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Surrey Children’s Festival 2013

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Surrey Arts Centre and Bear Creek Park will once again be home to the Surrey Children’s Festival this year, from May 23rd until May 25th. Rain or shine, there are indoor and outdoor stages and performances for children of all ages. Line-Up Festival hours are 9:00am to 2:30pm Thursday and Friday, and 10:30am to […]

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Community Day at Playland 2013

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Playland is now open for the season on Saturday, Sundays and holidays, and on this coming Sunday they’re hosting Community Day benefitting Hastings Community Little League. Photo credit: Stv. on Flickr On Saturday, May 11, 2013 $10 from every Playland ticket purchased will go to support Hastings Community Little League in hosting the 2016 Little […]

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Jeans Day 2013: BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Jeans Day, an initiative of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, is coming up on Thursday, April 25, 2013. It’s an easy way for your school or workplace to support the cause and it adds a fun element especially if a formal dress code or a uniform is the usual attire. To participate, you can register […]

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Record Store Day 2013: Vancouver Events

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Since 2007 Record Store Day has celebrated the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. Record stores participate with special events featuring live music, food, celebrities, and other activities on Saturday, April 20, 2013. In Vancouver, you can check out any and all of […]

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100 Years of Rotary: Vancouver Events

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Rotary International is celebrating 100 years in BC through community events around the province including a festival in Vancouver this weekend: 1917 – VPL #: 20220 & 1920 – VPL #: 20805. Dominion Photo Co. Party on the Plaza When Friday, April 19, 2013 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm Where Jack Poole Plaza What Free family […]

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Ceroc Around the Clock: Kitsilano Showboat Fundraiser

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Join Ceroc Vancouver on Saturday, April 27, 2013 for a 12-hour dance-a-thon fundraiser for the Kitsilano Showboat amphitheatre called Ceroc Around the Clock: Participants can enjoy different dance lessons every hour from 12:00pm to 7:00pm, and a dance party with performances from 8:00pm to 12:00am. COBS Bread will be sponsoring and providing free sustenance. Where […]

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Burnaby Heights Contest: Park It Where Your Heart Is

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Burnaby Heights Merchants Association is known for its engagement with the community, especially with the annual Hats Off Day festival (which I have sponsored for the last few years). Now they’re hosting a contest called “Park It Where Your Heart Is” to highlight 20 free parking lots along the Heights and the 350 businesses […]

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Canstruction Vancouver 2013

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Canstruction Vancouver is on now in two locations in downtown Vancouver featuring 22 sculptures made entirely of canned food. Teams of designers, engineers, architects, students and businesses have put together these creations made of thousands of cans, packages, pouches, and bags that contain food that will be donated to the Vancouver Food Bank when the […]

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Heritage Talks: Main Post Office Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Listed on Heritage Vancouver’s Top 10 List of Endangered Sites in 2012, the Main Post Office has definitely come into the spotlight over the last year. The massive building in downtown Vancouver, between Georgia and Dunsmuir, Homer and Hamilton was recently sold, moving Canada Post operations to a main processing plant in Richmond by 2014. […]

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