Thu Sep 22 5-7pm | FREE!
ING Direct Cafe

Graffiti, photography, installations, pop up art shows; East Vancouver is known for its creativity. But who are the faces behind this progressive and flourishing artistic vibrant community? At EastVanLove Volume 3, we will feature artists and photographers speaking about their work and how East Van has influenced them. We will invite Leah Gregg, Ruven (Mainly Main Magazine) and Nicole Ignacio (of the Main Street Art Collective) to speak about how their artistic work is challenging the future of our hood. There will also be an opportunity for networking and people to give a 60 second pitch about their community organization or business at the end of the event.

Check back for further updates and speaker lineup.
+ if you have speaker in mind or if you’d like to help out email us [ajay at eastofmain.com]!

Get your tickets while they’re hot –> via our eventbrite page (don’t worry, tix are FREE!)
Thanks!

Ajay + Linzi
on behalf of the East of Main team
ps: Event is sponsored by RED TRUCK BEER (that’s right, we’ll have beer on tap!)

This event is part of Social Media Week - Vancouver
Partial funding provided by the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood Small Grant

Check us out on twitter

@eastvanlove
@masalapuri
@linzimg

We apologize for the outage of our website over the past week. Luckily we’re back and running and have some exciting things in store!

Next Tweetup + 10 minute Video of East Van

1. Mid-June we’ll be hosting the EastVanLove Tweetup Vol. 3 (just in time for Main St / Commercial Drive Car-free day celebrations June 18). If you have ideas for speakers or entertainment please email us as we’d love to have you or your nominees! [ajay at eastofmain.com]

2. An amazing group of students from SFU documented our Eastvanlove Tweetup Vol. 2 and have placed their video on Youtube! Check it out and show them your eastvan love -

EastVanLove Vol. 2 [Video Report]

This is an crowd-sourced project so feel free to post your Video or Written feedback here or on youtube.

Background of Video:

This report looks at a SFU research group’s study on fandom and social media in the context of East Van. This community is often characterized by their active ethnic communities, vibrant artistic presence, politically engaged youth, as well as their vocal sexual orientation and gender-identity groups. Communication technology has played a pivotal role in connecting individuals living in the East Van - as well as fans of the neighbourhood.

Five SFU students were interested in finding out how fans of particular communities such as East Van use social media to build online communities and create networking relationships. They attended the second #EastVanLove Tweetup in March 2011.

Through qualitative interviews and quantitative findings (survey with 129 respondents) the researchers found social media are creating a more cohesive real communities that are being socially constructed online and offline through active participation in fan devotion and visibility.

Research Team: Kay, Angela, Jessie, Kirsten, Sarah

Check out #eastvanlove in the MEDIA [Georgia Straight]!

MAD PROPS to all you east van lovers who made it such a fun night!!

+ DID YOU KNOW - you all tweeted so much #eastvanlove trended #1 in Canada!!

Special thanks to our speakers + sponsors:
* Shane Gibson (and Audience Shane) - indicating knowledge should be shared
* Rick Buckman Coe - playing soulfully conscious music and setting the mood
* Andrea Curtis & Adrian Sinclair - playing the roles of Zoncord Developers
* Brennan Weuters - showing us the power of communal gardening and living (DIY baby!)
* Kemp Edmonds - our fabulous MC for keeping all speakers on time and acting as Henry Lee (owner of the Our Town Cafe)
- Our Town Cafe (for the awesome space), Mainly Main Mag (for the Promo), East of Main, Yelp Vancouver and Welcome2EastVan for the prizes (Who would have known there were EastVan branded condoms!)

+ @LinziMG - thank you for all your help! We couldn’t have pulled off all the logistical items without your amazing skillzzz…

LOOK OUT FOR VOLUME 3
Coming to an independent cafe / restaurant near you soon
+ Vol. 2.5: we’re hoping to getting a tour of Brennan’s communal house + getting our hands dirty in his garden!

+ HAVE A SUGGESTION on a location, speakers or wanna help out? Shoot me an email (ajay at eastofmain.com).

Until next time don’t forget to spread the East Van Love ~

Ajay Masala Puri

on behalf of Team Awesome: Cyndi, Linzi and Kris
Find us on twitter: @EASTVANCITY
@masalapuri | @yelp_vancouver | @linzimg | @kk
Sponsored by: East of Main, Yelp, Welcome To East Van, Mainly Main Magazine

ps: don’t forget to watch the NFB’s documentary on Whistling Smith (retired beat cop who worked in the DTES back in the 70’s)!

I firstly want to give a HUGE Big UPs to all of you that showed up at the First Ever East Van Tweetup February 2, 2011 at the Main St Army & Legion! + Thanks to our speakers / sponsors @kk, Ethical Deal, Welcome To East Van, and Ruven of Mainly Main Magazine. Coolest part of the night was having Whistling Smith of the Army & Navy share his personal stories of working as a DTES Beat cop (Main & Hastings) back in the 70’s!

