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Made to Pleasure: DIY Design & Talk with Rachel Maines

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Made to Pleasure: DIY Design & Talk with Rachel Maines

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Date: 2/4/2013 6:06 pm
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Date of event Feb 21, 2013 
Location of event Museum of Vancouver 
 

Design your own pleasure machine in this hands-on night with vibe mentors from Womyns’Ware and WeVibe. Then tease your ears and imagination with a talk by saucy historian Rachel Maines, author of the Technology of the Orgasm.

Feb 21, 7:00pm | $12 | MOV Members FREE

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Special Curator Talk & Tour: A Clandestine History of Contraception

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Special Curator Talk & Tour: A Clandestine History of Contraception

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Date: 2/4/2013 6:07 pm
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Date of event March 7, 2013
Location of event Museum of Vancouver 
 

Tease out the goodies of Sex Talk in the City with curatorial lead Viviane Gosselin, and follow it up with a talk exploring the history of contraception, evolving attitudes towards sex, and women’s changing status by University of Ottawa professor Christabelle Sethna.

 

March 7, 2013, 7:00pm | $12 | MOV members FREE

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Special Curator Talk & Tour: Designing for Sex w/ Propellor Design

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Special Curator Talk & Tour: Designing for Sex w/ Propellor Design

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Date: 2/4/2013 6:08 pm
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Date of event April 4, 2013
Location of event Museum of Vancouver
 

Designing for sex is always a challenge, but more so when there’s history, storytelling, and artifacts added to the mix! Join exhibition designers Propellor for a highlight on creative inspiration and the integrative design process.

 

April 4, 2013, 7:00pm | $12 | MOV members FREE

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Brothels, Strolls, & Stilettos: Histories of Sex Work in Vancouver

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Brothels, Strolls, & Stilettos: Histories of Sex Work in Vancouver

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Date: 2/4/2013 6:09 pm
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Date of event April 26, 2013
Location of event Museum of Vancouver
 

With more than 100 brothels operating in the city’s east end in 1930s Vancouver was once a haven for bawdy houses. In the 1970s, the city’s West End emerged as home to an outdoor sex workers’ stroll, who were expelled by 1984. Further displacement started an era of missing and murdered women. Discover the multi-faceted past of sex work in Vancouver from a diverse panel of activists and current and retired sex workers.

 

 

April 26, 2013, 7:00pm | by donation (suggested $10)

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West Coast LEAF’s 26th Annual Equality Breakfast

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West Coast LEAF's 26th Annual Equality Breakfast

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Date: 2/13/2013 2:13 pm
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Date of event March 5 2013
Location of event Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
 

Celebrate International Women’s Day at West Coast LEAF’s 26th Annual Equality Breakfast.

We are proud to present author and activist Carmen Aguirre, winner of CBC’s 2012 Canada Reads, interviewed live on stage by Gloria Macarenko.

The event takes place March 5 2013, 7-9 AM at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and includes a silent auction. Tickets $90 athttp://2013equalitybreakfast.eventbrite.ca. Sponsored by CBC and Fasken Martineau.

The best event this side of noon!

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2nd Annual Walk/Run for Heritage

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2nd Annual Walk/Run for Heritage

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Date: 2/13/2013 4:11 pm
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Date of event March 23, 2013
Location of event Agassiz

The Agassiz–Harrison Museum and Kilby Historical Site have partnered to host this fun-run fundraiser. Participants have a choice of either 3Km, 5Km or a 10Km walk/run through the streets of Agassiz. Registration is available the day of the race or in advance. Details: Kilby Historical Site 604-796-9576 or Agassiz- Harrison Museum 604-796-3545

Day of race Registration 7:30-8:30am

Warm up 8:45

Race Starts 9:00 am at the Agassiz Agricultural Hall 
6800 Pioneer Ave, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A1

Cost $30

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Annual Easter Egg Hunt

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Annual Easter Egg Hunt

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Date: 2/13/2013 4:14 pm
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Date of event March 31 & April 1
Location of event Kilby Historical Site 215 Kilby Road, Harrison Mills V0M1L0
 

Join us for a traditional Easter celebration! We will be having our annual Easter egg hunt (Sunday and Monday) on the grounds of the historic site starting at 11:00 am and as always splendid crafts for the children throughout the day. Event is free with admission to the Kilby Historical Site. www.kilby.ca

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Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

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Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

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Date: 2/14/2013 1:50 pm
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Date of event Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

Join us during an evening for poetry lovers with award-winning writers John Barton, Nicole Brossard and Catherine Owen.

John Barton reads from his tenth book, For the Boy with the Eyes of the Virgin, a retrospective collection that explores the role of love in contemporary society, the complexity of gay experience, the persistence of homophobia, the reinvention of the idea of family, and the fear and courage that AIDS engendered and how it continues to shape the search and attainment of intimacy. John Barton has won three Archibald Lampman Awards, a Patricia Hackett, an Ottawa Book Award, a CBC Literary Award and a National Magazine Award.

White Piano is Nicole Brossard’s latest poetry collection. A play of resonance between pronouns and persons, freely percussive between prose and poetry, and narrating a constellation of questions, White Piano offers readers a “language that cultivates its own craters of fire and savoir-vie.” Nicole Brossard has won two Governor General’s Awards for poetry as well as Le Prix Athanase-David and the Canada Council’s Molson Prize.

Catherine Owen reads from her most recent collection, Trobairitz. Twenty-first century metalheads; twelfth century troubadours and their female counterparts, the trobairitz – what could they possibly have in common? The creation of an often misunderstood and at times reviled genre for one; for another, a kin preoccupation with the questioning of structures set up by class, gender, and religion. Her previous book of poetry, Frenzy, won the Alberta Literary Award in 2009.

Free admission. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by Vancouver Writers Fest., http://www.writersfest.bc.ca

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Neil E. Dee’s BIZARRIETY

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Neil E. Dee's BIZARRIETY

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Date: 2/20/2013 5:30 pm
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Date of event 03/02/13
Location of event Kozmik Zoo 53 W. Broadway

Neil E. Dee's BIZARRIETY: Sideshow-Belly Dance-Burlesque
Saturday March 2 doors 9, show at 10
$10 at the door

Swallowing real swords, eating fire, and having concrete blocks smashed on his chest are just some of the amazing feats you will see Neil E. Dee perform. For over a decade Neil has been creating performing and perfecting his unusual brand of entertainment. 

Joining Neil for BIZARRIETY are:
Hypnotic hips of belly dancer RAHEL,
Breathe taking burlesque of VOODOO PIXIE

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Legal @ Lunch: New BC Family Law Act

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Legal @ Lunch: New BC Family Law Act

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Date: 2/26/2013 2:35 pm
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Date of event Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Location of event People's Law School, #150 – 900 Howe Street, Vancouver
 

The new Family Law Act is coming into effect on March 18. It brings many important changes to BC family law system that might affect you. This lunchtime seminar provides an overview of some of the changes regarding child support,parenting after separation and court processes. 

Register at www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/events or 604.331.5400.