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riverviewlogs2018-09-30 08:15 pm
enveloped) wrote in 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!]
what: "Bring Yourself" Arts & Culture event!
when: Today!
where: Riverside Community Centre.
warnings: None predicted.
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!]
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Laura came in just by chance, having wandered in from the woods to stock up on supplies; see, she had been taking a... short break living there, just while she could regather her wits, her thoughts. It'd been a tough last few weeks. Her social worker was probably worried sick. But it was important; it was something she had to do.
Didn't mean she wasn't tempted by the events that sometimes happened. She ends up here with her tattered backpack on, glasses and hoodie almost like some funny little 'disguise' that would never in a million years disguise her from her friends who knew her well. She's definitely got some leaves in her hair, dirt under her fingernails and blood on her knuckles.
She's at least... keeping to herself. In fact, she's ignoring other party-goers to movie from art piece to art piece; when an older lady tries to chat with her about art history and the study of blah blah blah, she just walks dead-ass away from her. To be fair, that lady's voice was the kind that would have droned on and on. She knows from experience with teachers.
But hey! She's definitely intensely studying his ink calligraphy prints now!]
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[Cam's standing nearby, twirling his wineglass between his fingers.
He knows this girl from somewhere. It takes him a moment to make the connection. She's the one from the network, he's seen enough of her posts to be concerned.
Judging by her... interesting attire, it's obvious she doesn't want to be recognizes, and Cam isn't about to put her on the spot. Let the girl enjoy herself, be around people in a safe environment, and forget her problems for a while.]
What's your favourite animal?
[Cam's careful not to stare, keeping his eyes on the prints rather than her face. He isn't unfamiliar with traumatized youth. He's spent the better part of his adult life communicating with people in crises.]
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... Horses. I like them a lot...
Zebras and camels are interesting, too.
[She wonders if he's gonna boot her for looking out of place.
It would not be the first attempt at something, not that Laura ever left for it.]
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[Cam shakes his head, rolling his eyes and adjusting the camel print on the wall. It was a tiny bit crooked.]
I'm partial to goats.
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I like goats, too... I like to visit the petting zoo and feed them.
I've never seen a camel in person, but I have rode a horse here.