4 THE VOICE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 EDITOR BEN BENGTSON FA ntertainment 662015 likes m 100indayvan Smile) A LetsSayHello ACrecksidePark aivancouver @i00int ity? What's your dream for your city? , By DANIEL DADI-CANTARINO n initiative to make Vancouver a better, more liveable city through simple and creative ideas is hosting a workshop this evening. 100Iniday Vancouver, described as a global festival of civic engagement, is hosting a workshop at CityStudio near Vancouver’s Olympic Village from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will allow participants to brainstorm community-based inter- ventions that focus on street art, beau- tification projects and social events. This “ideation jam” is in preparation for a global series of one day initiatives occurring in June. Part of the movement’s success in Vancouver is due to Evergreen, a To- ronto based non-profit organization that supports activism across Canada. 100d & Lhazin Nedup, Evergreen’s project leader for 100Inlday events across Canada, believes this to be a great movement. “It’s really a great opportunity to mobilize citizens and make them aware about the different social and environ- mental issues happening in their cit- ies,” Nedup said. He said he believes that the work- shops are effective in helping individu- als network among themselves, gain confidence and follow through to de- sign their plans and interventions. “It doesn’t matter if your idea is small or big,” Nedup said. “If you want to see a change you have to do some- thing about it.” Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 2012, 100Iniday has spread to 31 cities across the world. 100Inlday Vancouver has been active for the past three years. Robyn Chan, the intervention coor- dinator for 100Inlday Vancouver, said her favourite part about workshops are the participants’ funny and strange ideas. This year’s ideas have included an outdoor musical jam at Alexandra Park and a cycle and sketch event around Stanley Park and False Creek. The workshops are there to generate ideas and make sure they become reali- ties. “We sit down with [participants] and talk about how we can take their ideas and make them into really great urban interventions that they can do in June,” Chan said. The main goal of these workshops and the event on June 4 is to change at- titudes about the city and to make it a better place. “We have a reputation for being an unfriendly city, so it’s really great to see people doing something great,” Chan said. DayVan #100inIDay SUBMITTED photos Participants in last year’s 100In1Day Vancouver; the global initative aims to improve cities with creative, simple solutions. 101 ways to jazzify the city Vancouver to host workshop for initative to make cities better CIVIC Ideas 1 Art installations and street art 2 Planting community gardens 3 Screening socially conscious films 4 Community pot- lucks 5 Setting up a free lemonade stand and talking to passer-bys Source: 100In1Day Vancouver website Unveiling S. Africa at film fest VSAFF to showcase the country’s complex and fascinating history at the SFU Woodward’s building By CHANTELLE DEACON n upcoming film festival aims to ien and delight audiences about South Africa and its com- plex history, according to an organizer. This year’s Vancouver South Afri- can Film Festival (VSAFF) will take place at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at the SFU Woodward’s building from April 8 to 10. According to festival orga- nizer David Chudnovsky, the festival’s mission is to help entertain and inform people of the culture, history and poli- tics of South Africa through feature films and documentaries. Chudnovsky also said another major goal is to help society understand South Africa’s com- plicated and fascinating history. “South Africa is sometimes an in- spiring place, it is certainly a beautiful place, sometimes it’s a_ horrifying place,” said Chudnovsky. “It’s a very complicated place with a difficult and challenging history and tremendous cultural background. It’s diverse and beautiful.” A large part of the festival audience are former residents of South Africa who still want to remember, participate and be part of South African culture, as well as Canadians who want to expand their cultural knowledge. “Cinema is a cultural form and so the South African movies are an important and interesting cultural form that we're disseminating in Vancouver,” said Chudnovsky. “The content of the films that we show over the years and this year include history, music, dance and all kinds of cultural forms.” The fesitval this year will feature 14 South African films. All festival pro- ceeds will go towards funding Educa- tion without Borders. Michael Boucher, director of cultural programs and partnerships at SFU Woodward’s cultural programs, said he is a fan of the festival and that of the many festivals he co-presents the VSAFF is one of his favourites. “The array of films show the com- plexity of the contemporary South Af- rica dealing with the apartheid legacy,” said Boucher. “On top of that all the modern issues that a country like South Africa, with its infrastructural challenges, has to face.” Hyper-local food on show's menu Food festival to focus on artisanal goods and Centre. the Fraser Valley Trade & Exhibition jo’s Resaurant in Vancoucer, to make the show special, he said. chet 1 Bob Blumer, The Surreal Gourmet Dr. Theresa Nicas- sio, The Inclusive Chef Chef Dez, Author: Cooking Topless Chef Hamid Salim- ian, Nextjen Gluten Free a fF W WN Brian Misko, House of Q BBQ Source: Celebrity cooking stage, Fraser Valley Food Show website smaller producers from the bountiful Fraser Valley By REUBEN DONGALEN JR. any local and artisan food pro- Mies are set to showcase their talents and goods at the eighth annual Fraser Valley Food Show from April 1 to 3 in Abbotsford. Various local vendors from across the Lower Mainland and international celebrities in the food and beverage in- dustry will be at the food show to share their passion and craft for food and drink to hundreds of attendees. According to the event’s website, the festival aims to demonstrate the magic of food, cooking, unique products, bev- erages, spices and condiments at the George Acs, the co-producer and co- owner of the food show, said that it is a unique showcase because of local, smaller vendors and various events and seminars that are offered to the au- dience. “What we have is a lot of the more, artisan, smaller producers that have products that would be very hard to find, because they don’t have the same large distribution networks as other major food producers,” Acs said. Aside from the local food and bever- age vendors, Acs said that they have one of the largest assortments of glu- ten-free vendors for their third year. The festival will also offer its annual Great Canadian Sausage Making Com- petition, a butcher showcase and a strong showing of food industry celeb- rities, including Hidekazu Tojo of To- Kerry Dyson, vice president for the Campaign for Real Ale Society of Brit- ish Columbia, said the event would also allow guests to taste homemade craft beers and beverages. “It’s good for individual consumers, because they get to see a wide variety of what craft beer is, rather then being stuck with cheap, domestic lager,” Dy- son said. He also said that he believes the food show is good because it allows the gen- eral vendors to network and get the public to become more familiar with their products. “It’s about individuals and people that are passionate about their craft and their own quality goods. The food show really highlights that,’ Dyson said. a SUBMITTED phot Hidekazu Tojo of Tojo’s Restaurant is one of many celeb chefs who’ll be giving demonstrations at the show.