BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sunset Labs - ECPv6.18.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sunset Labs X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sunset Labs REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190701T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190702T030000 DTSTAMP:20190629T185232Z CREATED:20190623T000434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T185232Z UID:19288-1562018400-1562036400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:OCEANS DEEP DESCRIPTION:OCEANS DEEP\nthe Official “Future Oceans” Afterparty\n\nOceans Deep is a benefit afterparty at Sunset Labs following the Future Oceans fashion show & fundraiser event hosted at the Victoria International Marina on July 1st. The Future Oceans event is being co-created by Ocean Legacy Foundation\, Natural Talent Agency and V.I.M to raise awareness about ocean plastics and environmental impacts. \n  \nABOUT OUR EVENT PARTNERS: \n\nFuture Oceans ::\nwww.vimfutureoceans.com | www.facebook.com/VIMsFutureOceans\nThe Future Oceans Design Competition is an innovation challenge presented to Canadian fashion designers by Victoria International Marina\, The Ocean Legacy Foundation\, and Natural Talent Alliance. The mission of Future Oceans is to inspire hope and promote positive activism toward environmental conservation and recovery. Future Oceans challenges fashion designers to:\n >> redefine plastics as a precious material.\n >> create beauty from reclaimed plastic refuse\, collected from the shores of the Pacific coastline.\n >> tell a truthful\, yet hopeful story about the current state of our oceans\, and what needs to change in order to protect them. \nOcean Legacy Foundation ::\nwww.oceanlegacy.ca | www.facebook.com/oceanlegacy\nOcean Legacy Foundation is an international non-profit organization which utilizes spatial mapping\, education and research\, clean-up expeditions and plastic to fuel technologies to develop the world leading Marine Debris Solution Centre. This dynamic and integrative approach combines sustainable technologies with education and skills training to give all plastic wastes economic value and communities the long-term tools they need to steward their environment. \nNatural Talent Alliance ::\nwww.naturaltalentalliance.com\nA strategic partnership of professionals with aligned values and a variety of expertise. The N.T.A. team provides talent recruitment\, art direction\, event management\, marketing support and production expertise. We are passionate about designing and creating exciting\, educational and immersive experiences. Our events feature leaders from diverse fields\, who are known for their innovative and progressive approaches to professional art practices and production. \nSunset Labs ::\nwww.facebook.com/sunsetlabs\nSunset Labs is an intimate waterfront venue located at the foot of Chinatown in downtown Victoria. Over the last decade Sunset Labs has evolved from simple beginnings to its current state as a beautiful\, high-tech\, plug n play\, special event venue. \n  \nFEATURING MUSIC BY ::\n\nSelektra :: L.A\nwww.mixcloud.com/brianna-amore \nKhan :: Vic\nwww.soundcloud.com/khan\nhttps://facebook.com/pg/khansmixes \nMo Moshiri :: Vic\nhttp://urbnet.com/momoshiri/ \nFocus Group :: Vic\nwww.soundcloud.com/focusgroupbc \n+ Special Guest \n  \nTICKETS & DETAILS ::\n\nHosted at Sunset Labs :: 400 Herald St\, Victoria\n$15 in advance via TICKET link on this page\nOR eTransfer to: payments@sunsetlabs.ca\n$25-35 at the door (if available) \nLimited quantity of tickets available\n10 – Late // LICENSED 19+ \n♥ \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/oceans-deep/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/banner1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190624T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190624T203000 DTSTAMP:20190606T195829Z CREATED:20190606T195829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T195829Z UID:19250-1561401000-1561408200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:This is My Body DESCRIPTION:Dawn Dancing Otter and Serena Annette Turner\, founders of The Wildwood Priestess Guild\, are holding safe space For women and female-bodied people to share\, and participate in grief and healing ceremony. \nWe were inspired to create this offering as a response to the recent rescinding of women and female-bodied rights to body autonomy by restricting abortion in Alabama\, Georgia\, and Ohio\, and the deep pain and visceral outrage felt by our community. \nAs Priestesses and Teachers of healing and leadership work\, we offer this opportunity for women and female bodied people of all ages to be in circle.\nWe Grieve. We Rise Up. \n  \n\nThis gathering is for people who have ever had female reproductive systems \nMonday\, June 24 6:30-8:30pm \nBy Donation \nSunset Labs\n400 Herald St.\nVictoria BC \nMore info:\nWildwoodPriestess@gmail.com\nwww.dawndancingotter.com \n♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/this-is-my-body/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/61295784_2459791760717883_4328679061241987072_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190608T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190609T000000 DTSTAMP:20190523T044734Z CREATED:20190509T044844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190523T044734Z UID:19078-1560024900-1560038400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Salsa Caliente DESCRIPTION:Join us for the grand opening at the new home of Caliente Salsa Saturdays- now the 2nd Saturday of every month!!! \nWe are excited to bring you dancing the 2nd Saturday of every month at an all ages\, waterfront venue right in the heart of downtown\, with a full nightclub sound & lighting system and a wooden dance floor!!!!!\n  \n8:15 pm Doors open\nSalsa Caliente’s team will be there to greet you.\n  \n8:30pm Salsa lesson\nTaught by certified instructor and World Salsa Open Judge\, Christina Morrison. No experience or partner is necessary as we rotate partners throughout the lesson so you will already know a LOT of people by the time the dancing begins. To find out more about your instructor see http://calientedance.com/about-us/\n  \n9:30- midnight\nDancing to Salsa\, Bachata\, Merengue\, Cha Cha Cha and more to the music of the DJ Christina. Christina hosts the weekly Salsa Del Barrio Radio and has DJ’d at the Puerto Rico\, Washington DC\, Portland\, and Vancouver Salsa Congresses\, as well as on the All- Star Salsa Cruise and at the Women of Salsa Festival. \n \nAll ages welcome. CASH ONLY.\n$12.00 per person or $10 with student ID.\nTickets available at the door \nASK ABOUT OUR VIP DISCOUNT & BOOKING OUR VIP TABLE FOR YOUR PARTY!\nThere will be a small non-alcoholic concession available as a fundraiser for the teams.\n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/salsa-caliente-2/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/iSalsa-banner-JG-1920x1005.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Salsa Caliente":MAILTO:info@calientedance.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190606T220000 DTSTAMP:20190514T042714Z CREATED:20190514T040005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T042714Z UID:19156-1559847600-1559858400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Poppy Revolution DESCRIPTION: \nThe Poppy Revolution: Heroin Buyers’ Clubs and the End of the War on Drugs will be an interactive\, high energy event featuring a diverse and captivating panel speaking to the causes\, effects and the waning years of the war on drugs. \nUnity Drummers will be opening the event followed by what is sure to be educational and interesting discussion by the panel of speakers. \nHosted by Activist and Professor Marilou Gagnon\, this evening will explore the dangers of Drug Prohibition\, the on-going ‘Overdose Crisis’ and the possibilities for community power and change. \nWith increasingly louder calls to provide safe\, predictable narcotics to those at risk of overdose\, we are confronted with the possibility of either state facilitated access to these needed drugs or a more community-based approach. \nAn example of this is the Heroin Buyers Club\, which could serve as a means for a more direct\, and grass roots approach to drug use. \nUltimately\, which ever approach we take\, there can be no doubt that the war on drugs is in peril. \n  \n\n  \nFEATURED EXPERTS\nDr. Shannon McDonald\nDeputy Chief Medical Officer First Nations Health Authority\nDr. Shannon McDonald\, proudly Metis/Anishinabe with deep roots in the Red River Valley of Manitoba\, is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the First Nations Health Authority.\nDr. McDonald is a trained physician\, with post-graduate medical training in Community Medicine and Psychiatry\, and has worked for over 20 years in the area of First Nations and Aboriginal Health. \nDr. McDonald has extensive experience both in the federal and provincial government contexts – most recently for 5 years as the Executive Director of Aboriginal Health at the BC Ministry of Health. \nAs an influential leader\, Dr. McDonald was recently awarded BC’s Physician Champions of Change award by the Doctors of BC for her leadership and advocacy for physician services in BC’s rural and remote\nFirst Nations communities. \n  \nErica Thomson\nFraser health Regional Peer Coordinator\nErica is a powerful advocate for women who use drugs\, and identifies as a woman with lived/living experience. \nHer current role in Fraser Health as Regional Peer Coordinator is a first of its kind and within the first year was able to hold a strategic planning forum and develop the first Peer engagement strategy for a health authority that was led by peer experts/ people with lived experience to be involved in the service design\, delivery\, policy and evaluation of services designed to meet the diverse needs of people who use drugs. \nOutside of her role in Fraser\, Erica is an active advocate and member of several drug user groups and recovery networks and recently joined forces with experts to explore a ‘heroin coop/compassion model” as one pathway to a safer supply as the overdose (prohibition) crisis continues to decimate our communities. \n  \nSusan Boyd\nPhD Professor\, Faculty of Human and Social Development\nUniversity of Victoria\nSusan is the author of a number of articles and books on drug issues\, including: From Witches to Crack Moms: Women\, drug law\, and policy; Busted: An illustrated history of drug prohibition in Canada\, and co- author of Raise Shit!: Social action saving lives. \nShe is also a long-time activist who works with national and community peer-run organizations that advocate for human rights\, the end of drug prohibition\, and for the establishment of diverse harm reduction initiatives. Susan’s talk tonight is titled “Heroin: Canadian law\, policy\, and activism over the last century.” \n  \nDonald MacPherson\nDirector\, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition\nDonald MacPherson is the Director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to improve Canada’s approach to psychoactive substance use. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He has co-authored the books Raise Shit: Social Action\, Saving Lives and Drug Policy in Canada: More Harm than Good. \n  \n\n  \nOUR ESTEEMED MASTER OF CEREMONIES\nDr. Marilou Gagnon\, RN\, PhD\nDr. Gagnon is an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria\, School of Nursing and Scientist at the Canadian Institute for Use Research. \nHer program of research seeks to address gaps in knowledge that have the potential to inform public debate and policies\, while also advancing the rights and the health of marginalized communities. She has worked in three provinces\, has served on multiple boards of directors and has been involved in a number of grassroots initiatives\, including the opening of a pop-up overdose prevention site in Ottawa. \nIn 2015\, she founded the Coalition of Nurses for Supervised Injection Services. Two years later\, she started the Harm Reduction Nurses Association (HRNA). She currently serves as the President of HRNA and is leading their research\, advocacy\, practice\, and policy portfolios. \n  \n\n  \nTwo Ways to Participate!\nJoin us either in person\, or online\, for this FREE one of a kind event! \n \nThis event has been organized by the South Island Community Overdose Response Network (SICORN) with funding from the Community Action Initiative (CAI). Co-hosted by the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).\n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-poppy-revolution/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SICORN-ft-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T210000 DTSTAMP:20190523T044258Z CREATED:20190504T195524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190523T044258Z UID:18902-1559676600-1559682000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Leading Roles DESCRIPTION:Southern Resident Killer Whales are an iconic\, culturally significant and endangered population that spends the spring\, summer and fall in the Salish Sea\, an area surrounded by a human population of over seven million. As of April 2019\, only 74 Southern Residents remain. \nSouthern Residents live in tight family groups\, led by the population’s mature females. Both male and female offspring will stay with their mother for life. As leaders of the Southern Residents\, female killer whales play a crucial role in the health of their population. \nOn June 4\, join the Georgia Strait Alliance and an all-female panel of experts in a community discussion on the unique parallels between female Southern Residents and women in our society. Explore how women\, female allies and mothers can take a leadership role in protecting Southern Resident matrilineal families from further decline. \nThe event will be moderated by Kylie Stanton\, Global BC’s Vancouver Island videojournalist. \nGET IN PERSON TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
