Lots of happenings this weekend! Thursday Sept 22 – big things across the water in Victoria as Rifflandia Festival kicks off with 4 days, 110 artists across 9 stages. – not to be left out, Vancouver has the third Olio Festival starting tonight. Music, comedy, film, and more across the city for 4 days. –…
Author: Jay Minter
The High Line Park NYC
The High Line is a 1 mile long park running along New York City’s West Side, through Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. One of the more ingenious urban redevelopments in recent times, taking over parts of the abandoned West Side Line of the City’s elevated freight railroad. In 1999 by local residents the Friends of…
Junior Boys
Junior Boys – Commodore Ballroom – September 17, 2011 Polaris Prize Nominees, Junior Boys stopped in Vancouver touring in promotion of their latest album, “It’s All True”. Never known for their stage presence they didn’t change any preceptions this time either. While the beautiful sounds of Jeremy Greenspan’s vocals are in sharp contrast to his ‘school librarian’ oxford shirt and…
The Young Galaxy
The Young Galaxy – Commodore Ballroom – Sept 17 2011 Appearing almost ethereal dressed in all white with lighting and video glowing on them from behind the audience, Canadian quintet The Young Galaxy opened the night in support of Junior Boys. The former Vancouverites appeared to have a lot of support in the audience as…
Experience a World Of Words : VIWF
The 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival is just a month away. While the fest runs October 18-23 there are a number of other events that celebrate the written word and support the festival. Starting with this weekend’s sold out appearance by Michael Moore, there are a number of great author events coming up over the…
The Hudson Bay Company Gets A Facelift
After 341 years, the venerable Hudson Bay Company just had a facelift and she looks good! Not content to let the brand retire in her old age, The Bay’s president & CEO Bonnie Brooks is on a plan to breathe new life into the oldest company in North America. This week two new brand boutiques…
Project World Citizen Charity
Through a friend I was recently introduced to a local charity making a global difference. Project World Citizen was founded by Vancouver based entrepreneurs and philanthropists Anna Soper and Joel Primus. Avid travellers who saw the social injustices and inequities of the third world, they felt a desire to give back and do their part…