#louise. 27. she/her. northern ireland.

[daedwaters]

... WE'RE DEAD IN THE WATER

#DAEDWATERS . . . independent multimuse for original zombie apocalypse universe, dead waters.

links: rules. lore. prompts. lore blog: @deadlored heavily affiliated with: @daednight.

roster:

the rig / gracefield

zoe quinn. twenty - five. bisexual. lindsey morgan

cynthia clemens. twenty - seven. lesbian. alicia vikander

dennis wheeler. twenty - five. straight. john boyega

max ferguson. forty. straight. jensen ackles

casey ferguson. twenty - two. bisexual. nicole wallace

emma tanaka. twenty - seven. bisexual. anna sawai

the colosseum

leo perez. thirty - six. straight. clayton cardenas

daniel perez. thirty - three. straight. jd pardo

the boyd bunker

mitchell boyd. thirty - seven. straight. justin hartley

rhiannon boyd. twenty - six. straight. madelyn cline

unaffiliated survivors

dylan ridley. twenty - three. straight. brian altemus

samuel becker. thirty - nine. straight. ben barnes

[dawnflavord]

she looks like the sun as it rises after kissing the dawn

#DAWNFLAVORD . . . margaret 'meggie' gilbert, from the vampire diaries novels. louise's own interpretation.

links : tba

affiliations : none. blogroll : @halfrust

[rotwoven]

✩ ROTWOVEN. my knees are bruised and my lips are dry from the times i tried to pray. independent witch original character, rosalia harmon. mutually exclusive and low activity.

links : about ( a little is under the readmore ). prompts. headcanons. other blogs : @halfrust coven : @bi0mancy / @bloodlincs,

rosalia selene harmon, 22, witch

her magic is stronger at night when the moon is at it's highest.

older sister was killed by a witch hunter, which sent her mother into a spiral trying to find a way to bring her back.

watched as her mother descended into madness while practicing darker arts and necromancy, finally being able to reanimate her sister ... but it wasn't entirely her that came back ( think p.et se.matary-esque. )

mother would feed her witches, but her rage and hunger were getting insatiable.

rosa eventually had to kill both mother and sister to put a stop to the bloodshed, and the guilt of that eats away at her every day.

is haunted by her sister's memory till this day. sees her everywhere she goes.

more to come.

[anqael]

###ANQAEL        /        *        did    i    really    want    to    stay    on    this    road    longer,        knowing    it    was    only    going    to    end    in    devastation        ?        independent,        mutually    exclusive        &        low    activity    𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆    𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖞,        from    becca    fitzpatrick’s    𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒉    𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒉    𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒂.

LINKS.

rules ( tba ). about. headcanons. prompts.

[burygods]

###BURYGODS . a multimedia multimuse sewn badly together by louise.

𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗥 : 𝔦. write something that'll last longer than you will. 𝔦𝔦. 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑎 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡

docs. prompts. pinterest. 🇦​🇫​🇫​🇮​🇱​🇮​🇦​🇹​🇪​🇩​ 🇼​🇮​🇹​🇭​ : @eternaldark, @literare, @epigraphed, @ofvixensandwolves

this blog uses beta editor and xkit rewritten

[halfrust]

###HALFRUST . a multimedia multimuse constructed by louise.

maybe it's not about the happy ending --- maybe it's about the story

muselist. prompts. pinterest.

affiliates : @c0urageous, @literare, @epigraphed, @highw0men

[noctiuagus]

#𝜋𝜎𝑐𝜏𝜄𝜇𝛼𝑔𝜇𝑠 * 𝛼𝜄𝜏𝘩𝜋𝜀, 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 ....

❁ orange is sunflowers, it's paprika and it's cinnamon, it's bronze, it's dappled sunlight.

independent, mutually exclusive and low activity original character from 𝖆 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖘 series.

but it's also rust, it's poison and it is above all a warning. orange is inherently a colour that says " i am beautiful, but good god, do not touch me. "

links : rules. about. prompts. headcanon. temporary about under read more. it's a mess blogroll : @burygods, @anqael

aithne, of the summer court.

daughter of oisín, of hybern and seren, of the summer court

born some time during amarantha's years gaining the high lord's trust, before she enacted her revenge and became high queen

her father was one of the king of hybern's generals stationed in prythian. specifically in the summer court. met her mother and a mating bond was recognised. the faerie dropped everything for her. his king, his belief's, everything.

amarantha had her father captured and held prisoner in one of the dungeons for years. calling him a traitor and basically torturing him for many, many years.

aithne was born with daemati abilities, as the Mother willed it. but her mother, grieving the disappearance of her mate, couldn't cope with it. sought out a high priestess hiding in the winter court to help her suppress it. she did, for a price.

gave aithne a necklace that dulls the ability. seren told her it was a gift from her father, so aithne rarely takes it off. which works in seren's favour. only takes it off when she sleeps, and finds it hard to sleep because of "dreams" that are actually the thoughts of others because she doesn't know she has daemati abilities. was never trained to control them.

is a very skilled healer. seren teaching her everything she knows being one of the courts most trusted and exceptional healers

the price for the necklace is a betrothal to the son of said high priestess. a high fae from the winter court, and aithne is like no thank you. subject to change ???

more to come, and everything is very much subject to change lmao

[fordlibrarymuseum]

We’re following #ArchivesLadiesWhoLead for this month’s Archives Hashtag Party. Here is a selection of women who used their voices and actions to make an impact during the 1970s and beyond. 

President Gerald R. Ford Signing the Proclamation on Women's Equality Day 1974 in the Cabinet Room, 8/22/1974 (National Archives Identifier 12082600)

During the 93rd Congress (1973–1975), 16 women served in the House of Representatives. All but three of them attended the signing ceremony for the Presidential proclamation on Women's Equality Day on August 22, 1974: Representatives Yvonne Brathwait Burke (D-CA), Barbara Jordan (D-TX), Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY), Marjorie S. Holt (R-MD), Leonor K. Sullivan (D-MO), Cardiss Collins (D -IL), Corinne C. Boggs (D-LA), Margaret M. Heckler (R-MA), Bella S. Abzug (D-NY), Shirley Chisholm (D-NY), Ella T. Grasso (D-CT), Patricia Schroeder (D-CO), and Patsy T. Mink (D-HI). Those not present were Edith Green (D-OR), Martha Griffiths (D-MI), and Julia Hansen (D-OR). 