 HERE\nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!\nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-gsa/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Georgia-Straight-featured-930x486.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190601T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190602T040000 DTSTAMP:20190429T233030Z CREATED:20190330T010133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T233030Z UID:18839-1559422800-1559448000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Erotica Electronica DESCRIPTION:Erotica Electronica | Lushious Entertainment | AppleCat\nProudly Present… \nErotica Electronica: VICTORIA EDITION XXII\n—————————————————\nAre you ready for another sassy night of dance\, entertainment\, connection and celebration? With all the yumminess you’ve come to expect from us\, we invite you into a world where we consensually explore our dance\, our creativity and our sensuality together. \nNote: Although this is an adult themed event\, think of it as “kink light” – more sensual & playful than overtly sexual. Dress as sexy as you feel! (although cover your nether regions please) \nTickets 30.00 – Available online\, and via etransfer \nhttp://buytickets.at/applecat/262386 \nFeel free to skip the online ticket fees and e-transfer me by email to DJAppleCat@Gmail.com with the password “applecat”. \nMUSICAL SOUNDSCAPES\n—————————————————\nWidow – Roberts Creek\, BC\nAppleCat – Erotica Electronica/Amplify Her – Middle Earth\, BC\nEntelechy – Returning Saturn – Victoria\, BC\nKhan Omi – Beheshto – Victoria BC \nPERFORMANCES\n—————————————————\nBrought to you by Lushious Entertainment \nSTAGE SHOW\nTBA\nand your Hostess Laya Louise Lushious \nAERIALS by TBA \nFIRE SHOW\nBen T Forkx\nTBA \nPhotography by Evan Boyd Photography – Photography is limited to our official photographers so we ask that you leave your camera at home. However\, bathroom selfies are fine if all parties are consenting\, and don’t forget our #EroticaElectronica Hashtag! \nDresscode – There is no dresscode. We want you to come to EE in what makes you feel sexy\, not what you think you should wear to come off to others as sexy. Costumes\, Fetish wear\, Onesies\, anything goes – whatever makes you feel hot! We do ask that you keep your downstairs region mostly covered though. \nOTHER CONTRIBUTIONS\n—————————————————\n> Consent Ambassadors’ presence in full effect\n> Rope Bondage suspension rides throughout the night by TBA\n> Elixir Bar by Unity Jun & Chai Love You\n> Chocolates and Reiki by TBA\n> Snuggle Zone and Dance Cage by the EE deco Pixies \nTIMELINES & DETAILS\n—————————————————\n10:00 – 11:00 – Khan\n11:00 – 11:30 – Lushious Prrrformances\n11:30 – 12:30 – AppleCat\n11:45 – Fire Show\n12:30 – 1:00 – Lushious Prrrformances\n1:00 – 2:30 – Widow\n1:00 – Aerial Hoop Performance\n2:30 – 4:00 – Entelechy \n18+\nAlcohol and Asshole free zone. No exceptions. \nErotica Electronica takes place on the unceded Coast Salish territories*. Please take the time to acknowledge and respect the first peoples and the land of which we dance upon \nThis is an LGBTQA inclusive\, all race & gender inclusive\, all walks of life\, all peoples and creatures inclusive event. \n*The term Coast Salish is used to encompass a number of Indigenous peoples\, including Esquimalt\, Hul’qumi’num\, Klahoose\, Lekwungen (Songhees)\, MALAXEt\, Musqueam\, OStlq’emeylem\, Pentlatch\, Scia’new (Beecher Bay)\, Sliammon\, Shishalh\, Skxwú7mesh-ulh Úxwumixw\, Stó:lo\, Straits\, Tsleil-Waututh\, T’Sou-ke\, SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin\, Tsartlip\, Tsawout\, Tseycum)\, and Xwemalhkwu. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/erotica-electronica/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20121124-erotica-2-al-401.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T163000 DTSTAMP:20190512T233039Z CREATED:20190502T025028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190512T233039Z UID:19011-1558875600-1558888200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Consent Matters DESCRIPTION:  \nWHAT IS CONSENT?\nConsent is a coherent mutual physical\, spiritual\, emotional\, & verbal agreement made without any coercion between people. The truth is\, we are all practicing consent in our daily lives\, in almost every moment: \n  \n“You have something in your hair\, can I get it out for you?”\n“Would you like a glass of water?”\n“Do you need a ride to the store? I would love to drive!”\n“Do you want a hug?” \n  \nConsent is just a broad term that encompasses willing agreements between people to engage in any given activity. Consent is a crucial ingredient in all healthy interactions and relationships. Through practicing consent\, you can understand someones desires and needs as well as communicate your own. \nOver the past couple of years\, we have started emphasizing the importance of interpersonal & intimate consent more than ever before in western history. But what often gets left out of these discussions is how exactly you go about the business of obtaining and providing consent in real-life situations. \nWe’re very excited to offer this two-part afternoon to support our whole community in evolving our collective consent language and integration\, allowing us to build more safety\, trust and connection at events\, on dance floors\, on a date… perhaps even in the bedroom. 🙂 \n  \nPART 1: #ConsentMatters 101\n1:00PM-2:30PM | Pay What You Can\nCome learn the nuances of what enthusiastic consent is through this interactive workshop. Consent on the dance floor all the way to a long term relationship: What does healthy consent feel like? Come learn the spunky side of consent to have more meaningful connections in your life! \nPART 2: #ConsentMatters Ambassador Training\n3:00PM-4:30PM | Sliding Scale: $20-$40\nTaking off from completing the 101 workshop\, you will receive a deeper comprehensive training on how to support consent culture in your life\, in your communities\, and at events. Learn skills\, tools\, and resources on how to create a safer space. \n  \nWHY THIS MATTERS?\n\nConsent Matters because it can not only lessen harm done to each other\, it can provide you with more connection and pleasure in your life. \nWHAT WE’LL TEACH YOU: \nWe will teach you the nuances of enthusiastic consent. Looking at how you cultivate meaningful connections and practice communication needed to support those connections. Delving into ways we can identify desire within ourselves and others. \nWHERE MIGHT YOU USE THIS?\nYou can use this in your life\, both personally and community focused. This can empower your friendships\, romantic partnerships\, safer spaces at events\, and even shift your workplace into a healthier environment. \nWHO IS THIS FOR? \nThis is for anyone who wants more connection and pleasure in their life. This is for people who want to grow out of the normal society treatment of each other\, and be more excited to be your genuine self. \n  \nWHO IS TANILLE?\n\nTanille Geib is a Lover of Humans\, and the facilitator of our workshops! She is an intimacy coach\, sexual health facilitator & curriculum developer\, advocate\, community leader\, creative producer\, and artist. Currently she is known as Victoria’s Consent Captain where she supports events to create safer spaces and educate communities on the nuances of consent. To find out more about her work\, passions\, and upcoming events check out her website:\nhttp://www.tanillegeib.ca \n  \nTHE REMAINING DETAILS?\n\nHosted at Sunset Labs | 400 Herald St\n1:00PM-4:30PM | Sunday May 26th\nPART1: $ Pay What You Can\nPART2: $20-$40 sliding scale\nRSVP required: info@sunsetlabs.ca \n* This is an LGBTQA+ inclusive\, all race\, age\, & gender inclusive\, all walks of life\, all peoples inclusive event. \n* Sunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Please take the time to acknowledge and respect the first peoples and the land of which we dance upon URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/consent-matters/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/consent-matters-1920x1005.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T030000 DTSTAMP:20260814T215647Z CREATED:20190427T044521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T215647Z UID:18986-1558818000-1558839600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:A Ruby Affair DESCRIPTION:  \nWe invite you to come and celebrate Ruby’s Birthday!\nAmazing burlesque followed by dancing with DJs Adham Shaikh\, Ry Guy & Khan \nBurlesque performances by:\nMisty Moss\nEddi Licious\nRuby Raqs (our birthday girl!)\nDivine Intervention\nRobin Wood\nUkee Lulu\nHosted by the one and only… DAME VULVAYNA! \nTickets ON SALE NOW!\n \n \n  \nMore about our Headliner:\nAdham Shaikh is an Emmy and Juno Award-nominated music producer\, composer\, sound designer\, and DJ who brings his uniquely powerful global sounds to the world stage and screen\, not to mention many a crowded dance floor. \nAdham has scored original soundtracks for numerous film and television productions\, including National Geographic (Emmy nomination) \, Sacred Planet (Disney Imax)\, Velcrow Ripper’s Fierce Light (National Film Board\, Fierce Light Films)\, Rainbow Jaguars’ Earth Pilgrim\, Word Love (Avanti Pictures)\, Getting Married (TVO)\, and Secrets: A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Sexual Revolution (CBC’s Passionate Eye\, Make Believe Media)\, for which he received a Leo Award for Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program. His music has also been licensed to an extensive list of media productions\, including BBC Orphan BlacK \, Suzuki Speaks (Avanti Pictures). Look out for his latest original work on the upcoming television series The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years (Knowledge). \nAs a music producer and composer\nShaikh skillfully weaves organic and electronic sounds into global music tapestries that take listeners on sonic journeys transcending time and place. He has released 14 albums and many individual compositions\, among them the 2004 release\, Fusion\, which was nominated for a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) in the World Music category and Universal Frequencies (2010) which won best album ( BC Independent Music awards) Music labels from around the globe have released his music\, including BlackSwann Sounds Interchill\, Dakini Records\, Electronic Soundscapes\, Liquid Sound Design\, Native State\, One World Music\, Water Music\, Nia\, Sounds True\, Stoned Asia\, and the infamous Six Degrees. Recently\, Shaikh co-produced and mixed the award-winning debut CD for global fusion group Delhi 2 Dublin\, Produced the new Buckman Coe album and has finished re-mixing tracks for internationally renowned world fusion artists Nickodemus\, Deya Dova\, Kaya Project\, Tripswitch and David Starfire. Shaikh has most recently completed remixes for Delhi2Dublin\, Deset Dwellers\, Juno nominated arttist Eccodeck\, Issa Bagayogo\, Ganga Giri \, and the Footsteps in Africa Project (Turag remix) \nShaikh’s work as both a live performer and a DJ has taken him to international festivals\, events\, and night clubs\, including the Waveform Festival (UK)\, Envision Festival (Costa Rica)\, Water Women Festival (Ecuador) Samothraki Dance Festival (Greece)\, Dakini Nights (Tokyo)\, Luminate (New Zealand)\, The Maori Peace Festival at Parihaka (New Zealand)\, Hadra Trance (France)\, Goulash Disko Festival (Croatia) and Boom Festival (Portugal). He has toured extensively across North America\, \nHighlights include headlining sets at The Royal Ontario Museum\, Basscoast Festival\, Shambhala Festival\, Lightning in a Bottle\,(ca)\, Beloved Festival (Or)\, Symbiosis(ca)\, Raindance (ca)\, SonicBloom (co)\, Meme (Winnipeg) Astral Harvest (AB) and Snowblower Festival (Calgary) From Folk and Jazz Festivals to premier electronic festivals and clubs\, adham brings the show and the heat for any occasion \nhttps://sonicturtle.bandcamp.com/\n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/a-ruby-affair/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/event-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T213000 DTSTAMP:20190523T041346Z CREATED:20190213T210020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190523T041346Z UID:17290-1558463400-1558474200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Access to Entrepreneurship DESCRIPTION:What exactly is “entrepreneurship”? Who is it for?