Archive for the category "contests"

The Live Sessions: Ali Milner and Jets Overhead

Comments 14 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Chan Centre at UBC has been hosting a series of music showcases over the last few weeks called the Live Sessions. The featured artists are all Canadian singers, songwriters and bands. It’s been a great opportunity to see these artists for a low-dough $15 ticket before they inevitably make it big on the world’s […]

The Uptown CCMA Blogger Gift Lounge

Comments 18 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA’s) are coming to Vancouver and we need some bloggers to help capture the events of this star-studded evening. I will be in the exclusive, invitation-only Gift Lounge at GM Place on September 13th thanks to the Uptown Giftbox Company and I’m looking for a small group of bloggers to […]

Operas and Arias Bard on the Beach Giveaway

Comments 14 by Rebecca Bollwitt

As the Bard on the Beach season rolls into its final month, a special Operas and Arias performance is just beginning. Photo credit: David Blue Fresh from their performance of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in Prague and Ontario, UBC Opera Ensemble, directed by Nancy Hermiston, will perform an in-concert staging of this fun-filled romantic opera. […]

Jackson Rathbone of Twilight with 100 Monkeys

Comments 14 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper in the Twilight movie saga, has been busy in Vancouver filming the latest installment of the series however he’s also managed to find time to be a part of the band, 100 Monkeys. © 100 Monkeys The band is made up of Rathbone’s high school confidantes, Ben Graupner and Ben […]