Jane’s Walk first took place in Toronto on May 5, 2007 and was lead by friends of Jane Jacobs. 27 free community walks were offered by volunteers that day and hundreds of people set out on foot to learn more about Toronto’s neighbourhoods.
Photo: Clayton Perry Photoworks
I first heard about Jane’s Walk in 2009, when it first expanded to Vancouver and last year, 511 walks in 75 cities in 15 countries around the world were hosted. In Canada, 36 cities participated and hosted 401 walks, with 178 in Toronto alone.
How it Works
All Jane’s Walk tours are given and taken for free. These walks are led by anyone who has an interest in the neighbourhoods where they live, work or hang out. Jane’s Walks are meant to be fun, engaged and participatory – everyone’s got a story and they’re usually keen to share it.
Volunteer walk leaders pick a neighbourhood and perhaps a theme like gardens, social history, planning, or architecture. The walk gets listed on the Jane’s Walk website with a map and details such as the meeting time and place, accessibility, and a short description.
There are already quite a few listings for Vancouver this year including The “West” West End, Stanley Park’s Forgotten History: Where Human and Natural History Met, Fraser Street: Past, Present and Future, Walk the Bee-Line in Kitsilano, and Home: An Exploration of What Makes Marpole Unique.
Jane’s Walk will take place the weekend of May 5th and 6th, 2012. All walk start times are posted on the individual listings. Follow Jane’s Walk Vancouver on Facebook and Twitter for more information and to learn more about walks in your neighbourhood.
99 years ago, on April 16, 1913, Athletic Park was dedicated on Hemlock and West 5th.
Chuck Davis writes: “The park was built by Bob Brown, who would come to be known as Mr. Baseball here. Brown had purchased the Vancouver Beavers club of the Northwestern League for $500 in 1910. He was the club’s owner, president, manager and shortstop… …The Beavers went on to win the league pennant. Alas, the club disbanded at the end of the 1922 season, and the city went without pro ball for 15 years.”
Athletic Park hosted football games, lacrosse, bike races, and rallies on top of the regular baseball season. It’s also where Nat Bailey, at the age of 18, began selling peanuts to fans. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard while watching Shakespeare as I did watching Twenty-Something Theatre’s The Bomb-itty of Errors, a hip-hop-rap adaptation of Shakespeare’s farcical tale of mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors.
The original story tells the tale of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio arrive in Ephesus, home of their twin brothers — another master-servant combo — conveniently also named Atipholus and Dromio. In Bomb-itty, there are two sets of twins born from the same parents, some of the outlandish changes made to the original story that make this performance that much more hysterical.
The raps and rhymes were outstandingly clever and there were even some Vancouver references (Henrik Sedin, the PNE) and the acting was good and probably the best live comedic acting I’ve ever seen.
Jameson Parker gives a strong, solid performance as Antipholus of Ephesus and his wife, Adriana. Niko Koupantsis was adorable as one of the Dromios and Luciana. And though I did find him quiet at times, it might have been the fact that it was hard hearing him over all the audience’s laughter. Major props go to Brian Cochrane his sometimes politically incorrect and hysterical characterization of the Jewish jeweler MC Hendelberg…I saw this the day before a Passover seder and told everyone about it.
I loved Vanessa Imeson’s costumes—the neon colours, the over-the-top shapes—they were sometimes were reminiscent of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (in a good way).
There isn’t an intermission during the show, which is good, because there doesn’t need to be — you won’t want a break from the all the laughter and fun this show has to offer.
The show runs until April 22, 2012 at Studio 16 (1545 West Seventh Avenue) and tickets are still available for $15-$25. Find Twenty Something Theatre on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Capilano Mall is hosting a Spring into Style contest with a prize package valued at over $3,000. Customers can enter in-person at the mall in North Vancouver, online, or on Facebook. The prize includes spending money for you and a friend, a gym membership, and a makeover including a hair cut and colour. The contest ends April 20, 2012.
To help promote the grand prize, Capilano Mall has offered up a prize valued at $100 to a Miss604.com reader. This includes $50 to spend at the fashion apparel retailer of your choice (listed below) within the mall as well as a mani-pedi combo gift card to TJ Nail Spa.
Capilano Mall’s fashion apparel retailers include Ardene, Mantique, Northern Reflections, Reitmans, Smart Set, Suzy Shier, Tanjay & Alia, and Urban Planet. Here’s how you can enter to win my prize pack:
- Leave a comment on this post naming at which of the fashion retailers listed above you would spend the gift card (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
You can find Capilano Mall at 935 Marine Drive in North Vancouver, on Facebook, and on Pinterest. I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 5:00pm. Update The winner is Sharon!
BC Place will be hosting a free “Community Weekend” this month, inviting fans and families to the stadium for a visit.
The last BC Place open house took place in July 2011, before renovations were complete. Now, on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th, from 12:00pm until 4:00pm, everyone can check out the home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Events will include interactive on-field activities with members of both home teams (BC Lions and Whitecaps FC), dressing room walk-throughs, the chance to walk out on the field, and tours of some of the new suites.
All visitors can enjoy half-price admission at the BC Sports Hall of Fame as well.
This BC Place Community Weekend is free to attend, just enter through Gate A off Terry Fox Plaza. Follow @BCPlace on Twitter for more information and updates.
