Vancouver Foodster, Richard Wolak has created a new food festival to hightlight Vancouver’s creative chefs and the restaurants that are putting the city on the culinary map. We are fortunate to live in a city which has one of the most exciting culinary scenes in North America, where chefs are passionate about the ingredients that…
A FUN. Filled Night at Ambleside Live
FUN. – Ambleside Park – August 31, 2013 As the sun dropped behind the horizon at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, the crowd reached its peak and 10000 people got ready to enjoy FUN., the headliners on the Most Nights Summer Tour. The beautiful setting was matched by the band’s initial stylish appearance onstage in…
Tegan & Sara : Ambleside Live
Tegan & Sara – Ambleside Park – August 31, 2013 Ambleside Park in West Vancouver was the filled with music and revelry on Saturday night as the ‘Most Nights Summer Tour’ featured Tegan & Sara warming up the large audience before FUN. headlined. Starting their set under the late day sun, the all ages venue…
Picks Of The Week – September 4, 2013
Hard to believe it’s September but let’s make the most of the last 3 weeks of official summer! Fringe: Head to the edge for some great Arts performances at the 2013 Vancouver Fringe Festival until September 15th Gig: Join Scottish electropop act CHVRCHES at the Commodore Ballroom on Thursday Sept 5 Dance: Start the new…
Jay Brannan releases “Around The World in 80 Jays” EP
American singer-songwriter/actor, Jay Brannan has just released a unique and ambitious EP, “Around The World in 80 Jays“ (you can see why the title caught my attention). A selection of 9 cover songs sung in 6 different languages, the artist showed his nerves in tweets announcing the launch of the EP. ” @JayBrannan oh god…
Jim Byrnes Wraps 2013 Enchanted Evenings Concert Series
Jim Byrnes – Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden – August 30, 2013 The 20th Anniversary Enchanted Evenings Concert Series at Dr Sun Yat-Sen Gardens came to a close last week with a performance by blues great Jim Byrnes. The award winning musician/actor played a 75 minute set, of covers and original material before an…
Origins of Labour Day
Labour Day (or Labor Day in the USA) is a national holiday that has come to signify the end of summer and for many young people the return to school. However, after hearing some people discuss the holiday I thought I’d look into the true origins of the holiday. In Canada and the US, the…