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Word! Vancouver to host giant poetry slam as part of 125 celebrations
Brad Cran, City of Vancouver Poet Laureate Okay, we might be getting ahead of ourselves in calling it a ‘slam’ – but there seemed something decidedly unpoetic about a “poetry conference.” How about poetry “confluence” at least? Anyway, given that... Continue reading »
Mountain View Cemetery: A view to the past, present, and future of Vancouver
I was sad to miss the launch of Spacing Vancouver, and thus missed our dear Erin’s presentation (outlined in the previous post) on her thoughts about Spacing’s Top Ten Public Spaces in Vancouver. Thinking of great places in the city,... Continue reading »
Thoughts on the top-ten list of Vancouver’s public spaces: does it have to be public spaces vs. transportation spaces?
[The following is a transcript of the presentation given by VPSN Chair Erin O’Melinn at the launch of the first national issue of Spacing magazine – and the roll-out of the Spacing Vancouver blog. Presenters were asked to respond to... Continue reading »
Update on This Week’s Public Space Events
Happy Monday to you, dear Public-Spacers. Hope you all had a chance to revel in the fantastic weather this past weekend – it was good times all around in the city’s public spaces! Special congratulations to our friends at LatinCouver... Continue reading »
VPSN 2010-11 AGM – Everyone Welcome!
Alexandra Park – site of the 2010-11 VPSN AGM In addition to being a multi-faceted network of invincible public space champions, the VPSN is also a registered non-profit. Our Annual General Meeting takes place this Wednesday. All are welcome! We’ll... Continue reading »