We are coming into the annual Lunar New Year season as Chinese and other Asian communities prepare for the more important festive occasion of their year. This year, Sunday February 10, 2013 ushers in the New Year, the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac. People born under the year of the snake (1954,…
Author: Jay Minter
The Parlour Opens in Yaletown
Last week Yaletown’s newest hot spot debuted with a grand opening splash for media, foodies and friends. The Parlour Restaurant & Lounge has all the ingredients to become another homogenous Yaletown, thankfully it’s far from that. The interior design and decor stripped back the building to its bare bones, making it feel more Gastown than…
Mr Gay Canada at Whistler WinterPride
In just 2 days, the Resort Municipality of Whistler will unfurl the rainbow flag as it welcomes Winter Pride 2013 from February 3 – 10. A fun filled week with dances, activities and performances and of course there will probably be some skiing and snowboarding thrown in too. One of the big events within the…
Knot Theory heats up CBC’s Dragons’ Den
Vancouver fashion designer Tanya Huang recently entered CBC’s Dragons’ Den to pitch her one of a kind fashion neckwear company, Knot Theory. While the Dragons are well known for chewing up and spitting out many a company who step before them to pitch their product, Tanya more than stood up to the challenge. She presented…
Intimate & Interactive 3 at 1181 featuring DJ Lee Harris
Intimate and Interactive is a special event at 1181 bringing in top international DJ to play for an intimate & exclusive audience of sixty people! This February 3rd, the third Intimate & Interactive features Lee Harris, resident DJ at House Nation UK, which is a monthly iTunes Top 10 podcast with over 90,000 downloads an…
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra hit the road
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra is in for a busy month. In support of their recently released album, “Follow My Lead, Lead Me To Follow” the Victoria quintet has hit the road throughout Alberta and British Columbia. Their stage-filling sound will echo across the provinces as towns are treated to the band’s acoustic blend of folk,…
19th Sceen Actors Guild Awards
Last night, the Screen Actors Guild recognized outstanding achievement of its own members by awarding them with “The Actor”. The trophy was presented in 15 film and television categories at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A Lifetime Achievement Award was also presented to film and television icon Dick Van Dyke. Going into the night,…