Anne Armstrong Being Sworn In as Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Justice Lewis Powell with Her Husband Tobin Armstrong Holding the Bible in the Cabinet Room, 2/19/1976 (White House photograph A8411-21A, cropped)

Anne Armstrong quickly rose to in prominence in the Republican Party, becoming the first woman to make a keynote address at a major political convention at the Republican National Convention in 1972 in Miami Beach. The following year she was the first woman to be named Counselor to the President. Armstrong achieved another first in 1976 when she became Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As Ambassador, she helped oversee U.S.-U.K. relations during the Bicentennial year and dealt with other issues such as energy. She was also the first U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James to visit Northern Ireland.

President Gerald Ford Meeting with Major General Jeanne Holm, Special Assistant for Women's Affairs, in the Oval Office, 3/8/1976 (National Archives Identifier 7336751)

On March 8, 1976, President Ford appointed Jeanne Holm, Major General USAF (Retired), as Special Assistant to the President for Women. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Holm enlisted in the armed services during World War II and later became the first woman to attend the Air Command and Staff College. She went on attain the rank of Major General in the Air Force, becoming the highest ranking woman in the Air Force and the first woman in any branch of the military to be named a two-star general. As Special Assistant, Holm served as a liaison with women’s organizations and provided the President and White House staff members with advice on legislation, regulations, and executive orders.

Madama Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India meeting with First Lady Betty Ford in Cleveland, Ohio, 10/25/1975 (White House Photograph A7014-18)

Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit came from a prominent political family in India. She became the first woman to hold a cabinet post before the country gained independence, and after 1947 held a series of diplomatic posts as ambassador to the Soviet Union, United States, and Spain among others. During her time heading India's delegation to the United Nations (1946-1968) she also became the first female President of the UN General Assembly. Madame Pandit had lunch with Mrs. Ford before they both addressed the Greater Cleveland International Women's Year Congress on October 25, 1975.

First Lady Betty Ford greeting ballet dancer Sandra Fortune-Green and Sylvester Campbell at the White House, 6/29/1976 (White House Photograph B0404-03A)

Sandra Fortune-Green began taking ballet lessons at age 10 at the Jones-Haywood School of Dance in Washington, DC. She continued pursuing dance, studying at the School of American Ballet in New York City and becoming a principal dancer for the Capitol Ballet Company. During the 1970s Fortune-Green was considered to be the world's top black classical ballet dancer. Mrs. Ford met with her at the White House on June 29, 1976, to give her best wishes before Fortune-Green represented the U.S. at the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria, where she would earn an honorable mention.

Louise Nevelson and Betty Ford standing in front of Nevelson’s sculpture “Bicentennial Dawn” at the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1/13/1976 (White House photograph A7894-27) 

Born in the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine), Louise Nevelson and her family came to the United States in the early 1900s. She began studying art full time in the 1920s. After traveling and continuing her studies in Europe she returned to the U.S., briefly working as an assistant to Diego Rivera and later taught art under the Works Project Administration (WPA). Nevelson had her first solo exhibition in 1941. She developed a signature style of large scale, monochromatic wooden sculpture that made her one of the country’s foremost 20th century sculptors. Betty Ford joined Nevelson for the unveiling of her work “Bicentennial Dawn” at the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse on January 13, 1976.

President Gerald R. Ford, Sylvia Porter, Ralph Nader, and Others at a Meeting of the Citizens Action Committee to End Inflation, 10/12/1974 (National Archives Identifier 12082668) 

Sylvia Porter saw how the world had been deeply affected by the Stock Market Crash and decided to study economics and finance. In 1934 she began writing a column for The American Banker and New York Post as well as other magazines explaining finances and economic matters in plain language to her readers. Readers did not discover that “S.F. Porter” was a woman until 1942, and she is considered the first woman to hold such a position. Throughout her life, Porter continued writing and also hosted a radio show. In 1974, when President Ford was dealing with an inflation crisis, Porter chaired and helped organize the Citizens Action Committee to Fight Inflation (CAC). This voluntary citizens program would provide the American people with an opportunity to get actively involved in the fight against inflation.

ABC Correspondent Barbara Walters Interviewing President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford in the White House Residence, 12/4/1976 (National Archives Identifier 12007074) 

Beginning her career in 1962 as a segment producer for Today, Barbara Walters eventually became the co-host of the popular morning show and the first woman to hold that title on a nationally televised news program. She went on to become the co-anchor of the ABC Nightly News opposite Harry Reasoner and the co-anchor of the long running news program 20/20.  During the 1976 presidential election, Walters moderated the third and final debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. On December 4, 1976, she sat down with President and Mrs. Ford for a retrospective interview. The program also included Mrs. Ford giving Walters a tour of the White House residence that provided a look into some of the rooms on the third floor for the first time on television.

President Ford presenting the National Medal of Science to Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu in the East Room at the White House, 10/18/1976 (White House Photograph B1907-35)

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, sometimes known as the "First Lady of Physics," was born in China and came to the United States to pursue a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. She began studying beta decay, a topic that she would continue to research later in her career. Dr. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. In 1956 she designed an experiment and headed the team that discovered parity was not conserved in weak interactions. Although two of her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics as a result, her contribution was not formally until she received the first Wolf Prize in 1978. Dr. Wu received the National Medal of Science from President Ford on October 18, 1976, "for her ingenious experiments that led to new and surprising understanding of the decay of the radioactive nucleus."   

First Lady Betty Ford Talks with Reporters Outside the Guttman Institute for Early Detection of Breast Cancer in New York City, 11/7/1975 (National Archives Identifier 12082709) 

When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 1974, Betty Ford broke with social conventions by openly discussing her diagnosis and treatment. She inspired many women to get screenings and helped reassure those also dealing with breast cancer. Mrs. Ford used her position as First Lady to champion causes that were important to her. As outspoken advocate of women’s rights she supported the observance of International Women’s Year in 1975, urged the appointment of women to senior government positions, and pushed for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 

[acaddicts]

Meet your Admins!

