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I'm Into This PlaceWhat Comes After the Dream Changes | Sharon Svec - 📍 Vancouver, WASharon Svec was a dancer who was told she couldn't dance any more. Instead of letting that shut down her artistic life, she discovered a way to make 2-D visual art that could move like a dancer did. And her world cracked wide open. She became a textile artist making enormous prints with solar dye, embraced her Roma background, and discovered a passion in curation where she turns "silos into a conversation and into a community."🗺️ Visit her at smsvec.com | Instagram👀 For pictures, video, and more, visit the episode page.🎉 This episode also celebr...
2026-01-1323 minI'm Into This PlaceVancouver Arts and Music Festival Takes Flight -📍 Vancouver, WAThe Vancouver Arts and Music Festival returns to Esther Short Park this week, with four days of music, art, and community celebration. What began as a post-pandemic vision to bring people together has quickly become one of the region's premier cultural events, drawing tens of thousands of visitors annually. This year, the bar goes as high as possible, with internationally-acclaimed performers gracing the stage. And it's all completely free!For pictures of everything we’re talking about today (and more!), visit the episode page.Other organizations & creatives this episode celebrates:- Vancouver Symphony ...
2025-07-2921 min
RomanistanSharon Svec on "Seeking Warmth," an art exhibit featuring Ceija Stojka and Daniel Baker"Seeking Warmth," an art exhibit curated by artist Sharon Svec, held at Art At The Cave in Vancouver, WA running March 4-29, 2025, aims to explore humanity's need for emotional and physical warmth, especially during times of extreme circumstances such as those caused by genocide, war, oppression and neglect. Ceija Stojka (1933-2013) was a child survivor of the Romani Holocaust (Samudaripen) who began sharing her experiences in written and painted format in 1988 at age 55. She is recognized as a bold activist of Roma, who continue to face persecution today. Sam Marroquin works in collage and paint to expose current and...
2025-03-0456 min
Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through WritingStrategies for Navigating Traumatic Memories In Your MemoirSend us a textTW: Mention of Sexual AssaultIn this episode, you’ll hear from Deborah Svec-Carstens, a writer working on a memoir that details her journey of healing after trauma.In this episode:Writing about trauma and recounting hard memories.Three reasons why we struggle to write about feelings The impact trauma has on our memories and emotions Writing speculative scenes Writing around your toughest experiences The benefit of studying other writers ResourcesAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human E...
2024-08-2224 minRomanistanGood Morning Romanistan 5: We're Not Rich... YetIn this episode, Paulina and Jez catch up and discuss some current events. We love the substack The Earth and Sky Know, especially this post on how Roma don't do small talk. https://www.theskyandearthknow.com/p/the-romani-dont-do-small-talkWhy is the Czech Republic pitting Roma and Ukrainians against each other? By Una Hajdari for Euro News https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/08/why-is-the-czech-republic-pitting-roma-and-ukrainians-against-each-otherCall for Papers for the Critical Romani Studies Journal: Thematic Issue on the History and Legacies of Slavery in Romania https://romanistudies.ceu.edu/article/2023-07-10/call-papers-critical-romani-studies-journal-thematic-issue-history-and-legacies Romano Lav is to Open Scotland's Fir...
2023-08-0732 min
The Authentic Only ShowSharon Svec
Welcome to another episode of The Authentic Only Show, where we delve into the lives of individuals who have found their true purpose and passion in life. In this week's episode, our host Joey Chmiko sits down with the inspirational Sharon Svec.
Sharon is a successful entrepreneur and a motivational speaker who has overcome many obstacles in her life to achieve her dreams. In this candid conversation, she shares her journey of how she discovered her true passion for helping others, and how she turned that passion into a successful career.
From her...
2023-04-231h 41
All Your Things Are GoneRandom Noise RecordsHey Y'all! Here we have a great time capsule of the the era we celebrate here at AYTAG home office. It's an amazing mix of well known and smaller bands of the moment. Please enjoy and thank your lucky stars for Josh Goldman... Thanks for listening! Be safe. j.
Track Listing:
1. Vic Firecracker- The Closest Place
2. Bash Bazouk- Staring at the Tops of Feet
3. Lee- Truculent
4. Kolya- The Day Before Valentine's Day
5. Helms- Otakar Svec
6. Certainly, Sir- Th'night
7. Neptune- Garbage can
8. The Migration Trap- Last Day of My Commute
9. Officer May- Look What She Did to Me
10. Plotter- Dirt Parking
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2022-03-2555 min