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Archive for 2010

Excerpts from Getting Textual – by Jill Margo, Geist Magazine

December 09, 2010

What does the Facebook message mean? Half-cut, we subject it to various decoding methodologies …“Hope you’re doing well, enjoying Vancouver — and of course, recovered from the puppet show.” We agree that hope is an expectation that […]

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100% Vancouver – Meet 32% & 53%!

December 08, 2010

Name: 32% JeffreyGender: MaleNeighbourhood: Kensington-Cedar CottageMother Tongue: MandarinQuestion: What would you like to ask 100 people?Answer: “What can you do to help create a good environment?” Name: 53% Aaron Gender: Male Neighbourhood: Hastings-Sunrise Mother Tongue: English Question: What is the largest group that you […]

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SFU Names Norman Armour Outstanding Alumni

December 03, 2010

PuSh is proud of Norman for his dedication, passion, leadership and more importantly for his strong sense of humanity. By Janet Smith, Georgia Straight, December 3, 2010 ‘PuSh International Performing Arts Festival executive director Norman […]

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Thoughts on Podplays

December 02, 2010

by Zaira Petruf, Outreach Coordinator Podplays is a work conceived by Adrienne Wong (Neworld Theatre) and developed in partnership with Martin Kinch and the Playwrights Theatre Centre. It involves five writer/compose teams commissioned to create […]

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Podplays – Curatorial Statement

December 02, 2010

by Associate Curator Dani Fecko I don’t have a driver’s license.  Much to the chagrin and mockery of many of my friends, I can’t drive a car. This means I take a lot of buses, […]

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datamatics [ver.2.0] – Curatorial Statement

December 02, 2010

by Executive Director Norman Armour First things first. The evening will be loud. I mean really loud! Earplugs will be available at the venue. But again, datamatics [v2.0] is loud. Okay, you have been warned.Ryoji […]

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100% Vancouver – Meet 71%, 51% & 74%!

December 01, 2010

Name: 74% Bill Corbett  Gender: Male  Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant  Question: What do you see when you look out your kitchen window?  Answer: “Sunshine, light, sky; barometer telling me if it’s good running weather.” Name: 51% Ethan Krywaniuk […]

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PuSh Festival Announces 2010 Leaders Council

November 26, 2010

Music impresario Sam Feldman, National Arts Centre director Peter Herrndorf, CTV news director Margo Harper, writer-musician John MacLachlan Gray, broadcaster Vicki Gabereau and former SFU president Michael Stevenson are among almost two dozen luminaries from […]

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