A friend of mine, Jhayne Holmes, is attempting something truly amazing - purchasing a defunct former Bollywood movie house on Vancouver's East Side and turning it into a vibrant new art and cultural venue featuring music, performance, fine art, and, yes, movies The whole plan is here:

http://www foxtongue com/vision html

Although she's had great success so far, she still needs a lot of help to see it through - and time is running out She's invested a big chunk of her own money and others have purchased shares, but the down payment still isn't assembled yet - and there's only one week to go To spread the word as far and wide as possible, I'm sending this to everyone on my list If you know anyone who might be willing and able to help in some way by all means pass this along to them as well

I'm sending this to both local and international people on my list, as I think this has implications beyond the strictly local scene This could become a venue for visiting artists of all kinds from around the world - much as it used to be, a long time ago Support for the Heart of the World has been appropriately widespread and we need to cast the net wide to ensure success

Jhayne's letter follows Thanks for reading and hope you can help

Adam

Dear Everyone,

We stand at the beginning of the very last week Heart of the World has to make itself a reality From here we can only see a brief dazzle of seven days before the fateful Monday that makes or breaks our dream From here we must stand back and seriously consider how close we stand to our goal

And where we stand is quite close

If anyone was waiting for just the right time to bring in a Hidden Ace or a Secret Master Plan to win it all, this is exactly it With one week to go, Heart of the World needs all of us more than ever We stand near enough to the purchase of the space to smell the sawdust and the fresh paint

There's still plenty that needs to be done Shares can still be bought by anyone with a couple hundred to spare Men and women can still set out to spread the gospel of this grand design Lonely corners of the internet can still be told Somewhere out there may be the person, place, solution, or idea that gets this place built

If you've been waiting for later to get involved, later is now

Heart of the World is in all probability the first arts center buoyed by the global community Men and women, artists and audiences, professionals and amateurs from the human multitude have already given their hours, dollars and wishes to this dream We are all of us carrying the hope and message that human beings care enough about art and each other to come together and create a place like this For a lot of us, this dream we're nursing is far, far away in some distant corner of the world we probably haven't even thought of until this idea came along Many of us will never see it once it's built

But we will hope and we will dream because none of those details matter Art matters Community matters The Heart of the World matters

We have a week Send us your ideas, your grasps at straws, your clever last minute plans, and yes even your (or your friends'/contacts'/etc s') money for a share This is where it all comes down This is where the dream becomes real

Thank you for your time, your love, and all the hope you've given us

-- Jhayne Holmes and the Heart of the World volunteers www foxtongue com - jhayne holmes@gmail com

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