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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that we are still looking some volunteers for this year’s Pride! We have lots of opportunities available, for both individuals and groups. Our new system allows people to create a volunteer account, and immediately select their own events/times/tasks/shifts. It’s super easy, and there is no waiting. People will know the level of their commitment immediately.
We also have TONS of group opportunities if you are interested in getting involved as a group.We are currently looking for volunteers for the following events:
Davie Street Dance Party, July 31st
Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast, August 1st
The Pride Parade, August 2nd
Sunset Beach Festival, August 2nd
Individuals can sign up on our website at www.vancouverpride.ca, and interested groups can check in with me (Monika, mwhitney@vancouverpride.ca)
All volunteers get T-Shirts, Snacks, Drinks, and an invitation to our awesome Volunteer Party (August 8th, 2009). Our volunteers also get front-row seats to the parade, to be behind the scenes at one of the biggest events in the city, and are eligible to win lots of prizes.
Thanks so much!
Cheers,
–
Monika Whitney
Director, Volunteers
Vancouver Pride Society
office: 604-687-0955 fax: 604-687-0965
email: mwhitney@vancouverpride.ca
www.vancouverpride.ca
Are you a lesbian cancer survivor?
⇒ The Cancer Support Network is hosting online and teleconference support groups for lesbian
and bi-sexual cancer survivors.
⇒ The six-week pilot support groups are being held this fall and will be facilitated by an
experienced lesbian peer support facilitator. All you need is a Telephone or Internet Access to
connect from the comfort of your own home.
If you are interested in learning more, or participating in this pilot, please contact:
Kathy Thompson
OBCIEP Project Coordinator
Phone Toll Free: 1-888-837-9071
E-mail: kathy@cancersupportnetwork.ca
Website: www.cancersupportnetwork.ca
The Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Partnership (OBCIEP) is hosting the Cancer
Support Network pilot of teleconference and online support groups with other partners that include
the Canadian Cancer Society, the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, Lung Cancer Canada,
Ovarian Cancer Canada, Wellspring and the Odette (Sunnybrook) Cancer Centre
| May 12, 2008 |
| 8:00 am | to | 10:00 am |
National Day Against Homophobia Awareness Breakfast
The Centre would like to invite you to our 4th Annual Awareness Breakfast to observe National Day Against Homophobia, May 17th. This observance has grown tremendously since 2003 when first organized by the Fondation Émergence in Quebec. Last year saw hundreds of events organized in communities across Canada to raise awareness about homophobia. Please visit the official website www.homophobiaday.com for more information.
The Centre’s Awareness Breakfast brings together a mix of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit individuals with representatives from community groups and organizations, businesses and levels of government. In the first year, 140 people attended the breakfast. Last year the event sold out at 350 people.
The overarching theme for the Day this year is ‘healthcare’. The goal is to combat homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism in all aspects of the healthcare system; to raise awareness about the specific health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit communities and individuals; and to support the development of educational tools and work toward their full integration into healthcare curricula.
The Centre is delighted to partner once again with Vancity to bring the Awareness Breakfast to our communities. We are also pleased this year to have Hospital Employee’s Union as a community supporter. In addition, community sponsors include BC Cancer Agency, BC Cancer Foundation, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Nurses Union, Fondation Emergence, Gay & Lesbian Educators of BC, Gayway, Gay & Lesbian Business Association, Vancouver Coastal Health, and media sponsor The Georgia Straight.
The 2008 Awareness Breakfast is on Monday, May 12, 8:00 -10:00am at Coast Plaza Hotel, Ballroom, 1763 Comox Street (at Denman). We chose Monday this year so that folks can carry the spirit of the breakfast throughout their week, concluding with the Day itself on Saturday, May 17th. The event will feature a buffet-style breakfast, speakers, door prizes and opportunities to connect with each other.
Ticket Information
Tickets are $20 ($7.50 students/seniors/underemployed) and available at Little Sisters Bookstore, 1238 Davie Street, Vancouver. You may also request tickets by completing the attached ticket order form. Ticket forms must be received with payment by Friday, May 2nd. Tickets went fast last year so please purchase yours early to be part of this important event. Tickets will not be available at the door. Full-price ticket sales are crucial to help make this event self-supporting. Therefore, please note that there are limited tickets available at $7.50
Bring a Colleague Challenge!