\nWho *can* it be for? And how can it be used to build thriving\, diverse communities? \nJoin Community Micro Lending for a moderated conversation exploring how cultivating entrepreneurship can be directed to overcoming inequality and nurturing resilience. \n  \n\nOUR EXPERT PANELISTS\nPaola Qualizza\nManaging Director\, Co-founder of Groundswell Social Ventures\nPaola Qualizza is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Groundswell Social Ventures\, an alternative business school in Vancouver\, BC. Driven by a commitment to growing equity and the common good\, she is a strong believer in the power of relocalization and an entrepreneurial spirit (AKA creativity and action) to create a regenerative\, people-first economy. \nPaola co-founded a Vancouver community currency called Seedstock in 2012\, and was co-director of the second annual Living the New Economy Convergence in 2013. A regular panelist and speaker on topics of economic change and community building\, Paola has been Chair of the Vancouver Public Space Network since 2015 and sits on several City of Vancouver Civic Committees where she advocates for social justice\, inclusivity\, and a more fun urban experience. \nWe are very excited to welcome Paola as a panelist and to hear more about her work with people who are mobilizing the possibilities of alternative economies and building the better world we all know is possible. \nAbout Groundswell: Groundswell is an alternative business school where young ideas and budding social entrepreneurs connect and flourish based in Vancouver\, BC. Learn more at www.groundswellcommunity.ca. \n  \nVictoria Pruden\nExecutive Director of the Bridges for Women\nExecutive Director of the Bridges for Women Society\, Victoria Pruden is provincially and nationally recognized as a leader in trauma-informed programs for women impacted by violence\, abuse\, crime and neglect. She has extensive experience working for not-for-profit agencies\, and with Metis and First Nations communities and we look forward to bring her depth of experience to this conversation. \nAbout Bridges: The Bridges for Women Society provides connections for the creation of trauma-informed Women’s programs at the community level\, as well as professional development workshops for communities\, individuals and staff teams on the Impacts of Trauma and Abuse on Employability. Community Micro Lending is honoured to count Bridges for Women as a self-employment program partner\, co-delivering self-employment training and coaching to its clients in a supportive setting. \n  \nKarrie Hill\nChef and Founder of Deadbeetz Food Truck\nWe’re very excited to feature a member of the CML entrepreneur community at this event\, Chef Karrie Hill\, co-owner and operator of Deadbeetz Food Trucks. Karrie combined twenty years of experience in the kitchen with her love of zombies and beets to launch one of Victoria’s most popular food trucks. \nKarrie received a $5\,000 loan from CML in May of 2013 to complete the construction of her first food truck and a second loan a few years later to launch her second. \nThe Deadbeetz Trucks are now a fixture in the Victoria Food Truck community and can be found behind the Royal BC Museum and at festivals and markets across the south island. Karrie has apprenticed employees and helped them into BC Apprenticeship programs for cooking. She has also done part time work with the culinary program at Stelly’s Secondary School\, helping students who plan to enter the culinary program at Camosun after graduation. “(Community Micro Lending) made a difference in helping me start and run my own business allowing me to contribute to my community with my skill set”. \n  \n  \n\nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!:\nJoin us in person at Sunset Labs!\n400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village) | Limited seating so RSVP is required.\nGet your FREE ticket to attend this event in person\, here: HERE! \n  \nJoin us online via Stream of Consciousness!\nCan’t join us in person? We’ve got you covered! We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.\nGet your FREE digital ticket to attend this via livestream\, HERE!\n  \n\n  \nA 2020 VISION PROJECT\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months. 1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness media grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \nWe’ve gifted 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world. \nTo learn more about the 2020 Vision project and see the other events that our local grant recipients have and are producing\, click here! \n\nThe Community Micro Lending Society is based on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking people\, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations and respectfully acknowledge that this is where this event will take place. \nAccessibility information: the venue is wheelchair accessible. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-cml/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Community-Micro-Lending.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190511T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190512T000000 DTSTAMP:20190501T182340Z CREATED:20190501T181651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190501T182340Z UID:19003-1557605700-1557619200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Salsa Caliente DESCRIPTION: \nJoin us for the grand opening at the new home of Caliente Salsa Saturdays- now the 2nd Saturday of every month!!! \nWe are excited to bring you dancing the 2nd Saturday of every month at an all ages\, waterfront venue right in the heart of downtown\, with a full nightclub sound & lighting system and a wooden dance floor!!!!! \n  \n8:15 pm Doors open\nSalsa Caliente’s team will be there to greet you. \n  \n8:30pm Salsa lesson\nTaught by certified instructor and World Salsa Open Judge\, Christina Morrison. No experience or partner is necessary as we rotate partners throughout the lesson so you will already know a LOT of people by the time the dancing begins. To find out more about your instructor see http://calientedance.com/about-us/ \n  \n9:30- midnight\nDancing to Salsa\, Bachata\, Merengue\, Cha Cha Cha and more to the music of the DJ Christina. Christina hosts the weekly Salsa Del Barrio Radio and has DJ’d at the Puerto Rico\, Washington DC\, Portland\, and Vancouver Salsa Congresses\, as well as on the All- Star Salsa Cruise and at the Women of Salsa Festival. \n \nAll ages welcome. CASH ONLY.\n$12.00 per person or $10 with student ID.\nTickets available at the door \nASK ABOUT OUR VIP DISCOUNT & BOOKING OUR VIP TABLE FOR YOUR PARTY!\nThere will be a small non-alcoholic concession available as a fundraiser for the teams. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/salsa-caliente/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/iSalsa-banner-JG-1920x1005.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Salsa Caliente":MAILTO:info@calientedance.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190507T210000 DTSTAMP:20190504T170858Z CREATED:20190401T183205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T170858Z UID:18891-1557253800-1557262800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Ready or Not - Aging out of Care DESCRIPTION:Join us for a facilitated panel discussion focused on the issue of youth aging out of care. \nThe event will bring together advocates\, researchers\, people with lived experience\, and community leaders from the youth sector who will give brief presentations from their experience as well as participate in a facilitated panel discussion. \nThrough this discussion\, we hope to inform our community on the recommendations and solutions researchers and advocates encourage\, that will bring positive changes to our system and for youth aging out of care. \nEXPERT PANELISTS\nKelly Roth: Executive Director of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness\nDylan Cohen: Advocate\nMaureen Palmer: Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker\nDoug Magnuson: Associate Professor\, School of Child and Youth Care\nApril Feduniw: Team Leader at Ministry of Family and Child Development \n \n  \n JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-ths/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/threshold-featured-image-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190504T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190504T153000 DTSTAMP:20190504T164120Z CREATED:20190213T201312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T164120Z UID:17259-1556962200-1556983800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Singing English Level 1 and 2 Training DESCRIPTION:This training is for you if you are an ECE\, K-Grade 2 classroom teacher\, learning support or education assistant or work with children learning English as another language. Come learn how to create strong foundations for reading & writing success and inclusive and supportive learning communities! \nSinging English Song-Games creates an authentic\, inclusive learning environment where children feel safe to explore language without even realizing they are learning and creating foundations for reading and writing success! \n  \nTRAINING DATES:\nSinging English Level 1: May 4\, 2019 from 9:30am – 3:30pm PST.\nSinging English Level 2: November 2\, 2019 9:30am – 3:30pm PST. \n  \nIn the Level 1 Training\, participants will learn:\nPowerful tools\, techniques and easy to implement activities for using song-games to create a strong foundation for reading\, writing\, and speaking success. All activities can be used with children of all abilities and create a fun and inclusive learning environment. \n  \nIn the Level 2 Training\, participants will learn:\nA deeper understanding of the connection between song- games and development of literacy skills. Sound to Symbol techniques such as song-maps\, tapping & song-dotting. Developmentally appropriate language and literacy activities that are easy to implement both indoors and outdoors. \n  \nIn both trainings\, participants can follow along in the workbook provided\, where you will have illustrated support materials for the song-games and activities being introduced throughout the day. By watching and participating from home\, you will learn easy to use song-games and techniques that will enhance your current language arts program. \n  \nIn Person Registration information can be found
