June’s late night movie series kicked off with Fight Club last Friday at the Rio Theatre with grilled cheese sandwiches, buttery popcorn, beer, and margaritas all available at this East Van movie house.
Tickets for the late night series are available online in advance or at the door for just $8 or $6 if you come in costume for the midnight shows. Here are the remaining screenings for June:
Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Friday, June 12, 2015
The Night Porter “Il portiere di notte”
(Liliana Cavani, 1974 / Blu Ray, 118 mins)
After a chance meeting at a hotel in 1957, a Holocaust survivor (the exquisite Charlotte Rampling) and the Nazi officer who tortured her (Dirk Bogarde) resume their sadomasochistic relationship, threatening them both. Upon its release in 1974, Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter was frequently dubbed “the most controversial film of the year!” due to its themes and highly stylized aesthetic. Today, the film remains as polarizing as it continues to divide some over its sense of moral ambiguity while inspiring others with its high charged, fetishistic overtone.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(Steven Spielberg, 1989 / DCP, 127 mins)
Join us for the ultimate big screen movie adventure marathon: Steven Spielberg’s monumentally awesome Indiana Jones series. Think Harrison Ford, snakes, whips, numerous Nazis, monkey brains, “dear old dad,” and more… all night long. And yes, you read that right: “trilogy.” We’re pretending that fourth installment never happened. When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. (Sean Connery) suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, his adventurous son Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) must follow in his father’s footsteps to rescue him, and stop the Nazis. Also staring Allison Doody, River Phoenix, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Re-Animator
(Stuart Gordon, 1985 / 104 mins, Blu Ray)
Loosely based on a short story by author H.P. Lovecraft, Re-Animator is a classic piece of 80s body horror, and a perfectly hilarious cult movie for a Friday Late Night Movie. A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton.
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These 19+ screenings can be complimented with a beverage from the theatre’s full service bar as you enjoy a night out with friends. The Rio Theatre is an independent art and movie house located at 1660 West Broadway, at Commercial Drive, and is easily accessible by transit. Follow along on Facebook and Twitter for more film screenings, comedy showcases, and special event information.
Are you ready to welcome the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Vancouver? Celebrate the beautiful game and the amazing skills of the best soccer players in the world, right in the heart of our city. Here’s a great reason to visit the City of Vancouver’s free FIFA Fan Zone on Cambie at Georgia Street during the tournament: You can win tickets to each match hosted at BC Place courtesy of FIFA – including the SOLD OUT final match on July 5th!
How to Enter to Win
- Attend the Vancouver FIFA Fan Zone on any of the 12 days it’s open
- Take a Fan Zone Selfie and post it on Twitter using the tag #VanFanZone (you must tag it with this hashtag to be eligible) + @Miss604
- Have fun at the Vancouver FIFA Fan Zone!
- Enter often with new selfies each time
Visit the Fan Zone, stay, have fun, and catch matches with friends and family including the opening Canada vs China match on June 6th. Enjoy local live music, interactive games, great food and a lot more. Let’s show the rest of the country how we celebrate the Women’s World Cup in Vancouver!
You will automatically be entered to win when you post your Fan Zone Selfie on Twitter using the tag and tweeting @Miss604.
Winners for each match will be drawn at 8:00pm the night before each Match Day at BC Place. Winners for matches on June 8 and 12 will each receive 2 tickets. For each subsequent match, winners get a 4-pack. See more contest details below. You will have 2 hours to respond to a Twitter Direct Message to claim your tickets. The DM will contain instructions on where to pick them up.
Vancouver FIFA Fan Zone Information
The Fan Zone will be open 12 days from June 6th to July 5th, 2015 during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015TM. This free, family-friendly soccer-celebration destination has been created to welcome the world and provide a fun space to enjoy live entertainment and watch live match broadcasts, including Team Canada.
Fan Zone has an exciting 12-day schedule:
June 6, June 8, June 11, June 12, June 15, June 16, June 21, June 23, June 27, July 1 (Canada Day), July 4, and July 5. Get the detailed schedule here.
You’ll enjoy popular local live music performances, exhibition soccer tournaments, themed food trucks, beverages, interactive games, soccer demos, win prizes, and more.
Be Travel Smart. Use transit or ride your bike and use The Bicycle Valet at the Fan Zone. Just like a coat-check, your bike will get a tag and you get a claim stub. You can leave your helmet or panniers securely attached on your bike. Enjoy the Fan Zone for as long as you like. When you’re ready, present the claim stub to the valet and your bike is back.
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Win Tickets to FIFA World Cup Canada 2015 Matches
There will be tickets for nine matches (2 double-headers) that will take place on seven different days. To make sure you don’t miss a single opportunity to win tickets, plan your visits to the Vancouver Fan Zone ahead of time. Here are some dates you won’t want to miss:
Saturday June 6: Fan Zone Opens
FIFA Women’s World Cup Opening Ceremony + Canada v China Match
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets
Prize: Monday June 8 – Cameroon vs Ecuador at 14:00 or Japan vs Switzerland at 19:00
Monday June 8 and Thursday June 11
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Prize: Friday June 12 – Switzerland vs Ecuador 16:00 or Japan vs Cameroon 19:00
Friday June 12, Saturday June 13 and Monday June 15
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Prize: Tuesday June 16 – Nigeria vs USA at 17:00
Tuesday June 16
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Prize: Sunday June 21 – Match 3 – Round of 16 at 16:30
Sunday June 21
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Prize: Tuesday June 23: Match 1 – Round of 16 at 16:30
Tuesday June 23
Take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Prize: Saturday June 27 – Quarter Final – Vancouver at 16:30
Wednesday July 1 (Canada Day)
Show your Canadian pride wearing red, take your picture at the Fan Zone and share it with #VanFanZone to win a pair of tickets:
Grand Prize: Sunday July 5 – Women’s World Cup FINAL at 16:00
Claiming Your Prize
Winners will be notified the match their tickets are for, date, and time. Winners will pick up their tickets the day of the match at City of Vancouver’s Fan Zone. Winners will be invited to join the Soccer Samba Parade to BC Place taking place before each match.