This year we are encouraging folks to bring along a colleague to the breakfast who may not have attended previously. This helps ensure that our network of allies continues to grow each year! And of course, remember to share this invitation with your family, friends, and neighbours as well. NDAH Breakfast Ticket Order Form
We hope you are able to join us at the Awareness Breakfast as a public testament of your commitment to ending homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism in healthcare and to building a society in which all Canadians are valued for their unique and rich identities and contributions. If you would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at The Centre at 604 684-6548 or email educationoutreach@lgtbcentrevancouver.com
This group is offered through Prism Alcohol & Drug Services, which offers free
individual, couples and family counselling, as well as groups,
specifically for LGBTQ people in Vancouver. The general phone number
for Prism is 604-658-1214. (more…)
The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is beginning a new project for the LGTB community. The project will provide private online support groups for LGTB persons who care about/for a loved one with a mental illness, such as psychosis, depression, mood disorders, anxiety disorders or schizophrenia.
Family members and supporters of persons with mental illness sometimes feel isolated and disconnected with services, and can benefit from peer support. LGTB families may be reluctant to access resources, fearing 
discrimination. ‘Family member’ in this context means our kinds of families – ex-partners, old friends, room-mates, lovers as well as siblings, cousins, parents, wives and husbands.
The group is an online bulletin board, that is only visible to registered group members, open 24 hours a day. It’s moderated, and you don’t have to use your real name to increase your privacy. It’s meant to be a safe place to discuss the challenges, experiences, questions and successes that go with supporting someone with a mental illness.
The project is looking for volunteer LGTB family members/supporters who are willing to participate in the online group over the first two months, in order to get it established. Volunteer commitment would involve logging in to the group every couple of days at their convenience and initiating or participating in discussion. Participants are welcome to use their real name or a pseudonym and can live anywhere in BC.
Information on resources available to help people caring for a partner, friend or other family member with a mental illness will be provided as well.
For more information, please contect the project coordinator at psychosis@bcss.org or register on the system at www.support.bcss.org Note, the group has just been launched, so there might not be much discussion yet, but you can help out by initiating a topic or responding to one to get things started. There are also some good resources already posted in the group space. The coordinator is an out lesbian and can help refer people to lesbian and LGTB friendly resources.
Information on services for family members is available at the BCSS Website at www.bcss.org
Funding for this project was provided by BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
A first in Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health just launched in July of this year alcohol and drug services specifically geared to lesbians and gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirited and queer people.
“Issues specific to the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit and queer people affect their alcohol and drug use,” said Devon MacFarlane a Community Developer, Prism Alcohol + Drug Services. “We’ve tailored our program offerings to meet their needs, after talking with this community.
According to lesbian staff member Stacey Boon, who facilitates the women’s (lesbian/bi/queer) group for Prism, specific resources for lesbians with addictions are important because there are barriers that prevent lesbians from getting the help we need. These barriers can include “fear of past discrimination and homophobia”, addictions staff who “believe that therapy can cure homosexuality or gender identity issues” and staff who are “antagonistic” to lesbian and queer clients, says Boon.
Boon notes that “there is little known about women and addictions in general. A lot of the research on addictions has been done with men, and the results are just extrapolated (or assumed to apply) to women. Similarly, research on gay men and addictions has been extrapolated to lesbian women.” According to Boon, “generally speaking, research indicates that queer people may be heavier users of substances than the general population. In earlier research, lesbians have been identified as heavier users of alcohol. This is questionable though, because older studies have been beset with methodological problems. It is probably safe to say that in addition to the other risk factors (i.e. biological and genetic), the psychological effects of homophobia and heterosexism (both interna
l and external) might put queer clients at greater risk to use substances. ”
In addition to homophobia and heterosexim, sexism also takes it’s toll on lesbians. Boon notes that just being women in a society where we are second class citizens provides lesbians with issues. “Women who seek treatment present in treatment with more shame, because there is additional stigma for women who abuse substances. It is more unnacceptable for women to abuse substances.” She points out that “women more often come into treatment with histories of violence and abuse because women are more likely to have experienced abuse of various kinds.”
