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A couple of weeks ago we shared with you the LIST OF SPEAKERS for the June 5th edition of Sam Sullivan’s Public Salon, a speaker series that we continue to be a proud media partner of. If you haven’t been yet then this coming Wednesday might be the perfect introduction as they’ve got an eclectic mix of folks sharing stories, thoughts and insights you might not have a connection to otherwise.

Here’s Timothy Taylor at the last Public Salon telling a fantastic story about his nomadic parents, how they met, and how they moved his family to Vancouver where they eventually settled. This quality of talk from a speaker is par for the course, and I can’t wait for next week’s event. Get your tickets HERE!

Last week we launched our contest for a brand new, no contract/no-strings-attached Blackberry Q10 courtesy of our friends at TELUS, where all you have to do is send us a photo of the mobile phone you’re using right now. We’ve received a flood of entries; check out a cross-section of them below. There were a lot of iPhone 4′s, older BlackBerrys and flip phones submitted.

If this giveaway wasn’t being conducted by a random draw and was a contest for who needs a new phone the most, I think this one might be the winner…
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From 1934 to 1979, street photographer Foncie Pulice set up his camera on Vancouver city sidewalks and snapped candid shots of people strolling by. For almost half a century, he took thousands of photos, unwittingly capturing moments in time, the history of a city, and the lives of British Columbians.

Now documentary filmmaker Melanie Wood and British Columbia’s Knowledge Network are bringing these photographs together – collecting them from albums around the province and giving them a public home. Photo negatives of Foncie’s images do not exist. He destroyed most of them when he retired. Until now there was no central archive or collection.

Here are some thoughts from one of the subjects of this photo:
“Gordon & Sally Rudyk, taken at the PNE. Gordon was better known as “Bambi” the biker who lead the Catwalkers Motorcycle Club from Burnaby.”

This is a story about Vancouver, about British Columbia, and about it’s people… so they need your help. Visit Knowledge.ca/FonciesCorner to add your photos and stories to the collection.

We’re sharing a couple of Foncie photos here on V.I.A. each week leading up to the premiere of the documentary film being released in the summer. Share your memories (or the ones you find in your parents’ and grandparents’ archives) and become a part of Vancouver’s history!

Each week we sift through the nearly 8,000 entries that our friends at the Canadian Design Resource have made since 2005, selecting one particularly awesome Vancouver-centric design that they’ve featured and sharing it with you here.

Design: Toni Latour
Client: Vancouver Biennale
Date: 2010

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Check out July’s Friday Late Night Movie at the Rio, East Van’s super awesome independent movie theatre! Admission is only $8, $6 if you come in costume. And of course you can enjoy these films with BEER! Go!

Friday, June 7: OLD BOY (Hosted by Jacques Lalonde)
Park chan-Wook’s 2004 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner OLDBOY is a thrilling story of an average man who is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. Upon release he is equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes as he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge. Instead, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him, and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.

Friday, June 14: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (Hosted by Sara Bynoe)
John Hughes’ film about a “righteous dude” (Matthew Broderick) whose determination to have a day off from school and show his friends the best day of their lives (in spite of a vengeful principle), makes this film one of the most iconic teen comedies ever made.
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Did you catch THIS POST yesterday about Greg Papove’s WhoopDeeDoo project located at 6th and Cambie on the bike path? It’s a fun little thing he installed for Bike to Work Week, with help from a small grant from Penny Smash.

Photo: Conrad Brown

The WhoopDeeDoo will be there all week, so get out there and hit it up! Don’t let a little rain stop you from enjoying BTWW.

Signage designed by Claire Balderston