Saturday, June 23, 2012

VIVA Vancouver

ViVa Vancouver - BrazilFest - Aug 18 2012

BrazilFest - Viva Vancouver -  The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street - Aug 18 2012

BrazilFest - Viva Vancouver -  The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street - Aug 18 2012

BrazilFest - Viva Vancouver -  The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street - Aug 18 2012

VLAFF Vancouver Latin American Film Festival stand at BrazilFest - Viva Vancouver -  The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street - Aug 18 2012
BrazilFest - Viva Vancouver -  The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street - Aug 18 2012


Mexico Vivo Folklore and Salsa performing at Viva Vancouver Carnaval del Sol - June 30 2012

VIVA Vancouver the pedestrian plaza for the summer kicked off on the weekend of June 23-24 transforming street spaces into temporary public spaces.

The program coincided with the free opening weekend (June 23-24 ) of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival  at the core of Downtown Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery and Robson Square.

VIVA Granville - Pedestrian public space with events and attractions on Granville Street between Smithe and Hastings streets on the weekends from June 23 trough September 3. 

For more information visit VIVA Vancouver.

Viva Vancouver - July 7-8
Robson St. Summertime Plaza - VIVA Vancouver
ViVA Vancouver - Spaces and Activations Robson St. Summertime
800-block of Robson Street, between Robson Square and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Viva Vancouver - June 30 July 1 - Carnaval del Sol , Canada Day
Mexico Vivo Folklore and Salsa performing at Viva Vancouver Carnaval del Sol - June 30 2012
Mariachi del Sol  - Viva Vancouver - The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street 

Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Downtown Jazz Weekend - June 23,24 -Vancouver Art Gallery/Robson Square
Phil Dwyer - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Dowtown Jazz Weekend - Georgia Stage - June 24 2012


Serpentine Funk - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Dowtown Jazz Weekend - Robson Stage - June 24 2012

Legendary Dal Richards at Vancouver Art Gallery stage -  Dowtown Jazz Weekend - June 23 2012     

Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Dowtown Jazz Weekend - Vancouver Art Gallery - June 23 2012

Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Dowtown Jazz Weekend - Robson Square - June 23 2012
Headwater - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Dowtown Jazz Weekend - Robson Stage - June 23 2012
VIVA Vancouver June 23-24
Viva Vancouver-The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street-June 24


Forrás Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble -Viva Vancouver-The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street-June 23
Forrás Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble  - Viva Vancouver - The Pedestrian Plaza for the Summer on Granville Street 

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Britannia Community Centre in Vancouver - "Sueños of Tomorrow"

Mexico Vivo performing at Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society
"Sueños of Tomorrow" the first annual fundraiser for a bursary organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society and the Latin Education Project was celebrated yesterday at Britannia Community Centre in Vancouver.

Elsa the lead voice of Sangre Morena was the M.C. for this event and performances included Mexico Vivo Folklore and Salsa ballet, Alex Alegría with Mariachi Los Dorados, children mariachi band "Los Castorcitos", Hugo Porras "DJ Cachete VLF", Xochitl, Panchulo and more.

There was also a great motivational presentation by Carmen Aguirre, a Canadian playwright, actor, author and theatre artist based on Vancouver  who talked about her experience and efforts to study her career in Canada and the lack of actors of Latin American origin in the acting scene. She also mentioned that one of her future projects is about the controversial Italian photographer Tina Modotti who lived and developed part of her career in Mexico.

For more information about Raíces Latin American project visit their Facebook page.

Carmen Aguirre  at Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society  

Children mariachi band "Los Castorcitos" performing at Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society

Hugo Porras "DJ Cachete" at Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society
Elsa "Sangre Morena" lead voice as M.C. for  Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society
Mariachi Los Dorados performing at Vancouver Britannia Community Centre Sueños of Tomorrow event organized by Raíces Latin American Cultural Society