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Festival of Hallows in Yaletown

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Gathering Place presents the 2017 Festival of Hallows on Tuesday, October 31st. In the Spirit of Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) and Halloween, the Festival of Hallows honours and memorialized deceased friends, loved ones, volunteers, ancestors and community members. Taking place in Emery Barnes Park, shrines for the dead will be […]

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Uninterrupted A Cinematic Spectacle Under the Cambie Bridge

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Vancouver has a new cinematic art installation this summer! Projected onto the underside of the Cambie Bridge, the river meets the city with Uninterrupted, a story about wild Pacific salmon migration that unfolds nightly along with an ambient, original soundtrack. Uninterrupted A Cinematic Spectacle Wild salmon are a major building block within the Pacific ecosystem […]

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Let’s Hear it for Yaletown – Free Outdoor Jazz

by Rebecca Bollwitt

In celebration of 150 years of music in Canada, Yaletown will be hosting five days of free outdoor jazz. Let’s Hear it for Yaletown takes place the week leading up to Canada day, the neighborhood will be serenaded with the sounds of live Canadian jazz bands at lunchtime and after work. Let’s Hear it for […]

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Yaletown Celebrates Canada 150 with #YaletownHeartsCanada

Comments 183 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Vancouver’s historic Yaletown district will be celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday with an exciting lineup of events and giveaways this season with #YaletownHeartsCanada! Participate in a series of free public events and enter a social media contest for your chance to win 1 of 13 Raleigh bikes. #YaletownHeartsCanada Celebrate the 130th Anniversary of Engine 374 When: […]

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