**Not all admins are pictured above**

>Click their title/name to see their posts on our page<

Head Admin: @sunflowercrosser 

Name: Amy-Louise

Nickname: Ames, Amylou, "Queen"

Age: 20 Birthday: 24th November Timezone: BST (GMT in Winter) • Best Available: after 5pm Fave Villager/NPC: Rosie|Phylis Fave AC Game: New Leaf About Me: I am a full time carer at the moment. Originally a secretary. I have a puppy called Sox. I am a devoted auntie, and love spending time with my family. Originally from Northern Ireland. Suffer with several chronic illnesses.

Co-Head Admin:

🌿 Name: Eliana 💕 ✨ Nickname: Eli, El 🌿 Age: 18 😱 ✨ Birthday: July 2nd 🌿 Timezone: EST (I think EDT in winter??) ✨ Best Availability: I’m active 90% of the time if I’m not in school or at work 🌿 Fave Villager/NPC: L O B O npc is Sable ✨ Fave AC Game: Honestly New Leaf it’s really great 🌿 A little about you: I am a mother to a chinchilla, I like to play guitar, I’m a huge sims fan, did I mention my chinchilla? And I love everyone here so much💕

Head Artist:

• Name : Cynthia • Nickname : Anakya • Age : 23 • Birthday : February 5 • Timezone : Est • Best Availability : Night • Fave Villager/NPC : Spork • Fave AC Game : New Leaf • A little about you : Im Canadian french. Im a big fan of plushies I think I have an obsession with plushes. Im a big gamer, if I have some free times im probably drawing or playing pc or ps4.

Head Security: @wickedwitchofacnl

• Name: Michelle • Nickname: Mish, mama Mish • Age: 24 • Birthday: October 1st • Timezone: EST • Best Availability: Pretty much at any time, except between midnight and 7 AM • Fave Villager/NPC: Skye • Fave AC Game: ACNL • A little about you: I am a mom of 2.5, I like to be outside and write. I hope one day to become an L&D nurse, or maybe an OBGYN. I love to read and my favorite animal is a penguin.

Co Head Security:

- Jessica - Jess - 19 - 24/09/98 - probably best available in the evening time or late afternoon or weekend mornings (or day cause I'm allowed on my phone at work ) - UK time zone (can never remember proper name lmao) - Benjamin has been my fave for about 5 months but it always changes 😂 - new leaf probably I've spent the most time on it - uh I'm pretty sure you all know me by now, but I have a cat called Murphy who is my fave boi, my created gecko called morph and two fish called tipp and ponyo.. and broccoli is my fave vegetable could eat it all the time 🍒

Head Hacker:

- Candyce - Candy - 17 - January 16, 2001 - Central (USA) - It differs, but usually at night - I love Pudge :) - City Folk - I love cats, plan on becoming a graphic designer, work at a bubble tea shop, and I have celiac, body dysphoria, and lots of anxiety disorders. I've fully recovered from depression and mostly from my eating disorder (it turned into the dysphoria). I'm in a long distance relationship of 4 years and I like to play Wizard101    

Co-Head Hacker: @ladykayacnl

• Name - Kayla • Nickname - Kay, Kaylala, Layla, Kayduhx • Age - 27 • Birthday - September 11 • Timezone - Central • Best Availability - All day • Fave Villager/NPC - Cookie! <3 • Fave AC Game - New Leaf :) • A little about you -I've been married for 8 years and I have 5 kids! I'm an Air Force Veteran :). I love tattoos, music, anime, reading, coffee, and helping people! I suffer from resting bitch face, PTSD, and anxiety. I'm generally really nice until someone messes with my family (both IRL and my Addicts family <3).

Head Services Admin: @chibi-bat

Name: Keisha

Nickname:Red 🦇 Age: 24 💜 Birthday: July 20th 🦇 Timezone: PST 💜 Best Availability: Anytime 🦇 Favorite Villager: Gayle & Lucky 💜 Favorite AC Game: New Leaf 🦇 A Little About Me: I am a natural redhead, a mother of 2 boys and have been with my soul mate for 7 years. (We are officially getting married October 27, 2018) We also have a Jack Russell called Kaia. I love video games, am currently obsessed with Paladins & Overwatch. My dream is to become a published author! I am obsessed with bats, foxes, and all things spooky. My favorite time of the year is fall and I love when it rains. 🎃

Head Landscaper:

🌸 Name • Laird Deanna 🌸 Nickname • Marshmallow Melli (Long story) 🌸 Age • 27 🌸 Birthday • 3rd April 1991 🌸 Timezone • GMT 🌸 Best Availability • Evenings and late nights. 🌸 Fave Villager/NPC • Stitches and Sable 🌸 Fave AC Game • New Leaf by far 🌸 A little about you • I come from one of the largest clans in Scotland and proud of it. I also followed in my families footsteps and am a trained seamstress. I make a lot of clothes for myself, headbands, turn up trousers so they don't drag on the floor cuz I'm a short ass, even made a couple of quilts in my time (currently planning another one)

Co-Head Landscaper:

• Name - Stephanie • Nickname - Don’t really have one but I dislike being called Steph! • Age - 27 • Birthday - January 14th • Timezone - CST • Best Availability - Evenings/Nights/Weekends • Fave Villager/NPC - Ankha & Labelle • Fave AC Game - New Leaf 🍃 • A little about you - I’m a pharmacy technician, licensed esthetician and video game addict. I loooooove cats and baking is my favorite hobby besides ACNL ����😝