 HERE\n  \nOTHER REGISTRATION OPTIONS:\nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. With both our individual ticket and our group digital ticket\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nDIGITAL TICKET INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND HERE\n! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/singing-english/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kids-clapping-together.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T213000 DTSTAMP:20190409T070104Z CREATED:20190213T211433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T070104Z UID:17295-1555614000-1555623000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Raincoast Conservation Foundation DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Future of Killer Whale Recovery\nWith the Southern Resident population now at only 75 individuals\, their survival is clearly threatened under current conditions. Additional noise from vessel traffic\, further reductions in food availability\, or random events such as disease and oil spills would significantly increase their risk of extinction. Our research has helped to outline the viability of this population\, given existing threats and those on the horizon. The same research also outlines that we can put them on a path to recovery if we take necessary action. \nHosted by Bob McDonald\, host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks\, this evening will discuss possibilities for recovery of critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. \nFrom fisheries closures and feeding refuges free from fishing and whale watching\, to closure of marine commercial and recreational fisheries and noise reductions from commercial vessels\, recovery measures are controversial. \nEXPERT PANELISTS\nMisty MacDuffee: Wild Salmon Program Director\, Raincoast Conservation Foundation \nMisty has been working on salmon conservation as a biologist for over 20 years. For more than a decade she has led Raincoast’s efforts to protect to protect the Southern Residents. As well as a publishing critical research on both wild salmon and killer whales\, Misty works with government and industry on fisheries reform and sits on various technical committees focused on wild salmon and killer whale conservation. \nDr. Peter S. Ross: Vice-President of Research at Ocean Wise\nPeter currently oversees eight research programs at Ocean Wise that deliver conservation science to the international community. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria. He served as a Research Scientist with the Canadian government between 1996 and 2013. He is an international authority in the area of ocean pollution\, having published over 150 scientific articles\, with a focus on the source\, transport\, fate and effects of priority pollutants. He discovered the region’s killer whales to be the most ‘contaminated marine mammals in the world’ in a groundbreaking study in the year 2000\, and more recently reported on the widespread distribution of microplastics in the NE Pacific Ocean. \nMichael Jasny: Director of Marine Mammal Protection\, Natural Resources Defence Council\nMichael is a widely published expert on the law and policy of ocean noise pollution. For over ten years\, he has directed high-profile litigation\, lobbying efforts\, science-based policy development\, and public advocacy to improve the regulation of this emergent global problem. His work also focuses on securing protection for endangered marine mammals and their habitat\, opposing development projects that threaten marine mammals off the U.S. and Canadian coastlines\, and improving management of fisheries\, whale-watching tourism\, and other sectors that impact these vulnerable species. \nGET YOUR IN PERSON TICKET TO THIS EVENT HERE! \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-rcf/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Raincoast-Conservation.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190319T213000 DTSTAMP:20190329T040149Z CREATED:20190213T203335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190329T040149Z UID:17279-1553020200-1553031000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Democracy & its Futures DESCRIPTION:While democratic ideals rest on the principle of free and equitable public dialogue and deliberation\, contemporary Western democracies are experiencing deepening divisions and growing non-engagement in the public sphere amidst massive disinformation\, in particular in social media. \nThis\, as the world stands at the nexus of intensifying and intertwining crises of democratic\, social\, ecological\, economic and earth systems. The panel discussion will address the conditions under which civic dialogue and democratic deliberation can be effective. \nWhat forms should and could public debates take? \nWhat role can academia and the media play in facilitating and reviving processes of public deliberation as a cornerstone of democratic practice? \nThis event addresses the issues of Democracy and its Futures through a multilogue between experts from academia\, media\, and civil society. \nGET YOUR FREE TICKET TO THIS EVENT HERE! \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! \nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-cfgs/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Oliver-Schmidtke-HIGH-RES.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190202T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190203T040000 DTSTAMP:20190113T120319Z CREATED:20190113T120319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190113T120319Z UID:17032-1549137600-1549166400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Erotica Electronica XXI DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/erotica-electronica-xxi/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190127T200000 DTSTAMP:20260814T215647Z CREATED:20190113T114155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T215647Z UID:17029-1548532800-1548619200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:On The Cusp 2019 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/on-the-cusp-2019/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-12-at-7.40.34-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181125T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260815T000819Z CREATED:20181118T121954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T000819Z UID:16981-1543132800-1543154400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Sound System Sunday DESCRIPTION:Hey\, \nWe want start a thing and we would love your help.\nWe’re going to set the stage on select Sundays\, to inspire more Local Sound System Culture. Contribute more Conscious Music as Medicine ~ Bass as Therapy ~ to the community. Add organic chocolate\, ital eats\, and yoga. We feel so honoured to have Jason host us at the Sunset Labs\, in my opinion the most radically diverse\, culturally rich venue of its kind in the city… not to mention PK SOUND! \nJust TREASURED to have a few vinyl cats in the arsenal for this last minute LAUNCH and tickled by the prospect of the DEEP BASS rumbles the VINYL will reveal when they get a chance to spin REEEAAL. \nProgram: \nARRIVAL\n4:00 Doors\n4:20 Opening Chant \nINTO THE TEMPLE w/ the Church of Reggae Yoga\n4:30-5:30 Reggae Yoga [limited to 25 so reserve spot asap]\n5:30-6:30 Soul shakedown reggae dance party with DJ Monkey Tree\n6:30-7:20 FOOD + Monkey Tree Rocksteady\, Lover’s Rock\, Dub\, Soul Hip-Hop \nPARTY [all vinyl]\n7:30-8:30 ColtCuts\n8:30-10:00 Shuka \nAdvanced Contribution: \nFull evening: $15 [$20 at door]\nChurch of Reggae Yoga only: $10 [$15 at door]\nMusic only: $10 [$15 at door] \nThis is a culture event. Donations accepted.\nNo one turned away for genuine lack of funds. \nPresale Tickets:\nemail transfer gelatotree@gmail.com\nkeep receipt\, bring ID\, name will be at the door. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/sound-system-sunday/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/speakers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181123T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181124T040000 DTSTAMP:20181118T120609Z CREATED:20181118T113252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T120609Z UID:16966-1543010400-1543032000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Temple Edition 4 DESCRIPTION:Temple is about coming together in ceremony to celebrate all that is dark and strange. It’s about bringing together a community of artists and creative peoples to share their gifts and their work in an environment that is free from normal expectations around how we express ourselves\, how we interact\, how we dance\, and how we play.  \nThis is our fourth Temple and its our biggest one yet. Join us as we get weird to some deep bass into the wee hours of the morning. Featuring vendors\, dancers\, an interactive art station\, some crazy ass projection visuals\, and binaural beats to start the evening. \nLINEUP:\nHeadliner: Sleeper\nOpening Acts: Ciscles\, Bishop\, Sporradik\nClosing: Bad Rabbit\n\nTICKETS:\n15$ Xtra Early Bird – SOLD OUT\n20$ advance / 25$ door \n3 Ways To Get Them:\n1) you etransfer 20$ to dubversifiedculture@gmail.com \nincluding name and number of tickets\, and using the following Q&A:\nQuestion? What is the first name of the production company\nAnswer: dubversified \n2) You go on Eventbrite by going on this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/temple-edition-4-tickets-52170398065 \n3) You buy a hardcopy from someone on this list:\nGabriel Bettey / Tera Starseed Greene / Cole Slatt / Trampis Hogg / Jessamy Fox / Julie Rachel Erhart / Vanessa Taylor \nThis is an 18+ event\, no alcohol will be sold on premises.\n\nFAQs\nAre there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?\nIt’s an 18+ Show\, we accept minors because we do not sell alcohol. \nDo I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?\nNo\, your name will be on a list at the gate. \nIs it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn’t match the person who attends?\nThe person who made the purchase online needs to be beside you\, otherwise you have to make the purchase yourself.\n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2018-dubversified-temple4/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/c71ece37995b60875c8aab0ca9635dd1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T191500 DTSTAMP:20181118T112235Z CREATED:20181118T111617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T112235Z UID:16961-1542733200-1542741300@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Physical Activity for All DESCRIPTION:Join BC Healthy Communities on November 20 for a live province-wide event featuring thought leaders and innovators in conversation about the planning and policy approaches communities can use to ensure healthy communities for all.\nThe evening will be led by a panel of experts sharing strategies around ensuring equitable access to opportunities for physical activity\, and methods that can help develop stronger evidence-based policies for improving health in our communities. \nThis event invites local government officials\, planners\, and recreation programmers\, as well as health authority staff and physical activity researchers\, to learn about the tools and approaches they can use to ensure everyone in our communities can be physically active. \nEvent Details:Tuesday\, November 205:30-7:15pm (Doors for in-person event at 5pm)\n\nModerator\nJudy Brownoff – President & Chair\, BC Healthy Communities Society\, Munipal Council member\, District of Saanich\nFeatured Speakers\nShannon Clarke\, MPH – Community Well-being Specialist\, BC Healthy Communities: Applying an equity lens to Active Communities Initiatives\nPJ Naylor\, PhD – Professor\, Graduate Advisor\, School of Exercise Science\, Physical and Health Education\,University of Victoria\nAme-Lia Tamburrini\, MSc – Senior Manager of Physical Activity\, Healthy Living and Health Promotion Branch\, Population and Public Health Division\, Ministry of Health\n\n\nJoin us In Person in Victoria\nIf you’d like to join us in person for this event\, please RSVP below. Tickets are limited; we will be accepting donations at the door.\nJoin Online\nIf you can’t join us for the live event\, we’re very excited to share that this event will be livestreamed so you can join us online from wherever you are! Register for the livestream at the Stream of Consciousness website. \nPresented by BC Healthy Communities Society through its PlanH program with the generous assistance of a Stream of Consciousness 2020 Vision Grant.\n\n\n\nFor more information contact bchc@bchealthycommunities.ca URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/bc-healthy-communities-2020/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/e76823cd55873cd88689e2c89fa6ad08.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181107T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181107T104500 DTSTAMP:20181118T124406Z CREATED:20181118T124406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T124406Z UID:16992-1541579400-1541587500@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Reflections on Reconciliation DESCRIPTION:For this sharing session\, Indigenous Perspectives Society is pleased to bring together speakers\, performance artists\, and screen a short film to explore key efforts in response to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We are fortunate to host “Perspectives To Action” on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples. \n*You can attend this event in person or live stream from anywhere! Information below.