ONLINE AUCTION – Shea Butter Markets, Spilt Milk Comedy, Victoria Operatic Society and more. Bidding closes Tuesday May 5th 2009!

Item posted Apr 272009 in Uncategorized

Following our fundraising Earth Day Celebration, we have a few left over silent auction items. So we thought we would put them up for auction online!

Here’s what you need to know:

  1. Bidding starts NOW!
  2. Please bid by replying to this post below.
  3. When bidding, please include the following information: the item you are bidding for, your $ bid, contact info.
  4. Please bid in $5 increments only.
  5. Only bids over the minimum bid amount will be considered.
  6. Bidding closes at midnight Tuesday May 5th 2009.
  7. If you have questions please contact Catlin at 250.381.4428 or catlin at opencinema.ca.

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  • ITEM A

Shea Butter Markets gift basket

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includes Sun Soother (60ml), After Sun (200ml), Shea Hands ( 50ml), Shea Lav (50ml), Shea Man (10ml), Shea Hands (10ml), Shea Butter Soap, Shea Bath Bomb, and Kiss Me, I’m Canadian Lip salve.

Value $100, minimum bid $50 (please bid in minimum $5 increments)

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  • ITEM B

Victoria Operatic Society – 2 tickets to Will Rogers Folly May 1-10, 2009.

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Winner of six Tony awards including BEST MUSICAL and BEST SCORE, The Will Rogers Follies is a dazzling Broadway musical that everyone is sure to love, an extravagant look at the life of one of Americas first international multimedia sensations!

Click on the following link to download a pdf of VOS 2008-9 season brochure gd_wrf_brochure.pdf

Visit www.vos.bc.ca for more information.

Value $76, minimum bid $35, (please bid in minimum $5 increments).

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  • ITEM C

SPUD gift certificate ($50)

$50 worth of organic produce and local groceries delivered right to your door!
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Visit www.spud.ca for more information.

Value $50, minimum bid $25 (please bid in minimum $5 increments).

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  • ITEM D

Spilt Milk Comedy Theatre Gift certificates

Test drive the Milk Juggernauts (adult), More Cow Bell (15-19 yrs) or Half Pints (10-14 yrs) performance troupes.

Offer valid until September 30 2009

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For more information call Scott at (250) 479-3374 or visit www.spiltmilkcomedy.com.

Value $250 per session, minimum bid $50 (please bid in minimum $5 increments).

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All proceeds support filmmakers and community-building initiatives.

Thanks for your support!

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Please place your bids in Comments below.

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OPEN CINEMA Season Six lands gently on Earth Day 2009

Item posted Apr 272009 in Latebreaking News

OPEN CINEMA Season Six of thought-provoking films touched down gently on April 22 with a two day Earth Day Celebration and fundraiser with VIDEA. Thankyou to all those who supported and attended the events!

OPEN CINEMA: Season Seven will launch in October 2009.

Watch for updates about upcoming screenings and exciting new initiatives in Kenya!

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GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT free screening on Wednesday May 13th 2009, sponsored by OPEN CINEMA

Item posted Apr 142009 in Events, UP NEXT

OPEN CINEMA is honoured to sponsoring an exciting event presented by the Global Oneness Project (www.globalonenessproject.org) on Wednesday May 13th 2009.

The Global Oneness Project is exploring how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world. Since 2006, they have been traveling the globe gathering stories from creative and courageous people who base their lives and work on the understanding that we bear great responsibility for each other and our shared world.

This event is part of their 2009 NorthWest tour, featuring free films, discussion, guest speaker Orland Bishop and Q&A with filmmaker Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. Do not miss this exciting free event.

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www.globalonenessproject.org/events

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OPEN CINEMA’s EARTH DAY FILM FESTIVAL April 21st – 22nd 2009

Item posted Mar 112009 in Earth Day Film Festival, Events, UP NEXT


OPEN CINEMA

presents

2nd Annual

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

in partnership with

VIDEA

April 21st & 22nd, 2009

Featuring award-winning documentaries:

7pm, Tuesday April 21st, 2009

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil.

Directed by Sam Bozzo, Produced by Mark Achbar (The Corporation)

www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com

Post-screening discussion with Susan Howatt, Sierra Club of BC, Jim McIsaac, T.Buck Suzuki Foundation and Jack Hull (CRD).
Sponsored by the Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition

7pm, Wednesday April 22nd, 2009

Addicted to Plastic (2008)

A global journey to investigate what we really know about plastic and why there’s so much of it.

On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the folks dedicated to cleaning it up.

http://www.crypticmoth.com/plastic.php

Post-screening discussion with Claudia Ferris, Toxic Free Canada; Mairi Welman, Recycling Council of BC; Anke Bergner, CRD Solid Waste Division; Alicia Taylor, Level Ground Trading; Craig Foster, Canadian Plastics Council. Moderated by John Luton.

Admission by donation!

Cash bar, food sales, silent auction, door prizes & more!

Food by Feys and Hobbs www.feysandhobbs.com.

Tax receipts for donations over $10

The Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad Street

www.1415broad.com

For more information please call 250 381-4428

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