The 24th annual Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival takes over False Creek this weekend with a free festival and hundreds of racers from dozens of teams paddling for victory. From Friday, June 15, 2012 to Sunday, June 17, 2012 everyone is invited to Creekside Community Centre and the surrounding area of False Creek to […]
Trout Lake Day is a free family festival that is coming up June 24th. Everyone is invited to the park for music, games, art workshops, and a picnic. Photo credit: Ruth and Dave – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool. The event will run from 2:00pm to 6:00pm at John Hendry Park, surrounding Trout Lake, […]
Samsung recently revealed their latest Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, and they’ll be celebrating with a launch party in Vancouver. Photo credit: John Biehler on Flickr John Biehler, who is no stranger to mobile phone technology, has published a blog post with his first impressions: For me, as of this moment, the S III […]
Vancouver WhitecapsFC unveiled their new third jersey this morning at a live fashion runway-style event that was also broadcast on their website. Footage from the #Caps3rdKit live webcast Commentary from emcee John Thorrington: “This third it represents another aspect of our unique roots in British Columbia.” — “Arbutus brown and the accents are sky blue […]
Bard on the Beach opened last week with The Taming of the Shrew, which is probably my least favourite Shakespearean play, considering the misogynistic plot — Petruchio (John Murphy), who wants to marry for money, weds Kate (Lois Anderson), a wealthy and independent-minded “shrew”. After marrying her, Petruchio “tames” her by starving her, sleep depriving […]
