Against The Current - Apr 5- 10am - Intercultural Day- LANGARA

Against the Current: Our Intercultural Journey of Reconciliation

  

Artist-Luke Navrot

Langara College's Aboriginal Community Development class is putting on an intercultural day to celebrate diversity and bring up the important topic of reconciliation. The day will include: food, speakers, dancers, and many different fun activities!
More information coming soon!
Please RSVP.
We hope to see you there.

Kid Friendly
Free Admission

Join the #NationalCircle - Mar 17- YOU'RE INVITED

I love this message. Made me all teary when I read it.

Inspire youth to embrace life.
Join the #NationalCircle

"In response to the ongoing national suicide crisis facing too many First Nations people, we are calling for a National Circle of Ceremony and Healing for Our Spirits.

The AFN is asking Indigenous peoples and all Canadians to pray or perform ceremonies according to their own beliefs, faiths and customs. We want to inspire all people to share messages of hope and love to communities across the country.

We invite everyone to share videos, messages and information about activities they are doing or organizing for the National Circle on March 17"

Watch AFN @PerryBellegarde message for #NationalCircle of Ceremony and Healing for Our Spirits on March 17: https://t.co/nG181jvDUY vi

— AFN (@AFN_Updates) March 13, 2017

THUMB'S UP for the Vancouver Childrens Festival 2011

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Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011

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Well I wasn't sure what to expect, we had been to the Vancouver International Children's Festival 6 or 7x before and well we really liked it the way it was, but we are giving it the Big Thumbs Up.

We had a GREAT TIME. Check out the videos below. I did my best, I would have like to spent more time perfecting them but I wanted to share them today so I hope you'll give me a little grace.

We really had so much fun. We were really lucky we had good weather for most of it, it just rained for a little while and we happened to be in a tent making fairy clothes, and then we went and got a donut and coffee in the market. 

Truthfully I think this is a better concept now. It will be good for the market, and the $5 wrist band was totally in our budget, and we really got our money's worth.

Still by the time we bought donuts and a cool little "Loud Mouth " whistle it was close to $18 but not bad for such a FABULOUS DAY.

DON'T MISS OUT. Definitely go down to the Children's Festival. Remember it's only 9:30 to 2:30 so be sure to go early and take advantage of the different activities.

We hit the facepainting first, and there was quite a line up but it went quite fast and the girls did a AWESOME job.

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com/2011/05/children-festival-starts-tomorrow.html

International Children's Festival
http://www.childrensfestival.ca/index.php

ACTIVITY HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday 10:30am to 6:30pm
Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm

Part 1

Facepainting, Mobile Garden Lady, Tall Senior Citizen, Wishing Garden, Swings, Bird Sculpture with eggs, Power Smart- Win a Green Pail, Port of Vancouver - Pirate hat, seagull, Taiwanese- Make a Mask

Part 2

Juggling, Make a Cedar bracelet, Singers, Energy Actors

Part 3

Mobile Garden Lady, Bird and nest Sculpture and Creating Fairy Clothes

Part 4

Walk thru Granville Market, Him's Felts, Gandharra Loka Instruments, drums, loudmouth-toys, back to Childrens Festival

Part 5

Rocking Out with Chris Hamilton- We Loved this! It was the end of the day and we had so much fun. Thanks Chris!

http://www.myspace.com/chris4kids/music

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chris-hamilton/id215263007

Children Festival Starts Tomorrow

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Children's Festival Starts tomorrow. 
International Children's Festival
http://www.childrensfestival.ca/index.php
 
Oh we have a had some awesome times at the Children's Festival, but we've always found it expensive. It used to be $10 for each of us and then a popcorn/ cotton candy or a some type of treat and it was an easy $30. 

We've never been to any shows. A friend was telling me that when it first started it was so different, all open and was so much cheaper. I don't know about this but I did hear that Raffi pulled out when the corporations started to back it, I don't know if that's true, it's just what I heard. 

What I do know is they moved it this year. To Granville Market- I was really upset when I heard this, and well from the sounds of it, it's definitely not going to be the same. 

Word is that if it doesn't do well, that's it, it's over, because the funding has be cut way back and they have a deficit, so that really sucks.

Will we have fun? I don't know, but we will find out and at $5 for each of us, that's alot easier to swallow. So we will let you all know how it goes.  Check out the website for more info.

International Children's Festival
http://www.childrensfestival.ca/index.php

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The Vancouver International Children's Festival: BC's number one cultural event for kids and families!  

