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Comment by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on December 13, 2011 at 5:31am

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POPCORN & MOVIES
Tuesday Dec 13, 6-9:30 featuring the NDN Classic ‘Smoke Signals’ directed by Chris Eyre. Presented by Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival (VIMAF).

HIP HOP BINGO
Wednesday Dec 14, 6-9pm featuring $1000 in prizes with yer Hosts Ostwelve & JB The First Lady.

BLUES REVIEW 
Thursday Dec 15, 6:00-9:00 featuring Wayne Lavallee, Murray Porter, Dalannah Gail Bowen and Russel Wallace.

ALIVE DIALOGUE CIRCLES
Tuesday-Thursday Dec 13-15, 12-2pm. A series of cultural presentations and dialogue circles take place each lunch hour with discussions over free healthy foods and then continue with evening cultural presentations. With a focus on School Board, Park Board and City of Vancouver and enhancing our relations. 

ALIVE ARTS
Bone game, traditional crafts, drumming, songs and storytelling

WINTER CELEBRATION
The main event on Thursday, 5-9pm with PowWow Drummers! On Thursday, Dec 15, the Festival highlight is an evening of Powwow drummers, community meal, and dialogue and report back on the City's Urban Aboriginal People's Study/Vancouver 2011, with Ginger Gosnell-Myers and City of Vancouver representatives to share within the circle with members of the community. Check out the traditional games, Blues Review, the Artisan tables and more!

And did we say this is all free or by donation?! See you at the W2 Media Cafe and Woodward’s Atrium! On the Hastings and Cordova bus routes, with parking in the Woodward’s Parkade (enter eastbound on Cordova east of Cambie).

If you would like to get involved as a volunteer, please email volunteer@creativetechnology.org or phone 604-689-9896. Please share this event with your Facebook friends and bring a friend along!

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program subject to change

Tuesday December 13
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Aboriginal Artisan Tables: 11- 9pm (in the Atrium) - think local! buy seasonal gifts and support inner-city aboriginal artisans!

ALIVE Parks Dialogue Circle 12:-2:00
Co Facilitated By Commissioner Aaron Jasper & Ronnie Dean Harris (Ostwelve)
Kid friendly
Lunch served (complimentary, donations welcome)
Visioning & Questioning: Overview of the City of Vancouver Park Board services and resources. Open Dialogue: What is our current involvement? How can the urban aboriginal population enhance its participation throughout the city?

Long Table Dinner - 6pm - Enjoy a delicious warm meal featuring traditional Aboriginal foods! Sliding scale $3-20 pay what you can, limited availability tonight.

Winter Film Night I + II - 6:30-9:30 
Presented by Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival
Free! Five flavours of popcorn!
Part I at 6:30pm [Kid Friendly] ‘The Path Without End’, 5min Directed by Elizabeth Lameman
‘Spirit of the Game’ 47min, Directed by Annie Frazier Henry (NFB)
‘Cry Rock’ 28min, Directed by Banchi Hanuse

Part II at 8pm: [ages 12 & up] ‘Smoke Signals’ Directed by Chris Eyre

Comment by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on December 13, 2011 at 5:30am

Wednesday December 13 ------------------------------------------------------ Aboriginal Artisan Tables: 11am- 9pm ALIVE Schools Dialogue Circle 12-2pm Co Facilitated By: Patti Bacchus & Sino Kid Friendly Lunch served (complimentary, donations welcome) Questioning: What is our current involvement? Open dialogue: Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement Open dialogue: How can we enhance our presence in the identified areas? Long Table Dinner - 6pm - Enjoy a delicious warm meal featuring traditional Aboriginal foods! Sliding scale $3-20 pay what you can. limited availability tonight. Hip Hop Bingo - 6:30-9pm - $1000 in prizes! Featuring hosts JB The First Lady & Ostwelve! Bring your Ma and get her to teach you how to play Bingo and win some of our $1000 in prizes! Christmas hams, London Drugs items, Nester’s foods, aboriginal artisan creations, and gift certificates to be won. Entry by donation. Thursday December 15 -------------------------------------------------------- Aboriginal Artisan Tables: 11am- 9pm ALIVE City Dialogue Circle 12-2pm Kid Friendly Facilitated By Ginger Gosnell-Myers and Co-facilitated By, Jil P. Weaving. Guest Appearance By City Councillor Andrea Reimer & City Councillor Heather Deal Lunch served (complimentary, donations welcome) Opening Prayer & Round of Introductions with Vancouver City Council Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study & the Mayor’s Urban Aboriginal Advisory Council. Questioning: What is our current involvement? Intro to City of Vancouver resources, services, citizen committees and hiring practices. Open dialogue: How can we increase participation within the City and its programs and services? Afternoon: ongoing, Bone Game Children's Performance, Workshops & Storytelling 3-6  Hosted by Traditional Grandmothers & Grandfathers Cultural Society Winter Aboriginal Tea Sampling with Cease Wyss, 3:30-9  Powwow Drummers & Community Dancers, 5-8  Community Welcoming with remarks by invited guests - 5:30: Member of Vancouver City Council, Henry Yu (UBC) on shared settler/Aboriginal histories of Vancouver, ALIVE, Roundhouse, and more. Community Dinner - 6pm (Aboriginal foods/by donation/pay what you can) Blues Review 5-9 Wayne Lavallee 5pm Russell Wallace 6pm Dalannah Gail Bowen 7pm and Murray Porter 8pm ------------------------------------------------------- ARTISTS LINKS Os12 http://www.myspace.com/ostwelve JB the First Lady http://www.reverbnation.com/jbthefirstlady Murray Porter http://www.myspace.com/murrayportermusic Wayne Lavallee http://www.waynelavallee.com/ Russel Wallace http://v125pc.com/russell-wallace/ Dalannah Gail Bowen http://www.reverbnation.com/dalannahgailbowen Cease Wyss