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The following content is now out of date. As of March 16, 2020, IRL indoor Hoovie movie experiences are currently only possible amongst folks who are sheltering-in-place together. Outdoor Hoovies…
Dear friends, What a trip! What was once a kooky idea (movies with strangers in living rooms, wha?!) is now a thing, and where we used to be two (first…
Do you yearn to help form the building blocks of a new and innovative startup? Do you have a passion for projects that push conventions to create social change? Do…
Hello, friends! Fiona and I love playing the role of host – almost as much as we love supporting Hoovie users to host. There’s something magic, even theatrical about the…
What an honour it was to be invited to join the 50th volume of PechaKucha Vancouver onstage at the Vancouver Playhouse earlier this month! PechaKucha is an “open, spontaneous, fun,…
We hate to say it, folks, but if you weren’t at the home of Byron and Monika Sheardown in Vancouver this past Tuesday, well, you missed out. Twenty-five strangers cozied…
Thanks to Vancouver Foundation for inviting us to join them for an hour on CBC Radio’s BC Today last Thursday! Listen to the full program here or read the excerpt…
As we reflect on the success of the massive Global Climate Strike that culminated last Friday with almost 1 million people marching here in Canada, we want to celebrate how…
Hello, friends! For the last year, teenagers have taken the lead pushing for climate action, and this month the rest of us are being invited to join their ranks. The…
“What if you could tilt your perspective, just for a moment? What might you see differently? How might that difference change everything?” That’s the question posed by TILT Curiosity Labs,…
Hello, friends! After spending the last several months fundraising and strategizing, we recently emerged from our near-hibernation to some wonderful surprises. Seeing Nada and Georgia Strait Alliance‘s Fractured Land event…
Okay so we’ve been hearing for months now that you love the idea of a Hoovie Fest, where we curate little film festivals around different themes and hold them in…
When Modern Relationships founders Claudia and Alex Li Trisoglio asked clients what they were craving, they heard back “community.” So they booked a Hoovie movie night! We caught up with…
This Saturday in East Vancouver, the crew over at Yoga Outreach is hosting a Hoovie on the topic of chronic pain and illness, with proceeds supporting their work to make…
Hoovie member Fiona Henderson grew up in Vancouver but has lived on five continents and traveled to 17 countries. She’s an ESL teacher, and loves meeting people from all over…
Yeah, we feel it too. Things are rough. We try to stay steady as we bear witness to the cyclones, floods, fires and the “it’s worse than you think” climate…
Women accounted for 50 percent of moviegoers in 2018. But of the top 100 grossing films in 2018, women represented only: 4% of directors, 15% of writers, 3% of cinematographers,…
“112 Weddings is a great many things for a documentary: it’s a time capsule, it’s a social experiment, it’s a love story – several love stories – and it’s a…
“If Airbnb can help transform anyone’s home into a hotel, why not create a platform that can help anyone turn their living room into a cinema?” This thought charged into…
Here are Hoovie AV expert Alex Reeve’s recommendations for the 2018 best value “Hoovie Standard” projector/sound/accessories package: Projector: Optoma HD142X $549 USD Or, for a bit over 2x the price,…