It’s now been about four months since our community experienced a huge upheaval: major cuts to our funding in the arts and non-profit sector. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know that I’ve written about this […]
A couple of weeks ago, my apartment was broken into. I live on the ground floor of a three-storey walkup, and I knew that kitchen window was dodgy from the moment I moved in. They did a thorough job–jewelery, my […]
On Monday night, the Vancouver Theatre Community united at The Wrecking Ball. It was a really fun night–for me the joy of going to these things is seeing my friends in person. There were some great acts. I particularly enjoyed […]
In October of last year, just before the federal election, a series of cabarets were held across the country. Organized by The Department of Culture, they were called The Wrecking Ball. Their purpose was to raise awareness in our community […]
I woke up this morning to this email via my Facebook from Kevin Teichroeb, who does some of the technical/website stuff at The Alliance for Arts and Culture. Hi Rebecca, We’re excited about a new PSA we’ve just uploaded to […]
First off, I’m excited to say that a profile piece on me was published yesterday in The Vancouver Observer. Alfred DePew interviews me about the recent cuts to the arts, and how Social Media helped us to organize our protest […]
From Kevin McKeown, the new Director of Communications at The Alliance for Arts and Culture: Alliance for Arts and Culture ARTS COMMUNITY MEETING Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1 pm to 3 pm Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestunut Street The Alliance […]
What a way to catch up with friends and colleagues. The theatre community was well represented today at the press conference at Spencer Hebert’s downtown office. Many of them were my colleagues, friends, and clients. But it’s like meeting people […]
On Wednesday night, I attended a forum on financial management that was put on by one of my clients, Full Figure Theatre. Among the crowd were quite a few artists and actors, and they asked some good questions. I wanted […]
I have a couple of things to share with you today, mid-week. No real theme, just some things that have come across my desk that I thought were worthy of sharing. So, hopefully you get something out of them… 1. […]