Coming up June 14, there’s a showdown of a different kind happening in Vancouver. A day-long event, Vancouver Draw Down celebrates drawing and challenges everyone to try their hand at creating their own art in workshops at Vancouver’s community centres, museums, art galleries, and on the street! Participants can try their hand at mural drawing,…
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Picks of the Week – May 21, 2014
Victoria Day has past and our American friend’s have their Memorial Holiday this weekend, truly kicking off the Summer Season for all of us. BigTop: Cirque du Soleil: Totem continues under the Grand Chapiteau at Concord Pacific Place. Foster Kids: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre will be alive as Foster The People and guest St Lucia take to the…
PuSh Festival 10th Anniversary – Kiss The Rabbit
Monday night at the Vancity Theatre, the PuSh Festival debuted a new documentary celebrating their 10th Anniversary. Filmed during the course of the 2014 Festival opening night performance of Gob Squad’s Super Night Shot and interspersed with interviews from PuSh Festival founders, curators and stakeholders in the Vancouver Arts scene talking about the importance of…
Picks Of The Week – May 14, 2014
May Long, Victoria Day, May Two-Four…whatever you call it, it’s a long weekend and the unofficial start of Summer is upon us! Food: Tonight, foodies descend upon Main Street as Vancouver Foodster presents Tasting Plates: Main Street Edition Cup: The second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship sees Vancouver Whitecaps hoping to erase their one…
2014 BC Book Prize Winners Announced
On May 3rd, the 2014 BC Book Prize Winners were announced at the Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel. Chosen from the 2014 Shortlist, this year’s winner’s were: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little, Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize: and Roderick Haig-Brown Regional…
Picks of the Week – May 7, 2014
The typically unpredictable spring weather of late means it’s best to plan on having both an indoor and outdoor option for your May days, good thing there’s lots to do. Play: Look on the Bright Side Of Life and prepare to laugh at The Arts Club Theatre as Monty Python’s Spamalot opens at the Stanley…
Squamish Valley Music Festival adds new artists
August nights just got a bit hotter as the Squamish Valley Music Festival added more great artists to their already stacked line-up. The new artists joining the Festival include: NAS (performing his debut album, Illmatic) The Temper Trap Chvrches Phantogram tUnE-yArDs James Vincent McMorrow Magic! Wildlife Reuben And The Dark “These new artist additions represent…