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…
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What’s on Weekend – Oct 20-22, 2011
Another week, another fun-filled weekend of festivities Thursday Oct 20 – enter a world of words, take part in one of the many readings, talks, interviews with 100 of the worlds top authors at the Vancouver International Writer’s Festival on until Sunday. – Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad opens at the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Stanley…
Best Selling Soundtracks of All-time
With the release of the remake of the film Footloose, this weekend, and the remake of some of the classic hits from the original soundtrack, it had me thinking of other great classic soundtracks. Some have music specifically written for the film while others are merely compilations of music to reflect the mood or era of…
What’s On Weekend – Oct 13 -16, 2011
Thursday Oct 13 – supporting his newest release “Sunset Sea”, David Suzuki “Playlist for the Planet” winner, Danny Michel is at the Biltmore Cabaret – The Waldorf welcomes SISKIYOU, Christopher Smith and The Beckon Call Friday Oct 14 – if you’ve got tweens you know how big Selena Gomez is, she brings her tour to…
What’s on weekend – Oct 6 – 10, 2011
Long weekend good times! Thursday Oct 6, 2011 – the lovely Lisa Hannigan brings her sweet vocals to the Media Club – Eco-Fashion Week continues through Friday – it’s Basic Thursday downtown at new Vinyl Retro Lounge Friday Oct 7, 2011 -rock icons Moody Blues perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Cut Copy perform a sold…
What’s on Weekend – September 29 – October 02, 2011
Busy Busy Bizzay! Thursday Sept 29 – Ongoing until October 14th is the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival – head down to 455 Abbott St in Vancouver for Vinyl: retro lounge’s Grand Opening – International Design Show West brings together some of the best and brightest in interior design to the Vancouver Convention Centre until…
Polaris Music Prize 2011 Winners
After a months long process, from the long list of 40 to the short list, the ultimate winners of the 2011 Polaris Music Prize is Arcade Fire’s latest release, The Suburbs. Montreal based, Arcade Fire were previously shortlisted for the Prize in 2007 for Neon Bible which at the time was the pinnacle of the…