Grouse Mountain presents the Quiksilver Showdown Over the City, a 4-star event that is part of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour.
Quiksilver Showdown Over the City 2011 from Alterna Films on Vimeo.
International and local snowboard talent will be competing for $15,000 in cash and prizes at Grouse from March 23rd to March 24th, 2012. Friday will have the qualifiers – for amateurs and pros – along with a night time rail jam session while Saturday will host the finals and other festivities. Registration for the qualifying event is now open.
Filmmakers and photographers can also compete to win prizes as they document the events.
Photo credit:
flynnkc on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool.
Grouse Mountain has offered up a fantastic prize package for one Miss604.com reader and a guest. This includes one night in a deluxe suite at Hotel Le Soleil along with two passes for the Quiksilver Showdown Over the City complete with beer garden passes. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post naming a pro or amateur snowboarder (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner next Monday, March 18, 2012 at 11:00am. Must be 19 years of age or older to enter and attend the beer garden at the event. Please enjoy responsibly. Hotel stay is valid for March 24, 2012.
Update The winner is Travis!
The jovial A-Maze-Ing Laughter statues in Morten Park by Chinese artist Yue Minjun have brought smiles to the faces of locals and visitors for the last few years. As a part of the Vancouver Biennale public art exhibition, time is running out on these painted bronze figures at English Bay. That is, unless the Park Board hears your thoughts.
Thanks to the Vancouver Public Spaces Network on Twitter I came across some new information about the piece: “The Vancouver Park Board has received an offer from the Vancouver Biennale Foundation to extend the public exhibition of this sculpture for a period of 20 years at no cost to the City, the Vancouver Park Board or residents.”
According to the source of this news, the Park Board is doing a public consultation, asking residents if they support the idea of keeping A-Maze-Ing Laughter at English Bay.
This is a regular part of the approval process for public art so to show your support, email pbcomment[at]vancouver.ca with the subject line of “Biennale Consultation” and “Attention: Coordinator, Arts and Culture”. Deadline for sending in your feedback is March 16, 2012.
The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company announced today that it will be closing its curtains for the very last time on Saturday night after a final production of Hunchback.
From The Vancouver Sun:
The announcement was made Friday by the board chair, who said the decision was made at 4 a.m. after an emergency board meeting. “I’m overwhelmed by a sense of loss,” artistic managing director Max Reimer said at a press conference, which is continuing.
“The Playhouse will be remembered,” he told a crowd that included employees, actors, theatre directors and members of Vancouver’s theatre community.
It received a $1-million bailout last September by city council. The Playhouse had sought a $657,920 rental grant from the city this year but was granted only $500,000.
Last year, the city considered restructuring the lease the company has for the city-owned 650-seat Playhouse Theatre, which is part of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre complex. Reimer said the company has almost $1 million in debt and 15 full-time employees. He said the loss to the theatre community will be about $2.9 million a year, which was spent on actors fees, set design, props and costumes.
The Vancouver Playhouse’s first production was Brendan Behan’s The Hostage on October 2, 1963. It presented its first original Canadian play, Eric Nicol’s Like Father, Like Fun, in 1965. [Source: Vancouver History]
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, one of North America’s most celebrated wine events, just wrapped up last week. Tickets may still be available for the 2:00pm and 8:00pm performances of Hunchback on Saturday before this 50-year old company takes a final bow.
Spring Break kicks off in just a few hours around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and there is no shortage of activities and events lined up for kids and families. The Burnaby Village Museum is hosting a puppet scavenger hunt and other activities from March 19th until March 25th, 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Special Entertainment
Presented at 1:00pm and 2:30pm daily with some roving performances.
March 19th: Elwoodettes present “The Egg Detector”
March 20th: Elwoodettes present “The Egg Detector”
March 21st: Neale Bacon and his Crazy Critters present “A Look at Ventriloquism”
March 22nd: Miryana Heath presents “The Princess and the Pea”
March 23rd: Miryana Heath presents “The Princess and the Pea”
March 24th: Lost and Found Puppets present “Just Enough”
March 25th: Kellie Haines & Co. presents “Springtime Follies”
Attractions
You can enjoy the carousel, costumed performers, heritage exhibits, and the Interurban display year-round.
Tickets are available on site for $6.50 per person and include carousel rides. Members and children under 2 years old are free. Follow @BBYVillage on Twitter for more information.
Related post: Free Spring Break Skate at Park Royal & Shops at Morgan Crossing.
I wanted to get this post about last night’s opening performance Ballet BC‘s Walking Mad & other works out earlier today, but I got distracted with buying tickets for when they perform at the Surrey Arts Centre next Tuesday. That’s how much I enjoyed the evening — it was original, accessible, and absolutely exquisite.
Photo courtesy of Ballet BC. Photographer: Michael Slobodian.
Featuring the Canadian premiere of Swedish choreographer Johan Inger’s Walking Mad, set to Maurice Ravel’s Bolera, the piece is an exploration of Socratic saying, “Great Blessings come to us through ways of madness.” The work was humorous and light-hearted at moments (I loved the party hats on the dancers’ heads!) and dark and almost depressing, in others—all of which constitute aspects of the madness experience.
One of the main props is a fence on wheels, which sometimes became a wall for dancers to hang on or balance or a floor for them to dance on. It also had doors for dancers to jump through and served as a metaphor for this piece on madness—a malleable wall that keeps us all from going crazy.
Though Inger’s work was no doubt completely enjoyable, the piece that moved — or even haunted — me the most me the most was between disappearing and becoming, choreographed by BC Ballet’s own Artistic Director, Emily Molnar. It is because of this piece I bought the tickets for my mom to see the show with me in Surrey (as she’s currently away).
Set to Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir’s work, the piece full of so much emotion had so many layers to it; one of which was a deconstruction female identity and her movements. There were parts of the piece where the female dancers moved very linearly and en pointe which served as such a contrast to when they broke out into a raw, passionate, more organic style of dance. This contrast was reflected in the black and white setting of the lighting design, which I thought was spectacular.
Molnar is such a talent and the company is so lucky to have her leading the reconfiguration and revitalization of the company, making ballet more appealing and accessible to audiences.
Only two shows remain at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and tickets are still available for tonight and tomorrow’s performances. Walking Mad will then head out to Surrey (Tuesday, March 13), Maple Ridge (Thursday, March 15), and Chilliwack (Saturday, March 17).
