There’s always something fun in the city…here’s some for this weekend! Thursday Nov 17 – check out the preview launch of the new Rubble Gallery on Powell Street – at the Rio Theatre, catch the second installment of the ‘Friends of Dorothy Film Series‘ hosted by the Queen of East Van, Isolde N Barron, this…
Category: Entertainment
Guilty Pleasures featuring Prince Poppycock
This Saturday night isn’t the first time Prince Poppycock will be a guilty pleasure. During his run on Season Five of America’s Got Talent, judge Piers Morgan said that Poppycock was “becoming my guilty pleasure”. Apparently he was America’s guilty pleasure too as the foppish, baroque dandy made it all the way to the final…
What’s on Weekend – Nov 10-13, 2011
Lest We Forget. The most important event this weekend is of course Remembrance Day, support and honour our Veterans on Friday. Thursday Nov 10 – at the Rickshaw Theatre, Portland’s Blitzen Trapper perform with Dawes – BC band, Yukon Blonde play the Biltmore Cabaret – The Helm, hosts another Thursday edition of We Like Boys with…
Falling In Time – Theatre Review
Falling In Time – Performance Works Theatre Set in Vancouver in 1994 and Korea during the Korean War years, Falling In Time tells the tale of how the war directly affected those involved in the conflict and the generations to follow. Four actors portray an array of a diverse characters; Nelson Wong playing a young Korean…
What’s On Weekend – Nov 3-5, 2011
Is it really November already? Thursday, November 3 – continuing until Sunday at Masik Studios is Vancouver Fashion Week, with shows and after parties all weekend. – The Helm welcomes another weekly edition of DJ Jeffery Michael’s We Like Boy night. Friday, November 4 – when you’re done with Fashion Week, get out your retro garb…
What’s On Weekend – Oct 27 – 30, 2011
Since Halloween is this coming Monday, this whole weekend is going to be packed with spooky spectaculars! Thursday Oct 27 – legendary Roger Daltry performs The Who’s Tommy plus other hits at Rogers Arena – guitar icon Jeff Beck strums his way to the Centre For Performing Arts In Vancouver -new New Pornographers member Kathryn Calder…
Rickshaw Theatre – reopening
Wednesday night saw the music industry media and insiders celebrating the grand reopening of the new and improved Rickshaw Theatre. Located near the corner of Main & Hastings Street, the 70’s era theatre was orginally built to show Chinese language kung-fu films but closed in the early 80’s and after sitting abandoned for over 2 decades it was brought…