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Monday, February 23rd 2015 Talking Stick Festival Presented by Full Circle First Nations Performance February 17 – March 1, 2015 Different Venues in Metro Vancouver CBC Vancouver is a proud media sponsor of the 2015 Talking Stick Festival. The festival is a two-week celebration serving to preserve and promote the language, culture and art forms of First Nations people. Aboriginal traditions of music, dance, and storytelling are presented in a contemporary and entertaining way. The festival takes place at multiple venues in Metro Vancouver. All areas of the performing arts are represented - theatre, dance, drumming, music, spoken word, and multimedia performance. These artistic disciplines celebrate Aboriginal culture and showcase the new evolving contemporary work of today's artists. The stories and art practises in the First Nations culture have enormous depth and are rich in teachings. The Festival is an avenue to bring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together, to network, share ideas and pass on knowledge. For more informationa and festival tickets, visit 2015Talking Stick Festival. Chutzpah! Festival  February 17 to March 15 The Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre CBC Vancouver is a proud television sponsor of the 2015 Chutzpah! Festival. Chutzpah! is a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary international celebration that brings light and vibrancy to the too-often grey months of February & March. Celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2015, the festival has grown from its home at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre in the Jewish Community Centre into a multi-venue, city-wide occasion. Every year the organization welcomes esteemed artists from around the world to share their talent, expression, and insight with the people of Vancouver. This kaleidoscopic array features performers whose message & gifts resonate deeply with the local Jewish community, as well as offer excitement and emotion to arts-lovers across the Lower Mainland. In this way the festival is an essential conduit, connecting Vancouver audiences to a thriving international community and bringing the world’s most creative minds to our corner of the planet. For tickets and schedule information, visit Chutzpah!  West Coast LEAF Equality Breakfast March 3, 2015 7am - 9am ​Fairmont Hotel Vancouver CBC Vancouver is a proud sponsor of the West Coast LEAF (Legal Education & Action Fund) 28th Annual Equality Breakfast. Join B.C. Almanac & Our Vancouver host Gloria Macarenko and keynote Minnijean Brown Trickey. One of the original Little Rock Nine – a group of Black teenagers who bravely desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 – Minnijean Brown Trickey is a civil rights icon and accomplished educator who continues her activism well into her 70s. Hear Minnijean’s story about growing up in the segregated South and social change throughout the decades. Enjoy the energy of 700+ people gathered to celebrate International Women’s Day and reflect on the state of women’s equality in Canada and the world. It’s a great way to start the day! The Equality Breakfast is a fundraiser for West Coast LEAF. Formed when the equality guarantees of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force, West Coast LEAF continues to use the law to further women’s equality. We dream of a world where all women and girls have equal access to economic, social, and political opportunities. For tickets, visit West Coast LEAF’s event page , and join the Twitter conversation using#equalitybfast. CONTEST: #CBCWhoAmI at CBC Vancouver will keep you guessing! How well do you know your CBC Vancouver personalities? We’ve asked our on-air personalities to hand over a few “lesser known facts” about themselves. Tweet us using #CBCWhoAmI each week with YOUR guess for a chance to win a CBC prize. Here’s your next QUIZ. Happy guessing!