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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!]
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[personal profile] tevinteraltus 2018-10-13 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"And avoiding the more obvious escape of the washroom, correct?" Though his words could easily be accusatory, his tone was anything but, sounding more quietly amused and slightly sympathetic more than anything else. His only reaction to Cameron's objection was a slight chuckle as he joined the other man at the railing, the tails of his robes moving about his in a comforting and familiar way. He rather enjoyed the fashion of this place, and of other worlds, but these were custom, after all, to his specifications, in his favorite colors and adorned with shining dawnstone. What wasn't to like?

Anytime the topic of magic was breached, Dorian's attention was rapt, of course, and he leaned in with interest. "Truly? Does a mage's body not regenerate mana naturally? These robes only slightly expedite that very process, after all, help me to 'catch my breath' faster, if you will."

He arched an eyebrow at Cameron's touch, chuckling. "Careful, that's Antivan silk, you know, something of a rarity on a distant moon." But the suggestive curve of his lips was genuine. "So quick to see me out of them, are you? Ser Waltz, I thought you were a claimed man." Not that he would object, of course...