aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Never heard of this! Why!?Hidden near English Bay, along with the HR McMillan Space Centre and The Vancouver Maritime Museum, is the Museum of Vancouver, which is definitely an alternative to the Vancouver Art Gallery hands-on and interactive versu...

topics: artist, author, design, documentary, gallery

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

[Editor's Note: A big welcome to Matt, one of our newest columnists on city news and ideas!]I first heard about W2 in the buzz surrounding Woodward's opening, and as a continuation of development's 'cultural components.' The Woodward's central atrium...

topics: artist, arts, gastown, theatre

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

[Editor's Note: A big welcome to Matt, one of our newest columnists on city news and ideas!]I first heard about W2 in the buzz surrounding Woodward's opening, and as a continuation of development's 'cultural components.' The Woodward's central atrium...

topics: artist, arts, gastown, theatre

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

I've been seeing some especially creative paste-ups around the city lately. To me, that's a very good sign .It signals a city that has an growing scene of young artists willing to get out there and slap their pieces on walls for the public to see -- ...

topics: artist, political, vancouver-style

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Walking downtown last night after an outlandish performance piece called Delusion by renowned (and insane) NYC-based artist Laurie Anderson at the Playhouse, after giving directions to yet another lost tourist as people behind me screamed Canada ...

topics: artist, dance, downtown, downtown-eastside, olympics

aggregated from: Vancouverite

It's called Ice Light, designed by German artist Gunda Forster. And Mayor Gregor Robertson lit this one of twenty parts of the $5.95 million art works around Vancouver. We brought in someone from Germany to lay some environmental LED lights on our ci...

topics: artist, mayor

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

So we embark on a new decade in music. We've made our top lists for songs and albums for the past year and past decade. We'll see what's in store to see who's the next Death Cab, or next Broken Social Scene, or next Decemberists, or next (insert your...

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Vietnam-era guide to civil disobedience updated for 2010 Winter Games. Pro tip: look for protesters who might have bought their black cargo pants from Marks Work Warehouse two days prior. Cultural Olympiad artists say they're being muzzled. Oh artist...

topics: 2010-winter-games, artist, paralympic-games, vanoc

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This year's Eastside Culture Crawl is the 13th and opens up artist studios for three days so the public can wander around and check out some of the 300 artists that participate. The event runs on Nov 20, 21, & 22.As a part of the culture crawl, there...

topics: artist, arts, bar, dj

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

There has been talk for awhile now that Pixar was looking to open a studio here in town. It s not a bad idea at all, given the high concentration of local tech and art talent. And it s looking like those burbles are turning into action, as Pixar has ...