Mods

Alanys. 🌌Nickname: Ally or Marie. 💜 🌠Age: 16. 🌌Birthday: October 18th. 🎃 🌠Timezone: AST. 🌌Availability: 3:30 pm to 10:30pm on weekdays, 12:00pm to around 3:00am on weekends. 🌠Fave villagers/npc: Marshal, Merengue, Étoile (even though I'll never get her card 😥😭) and Resetti. 🌌Fave ac game: New leaf. 🍃 🌠A little about me: I'm from Puerto Rico, I speak spanish and love to teach people about it if they ask, I'm going to uni next year and I absolutely want to be a psychologist. I love to help people and hear a thank you, and for some reason I like to hold doors open for everyone. 😂 I love to read about anything Greek mythology, and sometimes I create my own characters based on it. 🏛 My fav games are Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid, God Of War, Danganronpa and two games on my phone called Mystic Messenger and DBZ Dokkan Battle. My fav food is pasta! 🍝 I hate coffee, but I love hot chocolate, and I have a thing for strawberries, strawberry frappes/smoothies and strawberry popsicles. 🍓 I love spending time with my bf and my mom, mostly when I acompany her to go shopping or help her cook! I like watching cooking videos even though I can burn water. 😂 Other than my main hobbies, I like to read/write fanfics, look at memes, listen to music, dance, and play with babies and animals. 💕 Used to want to be a part time babysitter too haha! 💜 And I also love anything related to the galaxy. 🌌💕

Andrea Nickname🌻 •Andi Age🌼 •19 Birthday💫 •30.12.98 Time zone✨ •UTC + 2 Best availability⚡️ •Depends, but normally 12 pm - 8 pm Fave villager/NPC🌷 •Bob is by far my favourite villager! He is my baby. My favourite NPC would be Isabelle, she’s so sweet. Fave AC game🌟 •New Leaf A little about me😸 I love cats. Almost everything I own is cat related. I currently work in a kindergarten (whenever someone is sick I come in), but my dream is to become a dementia nurse. I’m engaged and we live together in a small apartment in Northern Norway. I struggle with my mental health, but I try my best to beat it and do my best to help out in our lovely group. When I don’t play AC or do admin stuff I play other games (Skyrim, Pokèmon) or watch Netflix😎

Ashleigh

🌺 Nickname: Ash 💖Age: 23 🌺Birthday: 19/12 💖Timezone: ACDT 🌺Best Availability: Anytime 💖Fave Villager/NPC: Bluebear 🌺Fave AC Game: New Leaf 💖A little about you: Other than ACNL, I love playing Sims 4 and Pokemon. My favourite Pokemon happens to be lucario.

Ava

🌈Nickname: Vee 🌺Age: 15 (Mentally 5) 🌈Birthday: January 1, 2003 🌺Timezone: CDT (CST during winter) 🌈Best Availability: I’m available about 70% of the time when I’m not in school 🌺Fave Villager/NPC: Favorite villager is Bob (we share the same birthday!) and my favorite NPC is Isabelle 🌈Fave AC Game: New Leaf 🌺A little about me: Starting in September, I will be a sophomore in high school. I suffer from depression and anxiety. I’m in a very unhealthy relationship with my boyfriend but I’m staying in it anyway because I find it too hard to break up with him. My parents are divorced, so I live with my mom until I am old enough to legally move out, but that doesn’t bother me since I get to live with my three year old sister (I swear she’s the most adorable thing ever) and I’m looking forward to having a baby brother sometime near September! I love video games (but nothing can beat Animal Crossing, in my opinion). I also love hanging with friends, reading, and coffee! And of course, the Addicts family❤️

Berkeley

• Nickname: Borkeley, Jo • Age: 23 • Birthday:June 28th, I'm a cancer! • Timezone: EST • Best Availability: Anytime really. • Fave Villager/NPC: Lily + Sable • Fave AC Game: New Leaf or Population Growing • A little about you: I'm a married cat mom, I'm a twitch streamer + i love Gavin Free. Thats about it!

Christina

• Nickname - Chriss or Vicko • Age - 21 • Birthday - July 24th • Timezone - UTC - 6 CST • Best Availability - Mornings and at night • Fave Villager/NPC - For NPC's, Kapp'n and the Porter, for villagers uff I have lots but specially, Molly and Muffy 　. • Fave AC Game - New leaf • A little about you - I love potatoes, anime and manga :3 , also I'm a student from college, I love doing pics editions, draws and such, so if you guys ever need help with thigns related to this, you now know who to call ;) I also can give spanish classes 😝

Emma • Nickname: I don’t really have one but if you call me Em I’m fine with that! • Age: 24 • Birthday: 16th of December • Timezone: PST • Best Availability: Evenings, nights, and weekends • Fave Villager/NPC: Tex and Lottie! • Fave AC Game: New Leaf 😍 • A little about you: I’m a substitute teacher and I’m in the process of going back to school to get my teaching degree! I hope to be an English teacher at either a middle school or a high school. I love reading and writing and I’m really passionate about sleeping 😂

Hanna Nickname: none Age: 22 Birthday: 4th August 1996 Timezone: GMT (Germany) Best Availability: most of the time, but the highest chance is in the evening Fave villager/NPC: Colton, Lobo Fave Ac Game: New Leaf A little about you: My AC passion started with ACWW and I also love Pokémon (Eevee is my fav) and other RPGs like Skyrim and Fallout. I also love my pets (I have a lot^^), reading books and draw some stuff. I’m a student and study the science of language and and literature (but mostly german literature).

 Hannah 👑 Nickname: Han 👑 Age: 24 👑 Birthday: Feb 7th 👑 Timezone: GMT/BST 👑 Best Availability: Evenings and Weekends 👑 Fave Villager/NPC: Chrissy & Cookie, Celeste 👑 Fave AC Game: New Leaf 👑 A little about you: My favourite Pokemon has always been and will always be Vulpix, so when Alolan Vulpix was revealed I lost my shit. I have anime, I write fanfiction, I write stories and edit for a living, I play a lot of other games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Persona, Bloodborne - you name it I've probably played it, I love sunflowers and roses, Sailor Moon is my life and aesthetic forever, and finally, I have three cats <3

Jennifer  • Nickname: Jen or Jenny • Age: 21 • Birthday: February 9th • Timezone: UK, GMT • Best Availability: Late night • Fave Villager/NPC : Whitney and Skye • Fave AC Game : New leaf • A little about you I work in retail maybe 2 days a week, I love animals, Disney, games, drawing, reading and writing. Im self teaching guitar and writing songs as a hobby. Tryng to be a vegetarian which is going well, haven't ate meat in a week, yay. The tv shows I like vary in type, I like: The walking daed, Once upon a time and A series of unfortunate events. Movies I like are mostly Disney , the lion king most of all. I also love animals , especially my dog Amber. I do hope to run my own business to rehalibitate pets and wild animals to find homes and re release the healed ones back into the wild. I also appreciate kind and loyal people 💜

