The Left and The Right Blog from Left Right Minds

Season's Greetings from Left Right Minds!

administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:46:30 PST

Healthy Mind, Healthy Business Conference & Tradeshow Happens Today!

Shane Birley — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:56:44 PST

We are taking part in a new venture! It is the H.E.R.O.'s Healthy Mind, Healthy Business Conference! Shane will be speaking about social media and we will have a booth set up to chat with anyone working in the health industry. Hope to see you there!

Here is a bit of information about the event:

H.E.R.O's Business Solutions and Brio Integrative Health Centre invite you to participate in the "Healthy Mind... Healthy Business" Conference and Tradeshow.

Across Canada, 50,000 health, wellness, sport and recreation facilitators and practitioners dedicate their time and expertise in supporting the mental and physical health of others. As entrepreneurs, they learn from experience and in so many cases, do not achieve the levels of success needed to sustain a healthy business. The bottom line is, "they cannot help their patients / clients, if they can't stay in business."

About the "Healthy Mind" Conference

The "Healthy Mind" Conference focuses on providing support and resources to these entrepreneurs as they begin their journey into self employment and/or are wanting to hone and develop their skills as business professionals.

The Business Round Table, featuring successful health, wellness, sport and recreation experts, will provide attendees with examples on how to plan for and overcome everyday challenges before they effect the bottom line of their business. The attendees will then have the chance to participate in six (6) unique break-out sessions in areas of social media, growing your business on a shoe-string budget, tools for managing your business, and more.

This event is perfect for Naturopaths, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Optometrists, Massage Therapists, Counsellors, Personal Trainers, Fitness Instructors, Yoga and Dance Professionals, Martial Arts Trainers and so many others!

In the afternoon, the Healthy Business Tradeshow will showcase twenty-six (26) diverse products and services that will enable any business professional to develop a healthy mind, body and in turn, create a healthy business. This event is open to the public.

To end the day, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and Make It Business Magazine will co-host a B2B networking mixer with food beverages and great door prizes.

We would ask that all participants to the B2B Networking event bring a non-perishable food item or make a minimum $5.00 donation at the door. All proceeds will be going to the local Food Bank.

Compaigni V'ni Dansi: Aboriginal Dance Festival

Shane Birley — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:22:56 PDT

What
Announcing Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival, featuring the Annual Louis Riel Day Celebration!

When
November 16 - 19

Where
The ScotiaBank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street)
and the Aboriginal Friendship Centre located at 1607 East Hastings Street.

Single day tickets: $20 (non-members: $15 and members/students: $5.)
Three-day pass: $49 non-members; $33 members.
Free membership and tickets available from www.vnidansi.ca

Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival

Bringing Traditional & Contemporary Dance to Vancouver’s 125th Celebrations.

Compaigni V'ni Dansi (CVD) Society is thrilled to announce Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival, taking place in Vancouver November 16-19, 2011.

Vancouver is located in the heart of traditional Aboriginal territory and as the city celebrates the 125th year of its founding, Come and Dance honours the traditional and contemporary dance of our Aboriginal communities.

Dance is a vital component of spiritual and creative expression for many Aboriginal cultures. As Métis performers, CVD believes that dance can communicate profound emotions and ideas. The Festival, which invites participants to “come and dance”, will build connections between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal dance communities as well as the wider communities that make up contemporary Vancouver.

The event is an expansion of CVD’s successful Louis Riel Day Celebration, held each year in mid-November. This year, we mark Louis Riel Day on November 16th with a free community event at the Aboriginal Friendship Centre. Everyone is invited as we celebrate Louis Riel and start the Festival.

The Festival then moves to the Scotiabank Dance Centre for two days featuring programs that celebrate West Coast to Contemporary Dance (on November 17th) and Plains to Contemporary Dance (on November 18th). Among the artists featured are Bob Baker and the Eagle Song Dancers, Raven Spirit Dance and Nyla Carpentier. Both events at the Dance Centre will be hosted by Greg Coyes.

The Festival concludes on November 19th with an evening of Métis dance and performance. Among the featured performers will be Andrea Menard and the Louis Riel Métis Dancers.

More information on the Festival, including a full list of artists participating, will be available shortly.

Come join us for Come and Dance and celebrate the multi-faceted Aboriginal heritage that is a vital part of Vancouver's cultural identity today.

Orkestra Futura: Phoenix Rising!

Shane Birley — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:18:09 PDT

November 12, 2011 at 8pm
The Roundhouse Community Centre
Pacific and Davie St. in Vancouver

Director
Coat Cooke

Special Guests
Joane Hétu & Rainer Wiens

Orkestra Futura’s Phoenix Rising will be an inspirational evening of sound and stories illuminating the human spirit’s infinite capability to overcome adversity and to shine and flourish despite the challenges that we all face in our lives.

We welcome Montréal composers Joane Hétu on saxophone and Rainer Wiens on guitar for this one-time evening of music. The concert will feature ten of Vancouver’s most inspiring improvisational musicians for a magnificent night of music as we premiere commissioned work from Ms. Hétu and Mr. Wiens.

Our ensemble will feature horns (Coat Cooke/reeds, JP Carter/trumpet, Brad Muirhead/bass trombone), strings (Chad MacQuarrie/electric guitar, Tommy Babin/bass), voice (DB Boyko/voice), electronics (Chris Gestrin/keyboards, Lee Hutzulak/electronics) and percussion (Skye Brooks/drums).

Tickets information over here.

Holiday Hours & Happy Holidays!

Shane Birley — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:14:40 PST

Another year is coming to and end and Left Right Minds is heading into a birthday!

As a quick reminder, we are closed from December 23rd to January 3rd, 2011. We will reopen on January 4th, 2011.