Prism Alcohol + Drug Services will be rolled out over several years. Immediately, services will include one-on-one, couple, and family alcohol and drug counselling, support groups and a men’s methamphetamine program. In addition to the lesbian/bi/queer women’s group, lesbian counsellors are available to provide individual, couple and family counselling to lesbian clients. Counselling services will be provided by lesbian/bi/gay/trans counsellors along with straight allies, but clients will be able to be matched to a counsellor of their orientation or gender identity.
Prism Alcohol + Drug Services are accessible through community health centres in neighbourhoods across the city, including the West End, Commercial Drive, Main Street, South Vancouver, Joyce-Collingwood, and the Downtown Eastside.
Lesbian Health Links:
| August 4, 2007 |
| 12:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
The Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Society (VDMFS) is a grassroots, non-profit, volunteer-driven organization which, with energy, love and purpose, plans and produces the annual Dyke March and Festival event.
The VDMFS hosts a variety of community-based fundraising events year-round and aspires to act as a resource and inspiration through visibility, education, outreach and action.
The Dyke March and Festival are a proud statement and celebration, increasing the presence and visibility of queer women, their families and supporters, during Pride Week in Vancouver.
The Dyke March is participatory, recognizable, inclusive, accessible, and empowering, and strives to grow in numbers and representation each year.
The Festival is a free, fun, safe, celebratory, all-ages gathering of diverse queer women, performers, and allies, from within and beyond Vancouver.
When: Saturday August 4, 2007
MARCH
12:00pm
McSpadden Park – Victoria Dr. and McSpadden (at 4th)
FREE FESTIVAL TO FOLLOW
1:00pm
Grandview Park
Information: http://www.vancouverdykemarch.com/
Pictures from the 2007 Dyke March: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fionab/sets/72157601442608634/
NSSB is having a Pride Dance on Saturday August 4, at Let’s Dance Studio, the night before Pride Parade. A first for NSSB! Tickets will be on sale at Little sisters shortly, $8 – $12 sliding scale, as usual. Save this date!
Not So Strictly Ballroom’s Pride Dance – Saturday August 4
Dance with Pride – the night before the Parade – at NSSB’s Pride Dance
Let’s Dance Studio, 927 Granville St., 2nd Floor
Tickets $8 – $12 sliding scale at Little Sisters (also available from Gay or Trevor) or reserve at notsostrictly@hotmail.com
DJ/host: Murray Schellenberg
Dance to Swing, Salsa, Ballroom, Latin music. Bring along a friernd! Introduce them to the NSSB community.
Cash bar, snacks, mini dance lesson at 8:30 pm, show case dancing.
Save this date! Come out for a fun evening!!
One of “Top 100 of Canada’s Most Powerful Women” to Address GLBA Forum Luncheon
Hear Doreen McKenzie-Sanders, voted in 2004 as one of the “Top 100 of Canada’s Most Powerful Women”, speak on overcoming obstacles and attaining goals on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Named, in 2004, in the “Top 100 of Canada’s Most Powerful Women”, she is a champion for talented, accomplished career women. Born in Vancouver, Doreen has had a long career in business publishing as writer, editor, publisher and professor of journalism, particularly at the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Most significantly, Doreen is founder and executive director of Women in the Lead Inc., a national organization that publishes a bilingual directory and online subscriber database listing the resumes of more than 600 distinguished Canadian women. This project was started 10 years ago when she returned to Vancouver to “retire”. She is publisher and editor of three editions of Women in the Lead/Femmes de Tete (2002, 2004, 2006). She has received numerous awards for her “distinguished service to journalism,” the most recent accolades include the Peak Award – Association of Women in Finance (2007) and the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Person’s Case (2006).