Winners must present a photo ID at the Fan Zone Information Booth where tickets can be picked up. The Fan Zone is open on every match day. Visit the Fan Zone page for a full schedule. [/expand]
Follow the City of Vancouver for updates, full schedule, and news regarding the Vancouver Fan Zone on Twitter, join the conversation by using #VanFanZone, Facebook and Instagram.
Winners So Far: @msongelaine, @yvrdesigns, @mcbizco, @mrkarmajunkie
Worthy of a road trip for the Big Bang Theory characters, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics research, is located right here at UBC. TRIUMF is one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories and it collaborates with other facilities around the world, including CERN in Switzerland. They are also home to the world’s largest cyclotron. Each year, TRIUMF receives hundreds of visitors locally and internationally, and they offer tours throughout the year with an expanded summer schedule for free public tours in the summer.
Image courtesy of TRIUMF
Free Public Tours of TRIUMF
In the summer, TRIUMF (at 4004 Wesbrook Mall) opens its doors to the public every single weekday, excluding holidays, for a free drop-in tour at 1:00pm – and children are welcome with accompanying adults.
Discover the advanced work that researchers are doing right in our back yard with particle physics, nuclear physics, materials science, nuclear medicine, astrophysics, and accelerator physics.
The laboratory is a working facility and so members of the public can come see and learn about the physics experiments they run and gain an idea of what it is like to be a scientist. It is a unique opportunity for the public to learn more about the applications of physics research, see what a physics experiment looks like, and see physicists at work.
Follow TRIUMF on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
TRIUMF was founded over 40 years ago by Simon Fraser University, UBC, and the University of Victoria to meet research needs that no single university could provide. The University of Alberta joined the TRIUMF consortium almost immediately. There are currently twelve full members and seven associate members from across Canada in the consortium that governs TRIUMF.
BC Place still had that new turf smell when I arrived this morning along with media from around the globe to preview some of the technology that will be used during the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The scene around the stadium was filled with hard hats, scaffolding, tents, fences, and new branding was all put in place to strip the stadium of its local team branding for the duration of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and replaced that of the tournament sponsors and rights holders.
The new turf’s premiere was at last Saturday’s Whitecaps FC match vs Real Salt Lake and it still looked perky and new today. I slipped off my shoes — as recommended by a FIFA official — and felt the bright green blades and dusty fibre infill between my toes. It didn’t smell like grass but it sure did feel like it.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Brings New Technology to BC Place
First up was a briefing about the turf, which is Polytan’s top of the line LigaTurf RS+CoolPlus surface. It will be used throughout the FIFA Women’s World Cup, next year’s 2016 World Rugby Seven Series, as well as for home teams Whitecaps FC and the BC Lions. This morning was all about the rigorous testing under which the turf went to be deemed suitable for FIFA play.
“The team is here to make sure meets highest possible standards,” Johannes Holzmüller, Group Leader FIFA Quality Programme told media this morning. The surface is certified to meet FIFA’s 2-Star rating and FIFA commissioned the independent UK-based company ProZone to put the turf to the test and ensure it was match-ready.
Niall McPhee of Sports Labs Ltd gave a few demos with the equipment used to test the surface, both in the lab and in the stadium. Niall rolled the ball down a slope to see how far it moved across the playing surface, tested how hard the surface was when the ball bounces, and held up a torque meter that tests traction. He emphasized that all tests are conducted with turf samples in the laboratory, including UV stabilization and accelerated aging, then also on the installed surface to ensure consistency.
They will continue to test the surface throughout this week, leading up to kick-off at BC Place for the first match here on June 8th.
Once the turf demos were complete, we walked around to the south side of the stadium for the Hawk-Eye goal line technology demonstration where six watches were handed out.
These watches will be worn by officials on the field during matches, and when the ball crossed the goal line they will vibrate and display a message “goal” using a wireless notification system. This will mark the first time that goal line technology has been featured in a pinnacle women’s football event, and the second time Hawk-Eye has been used by FIFA, it was previously used at the FIFA World Cup in Japan 2012.
There is no tech in the ball itself, it’s all about cameras. Hawk-Eye involves 14 cameras installed as high as possible within the stadium structure. In BC Place, they’re placed way up along the catwalk near the roof. According to the official FIFA press release: “Hawk-Eye is able to locate the ball at all times even if it is only found by two of the seven cameras. The system is millimetre-accurate and indicates whether or not a goal has been scored within one second by a vibration and visual signal on each match official’s watch.” This system will be tested many more times leading up to kick off and the goal line technology is also tested on game day by the match officials.
These are just a few of the state-of-the-art features that the FIFA Women’s World Cup is bringing to our stadium this summer, along with the other five host cities across Canada.
Be sure to get your tickets for the Vancouver matches and follow the global tags #FIFAWWC and #LiveYourGoals online. Fans can also share how they are watching and enjoying the tournament, using the dedicated hashtag #myFIFAWWC. For the first time ever at a FIFA competition, fans will see this hashtag on match days, on each stadium’s LED advertising boards.
