Archive for the category "vancouver"

Christmas at Canada Place 2009

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 22nd annual Christmas at Canada Place launches this weekend, providing holiday fun for the entire family. Festivities run from December 6 – 31, 2009 and will feature nightly Light Shows on the sails along with Breakfast with Santa. Breakfast with Santa happens December 6th and 12th with tickets available online in advance for $28. […]

12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

On December 12th photographers in Vancouver will be participating in the first annual 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon. Photo credit: sparkieblues on Flickr “What is it? It’s a twelve hour event where participants will check in, receive a roll of 35mm film and then each hour, will be giving a theme of which to shoot one […]

Vectorial Elevation Lights up English Bay in 2010

Comments 21 by Rebecca Bollwitt

During 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver will look and feel very different with events, special activities, structures, gatherings, and art installations like Vectorial Elevation. A part of the Cultural Olympiad, 20 robotic searchlights (each 10,000 watts) will shift, move, and glide through the skies above English Bay nightly creating silent patterns reaching up to the stars. […]

Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Pop open those advent calendars and load up on low-grade chocolate, it’s December! Gearing up for holiday events filled with cheer, I’ll be profiling many more events, fundraisers, and activities for families. Photo credit: Carol Browne on Flickr Last year launched the first annual Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction that saw top local architects and […]

CEFA's Clothes for Kids Drive

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

On now until January 15th, CEFA (Core Education & Fine Arts) schools will be accepting clothing to be donated to the YWCA’s Crabtree Corner as a part of the CEFA Clothes for Kids Drive. Crabtree Corner is a transition house in the Downtown East Side that specializes in helping single mothers in transition and their […]