If you’re looking for a little adventure and a stroll through a lush garden, check out Greenheart Canopy Walkway at UBC Botanical Garden. Located deep in the Botanical Gardens, getting to the Walkway offers a relaxing journey surrounded by nature. Once you’re at the start of the Greenheart Canopy Walkway, you enter via a keypad on…
Entertainment for everyone at PNE 2015
The Fair at the Pacific National Exhibition is always loaded with free entertainment and this year’s line-up is loaded with even more than ever. In addition to the great Hot Summer Night Concerts series the Mosaic Music Series at the Chevrolet Stage packs even more entertainment. Enjoy acts like The Zolas, Lee Aaron, Headpins, Bif Naked,…
Picks of the Week – June 3, 2015
Here we are, June already. While we hope that the dreaded Junuary rains don’t come, we’ll be thinking of summer. Here’s some picks of the week to get you started; Rock: Best Coast comes up the West Coast from LA to perform tonight at the Imperial. Loud: Celebrate this year’s recipients of the 6th Annual…
FIFA Women’s World Cup – 4 days away
In just a few days, the sporting world will turn its eye to Canada as the FIFA Women’s World Cup begins on June 6th. The seventh time the Women’s World Cup has been contested, the 2015 edition sees Canada’s first hosting duties of a senior World Cup, having previously hosted the 1987 FIFA U-16 World…
Polaris Panels kick off in Vancouver
Wednesday night, the 2015 Polaris Music Prize campaign starts off with the first in a nationwide series of Polaris Panels. Last week, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, Steve Jordan, announced plans for a series of Polaris Panels in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. Replacing the former Salons, Polaris Panels…
Friday Find : Bing Soo
With the hot temperatures we all look for unique ways to cool down, ice cream parlours and gelaterias are lined up out the door, patios are filled with cool brew drinkers, and caffeine junkies turn to frappuccinos for their daily fix. Billy has introduced me to my new, cool 2015 summer sensation – Bing Soo…
Unique Lives – Shirley MacLaine
Tuesday night, the 2015 Unique Lives Vancouver, lecture series wrapped up with the incomparable Shirley MacLaine at the Orpheum Theatre. Beginning with a photo and video retrospective that covered Ms MacLaine’s life and career. The 55 minute overview went by in the blink of an eye showing just how much the star has accomplished in her…