February

Film on Friday at 7:30

Aguire, The Wrath Of God (1972) by Werner Herzog. Screened at 7:30 on Friday. Everybody welcome!
A portrait of madness and power. In the mid 16th century, after annihilating the Incan Empire, an army of conquistadors travels over the Andes and into a savage environment in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, nature, and each other, a soldier named Don Lope de Aguire is consumed with visions of conquering all of South America, and decides to lead his own personal army down a treacherous river on a doomed quest into oblivion.
February

Feminist Book Club - February 21

The Feminist Book Club will be discussing bell hooks' All About Love on February 21st at 7pm in Spartacus. You will be able to buy the book in Spartacus: it will there in the end of January the latest! All ages, genders, people welcome.

January

DTES Condo Tower Plan

City Council was supposed to discuss the Condo Tower Plan (aka the "Historic Area Height Review") on January 20th. The discussion was eventually rescheduled for mid-February. Spartacus, along with many DTES organization groups and residents, rejects the plan, which will lead to an estimated 12% increase in rent in the area and further marginalize homeless and low-income residents. While the plan is expected to have a devastating effect on the area, Vancouver as a whole will be affected if 15-storey condo towers are allowed to go up in the city. 

Read more about it at the DTES Neighbourhood Council site. Better yet, talk to your MLA about it! 

January

Film in Spartacus on Friday

On Friday night, we will show a bossa-nova triste Orfeo negro in Spartacus. Everybody's welcome.

January

FIGHT FOR 10 SITES

Spartacus supports The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council (DNC) 2011 campaign to FIGHT FOR 10 SITES of social housing in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) before the municipal election. This campaign is demanding that the City buy and designate 10 properties a year for social housing in the DTES for the next five years. This would provide enough housing to replace the existing SROs with decent self contained housing. More information: http://dnchome.wordpress.com

January

FILM NIGHT ON FRIDAY AT 7:30

The Wind Journeys (dir. Ciro Guerra, Columbia, 2009).

Admission by donation. Everybody welcome.