Tonight, Vancouver TheatreSports League debuts its latest show – THROWDOWN – a knockout, dragging, kicking, laughing bout of improv. Playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday in the 7:30pm spot, Throwdown pits two teams against each other in a round robin match of improv games, each team trying their best and using sometimes questionable antics to win over…
Heart & Friends are coming Home For The Holidays
Over 30 years ago, Seattle born sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson began playing music around Vancouver and sowed the seeds of what would become the legendary rock act Heart. Recently inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Ann and Nancy Wilson have always been ground-breakers, paving the way for a generation of female…
Pemberton Festival rises again!
More than half a decade after the first Pemberton Festival in 2008 a new version of the multi-day festival is rising from the fields in the Village of Pemberton! The new Pemberton Music Festival will take place in Pemberton, BC on Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, 2014. Pemberton Music Festival, will be produced…
Picks Of The Week – Sept 25, 2013
The autumnal equinox has past and now Fall is fully upon us, let’s see what is in store for the first full weekend of the season. Broadway: Gallop to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as Broadway Across Canada brings War Horse to the stage until Sept 29th. Word: Formerly Word on the Street, newly renamed Word…
Godspeed You! Black Emperor win 2013 Polaris Music Prize
Monday night during a lavish gala held at The Carlu in Toronto, Godspeed You! Black Emperor was awarded the $30,000 2013 Polaris Music Prize for their album ‘ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!. “Godspeed will use the prize money to purchase musical instruments for, and support organizations providing music lessons to, people incarcerated within the Quebec prison…
Culture Days 2013
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…
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…