Mollie 💖 Nickname: MolflakeMagic (my main gamer tag & online name) 💚 Age: 19 💖 Birthday: December 1st 💚 Timezone: GMT / BST (UK) 💖 Best Availability: Currently Afternoons through to Night unless I'm with family or my boyfriend :3 💚 Fave Villager / NPC: Goldie!! 😍😊 💖 Fave AC Game: Animal Crossing City Folk 😍😊 💚 A little about me: I'm generally very goofy and always looking to make people laugh and smile. I'm currently preparing to move to Nottingham to study at University in September, so essentially preparing to be an official adulty adult xD I play lots of League in my spare time but also love to design on New Leaf, and I'm currently working on completing all the collections for the museum. I also love to dance and I'm also currently starting to learn Japanese :3 When not with my goofball boyfriend or at home, you can usually find me at my grandparents with my doggy Poppy 😍😊

Panyia 🎀 Nickname: Pan/Panini/Pancakes 🎀 Age: 20 🎀 Birthday: Feb. 16th 🎀 Timezone: PST (soon to be HST) 🎀 Best Availability: Depends, usually 12pm - 10 pm 🎀 Fave Villager/NPC: Coco/Celeste 🎀 Fave AC Game: New Leaf 🎀 A little about you: I’m soon-to-be engaged, going to be moving in with my partner very soon. Im usually playing any Harvest Moon game series when I’m not playing AC and helping out with the group. I’ve played other games but it’s too many to name lol. I love watching anime too! They all help me with my mental health and depression, which I try not to let them get to me when I’m helping out with our group ❤️

Ruth 🌸Age: 21 🌸Birthday: 25th December 🌸Timezone: BST/GMT 🌸Best Availability: Usually evenings or any day that I’m off work 🌸Fave villager/NPC: Apple and my fave npc is Kicks ❤️ 🌸Fave AC Game: New Leaf 🌸 A Little about me: I have lived in the south west part of the uk all of my life with my parents and older brother. I love cats so much, I used to have a black cat called Twinkle but he was very ill and passed away from a heart murmur at only 7 years old. I now have a calico called Poppy who I love very much ❤️ I have suffered from anxiety and depression, with the occasional severe migraine (to the point I passed out) since 2013 (but thank goodness I’m nowhere near as bad now) I also love an incredible KPop band called BTS (you may have heard me talk about them already 😛) and playing games like Animal Crossing and Zelda ❤️ Sorry I’m rambling now 😂😂 

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Rita Simons, Lucie Jones, Bill Ward star in a major new UK tour of the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical Legally Blonde the Musical. OMG you guys!!! Legally Blonde The Musical is going on tour!

Legally Blonde The Musical Lucie Jones

EastEnders’ Rita Simon, Lucie Jones, who is representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Never Give Up On You’ on Saturday May 13, and Bill Ward, star of Coronation Street and Emmerdale are to star in a major new UK tour of the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical Legally Blonde The Musical.

Legally Blonde The Musical also has two dogs in the cast, a Chihuahua called Bruiser and another called Rufus, a big, brutish, dog that only its mother could love! Bruiser is already cast and will be on the road but producers have decided to hold auditions for ‘Rufus’ in every town and city on the tour – more details to follow.

Legally Blonde The Musical is an all singing, all dancing romantic comedy, a fun-filled, feel-good pink fest. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods, doesn’t take no for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law Schoiol. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Legally Blonde The Musical Bill Ward

Based on the Reese Witherspoon film, Legally Blonde The Musical earned seven Tony nominations and 10 Drama Desk Award nominations during its Broadway run. In the UK it was nominated for 5 Laurence Olivier Awards winning 3 including Best New Musical, and was nominated for 8 Whatsonstage Awards winning 4 including Best Musical.

Legally Blonde The Musical, with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the MGM motiion picture, will open at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley (18 – 23 Sept) then tour the UK and Ireland until June 2018, visiting High Wycombe Swan, Bristol Hippodrome, Woking New Victoria, Northampton Derngate, Rhyl Pavilion, Sheffield Lyceum, Wolverhampton Grand Southampton Mayflower, Cardiff New Theatre Edinburgh Festival Theatre. After a Christmas break, the tour starts again at Belfast Grand Opera House on 26 February, 2018, Dublin Bord Gais, Stoke Regent Theatre, Canterbury Marlowe Theatre, Norwich Theatre Royal, Leeds Grand Theatre, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Glasgow Kings Theatre, Aberdeen His Majesty’s, Inverness Eden Court, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Birmingham Alexandra Theatre, Salford Lowry, Liverpool Empire, Brighton Theatre Royal, Wimbledon New Theatre.

Directed and choreographed by Anthony Williams, co-choreographer Dean Street and Musical Supervisor and Musical Director James McCullough.

The tour is produced by Martin Dodd for UK Productions Ltd.

Legally Blonde The Musical Rita Simons

Rita Simons (Paulette Bonafonte) is best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in BBC’s EastEnders for which she has won numerous awards and is one of Britain’s best loved actresses. She won Most Popular Newcomer at the National Television Awards and other awards and nominations include Best Newcomer at the Digital Spy Soap Awards, Best Onscreen Partnership for her character partnership with Ronnie Mitchell played by Samantha Womack, Best Newcomer at the TV Now Awards, a nomination for Best Newcomer at the 2008 British Soap Awards and Best Newcomer at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards. Rita has also appeared on TV in Mile High as Hannah, Dream Team as Julie and London’s Burning. In Spring 2012, Rita was the subject of a major documentary film Rita Simons: My Daughter, Deafness and Me made by Leopard Films for BBC1. Rita actively supports the charity RNID.