* \nFEATURED SPEAKERS: \nEddy Charlie\, co-organizer of Victoria’s Orange Shirt Day with Kristen Spray\, speaking about residential school\nDr. Jane Dickson\, Law Professor at Carlton University and Instructor at Indigenous Perspectives Society\, speaking about the Justice system and the Gladue Process. \nWe are also pleased to present:\nRachelle Dallaire\, Executive Director of Indigenous Perspectives Society\nCharlie Batchelor\, Indigenous Perspective Society’s Youth Representative \nDance and Musical Performances:\nEddi Wilson\, Two Spirit performance artist\nAurora Finkle\, musician \nFilm:\nA Short Film featuring Laurie McDonald\, Two Spirit Elder and Instructor at Indigenous Perspectives Society \nSunset Labs venue is ground level and wheel chair accessible. There are gender neutral bathrooms. There are no flashing lights during any of the performances. The video component does not have closed captioning. \nTWO WAYS TO JOIN US! \nHOSTED LIVE AT SUNSET LABS!:\nIn Victoria and want to join us in person? The live event will be held at Sunset Labs: 400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village). Register for “Perspectives to Action: Stream of Consciousness Event” and purchase your ticket here: https://ipsregistration.ca/\n(under Training and Workshops)\nNOTE: There are reserved FREE tickets for youth up to 18 years old. Contact us at Kellyl@ipsociety.ca to reserve youth tickets. \nALSO AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM!:\nCan’t join us in person? We’ll be hosting a digital ticket of this event via Stream of Consciousness. DIGITAL tickets & details are here!: \nIndigenous Perspectives Society \n \nABOUT INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES SOCIETY \nOUR PURPOSE\nTo advance education\, knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures and practices with Indigenous Peoples and for individuals and organizations in the public\, private and non-profit sectors working with and serving Indigenous Peoples. \nOUR VISION\nThe Indigenous Perspectives Society’s vision is to strengthen the lives and contribute to the self-determination of Indigenous peoples through culturally relevant training. \nOUR MISSION\nOur mission is to provide culturally relevant training\, research\, and policy that advances and strengthens the lives of Indigenous peoples. \nOUR VALUES\nOur WAY OF BEING as an organization is defined and enriched by the diverse cultures of Aboriginal peoples. In all that we do\, we will:\n– Honour the right to self-determination of all Aboriginal people.\n– Demonstrate courage through innovative and sustainable growth that is culturally grounded.\n– Honour the wisdom and contribution of each person and organization with whom we interact.\n– Continually challenge ourselves to the highest level of learning and performance.\n– Demonstrate accountability\, transparency and respect. \nVISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE: \nHome Page \n \nABOUT THE 2020 VISION PROJECT:\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months.1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \n“We are gifting 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world.” \nFor more details on the program\, visit: \n2020 Vision URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-indigenous-perspectives/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Concert / Performance,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181107-Indigenous-Perspectives-1439.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181010T130000 DTSTAMP:20181118T173524Z CREATED:20181010T112611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T173524Z UID:16986-1539169200-1539176400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Future of Our Food DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of sharing stories directly from the teachers\, parents\, and students impacted from their involvement in the Farm Education Program offered by Growing Young Farmers Society (GYFS). \nGYFS brings organic farming education right into school gardens all around Victoria and the Capital Region to rekindle organic farm knowledge in the youth of today and increase the number of farmers and available local organic food in our region. \nFarm Education in schools is playing a critical role in building long term food security and food quality for the present and future of Southern Vancouver Island. With a dwindling of local farming in recent generations\, come learn how your school can become part of this program that has so many benefits far beyond the act of farming. \nJoshua Wagler of Edible Landscapes Design\, a local edible landscaping design firm who works closely with Growing Young Farmers\, will be our host\, guiding our evening through the powerful stories of food and farm education. \nDoors open at 6 pm\nLIVESTREAM starts at 6:30 pm. \nABOUT OUR HOST\, JOSHUA WAGLER: \nJoshua is passionate about bringing the wisdom of Nature into human development. He has travelled the world studying Globalization and Sustainability of Cities\, and graduated with an Urban Studies Degree from the University of Calgary in 2010. Upon returning to Canada\, he began seeking practical solutions to the challenges he witnessed in the mega-cities of Pacific Asia. \nThis quest lead him on a solo pilgrimage into the Rocky Mountains\, and eventually back into the city\, where he began studying permaculture design\, food forestry\, and urban placemaking. Here he learned and worked alongside experts in these fields\, including Mark Lakeman\, Richard Walker\, Javan Bernakevitch\, and Brandon Bauer. Upon completing a business development course with Ethos Career Management Group\, he spearheaded the corporate launch of Edible Landscapes Design Ltd with Nick Poeta and Marc DeMontigny. \nSince then he has co-created numerous edible forest gardens\, workshops\, and educational events. He thrives in teaching\, sharing the magic of food forestry\, artistic design\, and bridging the needs of diverse interest groups. Along with sitting on the board of the business as President & VP Marketing\, Joshua acts as one the firm’s main Edible Landscape Designers and Consultants. \nTWO WAYS TO JOIN US! \nHOSTED LIVE AT SUNSET LABS!:\nIn Victoria and want to join us in person? The live event will be held at Sunset Labs: 400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village). Register for IN PERSON tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-young-farmers-on-vancouver-island-the-future-of-our-food-tickets-50023912870 \nALSO AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM!:\nCan’t join us in person? We’ll be hosting a digital ticket of this event via Stream of Consciousness. DIGITAL tickets & details are here!: \nGrowing Young Farmers Society \n \nABOUT GROWING YOUNG FARMERS SOCIETY: \nWHAT WE DO\nThe Growing Young Farmers School Program is suitable for learners of all ages and abilities\, from preschoolers to high school students. We combine theoretical teaching in the classroom\, with hands on practical learning in gardens located on school grounds or nearby. Our program emphasizes the importance of local\, organic\, sustainable food sources and teaches children and youth how to grow healthy produce – and encourages them to share their knowledge with their families and community. In addition to our in-school program\, GYFS also runs summer camps! \nWHY WE DO IT\nThe lessons we teach address a variety of issues concerning all of us today. As parents\, we talk about healthy eating to our children\, but do they really understand what that even means? By introducing them to growing food\, they are more aware of what they are consuming\, where it is coming from\, and how it is impacting the environment. By learning how to grow food\, students can also play an active role in increasing our island’s sustainability and decreasing our dependence on imported food sources. \nFor more information about Growing Young Farmer Society\, check out their website:\nhttp://www.growingyoungfarmers.ca/ \nABOUT THE 2020 VISION PROJECT:\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months.1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \n“We are gifting 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world.” \nFor more details on the program\, visit: \n2020 Vision URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-growing-young-farmers/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GYF-youtube-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180421T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180422T030000 DTSTAMP:20190209T214200Z CREATED:20180402T040041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190209T214200Z UID:16798-1524344400-1524366000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Return to the Silk Road DESCRIPTION:Beheshto Productions is proud to present a night of Middle Eastern-themed music and live belly dance performances. \nPresales $20 | $25 at the door. \nCome dance to a hand-picked roster of DJs who play an infectiously danceable fusion of ancient Middle Eastern sounds with modern house\, techno\, and trance music. \nHouse :: Progressive :: Ethnic :: Trance :: Techno \nFEATURED DJS: \n:: AFK :: 2-3AM\n:Pacific Front Recordings:\nFor the last 20 years\, Davin Greenwell\, otherwise known as AFK\, has been pushing the progressive sound. Davin has been heavily involved in the West Coast electronic music scene through many years of community and FM radio\, club and events promotion\, and now most prominently with Pacific Front Recordings (PFR)—a music label he operates with Justin Humber\, aka Formulate. His performances\, once under the name ‘ariz0na’\, have been regarded as legendary by many. \nRecording as AFK has seen Davin release many progressive tracks on his home label\, Pacific Front Recordings; he has also ventured to remix for other labels as well. His collaborations with Anand Greenwell (Tiebreaker) and Dustin H (Seismic) have been very well received. Davin has been remixed by names such as Stefan Anion\, Powerplant\, Shiloh\, Steve May\, Dumb Dan\, Jacob Todd\, Dustin H\, Jarius Miller\, Fractal\, Seed\, Phokus\, Desert Dwellers\, Blake Jarrell\, Matt Rowan\, Jeff Devas\, Influenza\, Micah\, Formulate\, Jaytech\, c79\, His Boy Elroy and more. In addition to the Pacific Front releases\, he has released music on Proton Music\, collaborated with Dustin H for a release on Emote Music\, done remix work for the Los Angeles label Ritual Sounds\, and put a release out on Inaspace Recordings UK under the guise of Royal Assassin with Thor Kell (aka Fractal). Davin’s music has extended globally\, and can be heard in forward-thinking clubs all over the world with support from DJs like Sasha and John Digweed\, Armin Van Buuren\, Dale Anderson\, Anthony Pappa\, Hybrid\, Luke Chable\, and many more. \nsoundcloud.com/afk \n:: SUFIK vs KHAN :: 12:15-2AM\n:Beheshto Productions:\nKhan and Sufik have been co-conspirators on building dancefloors as event producers and DJs since their initial founding vision in 2003. They harness with intention the sound of their ancestor’s Middle Eastern Sufi mysticism\, through the marriage of modern house music and captivating traditional Middle Eastern sounds to take dancers on a journey of transcendence. Over the years\, they have produced dozens of outdoor music festivals\, and have brought their unique sound to countless dance floors. \nsoundcloud.com/khan\nsoundcloud.com/sufik \n:: ROWAN :: 10:30-Midnight\n:Sublime Events:\nCo-producer of Sublime Events\, Rowan has been evolving his dancefloor expression over the past several years. He is currently grooving to high vibration\, heart-lifting\, soul-filled dance music. His DJ sets explore deep house\, techno\, and many sub-genres in between. Always combined with organic instruments and vocals laced with soul and sophistication\, Rowan’s mixing and programming create engaging and ecstatic performances wherever he plays. \nfacebook.com/djrowansentesy/\nmixcloud.com/rowansentesy/ \n:: ATASH :: 3-4AM\n:Beheshto Productions:\nOriginally from Tehran and born into a family of artists\, Shadi Jianfar aka ATASH has rhythm built into her soul. Love\, Music\, Humanity\, Art\, and Architecture combine to create the syllabus of her journey. For the past 14 years\, ATASH has been a member of Beheshto Productions—a solid group of artists organizing music festivals in B.C. Her Beheshto family has deeply influenced her rebirth as ATASH. She has been behind the decks since 2008. From tribal progressive to hard techno to tribal trance\, she delivers a journey to a higher state of vibration. Her fearless basslines blended within soul-searching melodies and tribal rhythms raise the energy of the dancefloor to its peak. Dark and pulsing\, she weaves emotions deep into the texture of the moment and awakens the core of her audience. \nmixcloud.com/Atash \nFEATURING DANCERS: \n:: NATH KEO ::\n:Sacred Centre Dance:\nCreative director and founder of Sacred Centre Dance\, Nath was born in Kav Lan Refugee Camp on the border of Thailand and Cambodia\, and immigrated to Canada at the age of nine. His work as a writer\, dancer\, singer/songwriter\, and model has been celebrated internationally. This multi-faceted artist has released two music albums\, one book\, and two dance instructional DVDs. In the past eight years\, Nath has performed seven tours in 51 cities with more than 1000 performances. In February 2006\, Nath was ordained as a Bikkhu Theravada Buddhist Monk at Wat Tuol Taong\, Cambodia. In 2008\, he was a featured instructor and performer at the International Belly Dance Conference of Canada. Alongside the legendary Farida Fahmy of Egypt\, he was a judge at the World Belly Dance Championships hosted in Soeul\, South Korea. \nhttp://www.facebook.com/pg/NathKeoDance \n:: REBECCA ::\n:Sacred Centre Dance:\nRebecca is a newcomer to Victoria\, recently moving from Calgary where she studied belly dance with Suzy. She began performing with Suzy and the Asianne Dance Troupe in 2007\, and has danced at weddings\, cultural showcases\, and feature productions. Her love for Middle Eastern dance took her to Egypt\, where she studied with classical Egyptian masters and immersed herself in the culture.