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Rifflandia Festival Photos: Death Cab for Cutie

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Rifflandia Festival took over bars, clubs, public spaces, and Royal Athletic Park in Victoria last weekend as dozens of acts like Girl Talk, Serena Ryder, Dragonette, The Skatalites, Dear Rouge, Head of the Herd, Jon and Roy, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Hunt Buffalo, and Death Cab for Cutie entertained audiences of all ages. […]

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Rifflandia Festival Photos: The Airborne Toxic Event And More

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Rifflandia Festival took over bars, clubs, public spaces, and Royal Athletic Park in Victoria last weekend as dozens of acts like Girl Talk, Serena Ryder, Dragonette, The Skatalites, Dear Rouge, Head of the Herd, Jon and Roy, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Hunt Buffalo, and Death Cab for Cutie entertained audiences of all ages. […]

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YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 2015: Nominations Open

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards have posted their call for nominations today, far ahead of previous years which began the process in January ahead of their May event. From September 15th, 2014 until January 22nd, 2015 you can nominate a remarkable woman in your life, community, or at your company for recognition at the […]

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The Sonics at The Rickshaw in Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

When Nardwuar, the most unique and talented music researcher and interviewer of our time, states that his band will be opening up for his favourite band of all time, you should stop what you’re doing and get tickets for that show immediately. On Thursday, October 2, 2014 The Evaporators (with Nardwuar) and The Flintettes will […]

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Win Tickets to Up Close and Personal with Colin Mochrie and Guests

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Canada’s best-known improvisor, Colin Mochrie, will team up with Vancouver TheatreSports League (“VTSL”) next month for two delightfully side-splitting shows: Up Close and Personal with Colin Mochrie and Guests. Each show will feature improvised sketches and TheatreSports games based on audience suggestions to spur the comedic action. What: Up Close and Personal with Colin Mochrie […]

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Meteor Over Rifflandia in Victoria

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Seattle-based Death Cab for Cutie had an out-of-this-world set at the Rifflandia festival in Victoria this past Saturday night when a meteor streaked through the sky during their performance of Long Division. John and I had just left the photo pit and camped out in the back of the enthralled audience when the shooting star […]

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SPES Saturday: The Birds of Winter: Just One More Reason to Love Stanley Park

by Guest Author

This post has been contributed by Don Enright, Volunteer and Past President with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End almost a decade ago and I have been a member for two years. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their […]

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FIFA Women’s World Cup: Ticket Passports Now on Sale

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Canada is hosting the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and Vancouver will play a big role with matches — including the final — hosted at BC Place. Ticket passports are now on sale for multiple games at each of the host cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, and Moncton. Ticket Sales Timeline September 10, 2014 […]

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BC Culture Days Events

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Culture Days is an annual, national, three day celebration where Canadians are encouraged to participate in free and interactive activities to discover their cultural spirit and passion. Here in BC, there are 449 events and activities listed on the Culture Days calendar between September 26th and 28th and a provincial launch event will take place […]

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