The SkyTrain gets you from point A to point B, like from home to the office, to a shopping destination with the family, from the game to a restaurant, or even a Halloween Party. However next Sunday, one specific SkyTrain ride will have the sole purpose of dropping trou.
No Pants SkyTrain Ride January 2015
Since the first event in New York in 2002, the No Pants SkyTrain Ride coincides with an annual, global stunt that will see pants drop on mass transit in major cities on Sunday, January 11, 2015.
In Vancouver, the ride is organized by Improv Anywhere who has some very basic rules and instructions: “Board the Skytrain. As soon as the doors shut, stand up and take your pants off and put them in your backpack. If anyone asks you why you’ve removed your pants, tell them that they were “getting uncomfortable” (or something along those lines).” The mission is to make people laugh, not annoy them. For more specific assignment details, visit the official No Pants SkyTrain Ride Facebook event page.
The requirements for participation are also very straightforward: “Willing to take your pants off. Able to keep a straight face about it.”
If you’re up for pulling down your pants, you can join other participants next Sunday, January 11th at 2:30pm, as they start out from Broadway station (meeting at ground level by the escalators on the South side of Broadway). Everyone is required to have paid/valid fare.
Follow @ImprovAnywhere on Twitter and the tags #NPSR and #Standupandplay for more information about the event and the after party.
If you have a live, cut Christmas tree that you will need to dispose of over the next week or so, there are several tree chipping and tree recycling options in Vancouver and surrounding cities for 2015.
Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree
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Green Bin Recycling
In Vancouver you can set out your tree with your green bin. If the City collects your food scraps and yard waste, you can set out your live, cut Christmas tree on collection day by January 31. Remove all decorations and tinsel, lay the tree on its side, 1m away from your garbage and green bins, and leave the tree loose (no bags, string, or rope). If your tree isn’t picked up on collection day, leave it out. The City uses different trucks to collect trees so crews may come later.
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Christmas Tree Chipping: Vancouver
Bring your tree for chipping to the Lions Club Tree Chipping Event, and help the Lions Club with donations of cash and non-perishable food items for local charities. Stop by the following locations between 10:00am and 4:00pm on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th:
Kerrisdale Community Ice Rink parking lot (5670 E Blvd, north of 41st Ave); Kitsilano Beach parking lot (Cornwall Ave and Arbutus St); Sunset Beach upper parking lot (Beach Ave and Broughton St); Rona Home & Garden Grandview (2727 E 12th Ave overflow parking lot north of Grandview Hwy, south of 12th Ave).
Tree Chipping for Mount Pleasant Elementary School will take place on Sunday, January 4th only from 10:00am to 4:00pm at Kingsgate Mall (370 East Broadway) in the lower east side parking lot. The service is by donation with all proceeds donated to Mount Pleasant Elementary School’s new community playground.
Christmas Tree Chipping: Surrey
Surrey Fire Fighters will chip up your Christmas tree by donation with all proceeds going to the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society. Bring your tree to Newton Athletic Park (7395 128 St) between 10:00am and 4:00pm on Saturday, January 3rd.
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Christmas Tree Chipping: Burnaby
On Sunday, January 4th the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society will offer a full service Christmas Tree Chip from 10:00am to 4:00pm at Fire Station #1, 4867 Sperling Ave.
The Wildlife Rescue Association wants to repurpose your Christmas tree and not chip it. They will use Christmas trees to provide natural enclosures and perches for birds, and hiding places for mammals. All decorations and tinsel should be removed from the trees before delivery as they are a choking hazard. Trees can be dropped off outside the WRA Care Centre at 5216 Glencarin Drive, Burnaby.
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Christmas Tree Chipping: New Westminster
The New Westminster Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society Tree Chipping events take place Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 3:00pm in the Canada Games Pool parking lot (65 East Sixth Ave). There will a BBQ, popcorn, face painting and extinguisher demos. All proceeds go to the New Westminster Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society. The New Westminster Scouts will also be holding a bottle drive.