Lucie Jones (Elle Woods) is currently playing Maureen in the 20th anniversary UK tour of Rent. Her previous theatre credits include: Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (Leicester Curve); Molly in Ghost (Asian Tour); Victoria in American Psycho (The Almeida); Meatloaf in We Will Rock You (International Tour); Kelly Byrne in The Prodigals (Edinburgh Festival); Cosette in Les Miserables (Queens Theatre, West End and O2 Arena). Her TV acting credits includes: Melody Carver in Midsomer Murders (ITV); Louise in The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC). Lucie was a finalist in the 2009 series of The X Factor.

Bill Ward (Professor Callahan) is best known for his work on two of the country’s leading soaps. He has just finished 3 years in Emmerdale, playing farmer James Barton (Ross, Pete and Finn’s Dad) for over 300 episodes, who met a gruesome, death at the hands of his emotionally volatile partner, Emma, in one of the biggest storylines of the year. Previously, he played the builder Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street, also for 300 episodes, who was murdered by his emotionally volatile partner, Tracy Barlow, in one of the soap’s biggest storylines of the year. In addition to his many and varied TV and film credits Bill is no stranger to the stage and has worked on everything from Sophocles to The Spice Girls at Bristol Old Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Northern Stage, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, and The National Theatre Studio amongst others. He’s played Prospero in The Tempest in Guildford, Lancelot in Spamalot in the West End, and Kevin the Gnome in a muddy field in Glastonbury.

Also in the cast are: David Barrett (Emmett), Liam Doyle (Warner), Laura Harrison (Vivienne), Helen Petrovna (Brooke), Ben Harlow (Kyle), Nancy Hill (Enid), Rebecca Stenhouse (Margot), Delycia Belgrave (Pilar), Rachel Grundy (Serena), Lucyelle Cliffe (Elle’s Mom), Rosie Needham (Kate Chutney), Alexandra Wright (Leilana), Sally Frith (Gaelen), Mark Peachey (Elle’s Dad/Winthrop/Dewey), Michael Hamway (Aaron), Felipe Bejarano (Sundeep/Nikos), Brett Shiels (Grand Master Chad), Connor Collins (Carlos), Emma Prosser (Swing), Craig Tyler (Swing) and Bruisey (Bruiser).

Further casting to be announced.

UK Productions Ltd UK Productions Ltd have been producing musicals, plays and pantomimes for over 22 years nationally, internationally and in the West End. In addition to Legally Blonde the Musical Martin Dodd is currently producing The Kite Runner in the West End and on tour, and for children national tours of CBBC’s Dick & Dom Live! and CBeebies Chris & Pui. Martin is also responsible for 11 pantomimes nationwide every Christmas season.

Legally Blonde The Musical 2017/18 Tour Dates

weeks commencing 18/09/2017 Bromley Churchill

25/09/2017 High Wycombe Swan

02/10/2017 Bristol Hippodrome

09/10/2017 Woking New Victoria

16/10/2017 Northampton Derngate

23/10/2017 Rhyl Pavilion

30/10/2017 Sheffield Lyceum

06/11/2017 Wolverhampton Grand

13/11/2017 Southampton Mayflower

20/11/2017 Cardiff New Theatre

27/11/2017 Edinburgh Festival Theatre

2018 DATES

weeks commencing 26/02/2018 Belfast Grand Opera House

05/03/2018 Dublin Bord Gais

12/03/2018 Stoke Regent Theatre

19/03/2018 Canterbury Marlowe Theatre

26/03/2018 Norwich Theatre Royal

02/04/2018 Leeds Grand Theatre

09/04/2018 Blackpool Grand Theatre

16/04/2018 Sunderland Empire

23/04/2018 Glasgow Kings Theatre

30/04/2018 Aberdeen His Majesty’s

07/05/2018 Inverness Eden Court

14/05/2018 Nottingham Theatre Royal

21/05/2018 Birmingham Alexandra Theatre

28/05/2018 Salford Lowry

04/06/2018 Liverpool Empire

11/06/2018 Brighton Theatre Royal

18/06/2018 Wimbledon New Theatre2018

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Things to Do in Vancouver this Weekend: March 30, 2017

As someone who never remembers to all of you – watch out this Saturday for April Fools pranksters! I’m fairly confident all the things that are happening that day are actually happening, in which case there’s lots to look forward to this weekend. You can touch, or in some cases drive, fancy cars at the Auto Show, check out the Photography Festival, the Burlesque Festival, the kickoff of the Cherry Blossom Festival, and even see a live didgeridoo show. (Really.)

  Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Ongoing

Friday March 31

The Vancouver International Auto Show

Vancouver International Auto Show Where: Vancouver Convention Centre What:  An estimated 100,000 enthusiasts are expected to turn out for five full days of new, exotic, classic and custom cars. For car buffs, the show offers a chance to get up close and personal with rare and exclusive vehicles, as well as cars being debuted for the first time. Runs until: Sunday April 2, 2017

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Where: Various locations What: It’s that time of year when the city turns all shades of pink – the cherry blossoms are about to bllom! Celebrate with community picnics, fairs, blossomy bike rides, and group walks. The Blossom Barge will be at Granville Island featuring free performances. Runs until: Sunday April 23, 2017

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival Where: Vancouver Playhouse What: Canada’s most prestigious and longest running burlesque festival. Showcasing the finest local and international talent since 2006, the VIBF brings global talent and local superstars to downtown Vancouver every spring. Runs until: Saturday April 1, 2017

The Tea Party

The Tea Party (show 1 of 2) Where: Commodore Ballroom What: 1997 was an epic year. The Simpsons was named the longest-running prime-time animated series, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters. In Canada, fans of award-winning The Tea Party were celebrating the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Transmission. Re-live it tonight.

St. Paul’s Labyrinth

David Yates plays the Didgeridoo Where: 1130 Jervis What: Deep, resonant sounds of the majestic didgeridoo played by multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, David Yates. Be transported, inspired and moved to move your arms around in the air by the soothing rhythms.