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http://www.childrensfestival.ca

Children's Festival - Granville Market- May 30- June 5 2011

Show Tickets

TICKET PRICES

All show tickets $18, with the exception of:

46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes & Step Afrika!: $20

Variety Show: Youth $20, Adults $22

Pirate's Cove: $18 (flat rate)

Plus HST & services charges

(with these fees included show tickets = $22

46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes & Step Afrika! = $24

Variety Show: Youth $24, Adults $26)

BUY MORE & SAVE! Family Pack - 4 tickets for $64 - you save at least $8! (with HST & services charges = $80)


All show tickets include a wristband to access the five interactive zones.

Activity wristbands can be purchased separately for $5 on site.

How to Get There

http://www.childrensfestival.ca/tickets_and_info/public_tickets/articles105.php 

http://www.childrensfestival.ca/tickets_and_info/hours_and_directions/articles16.php



International Children's Festival
http://www.childrensfestival.ca/index.php

ON-SITE BOX OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday 10:00am to 6:30pm
Sunday 10:00am to 3:00pm
 
ACTIVITY HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday 10:30am to 6:30pm
Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm

Let's hope we have Great Weather!!

Vancouver's Children's Festival 2011

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Yay, it's almost Children's Festival Time! Ohhhhhhh I'm sooooooo excited. We always have such a nice time. We've never been able to afford the shows, and by the time with play with all the free activities we are wiped anyways. 

Usually by the time you bought your entrance tix, and a little thing of popcorn or cotton candy and maybe a small small toy, $25 easy. http://www.childrensfestival.ca/index.php

Children's Festival 2011- Granville Island

Things have changed this year.


At first I was like "What, No" when I heard it was moving to Granville Island. Sacrilege!! But Money Talks and the fact that the activities are going to be Just $5 for the activities well that makes it fair for everyone, and I really SUPPORT that!


So this will be exciting, the email I just got looks really cool. Here is a printscreen of it.

Children's Fest Newsletter

Vancouver International Children's Festival
402 - 873 Beatty Street
Vancouver, BC  V6B 2M6
Phone: (604) 708.5655
Fax: (604) 708.5661
Emai: info@childrensfestival.ca

ON-SITE BOX OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday 10:00am to 6:30pm
Sunday 10:00am to 3:00pm
ACTIVITY HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday 10:30am to 6:30pm
Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm
 
Tickets now on sale!
TICKET PRICES
All show tickets $22, with the exception of:

• 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes & Step Afrika!: $24
• Variety Show: Youth $24, Adults $26
• Pirate's Cove: $18

BUY MORE & SAVE! Family Pack - 4 tickets for $80
All prices include HST and service charges - no more to pay!
All show tickets include a wristband to access the five interactive zones.
Activity wristbands can be purchased separately for $5 on site.


 Read More about Age Policy & other Info here

Let's Decorate Easter Eggs

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Saturday -Only 15 days til Easter, I heard over and over by one very excited little cherub. The count down has begun. Last year we were in Oaxaca Mexico and we enjoyed celebrating Semana Santa/Holy Week it in a very different way than Canada does, but I like to keep both the Mexican and Canadian traditions alive and strong. So we brought out all the bunnies and some eggs and baskets and said..."Let the decorating begin!"

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Special Thanks to Duckett for the music.

Another Girl (instrumental) 3:12
by Duckett
http://ccmixter.org/people/duckett

Also to Deserres, we love your store!
http://www.deserres.ca/en-ca/creative-hobbies/activities-for-kids/make-your-eggs!-/1/183/

Deserres Design an Egg Project

Just a note about the plastic eggs, I know it's not green, but right now I have this wicked cold and a really bad earache that I got because we ended up waiting along time for the bus the other day, out in the cold and wind, when we went to visit a dear dear relative in the hospital.

This earache is sort of making me CraZy, but hopefully it will be gone soon.  Has to do with my sinuses.

Needless to say I can not blow any eggs right now, and I wanted to share this experience with my girl. We never seem to eat the eggs we make and you can't paint them.

These little keepsakes I can keep for years and treasure. So that's why plastic eggs, guess I could have got paper ones, but these caught my eye and were just S2.49.  So there you go. Next time I will try harder and we will make the eggs from paper mache. I actually tried that once, they didn't turn out so good. There's an art to it. :)

Getting ready to decorate eggs.  Photo by Tina Winterlik  © 2011

Pretty sequin flowers.  Photo by Tina Winterlik  © 2011

My Decorated Egg.  Photo by Tina Winterlik  © 2011

My daughter's decorated egg. It's a mouse or as she says "A Mougg"! Photo by Tina Winterlik  © 2011