We're lucky to have Capture Photography Festival in #Vancouver to shine light on things that mainstream media overlooks or tends to shy away from. Examples include the Anvil Centre installation on Filipino diversity, Gallery Gachet exhibition on VANDU, and billboards along Arbutus Greenway.

New Pancouver: Artist #SammyBaloji captures DR Congo’s vibrant arts and culture, challenging western views. #Congo #Katanga #DRC #automobiles #cellphones #mining MiningWatch Canada #Africa pancouver.ca/beyond-images-…

I enjoyed Capture Photography Festival exhibition Gallery Gachet at 9 West Hastings Street. VANDU worked with curator Olumoroti Soji-George to create a memorable, emotional, and coherent look at #VANDU 25-year history. Nathan Crompton Vince Tao More Pancouver: pancouver.ca/gallery-gachet…

#Vancouver journalist Roberta Staley and cinematographer/photographer tallulah photo will premiere their documentary #ElephantWarriors on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. JCC of Greater Vancouver Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre. More here Pancouver CBCEarlyEdition pancouver.ca/filmmakers-rob…

There is a new innovative exhibition called TouchScapes coming this spring to Vancouver that features 3D art objects tailored for individuals with visual impairments and sensory. First of its kind in Western Canada. Rabiah Dhaliwal is on Spice Radio 1200AM at 915 with more info.

Today from 3 to 4:30 p.m., lens-based artist Karen Zalamea will speak with Capture Photography Festival chief curator and executive director Emmy Lee Wall about Karen'ts giant installation, Ensemble, on Anvil Centre in #NewWest . Conversation is Anvil Centre and on Zoom. pancouver.ca/artist-karen-z…

A reminder that when we regulate a mind active drug, rather than criminalize it, we often see decreases in problematic use. Consider tobacco, after effective regulations -- more than 50 per cent of adults used in the 1960s, and 10 per cent today.

Happy #Vaisakhi #Vancouvet .

#Vancouver #Vaisakhi

#Tagalog is associated with the #Philippines . But census for #NewWest shows tremendous linguistic diversity in mother tongues, including Ilocano, Cebuano, Hilagaynon, Bisaya, Kapampangan, Pampango, Pangasinan, Kankanaeu, Bikol, Kinaray-a, & Waray-Waray. pancouver.ca/artist-karen-z…

New Toronto Spark (also Pancouver): Wide awake on queer and disability representation in Samantha Lee’s Sleep With Me CBC Gem Mable Elmore Sammie Jo Rumbaua (she/her) Carlito Pablo @boldlove RJ Aquino Filipino BC phebe m. f. Kathleen Zaragosa AbroadComedy Justinne Ramirez torontospark.ca/wide-awake-on-…

New Pancouver: Here's something for #WorldParkinsonsDay , which is today. UBC medical student repurposes hip-hop classics to support Parkinson Society British Columbia UBC Media Relations UBC Medicine Parkinson Society BC #Parkinsons Awareness #Parkinsons #UBC pancouver.ca/ubc-medical-st…

New Pancouver #Burnaby artist Karen Zalamea celebrates #Filipino culture with giant Ensemble installation on the Anvil Centre in #NewWest . It's part of Capture Photography Festival. Mable Elmore Sammie Jo Rumbaua (she/her) Maita Santiago (she/her) Carlito Pablo James Infante Filipino BC pancouver.ca/artist-karen-z…

Delighted to see this!!!!

Bernie Sanders releases a draft legislative proposal to address Long COVID

$1 billion per year for 10 years.

This is a significant step in the right direction.

Thank you Bernie Sanders for your leadership!!!!

sanders.senate.gov/press-releases…

I'm really tired of starting every single day by removing three or four new bots from my list of followers. I can only imagine how many bots are on this platform now. It would be an interesting academic exercise for a graduate student to investigate this.

New Pancouver: Tabla superstar #ZakirHussain continues reinventing himself after winning three more Grammy Awards. Zakir Hussain plays #UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and #Victoria #RoyalTheatre April 27 and 28. Sirish Rao CRD Arts & Culture @ubcnews #yyj Caravan World Rhythms pancouver.ca/tabla-supersta…

New Toronto Spark #Seventeen becomes first #Kpop band to be invited to play #Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. torontospark.ca/glastonburys-f…

.The Fugitives's Christopher Suen finds musical inspiration through the banjo and Gregorian chants.

Catch 'Over the Ridge' Massey Theatre this Saturday, April 13 at 4pm and 8pm. youtube.com/watch?v=AYbifx…

Preview by Pancouver's Charlie Smith: bit.ly/4cRoPaY

New Pancouver: Who knew? The Fugitives banjo player, Christopher Suen, is also an authority on Gregorian chants and Renaissance polyphony. The Fugitives performs 'Over the Ridge' with contemporary dancers Massey Theatre on Sat, April 13 at 4 & 8pm.pancouver.ca/christopher-su…

New Pancouver: Second annual #PinoyFestival will take place at Swangard Stadium in #Burnaby on June 22. Maita Santiago (she/her) Filipino BC MabuhayHouse Sammie Jo Rumbaua (she/her) Carlito Pablo Mable Elmore Sav Dhaliwal Burnaby Mayor's Office #filipino pancouver.ca/second-annual-…