Christmas Tree Chipping: North Vancouver
The following listings are courtesy of North Shore Recycling:
The 6th St. Agnes Scouts host a tree chip-up by donation at Ray Perrault Park (formerly Boulevard Park) in the parking lot at the corner of 13th St and Moody Ave. Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Blueridge Elementary (2650 Bronte Dr.) in partnership with Silverback Treeworks Ltd. hosts tree chipping on Saturday, January 3rd from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
The City of North Vancouver Firefighters event will be in the Rona Parking Lot, near Park & Tilford on Saturday, January 3rd from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Island Pacific School will be at the Rona parking lot (915 West First St) on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Cost: Chipping by a minimum donation of $15 with funds going towards IPS programming.
Larson Elementary School (2605 Larson Road) hosts a chip-up and bottle drive on Saturday, January 3rd from 10:00am to 4:00pm by donation, with proceeds going to the Grade 7 Year End Activity.
Montroyal Elementary School (5310 Sonora Dr.) also has a Grade 7 fundraiser with tree chipping by donation on Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
The North Vancouver Lions Club – Lynn Valley will have their chip-up event at the Karen Magnussen Arena, Upper Parking Lot, on Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 4:00pm, by donation.
Seymour Scouts will be at Parkgate Village Shopping Mallon Sunday, January 4th from 9:00am to 3:30pm. By donation, with all proceeds benefiting various scout programs.
Upper Lonsdale Preschool will be at the DNV Municipal Hall parking lot (355 West Queens Road) on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
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Christmas Tree Chipping: West Vancouver
Tiddlycove Lions Club will be at 1310 Argyle, at the foot of 13th Street in the parking lot at Ambleside Park, just over the train tracks and left, from January 1st until Sunday, January 4th. Stop in with your tree to have it chipped between 12:00pm and 4:00pm on weekdays and 10:00am to 5:00pm on the weekend.
Island Pacific School (Thunderbird Marina, 5776 Marine Dr.) hosts a chipping, with a minimum donation of $15 with funds going towards IPS programming, on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
North Shore Scouts will also be at Hollyburn Plaza (Marine and 18th) on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. By donation, with all proceeds benefiting various scout programs.
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A new year is here as colder temperatures creep in and a hot chocolate at the Robson Square Ice Rink becomes a staple. Once the Christmas trees are recycled, settle in for a month of performing arts festivals, wedding fairs, and delicious dining events. This event is updated several times a week so you can send in your own event listing, or a recommendation, anytime by email.
January Events in Metro Vancouver
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Multi-Day Events
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green below.
Friday, January 2, 2015
Ellie King’s Sleeping Beauty
Film Screening at the VIFF Theatre: The Vancouver Asahi
Bon Red at the Biltmore
Surrey’s Winter Ice Palace in Cloverdale
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily at Jericho Arts
Festival of Lights at VanDusen Garden
Bright Nights in Stanley Park Christmas Train
Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Free Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Christmas Tree Chipping Events: Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Shore
Ellie King’s Sleeping Beauty
Winter Farmers Market at Nat Bailey
Surrey’s Winter Ice Palace in Cloverdale
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily at Jericho Arts
Festival of Lights at VanDusen Garden
Bright Nights in Stanley Park Christmas Train
Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Free Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Christmas Tree Chipping Events: Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Shore
My Dream Wedding Show
Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen: Twelfth Night
Surrey’s Winter Ice Palace in Cloverdale
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily at Jericho Arts
Festival of Lights at VanDusen Garden
Bright Nights in Stanley Park Christmas Train
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The Rio Theatre is serving up a blend of cult favourites, horror, and 90s essentials for January’s Friday Late Night series. These 19+ screenings can be complimented with a beverage from the theatre’s full service bar as you enjoy a night out with friends. Tickets are available online in advance or at the door for $8 or $6 if you come in costume for the midnight shows.
Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Friday, January 2, 2015
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
The Coen brothers and their agreeable cast make more fun than sense with this scattered farce about a pothead bowler who is mistaken for a deadbeat philanthropist and drawn into a cluster of kidnapers, nihilists, porn mobsters and Busby Berkeley beauties.
Friday, January 9, 2015
THE THING
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills. Double Bill with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining at 9:00pm.
