This week the Polaris Music Prize left their Toronto offices for the first time to announce the Long List of nominees for this year’s prize. From Vancouver’s Waldorf Hotel, the Long List of 40 artists, as chosen by the jury of 200 independent music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across the country, was unveiled featuring…
Category: Music
What’s On Weekend – June 14 – 16, 2012
Ongoing Activities: – visit Vanier Park for Bard On The Beach now presenting Taming Of The Shrew – although the weather hasn’t been spectacular, head outside every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night this summer visit one of the three night markets in Richmond and Vancouver. Summer Night Market runs until September 16th on Vulcan Way,…
Rdio New Release Tuesday – June 12, 2012
Rdio, (pronounced ar-dee-o) is a new way to play, share and discover music, from the creators of Skype. Rdio allows users to build a digital music collection that’s available wherever you are – on the web and your phone, even offline. Find new music through friends, bands, or people with similar taste and play any…
66th Annual Tony Award Winners
Sunday night, the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League presented the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, better known as The Tony Awards. Third time host Neil Patrick Harris presided over the evening from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In addition to awards the evening included performances from some…
What’s On Weekend – June 7 – 9, 2012
Ongoing Activities: – visit Vanier Park for Bard On The Beach now presenting Taming Of The Shrew – at Vancouver Art Gallery : Offsite on West Georgia at the Shangri-la Hotel courtyard, until Sept 16th, is a large scale wooden tableau by Kota Ezawa – The Vancouver Art Gallery indoors welcomes it’s summer exhibit, Collecting…
Rdio New Release Tuesday – June 3rd, 2012
Rdio, (pronounced ar-dee-o) is a new way to play, share and discover music, from the creators of Skype. Rdio allows users to build a digital music collection that’s available wherever you are – on the web and your phone, even offline. Find new music through friends, bands, or people with similar taste and play any…
An Evening with Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel – The Centre For Performing Arts In Vancouver – June 1, 2012 Stepping on to The Centre’s stage for her first visit to Vancouver, Tony-award winning singer-songwriter/actress Idina Menzel was greeted by enthusiastic applause. Kicking off a summer tour in support of her latest recording “Barefoot At the Symphony”, which indeed she was,…