PepsiCo Canada and Canucks Sports & Entertainment have teamed up this year with Pepsi having the official beverage and food agreement with Rogers Arena.
Image courtesy of PepsiCo Canada
The Canucks For Kids Fund benefited immediately from this contract as PepsiCo Canada donated $10,000 to the cause along with a pair of Canucks home game tickets to the Canucks Centre for BC Hockey.
To celebrate this partnership, I have been given a giant prize basket to give away to one of my readers, perfect for a night of watching the Canucks from the comfort of your living room. The basket includes: A supply of Lay’s Potato Chips, Lay’s/Canucks branded t-shirt, Lay’s/Canucks branded hat, Vancouver Canucks Coasters, Lay’s hockey puck, Pepsi branded t-shirt, Pepsi branded drinking cup, Pepsi branded hand clapper.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite game-time snack (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 9:00am on Friday, October 21, 2011. I will be personally delivering the prize to the winner since I would have no idea how to mail it out – it’s just that big.
Update The winner is Brenda!
The Parade of Lost Souls Festival starts tomorrow and will feature workshops, a dance party, and the popular souls walk later this month.
Workshops
- Get Behind the Scenes: Open-Door Lost Souls Studio.
Lend a helping hand in creating decorations for the Secret Souls Walk route
Tuesday, October 18, 5:00pm to 9:00pm
at the Public Dreams Workshop, 141-2050 Scotia St
- Topsy Turvy: Whimsical Group Choreography
Sunday, October 23, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
at the Brittania Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street
- Let’s Party Like its 1889: Victorian Zombie Thriller
Thursday, October 20 & Tuesday October 25 7:00pm to 9:00pm
at the Brittania Community Centre
- Let’s Get Crafty: The Community Creation Lab
Saturday, October 22, 12:00pm to 5:00pm & Sunday, October 23, 12:00pm to 3:00pm
at the Brittania Community Centre
- A Flock of Stilting Birds
Join a flock of stilting birds for the Secret Souls Walk
Saturday, October 22, 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Public Dreams Workshop
- Marionette Play
Saturday, October 22, 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Public Dreams Workshop
RSVP by email or phone. See website listing for details.
Dance Party
Happening Saturday, Ocotober 29 from 9:00pm to 2:00am they’re calling it “the” Halloween party of the city. The Dance Party will have costumes, artists, fire performances, and live music from DJs Timothy Wisdom, Rico Uno, Cherchez La Femme, and MY!GAY!HUSBAND! will be at the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver BC
Tickets: $20 in advance (online) and $25 at the door. Must be 19 years of age or older to attend. Please enjoy responsibly and plan a safe ride home. All proceeds go towards the Parade of Lost Souls Festival and Public Dreams community programs and events.
Secret Souls Walk
This is the big event many have been waiting for but Public Dreams isn’t going to tell you where the Secret Souls Walk is happening until the last minute. If you’re following them on Twitter or Facebook they’ll make the announcement on the day of the Secret Souls Walk, Saturday, October 29, 2011. The walk will then take place from 5:00pm to 9:00pm.
All of these events and more are presented by Public Dreams who promotes community participation in the arts by providing interactive and accessible public art programming.
Tickets go on sale for Vancouver ComedyFest 2012 this week for live shows including Margaret Cho, David Hasselhoff, Carol Burnett, Jeremy Hotz, and the incomparable Betty White.
What Vancouver ComedyFest 2012
When February 16-26, 2012
Where Venues include The Centre, The Orpheum, The Vogue, Lafflines, and ComedyMIX
Tickets On sale this Friday, October 21 at 10:00am through the website.
You can join the ComedyFest Box Office Club to jump the line. More comics will be added to the line-up on Friday and in the weeks leading up to the festival.
Follow the festival on Facebook and Twitter for festival announcements and information about live comedy in Vancouver throughout the year.
The Occupy Vancouver event began today in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to show solidarity for Occupy Wall Street and to voice opinions and concerns over our own issues with the economy, politics, and everything in between.
“The grassroots protests had Canadians expressing their disenchantment with the corporate system which they said favours a small but vastly wealthy elite and disregards the masses — or “the 99 per cent.” [source] As a crowd of hundreds grew to thousands the #OccupyVancouver tag on Twitter was teeming with comments. There were positive messages, cheeky commentary, and negative remarks that reflected the sentiments people have toward the movement.
There was definitely a police presence from what I heard [disclosure: I was not on-site] but from the dancing and meditating to the drum-circles things seemed to stay very positive. At one point this afternoon, @AndreaWoo posted on Twitter: “So far, #OccupyVancouver might be the most peaceful protest I’ve seen in this city.” I re-tweeted her comment on and received a reply from @aaronmalexander: “#occupyvancouver has turned into a dance Fest – you are right it couldn’t get anymore peaceful.”
About an hour ago the Vancouver Police Department thanked the peaceful protesters on Twitter: “#VPD thanks those attending @occupyvancouver today for their cooperation & helping keep everyone safe #occupyvancouver.” Streets are opening up again downtown as crowds thin but tents are still present at the Vancouver Art Gallery. It will be interesting to see how this continues in Vancouver as the movement gains global momentum.
The 30th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped up last night at the closing gala following a screening of The Kid With a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With the end of the festival comes the awards, both juried and as-voted by the fans.
Canadian Images
Shaw Media Award for Best Canadian Feature Film ($20,000 prize)
Anne Émond for Nuit #1
Honourable Mention for Canadian Feature Film
Wetlands by Guy Édoin
Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award ($2,000)
Andrew Cividino for We Ate the Children Last
Audience Awards
Audiences had the opportunity to rate the films they watched throughout the festival.
Rogers People’s Choice Award
A Separation by Asghar Farhadi
VIFF Most Popular Nonfiction Film Award
Sing Your Song by Susanne Rostock
VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award
Starbuck by Ken Scott
NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award
Peace Out by Charles Wilkinson
VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award
People of a Feather by Joel Heath
Last week the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema was also handed out. The winner of the $10,000 prize was Sonthar Gyal for The Sun-Beaten Path.
Other films that I heard quite a bit of chatter about were Passionflower and Nash, The Documentary. VIFF-goer Rachel Thexton called Miss Representation “One of the best docs I’ve seen,” and Marina Antunes from the Row Three Podcast called Sunflower Hour, “A bit crude and not for everyone but very amusing.”
Throughout the year you can follow @VIFFest on Twitter for local, Canadian, and international film news, screenings, and information. Miss604.com was proud to once again sponsor VIFF in 2011.