After 65 years of working in the business world, Doreen McKenzie-Sanders is still learning about what it takes to succeed. However, along the treacherous road to success, she has learned of few of life’s lessons which might be of value to you. Doreen’s experiences, many of them humorous, will benefit both men and women personally and your organization generally.
Plan to attend on Tuesday June 26 at the Bistro in the Hotel Sylvia. Doors open at 11.30 to socialize, then a few words at noon and lunch. Our guest speaker will then address the crowd at 12.30 for about 20 to 25 minutes with time for a few minutes of questions allowing those that need to be, to be out by 1PM. $15/person (cash preferred) with a $5 optional donation to The GLBA Foundation. Please advise Barry at the GLBA office no later than Monday (June 22) morning you plan on attending so arrangements can be made with the Sylvia for adequate seating for this event. www.glba.org
| June 16, 2007 | to | June 17, 2007 |
Hello there all you wonderful women It’s almost here. North America’s largest dragon boat festival, Alcan Dragon Boat Festival (www.adbf.com), is poised to begin and Vancouver’s only lesbian dragon boat team, Sisters in Sync, is pumped and ready to go.
Many of you have been watching this team develop since last fall and some of you may have only just heard of us through recent media attention (if you have not caught it there are links to a couple of stories about the team below, and be sure to grab the latest issue of Xtra West in which we are featured) … well this weekend it all comes together.
The Sisters have been training hard. We’ve performed very well in three regattas and now we are going up against some very stiff competition. We could really use your help. We need to hear all the screaming queer cheers you can muster as we surge down the race course on False Creek this weekend. Sisters in Sync will be racing in the womens’ division which is being staged in the mornings. Our first race is at 8:22 a.m. Saturday morning. Our next race will be sometime around noon. We will not know exactly which races we will be in until we see how we place in the first race. On Sunday we will again race at approximately 8:00 a.m. and then the finals will be at noon. If we really out-do ourselves and place in the top nine teams in the womens’ division we could end up in the Womens’ Guts and Glory race Sunday afternoon (to be run some time between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m.).
The Guts and Glory race is an all out 2000 metre race between the top teams. It is thrilling to watch and completely exhausting to paddle. This year admission for the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival is completely free, there will be live music performances, lots of delicious food as you walk along the Silk Road, thousands of buff athletes to check out, and thrilling races to watch. Why not make this a weekend to remember? Come on out to cheer on a wonderful team, learn about an amazing sport, meet lots of new people and take in all that is the wonder of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival. Hope to see you there. Paddles up! Jennifer – Sisters in Sync team captain — Sisters in Sync – Vancouver’s only lesbian dragon boat team Lesbian Quarterly story http://www.lesbianquarterly.com/2007/05/29/sisters-in-synch-lesbian-dragonboat-team/ Vancouver Sun story http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html?id=b6664de3-77b6-4e3e-b527-8bd524945fdb&k=9255
| May 30, 2007 | to | June 15, 2007 |
Dear the Editor, My name is Raymond Trau from the Department of Management at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. A global survey is being undertaken to assess the factors that affect the career experiences of lesbian and gay professionals. The findings of this research will contribute to the understanding of the lesbian and gay population’s career development which will be of benefit to the academic community, the business community and the LGBT communities worldwide. This research project has been approved the ethics committee of Monash University. I am writing to you to request for assistance with the distribution of my survey. I very much appreciate if you could publish the information mentioned above and also the following web address of the online survey and password, in the Lesbian Quarterly: http://www.unipark.de/uc/careerofgaysandlesbians/ Password to log in: 2007
Should have further questions about this research, please do not hesitate to contact me via this email address (raymond.trau@buseco.monash.edu.au) or my office number (+61 3 9903 1258).
| 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
| 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.
Saturday August 1st
Sixth annual 2009 Vancouver Dyke March and Festival
The vision for the Vancouver Dyke March is to bring an all-inclusive, female / family, dog-friendly march and festival into the East side (Commercial Drive area). We hope people and dogs of all ages will enjoy an afternoon of visibility, pride, music, community art and merry-making the day before the annual Pride Parade.
Map to McSpadden Park:
Dyke March Official Site
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
Here’s a link to stories about ILD