Up Close

Up Close Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden What: All the artists represented in this group exhibition find their inspiration while painting on location at VanDusen Garden. The Vancouver en plein air group, initiated in April 2011, zooms-in to the lush vegetation that provides a new dimension of foreground details. The subjects are varied, and so is the medium. Runs until: Tuesday June 27, 2017

Vancouver Canucks vs. LA Kings Where: Rogers Arena, 7:00pm What: Watch some hockey.

Slow Like a Bruise, Quick like Hunger Photography Show

Slow Like a Bruise, Quick like Hunger Photography Show Where: 434 Columbia What: Local photographer Jackie Dives has developed rolls of film from her youth. A Japan trip in grade 9, weird road trips, and some recent adventures.

Abracadabra

Abracadabra Where: The York Theatre What: A magic show for the entire family. For the first time in his life, Camilo takes on the roll of the classic magician; bringing unique and fascinating illusions back to life. Runs until: Saturday April 8, 2017

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Capture Photography Festival | In Between Dreaming and Living

Capture Photography Festival Where: Various locations What: High-profile exhibitions as well as emerging talent and community participation are in the lens. There will be events in Vancouver’s leading public and commercial galleries, as well as public installations and a series of community-based photo workshops, tours, artist talks, films, and panel discussions. Runs until: Friday April 28, 2017

The Slush Cup Where: Grouse Mountain What: Compete attired in your most ridiculous costume and attempt to cross a pool of slush on your skis or board. There are prizes for participants , but the cheering crowd is the best prize of all! For onlookers in the “splash zone”, bring your positive vibes and lively support to encourage the best performances from all participants. The available BBQ and beer garden, on Peak flats, will help ensure everyone is properly fueled for fun.

The Tea Party (show 2 of 2) Where: Commodore Ballroom What: 1997 was an epic year. The Simpsons was named the longest-running prime-time animated series, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters. In Canada, fans of award-winning The Tea Party were celebrating the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Transmission. Re-live it tonight.

The Music of Mozart and Bruckner

The Music of Mozart and Bruckner Where: The Orpheum What: Mozart’s sublime Violin Concerto No. 4 is performed by Henning Kraggerud, whose lyrical playing is praised by audiences and critics worldwide. On the other end of the scale, Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 7, powered by Wagner tubas and mighty, soaring themes, was that composer’s greatest triumph at the time he wrote this magnificent symphony. Runs until: Sunday April 2, 2017

Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience Where: Rogers Arena What: Composer Ramin Djawadi, along with a full orchestra and choir, will take fans on a musical journey through the realm – from King’s Landing to Winterfell, along the northern stretches of the Kingsroad to The Wall and beyond.  The tour will use video technology that will recreate the various realms found throughout Westeros and Essos as well as showcase footage from the show in addition to all new imagery created exclusively for the tour.

Song of the Open Road

Song of the Open Road Where: Contemporary Art Gallery What: Bringing together artists from Canada, Eritrea, Ireland, Sweden, and the US, the exhibition includes works that combine thematically to interrogate ideas rooted in photographic histories, engaging ideas such as veracity, recollection, remembrance, belonging, staging, and how the image documents and records these or is evidence of differing realities. Runs until: Sunday June 18, 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LA Galaxy

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LA Galaxy Where: BC Place Stadium, 7:00pm What: Watch some soccer! Drink some drinks! Eat a hotdog! Yell a bunch!

Rock the Vote

D.O.A. Rock the Vote Where: The Rickshaw What: Local punk rockers of over 25 years kick off the BC Election with the aim to raise voter awareness.

Sister Shop Where: The Biltmore, 11:00am What: A community-based clothing and craft sale with 100% of proceeds going to support WAVAW – Rape Crisis Center. In addition to racks of rad vintage clothing to sift through, the event will also feature local DJs, handmade craftsmen items, mimosas/caesars/beer, a feminist merchandise table, and more.

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Shabbat Dinner and Fresh Challah

Shabbat Dinner and Fresh Challah Where: The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC What: The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC is pleased to partner with the Contemporary Art Gallery to present the first evening in our supper club series, The Chosen Food. Each event in this series will showcase a regional style of Jewish cuisine.

Vancouver Chopin Society presents Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Vancouver Chopin Society presents Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Where: Vancouver Playhouse What: This multi-award-winning French pianist enjoys a prolific recording and international concert career and has worked closely with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Jurowski, Danielle Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Bruno Mantovani.

Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks Where: Rogers Arena, 4:00pm What: Watch some hockey.

Reel 2 Reel Film Festival | Image still from Louise by the Shore

Reel 2 Reel Film Festival Where: Various locations What: An international festival for youth films. Runs until: Saturday April 8, 2017

Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper Where: VanCity Theatre What: A teasingly strange and tingling supernatural tale from French master Olivier Assayas and his Clouds of Sils Maria muse, Kristen Stewart. The material world meets the uncanny as Stewart stocks up on frocks for her supermodel boss, while she searches for a sign from her deceased twin (a gifted medium when he was alive).

  Ongoing

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  Kedi

Kedi (ends this weekend) Where: VanCity Theatre What: My favorite quote of the film is, “If you can’t love animals, then I think you can’t really love people either.” In Istanbul, Turkey, self-reliant cats have lived freely since before the Ottoman Empire. Yet, their existence is deeply intertwined with the lives of their human counterparts, who see themselves as guardians, rather than owners, of their four-legged friends. This movie is about cats but it is also about humanity, and understanding the world through new eyes. Runs until: Thursday March 31, 2017

Kids Get in For Free (ends this weekend) Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden and Bloedel Conservatory What: Take advantage of up to two free child admissions with the purchase of a regular price adult, senior, or youth admission at VanDusen Garden or Bloedel Conservatory. Runs until: Friday March 31, 2017

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro (ends this weekend) Where: VanCity Theatre What: A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for. Runs until: Friday March 31, 2017

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (ends this weekend) Where: Vancouver Playhouse What: Canada’s most prestigious and longest running burlesque festival. Showcasing the finest local and international talent since 2006, the VIBF brings global talent and local superstars to downtown Vancouver every spring. Runs until: Saturday April 1, 2017

