PlayLaughBe Festival
Sunday June 13, 2010 PlayLaughBe Festival: building community through creative expression PlayLaughBe is a multi-faceted fun-machine oiled by all-ages enthusiasm at multiple communal houses in legendary East Van. Fun-seekers walk from house to house, participating in playshops of their choosing at each venue. PlayLaughBe is the creation of a small group of dedicated people in…
The 18th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival
Friday June 11 until Sunday June 13, 2010 We, Our Stories: The 18th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival TWO nights & TWO days of STORY-ING, hosted by Vancouver Society of Storytelling in partnership with Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com & urbanink http://urbanink.ca/ Friday June 11, 8pm – 10pm Local and international artists & storytellers…
Conscious Living Networking Party
Friday, May 28, 2010 Conscious Living Networking Party Music, Food and Networking Unity of Vancouver – 5840 Oak Street Friday, May 28, 7PM $20 at the door Only – $10 for CLN Members For More Information http://consciouslivingradio.org/page162.htm or Call Ashley: 604-644-4447 Come party it up with your community! Learn about Conscious Living Network, Enjoy live…
How to Tame A Dragon
Aside from Unicorns, I also admit to having a Dragon fetish…
West Coast Swing Dance Classes
Urban Beat Dance presents West Coast Swing Dance Classes (beginner’s) Most classes are at Let’s Dance Studio – 927 Granville St. (at Smithe), Vancouver, BC. Go up one flight of stairs and enter through RH doors. (not two flights! They’re a different studio). West Coast Swing is a contemporary style of swing developed forty years…
Sweet Music
Ah sweet music, what a healer you are… What a gift to hear you singing to us when we need to cry, when we need to dance, when we need to express what is painful and when we need to remember what is beautiful… Here are some recordings I’ve made in past years… Rocketship (melody/lyrics…
Hearing Voices
As a child, I loved exploring vocal expression in both storytelling and music. I also enjoyed discerning the subtle intonations, textures, accents and melodies of different speakers, singers and languages. For me, the voice was a truly fascinating and versatile instrument (and so much more portable than a piano) while words were a beautiful form…
Jamil Allah
This simple yet beautiful Sufi chant was taught in a sound healing workshop I took with Simon Heather (UK Sound Healers Association) around the year 2000. It was explained that in the Sufi tradition, all poetry and art is devotional and is thus dedicated to the great “Beloved”. This chant expresses the Sufi mystic’s sweet…
