Since its inception in 2010, Culture Days keeps spreading further and further across Canada as people realize the vital role Arts and Culture play in a community. The cross-Canada volunteer driven movement raises awareness, accessibility and encourage people to participate in the Arts. Culture Days events feature free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate…
Author: Jay Minter
Neko Case at The Orpheum Vancouver
Neko Case – The Orpheum Theatre – Sept 20, 2013 She may be American by birth but Vancouver is a like home for Neko Case, finding her way here for Art College then performing with numerous bands including vocals with Th New Pornographers before returning south of the border to settle in Seattle and finding…
65th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Winners
Sunday night, the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences gathered the industry together at the Nokia Theatre in Hollywood to present the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Hosted, for the second time, by CBS’ How I Met Your Mother star, Neil Patrick Harris, telecast on CBS the network used the night to kick off their…
The Lumineers light up Deer Lake Park
The Lumineers – Deer Lake Park – September 19, 2013 For the final time of the season Deer Lake Park played host to a Concert In The Park as The Lumineers, took to the stage under the light of a bright full moon. The sold out show had the park filled with fans waiting for…
Tasting Vancouver Chefs Dishes Festival
This week, Vancouver Foodster’s Richard Wolak invited a few local food lovers to take part in an afternoon of tasting some of the entries in his Chef’s Dishes Festival. Just like all the entries in the competition, each of the three venues we visited were very diverse. Starting at Darby’s Pub in Kitsilano, a…
Picks Of The Week – September 18, 2013
Although it feels like it’s already left us, there’s just a few days left to enjoy the spectacular Summer of 2013. Hockey: As summer ends, it’s the return of the hockey season and the Vancouver Canucks preseason is underway. Home Games are tonight against Edmonton and Monday Sept 23 against Phoenix at Rogers Arena. Park:…
Grain Tasting Bar
Recently refurbished and updated, GRAIN Tasting Bar in the Hyatt Vancouver is a welcome addition to the downtown business district. A sleek new look has turned this restaurant/lounge into the perfect location to impress your business lunch, afternoon meeting or after-work cocktails. The wall of retracting windows blurs the lines of outdoors and indoors…