Vancouver International Auto Show

Vancouver International Auto Show (ends this weekend) Where: Vancouver Convention Centre What:  An estimated 100,000 enthusiasts are expected to turn out for five full days of new, exotic, classic and custom cars. For car buffs, the show offers a chance to get up close and personal with rare and exclusive vehicles, as well as cars being debuted for the first time. Runs until: Sunday April 2, 2017

The Music of Mozart and Bruckner

The Music of Mozart and Bruckner (ends this weekend) Where: The Orpheum What: Mozart’s sublime Violin Concerto No. 4 is performed by Henning Kraggerud, whose lyrical playing is praised by audiences and critics worldwide. On the other end of the scale, Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 7, powered by Wagner tubas and mighty, soaring themes, was that composer’s greatest triumph at the time he wrote this magnificent symphony. Runs until: Sunday April 2, 2017

Valley Song Where: Pacific Theatre What: Torn between the hope of the new South Africa and the familiarity of all he has known, Abraam “Buks” Jonkers tills land he will never own while his granddaughter dreams of the Johannesburg stage. A heartfelt story of tradition, change, and the resilience of the human spirit. Runs until: Saturday April 8, 2017

Reel 2 Reel Film Festival | Image still from Louise by the Shore

Reel 2 Reel Film Festival Where: Various locations What: An international festival for youth films. Runs until: Saturday April 8, 2017

Abracadabra

Abracadabra Where: The York Theatre What: A magic show for the entire family. For the first time in his life, Camilo takes on the roll of the classic magician; bringing unique and fascinating illusions back to life. Runs until: Saturday April 8, 2017

Layers of Influence

Layers of Influence Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: This stunning exhibition will explore clothing’s inherent evidence of human ingenuity, creativity and skill, drawing from MOA’s textile collection — the largest collection in Western Canada — to display a global range of materials, production techniques and adornments across different cultures and time frames. Runs until: Sunday April 9, 2017

The Daisy Theatre

The Daisy Theatre Where: The Cultch Historic Theatre What: Each performance will be different, daring, ridiculous, and on the edge of the hands of renowned puppeteer provocateur Ronnie Burkett and his resident company of over 40 marionettes. No two performances will be the same, making this a performance to see more than once. Runs until: Sunday April 9, 2017

Vancouver Special Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: The first iteration of this series and it features works by 40 artists produced within the last five years—Vancouver’s post-Olympic period. The exhibition includes many emerging artists as well as those who are more established but whose ideas were prescient. Some are recent arrivals to Vancouver, while others are long-term residents who have already made significant contributions. Others are nomadic, less settled in one place and are working energetically between several locations. Runs until: Monday April 17, 2016

Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market

Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market Where: Nat Bailey Stadium What: Don’t fret the summers Farmers markets packing up – winter is here, and you can still shop local for fresh produce, preserves, baked goods, and crafts. Runs until: Saturday April 22, 2017

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Where: Various locations What: It’s that time of year when the city turns all shades of pink – the cherry blossoms are about to bllom! Celebrate with community picnics, fairs, blossomy bike rides, and group walks. The Blossom Barge will be at Granville Island featuring free performances. Runs until: Sunday April 23, 2017

Angels in America Where: Arts Club Theatre What: A tale of companionship and abandonment that takes place when the personal became political. Set in New York City at the height of the Reagan era, Tony Kushner’s modern masterpiece contrasts the lives of five individuals struggling with identity issues alongside the crippling effects of stereotypes and an incurable diagnosis. Runs until: Sunday April 23, 2017

Capture Photography Festival | In Between Dreaming and Living

Capture Photography Festival Where: Various locations What: High-profile exhibitions as well as emerging talent and community participation are in the lens. There will be events in Vancouver’s leading public and commercial galleries, as well as public installations and a series of community-based photo workshops, tours, artist talks, films, and panel discussions. Runs until: Friday April 28, 2017

Hastings Park Farmers Market

Hastings Park Farmers Market Where: Hastings Park (near the PNE) What: The Hastings Park Farmers Market features a great selection of local produce; nursery items, fish, meat & dairy; artisan prepared foods, baking and treats; local crafts, and of course, food trucks. Runs until: Sunday April 30, 2017

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Since the early 1980s, Susan Point has received wide acclaim for her remarkably accomplished oeuvre that forcefully asserts the vitality of Coast Salish culture, both past and present. She has produced an extensive body of prints and an expansive corpus of sculptural work in a wide variety of materials that includes glass, resin, concrete, steel, wood and paper. Runs until: Sunday May 28, 2017

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver | Sunset, Carrie Koo

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: June 2017 marks the 20-year anniversary of the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from the United Kingdom to mainland China. In the lead up to the handover, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents immigrated to Canada, many choosing to settle in Vancouver, and among them were a significant number of artists. Pacific Crossings presents works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Retainers of Anarchy

Retainers of Anarchy Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: A solo exhibition featuring new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia, a traditional form of martial arts literature, as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Song of the Open Road

Song of the Open Road Where: Contemporary Art Gallery What: Bringing together artists from Canada, Eritrea, Ireland, Sweden, and the US, the exhibition includes works that combine thematically to interrogate ideas rooted in photographic histories, engaging ideas such as veracity, recollection, remembrance, belonging, staging, and how the image documents and records these or is evidence of differing realities. Runs until: Sunday June 18, 2017

Up Close

Up Close Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden What: All the artists represented in this group exhibition find their inspiration while painting on location at VanDusen Garden. The Vancouver en plein air group, initiated in April 2011, zooms-in to the lush vegetation that provides a new dimension of foreground details. The subjects are varied, and so is the medium. Runs until: Tuesday June 27, 2017

The Lost Fleet Exhibit Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum What: On December 7, 1941 the world was shocked when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, launching the United States into the war. This action also resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,200 Japanese-Canadian owned fishing boats by Canadian officials on the British Columbia coast, which were eventually sold off to canneries and other non-Japanese fishermen. The Lost Fleet looks at the world of the Japanese-Canadian fishermen in BC and how deep-seated racism played a major role in the seizure, and sale, of Japanese-Canadian property and the internment of an entire people. Runs until: Winter 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin. Runs until: January 28, 2018

What are you up to this weekend? Tell me and the rest of Vancouver in the comments below or tweet me directly at @lextacular

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