This summer why not vacation close to home and celebrate the arts & culture scene in your own back yard. British Columbia communities are full of great local arts & culture, events, performance, displays and celebrations are happening every day across the province. “The BC Cultural Crawl is a celebration of the arts and culture…
Author: Jay Minter
Victoria Symphony Splash
Get out your lawn chair and picnic basket and find your spot on the Inner Harbour in Victoria tomorrow for one of the largest symphony events in North America, the annual Symphony Splash. Each year Victoria Symphony moves out of the auditorium and onto the water of Victoria’s picturesque Inner Harbour to perform for an…
Frankie Knuckles plays Five-Sixty
Saturday night, legendary DJ, Producer, Remixer, Frankie Knuckles takes to the turntables at Five-Sixty! As a Chicago DJ in the 80’s, Frankie was instrumental in developing and popularizing the house genre of dance music. In 2005 he was inducted to the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievements. As a producer and remixer he’s…
Celebration of Light / Shorefest 2011
Hard to believe that our little fireworks festival is all grown up and turning 21 years old! The flashes and booms over English Bay followed by ‘ooohs’ and ‘aahs”will fill the air of Vancouver as the Celebration of Light takes off for another year. This year’s “Battle Of Champions” edition kicks off Saturday July 30th…
New CBC Show from Dragon’s Den Producers searches for small businesses.
CBC recently announced that the producers of Canada’s top-rated entertainment program, Dragons’ Den, are looking for struggling Canadian companies to participate in an exciting new business show. In this new series, some of the country’s top investors will spend their time and money to help these Canadian companies get back on their feet. The Big…
What’s on this Weekend! July 28 – August 1, 2011
What’s on this weekend? What’s NOT on this weekend!? There’s so much happening, I can’t keep up! Happening all week long is the Vancouver 2011 North American Outgames ; sports, culture and human rights conference all rolled into one event. Visit the Outgames website for all the activities happening around Vancouver, Whistler, Burnaby and beyond….
The Rectory Cafe
A short ferry ride away from the megatropolis of Toronto, lay the Toronto Islands chain and just a five minute walk from the Ward’s Island Ferry dock is the beautiful Rectory Cafe. Built in 1948, the former home of the priest of St Andrew-By-The-Lake, The Rectory sits peacefully in a grove of trees. As you enter it feels…