Special Event: Swingin' for a Good Cause - MOSAIC

Come and have fun at a Swing Dance with live bands.
It will be a blast and you will be helping MOSAIC to better serve the community.

All the money from ticket sales will go towards improving the Community Room, a facility that is well used by all sorts of arts and cultural groups.
This room desperately needs an upgrade. Money raised will go to the purchase of new tables and chairs, and other amenities for the room.

The dance is on Saturday June 11th and features 3 live bands!!!
Tickets are $25.00 and include a dance lesson/demo, snacks and prizes.

• Buy a ticket for yourself and join in the fun.
• Or promote the tickets to your friends, community groups, choirs... what have you!

Swingin' for a Good Cause
Saturday June 11th
7:30 - 12:30
Maritime Labour Centre
1880 Triumph Stree
$25.00


Cash or cheque to MOSAIC only. You can get tickets from me!! - call at work -604-254-9626 or home 604-251-5409


New to Swing Dance?? Lookie here!!

History of Swing - From American Depression Era
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B44JUwr74

Sampler of Swing Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyvUx7tqJPo

A lesson to give you a head start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhhBY-z0Js&feature=related

For Fun - How the animals do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cWkUhZ8n4


"We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on my body when I am dead. "
~ Michael Ondaatje

LOTD: MOSAIC Workplace Connections

This week's Live On The Drive focuses on MOSAIC's Workplace Connections, a program that matches skilled newcomers with professionals  experienced in Vancouver's competitive job market.
We spoke with mentor Felica Granger, "mentee"  Tiffy Riel and volunteer coordinater Astarte Sands.   Thursday, January 21st was premiere night. There was no red carpet and the "theatre" was really just a boardroom at MOSAIC's central office at Grant and Commercial but the non-profit's staff and volunteers did their best to create a theatre-like ambience all the same replete with flashlight wielding ushers and a free snackbar serving buttered popcorn and rainbow twirlers. There was even a popcorn cart.

The premiere gave mentors, newcomers, staff and myself a chance to get to know and learn a lot about each other.
A Vancouver institution, MOSAIC plays an indispensable role helping immigrants from all corners of the world.
MOSAIC's Workplace Connections program is one more example of how the non-profit reaches out to serve the needs of its clientele.

Special Event: Queer Tales Creative Writing Workshop

The Centre is pleased to present...
Queer Tales
A creative writing workshop for lesbian, gay, bi, & trans folks
with Kimothy Shaughnessy
What's your coming out story?
Is it hilarious, heart-wrenching, liberating, or all of these things at once?
As queer people, it is the telling of our stories that keeps our history rich and community strong Come out to this creative writing workshop & connect with others as we craft our coming out stories into works of art.

Sunday, March 16 1:00 – 4:00pm
1720 Grant St. (off Commercial Dr.) Mosaic Meeting Room (wheelchair accessible)
Please REGISTER: call The Centre at 604 684-5307
Free
ASL interpretation available if requested. For any deaf folks interested in this workshop, please register by emailing educationoutreach@lgtbcentrevancouver.com The Centre regrets that we do not have TTY service at this time.