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Cameron Waltz ([personal profile] enveloped) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2018-09-30 08:15 pm

OPEN / "Bring Yourself" Arts & Culture event!

who: Cameron Waltz and you!
what: "Bring Yourself" Arts & Culture event!
when: Today!
where: Riverside Community Centre.
warnings: None predicted.

Open invitation on the network!



The community center is normally a modest building, albeit one with a spectacular riverfront view. Tonight, it's putting on the ritz. Multicolored lanterns hang on either side of the sidewalk leading up to the front of the building, and music of all kinds, depending on what time it is, pours out of the open doors and into the street. Local vendors have set up small carts to show off their wares and offer small trinkets and fresh food for sale, displaying their local pride.

Inside, things have been completely redecorated for the event. It's a modern open concept gallery, with blank walls for artwork and written word, empty pedestals to display objects, and plenty of tables with chairs. Some pieces are already on display, from paintings to exotic foods. Small crowds gather around people telling stories or showing off their special skills and talents.

That music plays live from the small main stage overlooking a dance floor, both of which can be cleared for demonstrations of everything from dance to martial arts. Anything physical that requires that little bit of extra room.

Musicians are free to write their names for a time-slot on the stage, and can choose to be accompanied by the onsite pianist and guitarist, bring their own instruments or backup, or perform solo.

All throughout the room are food and drink stations, where staff serves wine, beer, limited spirits, and soft drinks. The exotic foods are on display here, from which the guests can help themselves. If you can imagine it, someone has managed to cook it.
At the far end of the building is an outdoor patio overlooking the river, with seating and torches to light the area through the night. Most displays of magic take place out there, where practitioners can go all-out casting their most extravagant spells.

The crowd ebbs and flows, gathering to socialize during lulls and splitting off to see new events and installations as they come in. Other than opening and closing statements by Cameron Waltz, there's very little structure.

Casual and relaxed, the focus is on learning, generating conversation, and meeting new people. It's an organized free-for-all, a mini festival dedicated to the celebration of the cultures and backgrounds of everyone in Riverview. And in a city made up of a thousand universes worth of people, there's more than enough to see.

[Characters can bring pieces with them as they arrive, and simply set themselves up around the room. Contributions aren't limited to art, anything goes! Feel free to play random observer/staff/performer NPCs. The party goes until midnight, have fun!]
bestsir: (studious)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-02 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, well—the truth is, they are names that I have developed, according to the naming system common in my own world," he says. "I admit that there's a certain arrogance in it, but until I am able to devise a more fitting one, I find it easier to work with the knowledge that I have."
volitaunt: (067)

[personal profile] volitaunt 2018-10-05 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, I wouldn't say arrogance." He claps Goodsir on the shoulder, a bit of the casual physical friendliness he can't help. "You're working with what you know. Nothing wrong with that."

BB-8 whistles agreement, chiming away in binary. Poe looks down at the droid, smiling. "Different languages, different names for things, right buddy?"
bestsir: (little smile)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-06 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who is your friend? Harry asks, looking down at the droid with surprised pleasure. He hasn't seen anything like BB-8 before, and the droid is a charming little thing.
volitaunt: (041)

[personal profile] volitaunt 2018-10-07 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, right, sorry. BB-8, this is--" He pauses, looking surprised for a second. "Actually, I don't know who this is."

He extends a hand, which BB-8 mimics by popping out one of his maintenance arms and holding the claw out to Harry.

"I'm Poe Dameron, and this is BB-8."
bestsir: (let's talk)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-09 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Harry Goodsir." He shakes Poe's hand. "A pleasure to meet you and BB-8 here." He hesitates and extends his hand toward the claw, quite honestly slightly concerned at getting ... pinched or something.
volitaunt: (067)

[personal profile] volitaunt 2018-10-09 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
BB-8 very carefully takes Harry's hand and bobs his maintenance arm up an down in a pretty good imitation of a handshake, before letting go and retracting the limb with a pleased sound.

"Same here." He smiles down at the little droid. "I don't know why he's started shaking hands, but he seems to like doing it. So is this what you do? Study animals?"
bestsir: (smile)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-10 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Some part of Harry can't quite believe that an automaton is capable of liking anything, but there's no denying the personality in those chirps and the way it tilts its hemispherical head. It's absolutely impossible not to smile at it.

"It is part of what I do," he answers. "My official occupation here is city coroner, and I am studying medicine at the university—but the study of animals has always been my passion, and I have been happy to continue it here."
volitaunt: (225)

[personal profile] volitaunt 2018-10-16 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Poe scratches his chin thoughtfully.

"Have you met Cassian Andor or Jyn Erso, by any chance?"
bestsir: (yes)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-16 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
The names don't ring a bell; Harry shakes his head. "Are they friends of yours?"
volitaunt: (261)

[personal profile] volitaunt 2018-10-18 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, yeah they are. I'm just asking because they go outside the walls a lot, make a lot of notes on what they see out there. Notes, drawings, bits of fur and feathers and stuff like that. Kind of like what you're doing here." He gestures at Harry's illustrations. "Seems like you'd get along."
bestsir: (surprised)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-10-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah—perhaps I shall seek them out, then. Always a pleasure to meet explorers of like mind." And perhaps they'd be willing to allow him to tag along on one of their ventures outside the walls.