The first day of fall doesn’t mean and end of finding lots of entertainment in the picks of the week to fill your days. Country: award winning country singer / songwriter Brantley Gilbert plays the Commodore Ballroom tonight Industrial: ground-breaking electo-industrial outfit Front Line Assembly are at Venue tonight Folk: Canadian singer / songwriter Ron…
Author: Jay Minter
Tasting Plates : Kitsilano West – Sept 30, 2015
It’s your last chance to get Early Bird tickets to the next Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates food excursion. Tasting Plates : Kitsilano West is coming up next week, September 30th. Join fellow food fans and explore the West Broadway neighbourhood, in the heart of Kits, to see what flavours the chefs and restaurants have created for…
2015 Western Canadian Music Awards – Winners
This past weekend, for the first time Rifflandia Festival and Breakout West Conference combined for a weekend of music in Victoria. Part of the Breakout West Conference was the Western Canadian Music Awards, hosted by CBC’s Grant Lawrence from the McPherson Playhouse on Sunday, September 20th. Presented to music artists from the 4 Western…
67th Primetime Emmy Awards – Winners
Sunday night, a sure sign of fall, the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, took place in Hollywood. Hosted by SNL and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg from the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the awards paid tribute to the 2014-15 television season and serves as a kick off to the new season of shows starting…
2015 Polaris Short List Posters Revealed
The Polaris Music Prize has revealed the 10 posters and artists for each of the 2015 Short List performers. In addition, a commemorative 10th Anniversary Polaris poster designed by Montréal’s Pat Hamou was also unveiled. The limited edition posters are now available for pre-sale and viewing on polarismusicprize.ca and will also be on sale at the Polaris…
Tasting Plates Downtown South – recap
Last night, a gaggle of hungry food fans gathered at C Prime Modern Italian Steak House to kick off Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Downtown South. As with all Tasting Plates, guests were in store for an evening of great plates from a selection of eateries along the Davie St corridor. The establishments ran the gamut…
Picks of the Week – September 16, 2015
Mid-September already!? How will you spend your final official weekend of Summer? Take a look at what’s in the picks of the week: Taste: Tonight, Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates explores the burgeoning downtown South neighbourhood. CONCACAF: Whitecaps FC are in CONCACAF Champions League action as they host CD Olimpia tonight at BC Place, then on…