Archive for April, 2008

DemoCampVancouver06 Live Blog

Comments 8 by Guest Author

Unfortunately Rebecca is unable to attend DemoCamp’s Gaming Edition this evening so Nancy Zimmerman has been kind enough to take on the liveblog – thanks Nancy! What: DemoCampVancouver06 – Gaming Edition [wiki][Facebook event] Where: Workspace in Gastown Presentations Include: Bleeding Edge iPhone Development Parveen Kaler, Smartful Studios Self-Publishing Games Direct-to-Consumers Dustin Sacks, Sillysoft Games Starting […]

Car Free Day in Vancouver Summer 2008

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last year I didn’t get out to every festival, parade, or community event however the ones I did attend like the West End’s Block Party were pretty darn fun. Over on Commercial Drive they’ve been closing off the road and celebrating the community on foot (for a single day without vehicles) for several years. In […]

RadioZoom Episode #145 – New Music West

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

It’s been a while since we’ve done a regular episode but when I recently got the chance to speak with New Music West‘s own Jory Groberman about the upcoming festival, I thought what better way to capture it than on RadioZoom. New Music West is… “The largest and most influential new music event in Western […]

Trevor Linden Street Naming Petition and the CBC's Early Edition

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

My moment with Trev in 2006 Yesterday the CBC contacted Gary because he’s responsible for an online petition to get a street renamed after Trevor Linden. Unfortunately Gary wasn’t available to go into the CBC ‘bunker’ this morning so I was his stand-in. I was basically asked, “why name a street after Linden?” and after […]

Army and Navy Shoe Sale, A Vancouver Tradition

Comments 16 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Although we no longer have the “$1.49 day – Woodwards” theme chiming through our radios there are still many traditions in local retail shopping that have lived on to the point of being legendary. Growing up in Surrey, it was always A&B Sound on Boxing Day, and in other cities it’s been the annual Army […]