aggregated from: Beyond Robson

On the eve of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, publishing houses are crossing their fingers that books about the host city will fly of the shelves as souvenirs, guides and walks down memory lane. For an urban centre, Vancouver ...

topics: coffee, olympics, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

WIth our unusually warm January weather it should be easy to get out on January 23rd for the Anti-Prorogation rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 1pm. Or, of course, you could just forgo the rally and march and join the Facebook group to show your ...

topics: arts, gallery, politics, show, vancouver-art-gallery

aggregated from: Chow Times

Of late, Suanne and I had been trying to make our dining out a learning experience. This all started from our gastronomic tour of Spain. In the tour, we had taken on an entirely new perspective of food. We had come to appreciate the origin of the c...

topics: arts, cooking, dining, downtown, north-vancouver

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Winter Solstice at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens + Roundhouse + elsewhereI usually help organize a team social for attending the Winter Solstice events at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens - but this year I must attend AGM and Christmas Party at Joy Kogawa House.Che...

topics: arts, park

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Hi EverybodyI - Todd Wong - am MCing the Ricepaper Christmas party and new issue launch! Leanne Riding is co-president and Tzhe Lam is also on the ACWW board.Ricepaper Magazine is also a recipient of the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New...

topics: arts, poet

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Now Available: Tickets for Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner- It's the 12 Anniversary of the little dinner that could. January 31st, Sunday 2010Floata Seafood RestaurantVancouver ChinatownContact Firehall Arts Centre:phone 60...

topics: arts, documentary, jazz, museum, olympics

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

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: Vancouverite

Photo: Miss604So Absolute Vodka has made 60,000 bottles of special Vancouver edition vodka. It's bright blue and yellow and the artwork was done by local, Douglas Fraser. They are also offering up some sort of $120k prize to support the arts communit...

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Tireless Mayor Gregor Robertson was hard at work in the middle of the night again (2:30 AM), on Twitter onbviously. He's working with the rest of the region for 2010 to land great companies and jobs. Is it too early to call this a fail? Hours earlier...

topics: arts, mayor

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

FearlessTV #33 Heart of the City Festival 2009(An ACCESS-TV/DTES-CAN co-production with the assistance of the Community Television Cluster of the W2 Community Media Arts Society) ...shamelessly promoting our friends, neighbours andcommunity...and oc...