The Growing Room Festival is Room magazine's inaugural literary festival, a celebration of diverse Canadian writers and artists. The festival will feature more than 40 writers and artists in more than 20 events. Among the line-up are acclaimed writers Amber Dawn, Evelyn Lau, Lorna Crozier, Audrey Thomas, Jen Sookfong Lee, Hiromi Goto, Betsy Warland, and […]
Indigenous and other Working Class Women Resist State Sanctioned Violence Under Imperialism!
This event takes place on the traditional, unceded, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. Stop the pipelines, start the music! Featuring: The Boom Booms David Morin David Beckingham (of Hey Ocean!) Jack Garton and the Demon Squadron Presentations by Freda Huson, spokesperson of the Unist'ot'en, and the chiefs of […]
<<<<< Visiting members of the Prisoner Correspondence Project invite you to come participate in this two part workshop that will give context on the current state of the prison industrial complex and seek out concrete ways of resisting from outside. The first part of this workshop will consist of a brief (30-40 min) introduction to […]
Winter blues got you down? Bring your friends out to celebrate all our work and our vibrant community of resistance and revolution! An evening of spoken word and rap to raise funds for the Indigenous struggle against the Site C Dam. Let's nourish ourselves with good food, good company, and good art! Come early to […]
Land Defenders Dinner for invited Allies - 4:30 pm Doors for Public event 7:00 Reports from the front lines - 7:15 pm Silent auction featuring great art and other intriguing offerings. Cash draws Music and celebration 8:00 pm -featuring Holly Arntzen , Ostwelve, poetry by Justin Bige, Valeen Jules and Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance drummers […]
The Art and Science of Working with Fungi: Growing Mushrooms for Food, Medicine and Soil Mondays, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., March 13, 20 & 27; April 3, 10 & 24 At the Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan St., Vancouver Register at www.italianculturalcentre.ca This workshop series covers the skills needed to grow spawn and mushrooms […]
We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, on whose territories we live and organize. As stewards of these lands, we would like to recognize the tremendous labour that has gone into nurturing and protecting these traditional […]
UNITE HERE! Local 40 calls for a picket of Trump Hotel Vancouver! Gather with Local 40 Hotel and Food Service Workers, along with community allies on March 16th to stand up to racism, sexism, hate, and ongoing attacks on immigrant workers and families! In cities across North America, members of UNITE HERE have not only […]
The Toast Collective is lovely and it is run by lovely people who are putting their time effort energy and $ on the line so let's put all those things on the line too but back at them like a feedback loop Featuring: TOMMY TONE (https://trashtronix.bandcamp.com/) FUTURE STAR (https://futurestar.bandcamp.com/) CHRIS-A-RIFFIC (https://chrisariffic.bandcamp.com/) JARRETT EVAN SAMSON (hello) […]