For emergencies, call (604) 873-6373 and dial extension 410. You can also e-mail info@leftrightminds.com - we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Neanderthal Arts Festival Opens at The Vancouver East Cultural Centre In Two Weeks!

Shane Birley — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:15:46 PDT

There are only a couple of weeks left until the Neanderthal Arts Festival. I can't believe it is so close now. We started this process last fall and it is almost here! Here is the latest press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEANDERTHAL ARTS THEATRE FESTIVAL: Theatre Festival More Fun Than Play With Rocks

JULY 9 2010 AD – VANCOUVER – You thought theatre extinct like Neanderthal. Theatre not extinct. Neanderthal not extinct! Me show you what extinct. Listen now human. Or me crush skull.

Humans come Neanderthal Arts Theatre Festival July 21 - August 1, 2010 Cultch Theatre in East Vancouver. Look 6 one-act plays. Four plays by local humans.
Two plays by far away human tribes. That not all. Upintheair present Walking Fish Festival as part of Neanderthal Festival. Five short plays by new human artists.

“Festival good time for humans,” say Neanderthal Consultant Og Ra. “Make laugh. Make think. More fun than play with rocks all day.”

Tell friends, Og say. “More good: all bring spear and bear not come in!”

Showtimes and ticket sales, visit http://www.thal.ca/

Neanderthal Theatre Arts Festival Media Contacts:

Tok Bok, Neanderthal Media Rep

To contact Tok, send message chiseled onto rock at cave #3, Vancouver BC.

No Phone
No Email

Andrew, Human Media Rep
andrew@thal.ca

I hope to see you all there! Here is a video that may entice you.

Left Right Minds Spotlight: Terry Gould Wins Top Book Awards and Spanish Edition Announcement

Shane Birley — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:39:30 PDT

We received an official announcement today that one of Left Right Minds client's, the author Terry Gould, has recently won yet another award! Terry has also revealed that his book Murder Without Borders: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places, will also be translated into Spanish. Here is the press release:

Dear Colleagues,

The Spanish-language edition of Terry Gould's Murder Without Borders: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places (2009, Random House Canada) will be published in Spain on September 7, 2010, by the Spanish publishing house Los Libros del Lince.

On May 27, Murder Without Borders won its third major kudo.

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-fiction book of 2009.

Winner of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression 2009 Tara Singh Hayer Press Freedom Award.

Finalist, 2009 Writers Trust of Canada Award for Best Political Writing of the Year.

In the United States, the book is published as Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places (2009, Counterpoint Press).

"A book of love and passion. The portraits of slain journalists who reported from the world’s most dangerous places are unquestionably tragic, but this book is uplifting and even inspiring. Through his meticulous reporting and his compassionate storytelling, Gould performs a small miracle, a literary resurrection, allowing journalists so cruelly killed to tell their own stories completely and honestly. In an age when journalism is threatened by economic collapse and deep public cynicism, Gould’s book reminds us that journalism can be beautiful and meaningful and that its power to combat injustice so great that some journalists around the world are willing to give their lives to tell the truth.”
--Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists

"Terry Gould has made all of [these journalists] more than mere statistics. By digging so deeply into their lives, he has not only memorialized them but has helped us understand their martyrdom." --Columbia Journalism Review

"Terry Gould has done an enormous service to journalists everywhere with this macabre collection of murders most foul.... Fathoms why these individuals came to be martyrs."
--National Post

Visit Terry Gould online at www.terrygould.com and you may contact Terry at: gouldink@shaw.ca

From everyone at Left Right Minds - congratulations, Terry!

Angela Cameron Fine Art Is Chosen By 2010 Olympics

Shane Birley — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:41:30 PST

We have some very exciting news to share today. One of our clients, Angela Cameron Fine Art has been chosen by the Vancouver Olympics to hang her art work in their VIP room at the Olympic Village.

But don't take our word for it, here is a bit from their news release:

It took the 2010 Vancouver winter games Olympic committee Vanoc, minutes to choose Angela Cameron's fine art photography to decorate the city of Vancouver Mayors Media Room and VIP lounge.

Her signature brand impressed the Olympic organizers to have this artwork showing in the prestigious VIP lounge and the Mayors Media office at the 2010 Winter Games Olympic Village.

The artwork will be viewed by athletes, dignitaries, media and celebrities over the course of the 2010 winter games.

If you want to check out her website, you can find it here.

Welcome to The New Fancy Website

Shane Birley — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:46:36 PST

I suppose it is fitting to say something about the new site. The first thing is, we're not done yet.

But enough about technology. Here is our official message:

What a year it's been! We've launched new sites, worked with new clients, sent artists on tours, produced several shows here in Vancouver and continued our work with Plank Magazine. For 2010, we're excited to announce that we will be co-producing a new summer theatre festival at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... we'll be looking for volunteers and donations in the new year!

But now it's holiday time and Left Right Minds will be closed from December 23, 2009 until January 4, 2010. We'll be checking our e-mail but if you need to reach us, the best way is by cellphone (Shane Birley 778.386.7220 or Allyson McGrane 604.671.0890).We hope you've all had a lovely 2009 and we are looking forward to working with you in 2010!

That about does it for me at this point. I am off to ready myself for more Christmas excitement and finish up a few things before a well deserved break. I wasn't able to get back to everyone today but if you have any emergencies, don't hesitate to drop me an e-mail.

Season's Greetings and Left Right Minds Winter Hours

Allyson McGrane — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:38:21 PST

Left Right Minds is closed for the holidays from December 24th, 2009 to January 4th, 2010. We'll be checking our email but if you need to reach us in case of emergency, please call Shane Birley at (778) 386-7220 or Allyson McGrane at (604) 671-0890. Thanks and happy holidays!