After a month of deliberation, the Polaris Prize jury has announced their choices for this year’s Short List. In June the 200 jurists, consisting of independent music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across the country selected their top 40 Long List, now they have just 10 remaining finalists on the Short List. Unveiled this week at…
Author: Jay Minter
What’s On Wednesday – July 19 – 21, 2012
Ongoing Activities: – visit Vanier Park for Bard On The Beach now presenting Taming Of The Shrew, Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor and King John. – head outside every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night this summer visit one of the three night markets in Richmond and Vancouver. Summer Night Market runs until September 16th on…
Broadway Across Canada – Mary Poppins
Chim Chim Cheree! Everyone’s favourite nanny stops by Vancouver this week, no not Supernanny but Mary Poppins. Broadway Across Canada‘s touring production of Disney’s Mary Poppins opened tonight and plays until Sunday July 22nd at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Adapted from the family favourite 1964 Disney movie, Mary Poppins features the same familiar score by…
Rdio New Release Tuesday – July 17, 2012
It’s Tuesday, so let’s take a look at what’s newly released on Rdio. This week features a number of high profile new singles, some artists returning to the spotlight and a couple of soundtracks. New Singles receding highly anticipated late summer album releases from Green Day, The Killers and No Doubt will get the bulk…
Xanadu: Summer Fun At Arts Club
“A place where nobody dared to go…they call it Xanadu”, or so the lyrics go to the title song to Xanadu, the musical now playing at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage. Contrary to the lyrics, every body should go to Xanadu, it’s a fun, camp rolic. I’d say it’s a guilty pleasure…
Men’s Summer Style: Time To Grab Your Summer Uniform
Hey Guys! The sun has finally shown up and it’s time to fire up the bbq and hit the beach! After a long, hot day at the office nothing is better than getting out of the work duds and throwing on some comfortable casual gear. There’s a fine line between looking relaxed and letting yourself…
2012 PNE Prize Home Opens Its Doors
Win A House! Win A Car! For 78 year’s those 6 words have been the calling card of summer at the PNE. This year’s PNE Prize Home is opening today for the first of 6 preview days. The home’s interior has been designed by former ABC’s Bachelorette, turned Celebrity Designer, Jillian Harris. This is a…