\nSince moving to Victoria\, Rebecca has joined Sacred Centre Dance\, and has performed locally while preparing for an upcoming performance in Fall 2018. A passionate dancer\, her charming stage presence\, and fun personality are sure to dazzle! \n10:30-12MIDNIGHT: ROWAN\n12:15-2AM: SUFIK VS KHAN\n2-3AM: AFK\n3-4AM: ATASH \n——————————\ncreate :: share :: celebrate\n—————————— URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/return-to-the-silk-road/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/926cb2fc446fedd03e58102b99616c76.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180409T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180409T193000 DTSTAMP:20190214T010200Z CREATED:20180321T065023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T010200Z UID:16790-1523291400-1523302200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Conscious Classroom DESCRIPTION:LIVE 3-HOUR WORKSHOP & BOOK LAUNCH\nHave you felt despair about the teen experience and the state of our schools today?\nDo you wish you knew tools that help teens flower and access their innate curiosity and wisdom?\nAre you ready to learn time-honored techniques that open the heart and make space for the good\, the bad\, and the uncertain? \nWORKSHOP OVERVIEW\nIn this live-streamed training\, Amy Edelstein will take you into the wisdom of her new release The Conscious Classroom. You will learn about a system that has been empowering 4000 teens in the inner city of Philadelphia to calm\, focus\, connect\, and access their deeper intelligence and trust in life. \nToday’s teens face many challenges. Some are familiar. We may remember the tumult of adolescence. But other challenges are new. Our digitized\, globalized world creates pressures for kids that were non-existent even a few short decades ago. \nOut-dated school systems find it hard to keep pace with the times. They don’t have the flexibility to prepare students for a workforce that is rapidly changing. They don’t have time to support kids consumed by anxiety or the memory of trauma. Teachers find themselves faced with classroom challenges they have little training for and even less time to respond to. Sadly\, our kids are experiencing rates of depression and anxiety\, stress and trauma that are rising at an alarming pace. \nBut this workshop is not about problems.\nThis evening is about solutions. \nSolutions that have been tested\, measured\, and demonstrated in the experience of high school students. \nThe Conscious Classroom is an approach\, perspective\, and program that helps us work with reality as it is and improve It is about low-cost\, high-impact tools that have already been making a real difference among 4000 high school students in Philadelphia. \nWhen youth light up with the discovery that they can dial back negative emotions\, that they can hack fear and go beyond self-imposed limitations\, a rush of energy is released that can’t be put back in the bottle. This energy is the passion of youth and the thirst for life. \nIn some teens it is a quiet knowing. In others it’s a shy smile of self-achievement. And for others it is a vulnerability that is as strong as it is soft. As confident as it is loving. When we as parents\, educators\, or mentors witness this transformation\, we feel uplifted. We feel that the future is bright. \nThe Inner Strength System™ empowers teens with the lifelong skills of mindfulness and systemic thinking. As teens learn to calm and focus they are more able to stay on track to realize their academic and personal goals. As they learn how to see their experience in light of the large-scale forces that influence them from within and without – from 300 million years of brain development to 50\,000 years of cultural conditioning – they become fascinated\, rather than overwhelmed\, by their experience. \nIN THIS TRAINING\nIn this live webcast training you will learn some tools that you can practice with your own teens or begin to incorporate into work you already do as a parent\, teacher\, employer\, or guide. You will:\n> Be inspired by the real life successes and stories of teens.\n> Learn foundational mindfulness tools you can use with your teens & for your own stress-relief.\n> Discover the science behind why educating for well-being leads to better academic outcomes and better brain health.\n> Practice exercises that cultivate Love & Kindness. \nAVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM\nNot in Victoria? Or just have your hands full and can’t join us?\nWatch the whole event online via Stream of Consciousness livestream. You can connect with other viewers\, respond to polls\, and ask questions of the speakers! Details and registration are here:\nhttps://streamofconsciousness.ca/event/amy-edelstein-conscious-classroom/ \nABOUT AMY EDELSTEIN\nAmy Edelstein\, educator\, author\, and public speaker is a powerful communicator of ideas and beliefs that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in. She began her own mindfulness practice in 1978 and spent the next few decades in indepth exploration of contemplative and developmental philosophies and facilitating workshops around the world. In 2014\, Amy established the Inner Strength Foundation to support inner city youth with the tools of mindfulness and systemic thinking. Over 4000 teens in the Philadelphia public high school system have benefited from the 3-month training. She is author five books including the new release The Conscious Classroom: the Inner Strength System for transforming the teenage mind. \nhttp://www.InnerStrengthFoundation.net URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-conscious-classroom-workshop-book-launch/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/a8d3c12fb1bc2ebf634f6a404f36deb4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180408T020000 DTSTAMP:20180321T070208Z CREATED:20180321T065030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T070208Z UID:16792-1523131200-1523152800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SaQi :: West Coast Tour 2018 DESCRIPTION:>>> saQi :: WEST COAST TOUR 2018 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/saqi-west-coast-tour-2018/ CATEGORIES:Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/669943abaec904eae89381fd89472999.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T200000 DTSTAMP:20190209T224138Z CREATED:20180302T030028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190209T224138Z UID:16783-1522173600-1522180800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:It's Time To Rethink School :: Launch Event DESCRIPTION:We all want a better future for our youth\, yes?\nJoin us for a deep exploration together as we Rethink School! We believe you’ll want to know what kind of positive change-making is going on in your community. \nIt takes a village to raise a child\, right?\nWell\, we’ve created space for the village to gather. This March 27\, Rethink Thinking is pleased to host the “It’s Time To Rethink School” event. It’s a special evening for people — like you — who lie awake at night thinking about what’s going to happen if we don’t get it together for the kids. \nJoin us for an evening of expanding your mind and an exciting announcement. As a parent\, educator\, or community supporter\, you’ll get to take a peek into the future of education and take your seat at the table. \nTHE PANEL\n———————————————–\nA panel of experts on education\, mental health\, and parenting share their latest insights into education and parenting. LIKE this Facebook event to receive announcements of the panelists. \nPanelists:\n– Jeff Hopkins from http://learningstorm.org/\n– Jillian Roberts from https://familysparks.com/\n– Lisa Tate from http://www.FamilySmart.ca \nWith expert panelists\, a presentation that’ll light your brain on fire\, and a special announcement\, it’s sure be an evening to remember. Not to mention\, this gathering has the potential to shift the landscape of our educational community in Victoria. You don’t want to miss this. \nAVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM (FREE)\n———————————————–\nNot in Victoria? Or just have your hands full and can’t join us?\nWatch the whole event online via Stream of Consciousness livestream. You can connect with other viewers\, respond to polls\, and ask questions of the speakers! Details and registration are here:\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/rethink-school \nWe have a waitlist for the in-person event at Sunset Labs so post on this event if you want a ticket\, if one comes up! \nWHY WE WOULD DO THIS\n———————————————–\nThe research is mounting. We’re seeing a spike in anxiety\, depression and isolation\, and we’ve got a huge number of kids leaving high school — university\, even — without the resilience to handle the constant change and uncertainty of a fast-moving world. And we’ve got some ideas for what to do about it. \nWHO ARE WE\n———————————————–\nRethink Thinking was launched in 2016 by a passionate group of educators\, parents and social entrepreneurs who share a vision of supporting young people to develop the skills needed for today’s era of rapid change and interconnection. Our philosophy and approach is designed to empower youth and support creativity\, innovation and holistic well-being. \n<3 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/its-time-to-rethink-school-launch-event/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/866bcf0214436c8cb0d586b153f703fc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180324T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180325T040000 DTSTAMP:20180904T193606Z CREATED:20190321T065243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180904T193606Z UID:16802-1521921600-1521950400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:We Call it House! DESCRIPTION:We Call it House is a night of music that will pay homage to one of the tried and tested genres of electronic music. From the Chicago house scene in the early 1980’s to contemporary festivals like Shambhala\,Mutek and many more\, house music resinates with those who just wanna dance! We Call it House will bring the best DJ’s/producers that Victoria and Canada has to offer in boogey down – electofunky goodness. We Call it House will bring out the best of house music through genres like Tech\, Funky\, Electro\, Bass\, Disco and many more. This is why We Call it House! \nA Groove Rider Collective event\, in collaboration with Raw Entertainment. \nLINEUP \nJENNAY BADGER\n(Victoria\, BC)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/jennaybadger/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/jennaybadger\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/jennayscott/ \nDJ MARLEE\n(Victoria\,BC)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/marleethedj/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/dj-marlee\nhttp://www.djmarlee.com \nACRANYMPH\n(Fredericton\,NB)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Acranymph/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/acranymph\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/Acranymph \nART OFFICIAL\n(Calgary\, AB)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/artofficialmusic.ca/\nhttp://www.mixcloud.com/artofficialmusic \nTRUST\n(Victoria\,BC)\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1FARxy-U7uz2vzgS7RNOOVbHm1tM7BJ6D/view \nKEHX\n(Victoria\,BC)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Kehx-163485980381886/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/kehx \nFEATRURING:\nINFLUX DANCE CREW in full effect\nCONCENTRIX FIRE and LIGHT \n19+\nCash bar\, all products provided by Moon Under Water Brewery and Pub. \nTICKETS\n$20 Pre-sale\n$25 at the gate \nPresale tickets through etransfer/PayPal to: Melanie_livingston@msn.com\nInfo/volunteer/inquiries to Justin Brooks \nP.L.U.R is the mantra of all GRC events. