#CoastSalish #murals #art outside of #AlterArts #ArtHub at the #QuadraCommunityCentre.
#Lekwungen #Indigenous #FirstNations #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishArt #NativeArt #Cultural #PublicArt #paintings #OutdoorArt #CommunityArt #VisualArt
https://community.admitone.com/commie-bop-open-mic-2025-10-07/MDU37A?
Hosted by PINDN and Wes Carroll A #CommieBop is an expression of freedom, verve, and solidarity. Share yours with us—let’s bask in the liberating imagination of our city!
Sign Up Via Google Forums or at 6:45pm before the event. Doors: 6pm Event: 7pm - 10pm Performer sign up: https://forms.gle/kXjoJbyf155p1ktY9
All proceeds go to Awi'nakola: Tree of Life Foundation A Commie Bop is freedom in motion—a song, a poem, a spell, a skit, a dance against the grind of #colonial #capitalism. It’s where creativity smashes exploitation, where solidarity squeezes alienation, and where we (yes, we, the ridiculous and unruly) celebrate our collective fire. This is a space to howl #anticapitalist anthems, share art that bites back, and honor past and future generations. #Leftist debates? Vital. But tonight we revel in the kaleidoscope of our movement, checking our purity test kits at the door with our hearts open to each other’s stories. We have license to be silly little peasants! Think Carnival mocking lords and kings…
#OpenMic Sets: Your offering does NOT need to involve a complex analysis - our day-to-day experiences put us into the crosshairs of capitalism’s contradictions. Sets should be 10 minutes or less. Please explain why you chose or wrote what you’re sharing. #Performers are encouraged to make space for audience participation - teach us your chorus, wrangle us into your skit, add call and response, or bring up Alice to play the tambourine or the triangle.
All acts should, in their own unique way, call for an end to exploitation and discrimination. This space celebrates dignity. Check lyrics for oppressive language (racist, sexist, ableist, SWERFS, TERFS, etc.). We fight systems, not each other. Please respect the venue.
We will save five sets as first come first serve before the event and open up the rest for folks who wish to register via Google Forms. NOT READY YET? Join the crowd, soak up the vibes, and cook something up for next time.
#VictoriaBC #AnarchoSocialists #Anarchists #YYJEvents #CommunityEvent #CommunitySharing #CommunityEngagement #PerformingArts #Skits #Lekwungen #Songhees #Esquimalt #Wsanec #Saanich #Vicwest #ViewRoyal #ActsOfResistance #AntiColonial #decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #CommunistsWelcome #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW
Took a friend to the #JapaneseGardens in Esquimalt-Gorge Waterway Park. They'd never been there before & really enjoyed it 😊
#GorgePark #WalkInThePark #YYJ #Lekwungen #Wsanec #Esquimalt #ViewRoyal #YYJparks #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #PNW #UrbanParks #VictoriaBC #GardenWalk #waterlily #lilypads #ponds #duckweed #nature #landscaping
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Our local #IndigenousMusicFestival is back! It's happening on the fields of Hampton Park behind the Victoria Native Friendship Centre again. Come on out for one or both nights & support #IndigenousMusicians at this open air #MusicFestival Enjoy some #IndigenousDancers performances. Buy #NativeArts & #NativeCrafts & #IndigenousFood at the vendors/food trucks zones. Family friendly, all ages, #cultural #CommunityEvent.
#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks
#bullkelp afloat by a rocky beach.
#Lekwungen #Songhees #CoastSalish #SalishSea #tidal #marine #nature #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #landscape #photography #kelp #barnacles #seaweed #seashore #PacificOcean
On #CUPW: We cannot ignore authoritarian back-to-work legislation being used more and more, while employers and bosses reward themselves handsomely at the expense of workers and society
https://mediacoop.ca/node/119265
#Canada #Lekwungen #Victoria #strike #strikes #union #unions #Saanich #CanadaPost #neoliberalism #austerity #SocialJustice #CostOfLiving
On Friday, December 20, workers from various unions and community groups in Lekwungen/Victoria came together to support postal workers who had been forced back to work. By setting up their own picket line, these union/community activists followed examples from past CUPW strikes and gave postal workers an opportunity to exercise their right to not cross a picket line, and thereby take back control of their lives in defiance of the back-to-work order. The solidarity picket was formed at the main entrance to the Glanford postal depot in Saanich at about 8:00 am.
#VictoriaBC Upcoming #FreeEvent hosted by our awesome, #LGBTQ2S friendly, local #AlterArts Society 🙌🎉
Info from their newsletter:
[ Come one come all to our first annual Cozy Queer Affair!
We invite you (yes you) to join us for a two day celebration of queer community and diverse art hosted by the Alter Arts Society. As the nights grow longer and the cold starts to set in, we invite you to join us over the November long weekend to cozy up together and celebrate the autumn season with our queer friends and allies. We will be gathering starting at noon on November 9th and 10th at the Oaklands Community Center. We are so excited to present an array of fire dancers, live music, stories, crafty workshops and body art. We're ready to warm up the autumnal season with you! The event is free entry, any donations will go to the Alter Arts Society. ]
#OaklandsCommunityCentre #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityEvent #LiveMusic #Storytellers #FireDancers #ArtsAndCrafts #BodyArt #Inclusive #CommunityDiversity #QueerFriendly #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #YYJevents
Some of the many #Halloween #costumes at the Monster Mash event last night. Hosted & organized by the Burnside Gorge Community Association. It's an annual pre-Halloween, kid friendly, community event that is open to all families/all ages.
Their next annual holiday community event is the Santa's Pancake Breakfast.
More info on that will be posted soon. The details are still being worked out. It should be same cost as last year. BGCA aims to host either free or very affordable community events so more people can enjoy them without additional financial stress. The admission cost last year was only $7/Family(no cap on number of children) & $3/person.
#VictoriaBC #YYJ #BurnsideGorge #CommunityEvent #FamilyEvent #BGCA #FrugalFamilyFun #AffordableEvent #HalloweenEvents #YYJEvents #VancouverIsland #Cosplay #HalloweenFun #VictoriaBC #GorgeCommunity #Lekwungen #SongheesTerritory
Old #historical building for #trains repair/maintenance.
#Songhees #Esquimalt #YYJ #ViewRoyal #RailwayBuilding #VancouverIsland #YYJhistory #architecture #BrickBuilding #industrial #Lekwungen #VanIsle
I had an excellent morning meeting at Burnside Gorge Community Assn. I got a small tour of their community event spaces inside the building. I'll be covering their Halloween event on October 24th. We will also be discussing accessibility in near future as well. I'll also be documenting their popular community Christmas hampers for local families program & their annual family friendly, free community Christmas event.
#Lekwungen #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityCentre #CommunityBuilders #CommunityPartners #NonProfit #ContributeToCommunity #CommunityCollaboration
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