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Blood Sweat and Cheers: Something for Everyone

Blood, Sweat and Cheers is a New York based company that’s interweaving community through some of the most bizarre activities ever seen.

Urban Densification and the Death of the House Party

On many an occasion, friends in Vancouver have crammed upwards of 30 people into their 692 square foot apartments. And a few times since moving to Vancity in 2008, I’ve seen many of those same 30 people party in a fairly spacious household setting, where – throughout the course of the evening – components of the party will actually take on identities all their own: the kitchen might turn into a cauldron of political debate, a guitar-playing sing-along might erupt in the livingroom, a game of croquet might take place on the lawn, and people might check out wedding photos on the computer in the den.