Rain City Chronicles http://www.raincitychronicles.com Your stories, live. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:51:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Copyright © Rain City Chronicles 2011 karen.pinchin@gmail.com (Rain City Chronicles) karen.pinchin@gmail.com (Rain City Chronicles) posts http://www.raincitychronicles.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Rain City Chronicles http://www.raincitychronicles.com 144 144 Your stories, live. Rain City Chronicles Rain City Chronicles karen.pinchin@gmail.com no no Crossing Borders http://www.raincitychronicles.com/2012/03/crossing-borders/ http://www.raincitychronicles.com/2012/03/crossing-borders/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:41:52 +0000 lizzy http://www.raincitychronicles.com/?p=425

A minuteman guards the USA/Mexico border closely. Photo a part of the beautiful Border Film Project.

“You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don’t count for much or stop much, good or bad, anymore.” – Bill Clinton

A good story takes us to places we would never expect. Join us on Thursday, March 29 at The Western Front for stories about limits, travel, boundaries and crossing the line. We are thrilled to be hosting musical guests The Ruffled Feathers and Christopher Smith.

Stay tuned for storyteller announcements and grab your tickets here.

 

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We are very excited to announce the next batch of storytellers for our special edition event in conjunction with the great folks from the City of Vancouver Food Policy.

Emily Wight

Ilana Labow

Luke Brocki

Maryvon Delanoe

Peter Ladner

Lori Weidenhammer

Preet Marwaha

Brent Mansfield

music by Reid Jameson

These incredible Vancouverites will be sharing tales about their experience and passion for local food and communities, something near and dear to our hearts. You can read more about the night and the work the City of Vancouver has been doing here. 

Grab a pair of tickets here. 

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Storytellers will be announced next week, so stay tuned!

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via SOLEfood farm

We can’t let slip the details quite yet, but our next show will be Jan. 27, in a spectacular location, with an amazing partner, on a subject that’s near and dear to our hearts.

Stay tuned, friends.

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A woman kisses a Vancouver soldier returning from a tour of duty overseas in 1944. Maybe you'll see similar action on Thursday.

This November show is shaping up to be a pretty special one, with storytellers of all stripes and a very memorable musical guest. Plus, we’ll be at the totally beautiful Commercial Drive legion hall, so if you don’t have your pair yet, pick ‘em up here now! There are about 80 left. See you there!

Your Storytellers

Steve Anderson
Ian Bryce
Chris Cannon
Adrian Cunningham
Shauna Johannsen
Ember Konopaki
John Paolozzi
Stu Popp
Alyson Quinn
Melanie Fahlman Reid

Music By

Jill Barber

Look for the poppies, and head up the stairs!

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While I type out the blog post announcing our lineup for Thursday’s show, here’s some Monday music for you from our next musical guest.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

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Members of the Vancouver Police Department, circa 1921. Courtesy Vancouver Archives.



As our Nov. 3 show at the Grandview Legion Hall approaches, we want to recognize and appreciate all of Vancouver’s veteran and currently serving police officers, firemen, paramedics, and soldiers. If this is you, we’d love to let you in at the door for $5. Just pre-register online here, and then show a badge or photo ID at the door. It’s that easy!

We picked our venue, the Grandview Woodland Legion Hall, and the theme, partially to reflect upon the duties that bind us to our communities, to our country, and to each other. In advance of Remembrance Day, as you don your poppy, come out and share your own story about what duty means to you in this modern age.

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Our musical guest is the multitalented Jill Barber (see below!) so buy your tickets now!

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Actually, we may BE the secret…

Tune in on Sept. 29 for more information about Culture Days and see who the stunning *spoiler alert* Jill Barber picks as her local fave.

Hope you’re coming to the show tomorrow! There’ll be some tickets availabe at the door, but if you don’t want to be disappointed, get yours now!

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