As one of North America’s premier literary events, running October 19th to 24th, the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival aims to: advance literacy by introducing young readers to the wonder of books. deliver the world’s best writers to Festival audiences. promote new and undiscovered British Columbian, Canadian and international writers.This is accomplished through a…
Klaxons
Klaxons – Venue – October 4, 2010 Three years in the making, Klaxons finally return to Vancouver in support of their long awaited second album, Surfing The Void With huge buzz out of the gate, taking their time to follow up their debut seemed like a risk especially for a British band facing the fickle British…
Don Quixote – Arts Club Theatre Company
Opening Nights at the theatre are full of anticipation; will you like it, will it be boring, will it be… Even more so when you’re seeing a new work as we did last night at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage. Don Quixote is a collarboration between The Arts Club, Centaur and Axis Theatre Companies….
Eco Fashion Week Vancouver – Fall 2010
Eco Fashion Week Vancouver presented by Aveda begins this week, running September 27-30th, 2010 it is a gathering of eco-designers, fashion buyers and media. All come together to promote collections of environmentally friendly, trend setting fashion. It’s mission statement is: To Celebrate Responsible Principles And Style To Identify And Refine Sustainable Industry Practices To Educate…
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters – Malkin Bowl – September 16, 2010 Mother Nature fought hard but the Scissor Sisters still won over the capacity crowd at a very rain soaked Malkin Bowl. Even though the rain came pouring down the audiences still had a great vibe in anticipation of the Scissor Sisters largest Vancouver show to date. When the band finally took the stage;…
Desert Island Discs – Disc 10
(Read disc 1, disc 2, disc 3 disc 4, disc 5, disc 6, disc 7, disc 8, disc 9) Michael Jackson – Thriller Not only is this the best selling albums of all time it is one of the most important albums of the last 30 years. I know music isn’t important in the grand…
Davie Day 2010
Sept 11th marks the third annual Davie Day in the West End. From Burrard to Broughton, Davie Street is closed to traffic and is taken over by entertainment, activities, information, food & beverage vendors. The event really is for the while family, with something to keep every age (and attention span) interested: Great entertainers…