Missed the event?! Check out the coverage in the West Ender + Vancouver Is Awesome + in the Flickr Pool.

SO after the hugely successful First Ever East Van Tweetup, we (Cyndi Hunter @fairlite, Kris Krug @kk and I), thought we should organize East Van Tweetup: Volume 2!

Poster Credit by Rob Geary

Details:

Wed March 23
7-10pm
@ Our Town Cafe
245 E Broadway
*** UPDATE ***

SCHEDULE

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7     - Event starts

740 - Rick Buckmon Coe - EastVan musician with a soulful folk sound

750 - Intros incl. Kemp Edmonds (Moderator) + Special Guest Whistling SMITH!

755 - Our Town Cafe: the vision (by owner Henry Lee)

8     - Keynote: Shane Gibson

** author of two best-selling social media books + founder of Vancouver Tweetup
Shane will be speaking on starting Vancouver Tweetup and building community through social media

825 - Brennan Weuters - Founder, East Van (Hastings-Sunrise) Communal House

830 - Closing remarks

835 - PRIZES! incl EastVan shirts, condoms (courtesy of Welcome to Eastvan)

840 - Announcements

845 to 10pm - Mingling!

10 onwards - HUMP afterparty at Lick

** WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, PERFORM OR SPONSOR THE EVENT? Email me (ajay at eastofmain.com)

THE VENUE: Our Town Cafe
+ yummy coffee + looseleaf tea (London Fog = so good)
+ Cheap Local Beer!
–> R&B, cream ale and blonde on tap.
–> Random bottles of local microbrew. both for $5 each.
–> Hipster fave PBR for $3.50
+ great nibbles

Where is Our Town Cafe? Here’s a MAP!

If you’re an EAST VAN resident or a fan, come have fun and meet others in the hood.

Happy Tweeting!

Ajay Masala Puri (@masalapuri)

Hashtag

#EastVanLove

Sponsored by:

Mainly Main Magazine, Welcome to EastVan, Yelp Vancouver, Our Town Cafe

AFTERPARTEEEeeee

Our friends are throwing down a great party HUMP at LICK later in the night…

+ HUMP has OFFERED us 2-for-1 cover!

Check us out on:  YELP | Vancouver Tweetup | Granville Mag

What is a TWEET UP btw Ajay? Great summary.

My amigo Cyndi Hunter (@fairlite) and I <3 East Van & Social Media so much that we are organizing the first EVER East Van Tweet Up! That’s right boys n girls on Wednesday February 2, 2011 7pm we’ll be hosting a Tweet Up in the hood at the Main Street Legion.

DEETS:
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011
Time: 7pm till late
Location: Main Street Legion [Army Navy & Airforce Veterans Unit 298 Canteen (3917 Main St)]

More information: on YELP!

The venue is SUPER chill (check the reviews on Yelp–awesomeness):
- has cheap drinks (like $1.95 beers!),
- games: shuffleboard, pool, and darts
- entertainment (like Karaoke)

+ where else could you find our finest veterans and Main St hipsters all in one joint?!

+ we’ll be having surprise SPEAKERS
+ PRIZES!!! We’ll be having giveaways from Ethical Deal and Yelp / Dine Out
+ PHOTOs by @KK and his posse

If you’re an EAST VAN resident or fan, post why you love the hood and see you February 2!

Much love,

Ajay Masala Puri

AND If you’re on TWITTER, DON’T FORGET to USE the Hashtag #EastVanLove

UPDATE -AFTERPARTEEEeeee

Our friends at Mainly Main Magazine, F as in Frank, Welcome to EastVan are throwing down a great party HUMP at LICK later in the night…

+ THEY’VE OFFERED 2-for-1 cover for of us ‘tweet’sters!

Cyndi Hunter, Chief Guru of Yelp Vancouver

Main St Legion

Director Julie Bertucelli has taken a bit of a step back since 2003’s Since Otar Left. In this predictable production, Charlotte Gainsbourg puts in a strong performance, but she’s swimming upstream. The characters’ names and minutae of the plot might be different, but The Tree is another big-market “sensitive drama” of the kind we’re pretty familiar with already. The movie is full of cliched drama devices which you’ll recognize from other such titles. When gentle Hollywood-y strum chords set in, it’s time to feel sad. A rear-view mirror shot of sleeping children is a moment of hope. The nature-gone-haywire subplot imparts a kind of M. Night Shyamalan sense of mystery. And so on. Still, there’s really not a whole lot to dislike here, it just feels like I’ve already seen this before I stepped foot in the theatre.

Verdict: Just OK