The second successfull Eco Fashion Week Vancouver, celebrating eco-friendly and sustainable fashion designers Fall 2011 collections, wrapped up last week. Everyday this week I’ll highlight some of these collections and designers.
Eco Fashion Week Vancouver – Fall 2011
The 2011 Eco Fashion Week Vancouver kicked off with a great opening party at the Aveda Institute Vancouver. Aveda is a perfect presenting partner for Eco Fashion Week as they both have a great philosophy that fashion doesn’t have to forgo sustainability in the pursuit of style. The flagship Aveda Institute in the heart of…
Plants & Animals – Big Things Ahead
Plants and Animals – Commodore Ballroom – February 18, 2011 Juno Award nominated and Polaris Prize shortlisted Plants and Animals kicked off their latest cross Canada tour in Vancouver Friday night. The relative newcomers are touring in support of their 2010 release “La La Land” but also debuted a few new songs during the set,…
Michael Bolton – A Trip Down Memory Lane
Michael Bolton – River Rock Casino – February 18, 2011 Gone is the Fabio-esque long flowing mane of hair so synonymous with Michael Bolton of the 80’s and 90’s but the voice and the hits live on. Stopping in Vancouver for a sell-out show at the River Rock Casino Theatre (in addition to a private…
Elton John – Rocket Man, Rocks Victoria
Elton John – Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena – February 15, 2011 Elton John kicked off his North American tour with his only Canadian dates and first ever visit to Victoria. The back to back shows filled Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena with 16,000 fans over the two night, the largest crowds the 6 year old venue has experienced. The buzz was definitely…
2010 Olympic Memories
From February 12 – 28, 2010 Vancouver welcomed the world but more importantly woke up to the world and became a global city! The 2010 Winter Olympic Games finally arrived in Vancouver after a decade of pitches, plebiscites, planning, building, protests, decorating and some more protests. In typical Vancouver fashion the very vocal naysayers seemed…
Chromeo – Chro-meee-oh-oooh-oh!
Chromeo – Commodore Ballroom – February 10, 2011 I’ve seen very few bands that can built such positive energy in a crowd without even being on stage. Such is the anticipation the audience feels as they prepare for a Chromeo show…before the band is on stage (perhaps not even in the building) the crowd was…