What’s a tweetup and why do people attend them? Tweetups are becoming a popular way to meet others. Find out what goes on in a tweetup from the perspective of Natasha D’Souza as she attends her first EastVanLove tweetup.

Reporter: Angela Jung, BCIT Mag

If seats are not filled by 6:30PM, we’ll be letting some lucky people in.

If we are at capacity by 6:30PM, we unfortunately will not be able to accommodate you.
But stick around because by 8PM (when the program ends), everyone is welcome to come in!

Looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow!

Annika Reinhardt / http://socialbites.ca / @socialbites

Annika Reindhart is the force behind Social Bites Networking Services which offers culinary adventures in Vancouver. Social Bites dining excursions created quite the buzz. It helps connect aspiring hobby chefs with enthusiastic foodies to a unique dinner or brunch experience that takes place in private kitchen around the city. She’s also ventured into an after-dinner event highlighting the sweeter things in life called “Indulge n’ Dance.”

Ilana Labow /  http://freshrootsurbancsa.wordpress.com / @FreshRootsFarm

Ilana Labow loves being a neighbourhood farmer. As the co-founder and director of Fresh Roots Urban Farm, her wide range of experience comes from community centres, vocational skill development and working with people who use sustainable agricultural methods to build with cultivate. When not playing in the fields, Ilana dances, laughs and loves drinking coffee on her stoop.

Richard Wolak / http://vancouverfoodster.com / @VanFoodster

Richard Wolak is the founder and editor of VancouverFoodster.com, a blog he founded in July 2009. He has been writing about food since 1993 and was a co-author of many books namely, Vancouver’s Best Espresso Spots, Oregon’s Hot Java and Cafes Vancouver. He has written articles for newspapers, online sites and has been featured in numerous media in regards to food, wine and specialty coffee. In March 2012, he became the columnist of “Bar Stars” in Vancouver View Magazine. He will be launching his latest book this spring “Vancouver Foodster’s guide to dining in Vancouver.” In his spare time, he enjoys dining out, seeing films, listening to music and traveling.

Rebecca Brooke & Sarah Farina / Brewery Creek Garden / @BreweryCreekGdn

Brewery Creek Community Garden is a project steered by a friendly bunch from the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Their goal was to help meet the increasing demands for urban agriculture while building community. The garden is in its early stages of development with a complete design and a fundraising underway. Presenting on behalf of the garden are Rebecca Brooke, who works in health policy, and Sarah Farina, who loves gardening especially healing plants and flowers.

Michael Leung / Harvest Grocery/This Space / @HarvestUnion

Michael Leung was born and raised in East Van. In September 2011, Michael Leung and his friend Josh Michnik threw a ping pong table into an empty retail space that launched a project called This Space. The project asked the community in the Chinatown/Strathcona neighbourhood to cast their votes on what kind of business should go into a small retail space located on Union Street. The end result was “Harvest.”

March 22, 2012
Hai Phong
1246 Kingsway, Vancouver
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

What is #EastVanLove vol.5 about?

Among food carts and fine dining, many of us overlook the delectable culinary gems hidden in our own neighbourhood. On March 22nd, the fifth volume of the EastVanLove Tweetup is about “Food in Your Community”. After all, Vancouver is undoubtedly famous for its ethnic diversity, innovative cuisines, and strong West Coast tradition. Join EastVanLove as we explore the communities east of Main Street and discover a world of sustainability, urban farming, social dining, and collaborative food development.

Speakers

• Annika Reinhardt / http://socialbites.ca / @socialbites
• Ilana Labow /  http://freshrootsurbancsa.wordpress.com / @FreshRootsFarm
• Richard Wolak / http://vancouverfoodster.com / @VanFoodster
• Rebecca Brooke & Sarah Farina / Brewery Creek Garden / @BreweryCreekGdn
• Michael Leung / Harvest Grocery/This Space / @HarvestUnion

What is #EastVanLove?

#EastVanLove is a hashtag that links like-minded tweets together on Twitter, and allows us to share information and to have conversations about our love for East Vancouver, its culture, and its community!

What is a tweetup?

A tweetup is an event where people who tweet come together to meet in person.

Who should attend?

Anyone who loves the East Vancouver community. (You don’t necessarily have to live there. You just need to love it!)

Show your East Van Love by joining us on March 22nd!

Check out our Facebook event page!

Tweet your love with #EastVanLove.

Brought to you by:

@EastVanLove + @ThisIsVancity

Kimberly Ong (@kimieong)

Stephanie Chua (@steph_chua)

Ajay Puri (@masalapuri)

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About Hai Phong

1246 Kingsway, Vancouver

http://haiphongrestaurant.com

Event Specials

Thu Sep 22 5-7pm | FREE!
ING Direct Cafe

Graffiti, photography, installations, pop up art shows; East Vancouver is known for its creativity. But who are the faces behind this progressive and flourishing artistic vibrant community? At EastVanLove Volume 3, we will feature artists and photographers speaking about their work and how East Van has influenced them. We will invite Leah Gregg, Ruven (Mainly Main Magazine) and Nicole Ignacio (of the Main Street Art Collective) to speak about how their artistic work is challenging the future of our hood. There will also be an opportunity for networking and people to give a 60 second pitch about their community organization or business at the end of the event.

Check back for further updates and speaker lineup.
+ if you have speaker in mind or if you’d like to help out email us [ajay at eastofmain.com]!

Get your tickets while they’re hot –> via our eventbrite page (don’t worry, tix are FREE!)
Thanks!

Ajay + Linzi
on behalf of the East of Main team
ps: Event is sponsored by RED TRUCK BEER (that’s right, we’ll have beer on tap!)

This event is part of Social Media Week - Vancouver
Partial funding provided by the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood Small Grant

Check us out on twitter

@eastvanlove
@masalapuri
@linzimg

We apologize for the outage of our website over the past week. Luckily we’re back and running and have some exciting things in store!

Next Tweetup + 10 minute Video of East Van

1. Mid-June we’ll be hosting the EastVanLove Tweetup Vol. 3 (just in time for Main St / Commercial Drive Car-free day celebrations June 18). If you have ideas for speakers or entertainment please email us as we’d love to have you or your nominees! [ajay at eastofmain.com]

2. An amazing group of students from SFU documented our Eastvanlove Tweetup Vol. 2 and have placed their video on Youtube! Check it out and show them your eastvan love -

EastVanLove Vol. 2 [Video Report]

This is an crowd-sourced project so feel free to post your Video or Written feedback here or on youtube.

Background of Video:

This report looks at a SFU research group’s study on fandom and social media in the context of East Van. This community is often characterized by their active ethnic communities, vibrant artistic presence, politically engaged youth, as well as their vocal sexual orientation and gender-identity groups. Communication technology has played a pivotal role in connecting individuals living in the East Van - as well as fans of the neighbourhood.

Five SFU students were interested in finding out how fans of particular communities such as East Van use social media to build online communities and create networking relationships. They attended the second #EastVanLove Tweetup in March 2011.

Through qualitative interviews and quantitative findings (survey with 129 respondents) the researchers found social media are creating a more cohesive real communities that are being socially constructed online and offline through active participation in fan devotion and visibility.

Research Team: Kay, Angela, Jessie, Kirsten, Sarah