By Dorothy Bartoszewski
| Image: Pecha Kucha, Cause+Affect |
Published: May 13, 2009
PechaKucha Night gives Vancouver innovators, storytellers and creative types 20 seconds in the spotlight
Sustainable cities need a vibrant creative class. So how do Vancouver’s creatives stack up? Find out for a measly $10 at PechaKucha Night, a wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am tour of Vancouver’s funkiest fomenting minds.
Billed as a rousing mix of “show-and-tell, open-mike night and happy hour,” PechaKucha Night offers creative types of all stripes a chance to screen 20 PowerPoint slides of their work. The catch? They only get 20 seconds to discuss each slide—which keeps the show whipping along.
Web guru and photographer Kris Krüg, interior design star Kelly Deck, Public Dreams founder Dolly Hopkins and journalist Rex Weyler are among the well-known locals who have taken the stage to speedily strut their stuff, along with folks like Vancouver city hall’s Cultural Services manager, plus eager up-and-comers. (The show is capably organized and curated by branding mavens Steven and Jane Cox.)
Pronounced “peh-chak-cha,” PechaKucha means “the sound of conversation” in Japanese. It started in Tokyo in 2003, but has now spread to close to 200 cities, from Kuwait City to Bogotá. Vancouver’s PechaKucha Night happen several times a year (usually at the Park Theatre) and are drawing packed houses; for more info and upcoming show details see pecha-kucha.org/cities/vancouver.
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Lesa Dee Tree
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Courtesy UBC Farm and by Jeannette Ordas
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Published: April 06, 2009
Lesa Dee Tree talks with the Friends of the UBC Farm’s Andrew Rushmere about the plight of the UBC Farm and how they plan to save it.
Learn about food security and organic gardening programs on the UBC farm, and understand the implications of the Official Community Plan on the farm. Plus, find out who’ll be speaking and performing at the Great Farm Trek of 2009.
Photos are by Jeannette Ordas and courtesy the UBC Farm.
By
Lesa Dee Tree
| Image:
Courtesy UBC Farm and by Jeannette Ordas |
Published: April 06, 2009
On April 7, the Friends of UBC Farm are organizing the Great Farm Trek of 2009. While this is an opportunity to celebrate the farm and its community of supporters, organizers of the event also hope to encourage the UBC Board of Governors to support the proposed preservation of the 24-hectare farm in its current location.
