This Friday June 21st, thousands will gather for Make Music Vancouver in the streets of Gastown to watch hundreds of music acts. The 3rd annual free community event closes down Water Street and turns it into street-side stages, dance floors and showcases to highlight the city’s diverse musical culture. Inspired by La Fête de la Musique, a…
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2013 MMVA Winners
Last night the annual Much Music Video Awards were handed out in a star studded extravaganza in downtown Toronto. The bash shuts down the streets around the Much Music headquarters at Queen & John Streets as the public crowd around the stages to watch performances and awards handed out. Performers included host PSY, Demi Lovato,…
BAM! A Hairy Fashion Show
Suki’s Hair Salon and Knot Theory Fashion House team up in the first Bold Alopecia Movement (BAM!) hair and fashion show, to raise awareness for alopecia areata, a hair loss condition that affects 2% of the global population (four times the population of Canada). The BAM! Fashion Show will be held on Wednesday, June 19th…
Picks Of The Week – June 5, 2013
Can you believe it’s already the second weekend of June?! Summer will be officially here before we know it but before it arrives we still have lots happening in the city Concerts: The legendary Tony Bennett finds his heart in Coquitlam at the Red Robinson Theatre in Boulevard Casino on Friday June 7th. The following…
Husband vs Wife: A Provence Restaurant Throwdown
Alessandra and Jean-Francis Quaglia, the chef owners of Provence Mediterranean Grill in Point Grey, Provence Marinaside in Yaletown and the newest venture TWB – The Wine Bar next door to Provence Marinaside have come up with a unique way to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Jean-Francis is Executive Chef for all locations, but devotes most of…
Vancouver Art Gallery : Grand Hotel
Whether it’s a exemplary tale of great service, horror stories of run down rooms, stunning architecture or dream stays seen in films, everyone has a tale to tell about a hotel. Vancouver Art Gallery has assembled a collection of these stories for their summer exhibit, Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, running until September 15. The…
Picks Of The Week: May 15, 2013
The summer doesn’t officially start for another month but the May long weekend is the unofficial kick-off to the season. Blockbuster Movies, Fairs and Midways, Concerts all begin get people out and about to take in Victoria Day. Spit: After a too long hiatus, SPIT returns for a Thursday night adventure, Kiss Of Life, at…