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/we-call-it-house/ CATEGORIES:Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/32e6301d9f0229f23685be1513fc11d4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T160000 DTSTAMP:20180208T164110Z CREATED:20170330T015650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180208T164110Z UID:16370-1518688800-1518710400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Art of Crowdfunding DESCRIPTION:The ART OF CROWDFUNDING is a day-long workshop for filmmakers\, musicians\, artists\, activists\, entrepreneurs\, inventors\, designers\, lovers\, and anyone who wants to make their dream a reality through crowdfunding. \nTICKET OPTION #1: IN-PERSON\nIn Victoria? Come join us at Sunset Labs!\nhttps://artofcrowdfunding-vic.eventbrite.ca \n$25 non-refundable deposit to secure your spot\, then Pay-What-You-Can (no amount too small or large) at the end of the workshop on top of the deposit. If even the $25 deposit is too much\, please let us know. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. \nTICKET OPTION #2: JOIN LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR\nCan’t join us in Victoria? Join us online!\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-art-of-crowdfunding \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n—————————————————–\nThe Art of Crowdfunding is a day-long workshop for filmmakers\, musicians\, artists\, activists\, entrepreneurs\, inventors\, designers\, lovers\, and anyone who wants to make their idea\, dream\, or vision a reality through crowdfunding. \nTaught by filmmaker & media activist IAN MACKENZIE (Occupy Love\, Amplify Her\, Sacred Economics)\, he demystifies the world of crowdfunding and the specific storytelling strategies that will help you tap into the revolution. \n“Ian is a crowdfunding master. From his experience he knows what it takes to be successful\, and\, even more importantly\, is adept at coaching others to find success in crowdfunding as well.” – Kate Drane\, Indiegogo \nIan has offered these popular workshops in Vancouver\, San Francisco\, Portland\, Sacramento\, and Los Angeles – focusing on crafting the narrative for your campaign and developing your own campaign. \nAfter exploring numerous real-world examples (from BE BRAVE to DUSTY PLAYGROUND and HEALING OF LOVE)\, by the end of the day\, you will have the concrete structure of your campaign and the confidence to launch. Woven between the strategy is Ian’s signature insight and heart – with the promise to leave you inspired to create a future that works for all life. \nBONUS:\nEvery participant will get a video download of Ian’s previous 2 hour workshop “Crowdfunding 101” which covers specific crowdfunding strategy\, tips and how to manage your campaign. \nWORKSHOP OUTLINE\n—————————————————–\n“Thank you for the fantastic workshop tonight! I feel energized and full of gratitude.” – Participant \nPART I. DECONSTRUCTING STORY \nThe first half of the workshop will explore the nature of story\, looking at the power of mythology and how stories create our world. Then we’ll focus on how effective crowdfunders have woven powerful stories throughout their campaign. Finally\, we’ll deconstruct specific examples and why they worked. \n– short history of crowdfunding\n– from broadcast to digit-oral era\n– the power of myth\n– explanation\, meaning\, story\n– exploring & breaking down examples \nPART II. CRAFTING YOUR NARRATIVE \nThe second half of the workshop will guide you towards developing your own campaign narrative. Though partner exercises and group work\, you’ll outline the compelling elements of your campaign\, script a concept for your pitch video\, and produce the blueprint to launch your campaign. \n– what’s your narrative?\n– developing your meme\n– scripting your video\n– finalizing the blueprint \nWHO THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR\n—————————————————–\nNo previous experience with crowdfunding or filmmaking is necessary. This workshop is for anyone who wants to understand the world of crowdfunding\, and how to run a successful campaign: artists\, entrepreneurs\, activists\, non-profits\, and more. \nEven if you’ve already dabbled in crowdfunding\, you will gain valuable insight for future campaigns. \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR\n—————————————————–\n“Thanks Ian\, changed my whole view of what is possible the crowdfunding.” -Mike \nIan MacKenzie is a media activist and filmmaker from Vancouver. In 2010\, he crowdfunded over $80K with director Velcrow Ripper for the feature documentary Occupy Love. Ian has since successfully helped raise over one million dollars with over 30 crowdfunding projects. He is also the director Sacred Economics\, and more recently\, the short film Reactor. Ian now speaks and writes widely on crowdfunding. \n» Read Ian’s full biography\nhttp://www.ianmack.com/about/ \nBASIC EVENT DETAILS:\n—————————————————–\n10am-4pm\, Sat Dec10 2016\nSunset Labs\, 400 Herald St\, Victoria\nlots of parking\, coffee & food nearby \nTO JOIN US LIVE AT SUNSET LABS:\n– use the GET TICKETS link here on facebook\n– pre-registration required – door tickets may not exist \nTO JOIN US VIA STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS LIVESTREAM:\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-art-of-crowdfunding URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-art-of-crowdfunding/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Livestream,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-Art-of-Crowdfunding-930x486.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T235900 DTSTAMP:20260815T000818Z CREATED:20171207T045327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T000818Z UID:16563-1517508000-1517529540@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Darkest Night: Dancing In Our Shadows DESCRIPTION:  \nSHADOW AND LIGHT SOURCE BOTH\nby Rumi \nHow does a part of the world leave the world?\nHow does wetness leave water?\nDon’t try to put out fire by throwing on more fire!\nDon’t wash a wound with blood.\nNo matter how fast you run\, your shadow keeps up.\nSometimes it’s in front!\nOnly full overhead sun diminishes your shadow. \nBut that shadow has been serving you.\nWhat hurts you\, blesses you.\nDarkness is your candle.\nYour boundaries are your quest.\nI could explain this\,\nbut it will break the glass cover on your heart\,\nand there’s no fixing that. \nYou must have shadow and light -source both.\nListen\, and lay your head under the tree of awe.\nWhen from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you\,\nbe quieter than a dove.\nDon’t even open your mouth for even a coo.\n \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT: Dancing In Our Shadows\n*please note details below re arrival times & agreements \nWelcome to ‘Darkest Night’\, our winter solstice celebration & ceremony! To you we bid welcome\, fellow human… frail & tender & bruised from a life well-traveled… hopeful yet resigned\, empowered yet diminished\, loving yet fearful. While our shadows are ever-present\, we live in an agreement reality wherein recognizing\, owning and dancing with our shadow is something we’re often left to do alone\, without support\, without witness. \nThis night we gather to spend the darkest night of the year together\, in communion\, in ceremony\, in reflection\, in reverence and in dance. As light or heavy as it may be\, come with an open heart\, and bring what shadows may persist… that we may do some deep work together to navigate the collective unspoken depths\, as we begin the long beautiful transition from the darkness… back into the light. \n  \nCOMMUNITY POTLUCK\nWe’ll open the doors at 6pm sharp and commune together until 7:30\, when we’ll begin to transition ourselves – and our space – towards the ceremony and evening. If you’re able to do so\, please bring 1 item that will feel good to make\, feel good to eat\, and feel good in our bellies as we dance later into the evening. Please LABEL your items & ingredients clearly so that everyone can make informed decisions on their meal. \nTo ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm OR after 8:15pm. (Ideally – come around 6pm to join us for the meal and connect with your community!) \n  \nOPENING | GUIDED REFLECTIONS (DYADS)\nJason Guille & Alex King-Harris\n* bring a journal & a cushion to sit on 🙂 \nAfter opening the circle and setting the container together\, we’ll get cozy for the thinking/reflecting/sharing part of our evening. Jason & Alex will offer you a series of questions to prompt personal reflections on the year that’s past\, and participants will be paired up together for solo journalling and then\, if & as you feel called\, to share your observations\, reflections and experiences. This will be a time not of coaching or advice\, but rather of deep reflection & LISTENING. \nWe’ll move through a series of guided explorations around our habits\, resentments\, stuckness\, wants\, relationships and incompletions. Here we’ll build a powerful bridge from the mind & the past… into the body & the present. \n  \nGUIDED CACAO CEREMONY\nOcian Flo & Jazmin Love \nCacao is considered to be a healing plant for inner growth. It is a very gentle and non psychedelic supporter that allows to open the heart to reconnect to our inner wisdom and true self. Cacao helps\, unlike other substances\, to do the shadow work from the heart instead of the brain. \nCacao is like the archetypal mother that gives you love and compassion\, that nourishes and nurtures you and gently supports you on your personal growth and your path to wholeness. She opens the door but you need to walk through. \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT DANCE TEMPLE\nJazmin Love\, Dance Temple Victoria \nThe ecstatic dance journey is a free-style movement experience featuring juicy\, soulful beats by Jaz to inspire deep and wild embodiment. The invitation is to dance with your shadows and to move from the inside out\, while remaining non-verbal\, as a way of deepening into the journey. Sounding is welcome. This is a safe\, sacred space for you to embody and express your whole self. \nJazmin Love is a co-founder and facilitator of Dance Temple Victoria. She has been facilitating ecstatic dance journeys for four years and is passionate about embodied movement as a means of awakening\, transformation and authentic expression. She has a lifelong background in dance and is inspired by creating sacred space and designing music sets for unleashing the wild within. \n  \nSOUNDSEED MEDICINE JOURNEY\nOcian Flo\, SoundSeed Medicine Journeys\nft Alex King-Harris (Rara Avis) \nSoundSeed Medicine Music can be described as a shamanic journey. Laying down\, participants can go into a deep almost a trance-like state. Ocian guides participants into the breath\, the body\, and the mind to create a safe container for us all to work with the sound as therapy or medicine. This is a practice of witnessing and listening deeply to how your body\, both physical and energetic and your mind\, both emotional and mental\, responds to the different sounds during the session. \nAs a sound practitioner since 2010\, Ocian gracefully weaves in a plethora of modalities to create one-of-a-kind experiences\, every time. Ocian is a visionary\, an intuitive\, a spiritual teacher and coach\, using frequency and vibration to harmonize the body\, mind and soul. These sessions include Crystal Bowls\, Crystal Lyre\, Crystal didjeridu\, Zaphir and Koshi Chimes\, Rattles\, drum and others\, along with her etheric and powerful voice. As she works\, Ocian can hear\, feel and sometimes see the underlying vibrational and energetic patterns held within the body or group energy field. She uses this clairaudience to offer an awareness of these patterns\, with a reminder of the power of our personal beliefs\, stories\, and most importantly\, our own ability to be the catalyst for our own repatterning. This work offers each person the potential and the power of self-healing and self-awareness. \nOcian will be initially joined by Alex King-Harris\, who has spent the past 20 years training himself to listen deeply. The result of this practice is that when he is in a room filled with magical beings who are also willing to listen deeply\, improvised songs can come through direct from the Great Mystery. They’re unprepared\, raw\, unfiltered and depending on the setting\, transformative. Alex’s intention at this event is to make himself available to this Cosmic Muse and hopefully make something happen that speaks to the hearts\, bodies and minds of those gathered. \n  \nAGREEMENTS & NOTES\nCOME FOR THE EVENING: To ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm and plan to be with us for the evening. If it’s really not possible to do so\, we will welcome latecomers 8:15pm-9:00pm and THEN WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS. No entires will be allowed after 9pm. For the best group experience possible\, do try to come for dinner if it works – and please arrive before 7:45pm if at all possible. \nCONFIDENTIALITY: This gathering is intended to allow us to do some of our shadow work together\, in a safe container. Some of us may move through various emotional spaces\, or share personal stories not intended for the world at large. What happens here\, stays here\, and by attending you are agreeing to this principle of honouring each other through confidentiality. \n  \nDETAILS & FLOW OF OUR NIGHT\n6-8pm :: Potluck Dinner – connection & communion\n8-9pm :: Opening & Orientation – Guided Dyads & Reflections\n9-10pm :: Community Cacao Ceremony\n10-11:15pm :: Darkest Night Dance Temple\n11:15-12 :: Soundseed Medicine Journey\n12am :: BLESSINGS & CLOSE \nhosted at Sunset Labs\nbottom of Herald St behind Value Village\nrequested donation $10-$20 (includes your cacao)\n(nobody turned away for lack of funds)\nthis event is drug & alcohol free \nblessings! