 2010 Olympic Games. From traditional Indigenous territories to urban ghettos, from migrant workers to low-income families, thousands are being evicted or pushed out. Once displaced, many become cannon-fodder as precarious labour. Come join us in expressing our dissent with mega-corporate industries like the Olympics and the Tar Sands, and in raising our voices in creative expression against the 2010 Games!
$0-10, no one turned away
DTES Power of Women Storytelling Evening
Saturday, October 24, 6:30pm
The Power of Women (POW) Group is a group at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre dedicated to educating and raising awareness on social issues. POW is made up of women from all walks of life who are living in extreme poverty. Many are single mothers or have had children apprehended due to poverty. Many have chronic health issues, have drug or alcohol addictions, and have experienced abuse. Many are indigenous women affected by a history of colonization and racism. These are women who are victims, but are also survivors. They are oppressed but they are powerful. They are frequently researched, but it is rare that their own voices are heard. We hope you will join them on this evening to hear what they have to say about their experiences, struggles, and aspirations.
$0-$10, no one turned away
Disco, Baby!
Sunday, October 25, 4:30 to 7:00pm
Bring the kids for some disco dancing fun! dj little d will be mixing the old school and the new.
By donation
Going against the Grain: 38 Years of Feminist Work, Joy and Struggle
Thursday, October 29, 7:00pm
Vancouver Status of Women invites you to join them for their AGM (at 7pm), to learn more about VSW’s exciting new programs, partnerships and initiatives, and then to enjoy live performances (from 7:30 onward) from local artists.
Free
Book Launch: Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Jeopardizes Democracy,
Friday, October 30, 5:00-7:30pm
This book, by Donald Gutstein, is about one of the most important unreported stories of recent years. Conservative businessmen and their foundations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support so-called independent think tanks and advocacy organizations that argue for smaller government, deregulation and fewer social programs. This money has bought undue influence in reshaping our society and future. Simon Fraser University researcher Donald Gutstein will discuss the book and sign copies. Presented by Key Porter Books, SFU School of Communication, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Free
Board Games are Sooo Gay…Let’s Play Again!
Friday, October 30, 8:00pm
We’re back (for a second time in October) with another round of queer-friendly board games! Bring your favourite games or use ours. Our house DJs will keep the tunes coming.
By donation, no one turned away.
A Cozy Place to Hang out on Hallowe’en
Saturday, October 31, at night
Whether you want to get away from it all or come show off your costume, this will be a warm and cozy place to spend your hallowe’en evening. Bring the kids by for treats!
Day of the Dead Celebration: Pray for the Dead and Fight for the Living!
Sunday, November 1, 5:00-8:00pm
Join us for one of our most favourite annual Rhizome traditions. We’ll celebrate the lives and legacies of those who have gone before us, and create a traditional Mexican Day of the Dead altar to commemorate our dead. Bring photos of your loved ones and others who have inspired you, as well as offerings of flowers, candles, fruits, bread, etc. We will create papel picado (paper cuttings) collectively. There will be Guatemalan hot chocolate, Zapatista handcrafts and coffee for sale, and more. Organized by Latina women together with their companeras at Rhizome.
Free (Donations welcome for materials)
Thanks! See you soon!
Rhizome
Café * Arts Venue * Community Space
Where we are:
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory
For more information:
604-872-3166
www.rhizomecafe.ca
rhizome@rhizomecafe.ca
Our regular hours:
Tuesdays: 11am to 10pm **NOTE: New opening time.
Wednesdays: 11am to 10pm
Thursdays: 11am to 10pm
Fridays: 11am to midnight
Saturdays: 10am to midnight (brunch from 10 to 3)
Sundays: 10am to 9pm (brunch from 10 to 3) ***NOTE: New closing time.
We’re closed on Mondays.
A note on our name:
In the botanical sense, a rhizome is a root system that some plants (like lilies and orchids and ginger and bamboo) use to spread themselves about. While the roots of most plants point generally downward, the rhizome is a horizontal root system that runs parallel to the surface of the ground. The plant sends shoots up from nodes in the rhizome, creating what look like many separate plants. These seemingly unrelated individuals are actually all connected, through a system that’s not immediately visible to the eye.
A day just for us! I plan to celebrate it by going on vacation with my wife with a bunch of other lesbians. Hope yours is fun too.
~Editor
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