THE SHINING
Based on the novel THE SHINING by Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick’s work is regarded as a work of true cinematic genius. Featuring remarkable performances from a solid cast (Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers), THE SHINING is best enjoyed on the big screen. (If you’ve seen it before then you know what we’re talking about, and if you haven’t had the big screen treatment yet – you’re missing out)
Friday, January 16, 2015
EMPIRE RECORDS
The hilariously adorable 90s cult favourite EMPIRE RECORDS is getting the Friday Late Night Movie treatment on Friday, January 16. Featuring a cast of all-stars (before they were all stars!) including Liv Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia, Renee Zellwegger, Ethan Embry, Robin Tunney, Debi Mazar Rory Cochrane and more in a sweet and funny ensemble film set in one of those independent stores that used to sell something called “records.”
Friday, January 23, 2015
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 1 and 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) A quartet of mutated humanoid turtles clash with an uprising criminal gang of ninjas. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Friday, January 30, 2015
BRING IT ON
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that’s sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain (Kirsten Dunst), the Toros’ road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union.
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.
Miss604 is a media partner of the Rio’s Late Night Movie series.
As a proud sponsor of the 2015 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, and having been a sponsor since 2010, I get to witness an amazing awards night once a year where extraordinary women from around Metro Vancouver are celebrated for their contributions to their industries and their communities. With the deadline for nominations closing on January 22nd, I thought it would be fun to look at just a few women from Vancouver’s history who were also quite remarkable:
6 Notable Women in Vancouver History
Helena Rose Gutteridge organized the BC Women’s Suffrage League. She also took a leading role in the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and became a champion of affordable housing. In 1937, she was elected Vancouver’s first woman alderman.
1937: Mayor George C. Miller administers the oath of office to Vancouver’s first alderwoman Miss Helena Rose Gutteridge. Photograph attributed to D’Arcy. Archives# Port P276.1
Sara Ann McLagan was the first woman telegrapher in BC — Chuck Davis believed she was the first in Canada too — and at just 14 years old she took over the New Westminster telegraph station. In 1884 she married John McLagan, founder and editor of the Vancouver Daily World. When he died in 1901, and she became the first woman publisher of a daily newspaper in Canada. She was also managing editor, editorial writer, proof reader and occasional reporter.
Sister Frances
Sister Frances Redmond, who was referred to as “Vancouver’s little Florence Nightingale”, founded one of Vancouver’s earliest hospitals, St. Luke’s Home on the 300 block of East Cordova Street. When she received the “Good Citizenship Medal” from the City of Vancouver in 1929 one journalist wrote: “There are no women in British Columbia braver and more devoted to their calling than Sister Frances. She is a very bright, cheery, charitable lady, and makes hosts of friends where she is known.”
1957: Aldermen Don McTaggart, J.W. Cornett,
George Cunningham, Anna Sprott. VPL# 42553.
Province Newspaper Photo.
Anna Sprott
On top of her business, education, and radio history, Anna Sprott (Sprott-Shaw Wireless and Radio School, Sprott-Shaw Community College) ran for Vancouver City Council in 1949 and was elected on her first try. She would serve on council longer than any woman in Vancouver history (1949-1959), winning re-election for three terms. Anna was also the first woman to serve as acting mayor of Vancouver.
1951 Naval Portrait of Doreen Patterson Reitsma
Doreen Reitsma
Doreen Reitsma was the first woman from BC to enter Canada’s postwar Navy, thanks to the encouragement of Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
On January 26, 1955, Doreen helped inspire Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and his cabinet to create a permanent and fully integrated regular force for women in the Royal Canadian Navy. This decision — the first in the Commonwealth — paved the way for thousands of Canadian women to follow in her footsteps.
E. Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson was the child of a Mohawk chief and an Englishwoman and as a writer and poet, she traveled across North America and England giving readings of her work and performing on stage. She retired to Vancouver and continued to write for the Province basing her articles on stories shared by her friend Chief Joe Capilano of the Squamish people of North Vancouver. She also gave Lost Lagoon its name and inspired Margaret Atwood to write a libretto for an opera. After she succumbed to breast cancer in 1913, Vancouver mourned Pauline Johnson’s death by declaring the day a civic holiday.
A few more honourable mentions:
Mary Ellen Smith was the first female BC MLA and the first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire. In 1917 there were many firsts for women in BC. Helen McGill became the first woman to be appointed a judge of the juvenile court, and Evlyn Farris became the first woman on the UBC Board of Governors and would serve for more than 20 years. [Source]
See also: Awesome Women in Vancouver History: Rosemary Brown
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