Some colleagues of BOB’s over at UGM recommended we pay a visit to the Velvet Matador at 508 Powell Street. It is a little off the beaten track, but not too far from Railtown or the residential areas of Strathcona. The Velvet Matador is a small cafe run by Hannah Walker. They serve specialty teas and coffees as well as sandwiches and other goodies. BOB staff was pretty pleased with the various drinks we’ve ordered there, so if you’re in Railtown or Eastvan, perhaps you should swing by.

They plan to have live music on some nights, their website is under construction, but they’re already in Google.

Building Opportunities with Business is proud to play host to an official Cultural Olympiad event featuring world renown artist Trimpin.

Trimpin (born Gerhard Trimpin 1951 in Istein, Germany, now part of Efringen-Kirchen) is a Seattle, Washington-based kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician, and composer, most of whose pieces integrate both sculpture and music in some way, and many of which make use of computers to play these instruments.

The piece being display in our coworking/event space at 163 East Pender is called Sheng High.  Our space was chosen by the Cultural Olympiad staff and the artist himself due to being situatied in historic Chinatown and having the necessary high ceilings to allow the piece to be displayed and function.

The artist himself has journeyed North form his home in Seattle to personally install the work in our space.  He will be finished shortly with the exhibit open free to the general public from January 29 to February 28.  As part of the installation BOB negotiated the employment of six residents in a part time capacity as greeters and caretakers of the space.  Rumors of a private reception attended by the artist himself to take place this week are probably true.