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/darkest-night-dancing-in-our-shadows/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) CATEGORIES:Community Event,Concert / Performance,Dance / Movement,Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bcb5031f968536ca2834cbd88e391db8.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171221T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171221T235900 DTSTAMP:20260805T081754Z CREATED:20190523T032831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T081754Z UID:19191-1513879200-1513900740@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Darkest Night: Dancing In Our Shadows DESCRIPTION:SHADOW AND LIGHT SOURCE BOTH\nby Rumi \nHow does a part of the world leave the world?\nHow does wetness leave water?\nDon’t try to put out fire by throwing on more fire!\nDon’t wash a wound with blood.\nNo matter how fast you run\, your shadow keeps up.\nSometimes it’s in front!\nOnly full overhead sun diminishes your shadow. \nBut that shadow has been serving you.\nWhat hurts you\, blesses you.\nDarkness is your candle.\nYour boundaries are your quest.\nI could explain this\,\nbut it will break the glass cover on your heart\,\nand there’s no fixing that. \nYou must have shadow and light -source both.\nListen\, and lay your head under the tree of awe.\nWhen from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you\,\nbe quieter than a dove.\nDon’t even open your mouth for even a coo. \nDARKEST NIGHT: Dancing In Our Shadows\n*please note details below re arrival times & agreements\n———————————————————\nWelcome to ‘Darkest Night’\, our winter solstice celebration & ceremony! To you we bid welcome\, fellow human… frail & tender & bruised from a life well-traveled… hopeful yet resigned\, empowered yet diminished\, loving yet fearful. While our shadows are ever-present\, we live in an agreement reality wherein recognizing\, owning and dancing with our shadow is something we’re often left to do alone\, without support\, without witness. \nThis night we gather to spend the darkest night of the year together\, in communion\, in ceremony\, in reflection\, in reverence and in dance. As light or heavy as it may be\, come with an open heart\, and bring what shadows may persist… that we may do some deep work together to navigate the collective unspoken depths\, as we begin the long beautiful transition from the darkness… back into the light. \nCOMMUNITY POTLUCK\n———————————————————\nWe’ll open the doors at 6pm sharp and commune together until 7:30\, when we’ll begin to transition ourselves – and our space – towards the ceremony and evening. If you’re able to do so\, please bring 1 item that will feel good to make\, feel good to eat\, and feel good in our bellies as we dance later into the evening. Please LABEL your items & ingredients clearly so that everyone can make informed decisions on their meal. \nTo ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm OR after 8:15pm. (Ideally – come around 6pm to join us for the meal and connect with your community!) \nOPENING | GUIDED REFLECTIONS (DYADS)\nJason Guille\, Sunset Labs\n* bring a journal & a cushion to sit on 🙂\n———————————————————\nAfter opening the circle and setting the container together\, we’ll get cozy for the thinking/reflecting/sharing part of our evening. Jason & Alex will offer you a series of questions to prompt personal reflections on the year that’s past\, and participants will be paired up together for solo journalling and then\, if & as you feel called\, to share your observations\, reflections and experiences. This will be a time not of coaching or advice\, but rather of deep reflection & LISTENING. \nWe’ll move through a series of guided explorations around our habits\, resentments\, stuckness\, wants\, relationships and incompletions. Here we’ll build a powerful bridge from the mind & the past… into the body & the present. \nGUIDED CACAO CEREMONY\nOcian Flo & Jazmin Love\n———————————————————\nCacao is considered to be a healing plant for inner growth. It is a very gentle and non psychedelic supporter that allows to open the heart to reconnect to our inner wisdom and true self. Cacao helps\, unlike other substances\, to do the shadow work from the heart instead of the brain. \nCacao is like the archetypal mother that gives you love and compassion\, that nourishes and nurtures you and gently supports you on your personal growth and your path to wholeness. She opens the door but you need to walk through. \nDARKEST NIGHT DANCE TEMPLE\nJazmin Love\, Dance Temple Victoria\n———————————————————\nThe ecstatic dance journey is a free-style movement experience featuring juicy\, soulful beats by Jaz to inspire deep and wild embodiment. The invitation is to dance with your shadows and to move from the inside out\, while remaining non-verbal\, as a way of deepening into the journey. Sounding is welcome. This is a safe\, sacred space for you to embody and express your whole self. \nJazmin Love is a co-founder and facilitator of Dance Temple Victoria. She has been facilitating ecstatic dance journeys for four years and is passionate about embodied movement as a means of awakening\, transformation and authentic expression. She has a lifelong background in dance and is inspired by creating sacred space and designing music sets for unleashing the wild within. \nSOUNDSEED MEDICINE JOURNEY\nOcian Flo\, SoundSeed Medicine Journeys\nft Alex King-Harris (Rara Avis)\n———————————————————\nSoundSeed Medicine Music can be described as a shamanic journey. Laying down\, participants can go into a deep almost a trance-like state. Ocian guides participants into the breath\, the body\, and the mind to create a safe container for us all to work with the sound as therapy or medicine. This is a practice of witnessing and listening deeply to how your body\, both physical and energetic and your mind\, both emotional and mental\, responds to the different sounds during the session. \nAs a sound practitioner since 2010\, Ocian gracefully weaves in a plethora of modalities to create one-of-a-kind experiences\, every time. Ocian is a visionary\, an intuitive\, a spiritual teacher and coach\, using frequency and vibration to harmonize the body\, mind and soul. These sessions include Crystal Bowls\, Crystal Lyre\, Crystal didjeridu\, Zaphir and Koshi Chimes\, Rattles\, drum and others\, along with her etheric and powerful voice. As she works\, Ocian can hear\, feel and sometimes see the underlying vibrational and energetic patterns held within the body or group energy field. She uses this clairaudience to offer an awareness of these patterns\, with a reminder of the power of our personal beliefs\, stories\, and most importantly\, our own ability to be the catalyst for our own repatterning. This work offers each person the potential and the power of self-healing and self-awareness. \nOcian will be initially joined by Alex King-Harris\, who has spent the past 20 years training himself to listen deeply. The result of this practice is that when he is in a room filled with magical beings who are also willing to listen deeply\, improvised songs can come through direct from the Great Mystery. They’re unprepared\, raw\, unfiltered and depending on the setting\, transformative. Alex’s intention at this event is to make himself available to this Cosmic Muse and hopefully make something happen that speaks to the hearts\, bodies and minds of those gathered. \nAGREEMENTS & NOTES\n———————————————————\nCOME FOR THE EVENING: To ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm and plan to be with us for the evening. If it’s really not possible to do so\, we will welcome latecomers 8:15pm-9:00pm and THEN WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS. No entires will be allowed after 9pm. For the best group experience possible\, do try to come for dinner if it works – and please arrive before 7:45pm if at all possible. \nPLEASE BRING:\n-A potluck item if you intend to join for the dinner 6-7:30pm\n– YOUR FAVOURITE MUG!\n-journal\n-Altar pieces (remember to take home)\n-cushions\, blankets\, layered clothing for the SoundSeed journey. You will be laying on the floor. \nCONFIDENTIALITY: This gathering is intended to allow us to do some of our shadow work together\, in a safe container. Some of us may move through various emotional spaces\, or share personal stories not intended for the world at large. What happens here\, stays here\, and by attending you are agreeing to this principle of honouring each other through confidentiality. \nDETAILS & FLOW OF OUR NIGHT\n———————————————————\n6-8pm :: Potluck Dinner – connection & communion\n8-9pm :: Opening & Orientation – Guided Dyads & Reflections\n9-10pm :: Community Cacao Ceremony\n10-11:15pm :: Darkest Night Dance Temple\n11:15-12 :: Soundseed Medicine Journey\n12am :: BLESSINGS & CLOSE \nhosted at Sunset Labs\nbottom of Herald St behind Value Village\nrequested donation $10-$20 (includes your cacao)\n(nobody turned away for lack of funds)\nthis event is drug & alcohol free \nblessings! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/darkest-night-dancing-in-our-shadows-2/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Virtual Event (online only) ORGANIZER;CN="Sunset Labs":MAILTO:info@sunsetlabs.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171216T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171217T050000 DTSTAMP:20171207T142125Z CREATED:20171207T044055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T142125Z UID:16554-1513461600-1513486800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Glitch That Stole Christmas DESCRIPTION:THE GLITCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS\nIt’s time to git ya glitch on! This long running series has hosted some incredible talents over the years\, and the 2017 edition will be no different! If you have ever had the privilege of catching a Glitchy & Scratchy set at Shambhala Music Festival\, you know what Greenskeeper is capable of dropping on us! And UK born music producer Shamanic Technology will be coming to play a set with us on before he continues his journey to Asia. He just released his Otherside Beat Tape Vol 1 & Vol 2 and is going to offer the double album Shadow Work for free download to anyone attending the Glitch That Stole Christmas with a chance to win a Shamanic Technology hoodie and USB key….BOOM! Music producer Paradigm Theorem’s new track off the Infinity Mirrors compilation curated by Zebbler Encanti Experience is just insane and we are stoked to hear what he brings to this night\, along with DJ sets from Trust\, Spyne and Funk Thrower! \nA NIGHT OF GLITCHED UP SOUNDS FEATURING: \n10 pm – 11 pm: FUNKTHROWER\n11 pm – midnight: TRUST\nMidnight- 1:15 am: PARADIGM THEOREM\n1:15 am – 2:30 am: SHAMANIC TECHNOLOGY (Bristol\,UK)\n2:30 am – 3:45 am: GREENSKEEPER\n3:45 am – 5 am: SPYNE \nPLUS\nA fine Fire Tribe to heat up the night\nLive painting by Soni Bonesz aka Nothing Makes Sense\nhttps://www.facebook.com/boneszphotography\nFantastic vibes\nand you! \nSaturday Dec 16th\n10 pm – 5 am\nSunset Room\n401 Herald St (behind Value Village) \nTICKETS \n$15 Pre-sales\n$20 at Gate \nPresales purchases by etransfer or Paypal to get on the Paperless Prepaid List at the Gate: lilithchameleon6@gmail.com \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nSHAMANIC TECHNOLOGY (Bristol\,UK)\nhttps://shamanictechnology.bandcamp.com/ \nGREENSKEEPER\nhttps://soundcloud.com/greenskeeper \nPARADIGM THEOREM\nhttps://soundcloud.com/paradigm-theorem/life-electronic \nFUNKTHROWER\nhttps://soundcloud.com/tylerthrower/submersive-beats-set \nSPYNE\nhttps://soundcloud.com/spyne11 \nTRUST\nRemains a mystery\, an experience you have to witness yourself\, no recordings exist online. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-glitch-that-stole-christmas/ CATEGORIES:Dance / Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/19082b957924606bb83b506ebbadbe27.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR