After seven years in Vancouver the nation-wide program, Movies for Mommies, is on the move and its new home will be the Rio on Broadway (near Commercial Drive).
Movies for Mommies is an afternoon out with babies in tow that allow mothers to socialize and also catch the latest Hollywood blockbusters in a comfortable environment.
Quick FAQ: Movies for Mommies is certainly open to Daddies and if you’d like to bring a friend with you, that’s not a problem. It’s aimed at parents with babies but they won’t turn you away if you bring your toddler along. Keep in mind however, that most movies been shown are for adults.
They’re gearing up for some screenings in the near future including The Hangover this week on October 14th and Where the Wild Things Are October 28th. For the screening on the 28th the usual Halloween discount of $1 will apply for any mom whose baby is in costume.
Screening time for all films will be 12:30pm (doors open at 12:00pm) and admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and free for infants.
For the eight installment of my Then and Now Vancouver photography series I thought I would change things up a bit. I’m going to be using images from the City of Vancouver Archives but instead of modern day images for the “now” portion of the post, I will be using Google Street Views.
Hornby @ Robson Back of the Court House (now the Vancouver Art Gallery with the 2nd Hotel Vancouver in the background)
1923
ITEM #: CVA 677-7
2009
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Burrard @ Pender – Looking West
1939
ITEM #: CVA 1376-155
2009
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Granville @ Davie – Looking West on Granville
1912
Major Matthews collection – ITEM #: SGN 1069.07
2009
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Main @Hastings – Looking West up Hastings
1912
Photographer: CC. Bradbury – ITEM #: SGN 1535
2009
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Broadway @ Oak Looking South at Oak
1929
W. J. Moore Photo Co. – ITEM #: CVA 453-1
2009
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Stanley Park Causeway Park Entrance
1890s
Harry T. Devine – ITEM #: LGN 1048
1919
ITEM #: CVA 1376-121
2009
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Should you have any theme suggestions for the ninth installment of this series, please feel free to drop a comment below.
Tomorrow is the launch of Vancouver’s “Innovation Camp” which will be a week of workshops and idea-sparking discussions.
At Vancouver Innovation Camp, you’ll discover how answers to these questions are related to learning entrepreneurship and innovation skills… …Participants learn by doing – practicing techniques to generate new ideas and expanding upon those ideas in order to accomplish a shared goal such as creating a product or completing a project/challenge. There are no lectures, just engaging activities that facilitate learning and growth.
Inspired by reading the book What I Wish I Knew When I was 20, the organizers thought this unconference could expand upon its ideas and introduce more people to this way of thinking. Themes throughout the week will include: Identifying opportunities, learning from failure, creativity (developing then expanding upon ideas), seeing problems from fresh perspectives, and innovation (implementing and iterating ideas).
Registration is currently open online and admission also includes lunch and a drink each day. Innovation Camp takes place Oct 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th, at the Kontent Creative offices in Gastown. Follow @Innovation_Camp on Twitter for updates or more information.
The following post was contributed by my Jets Overhead contest winner, Warwick Patterson of ThisCityRocks.com
Beautiful. In the most concise way possible, that is how I can describe the stripped-down CBC Radio 2 Live Sessions show that Jets Overhead delivered last night. There is always something special about seeing a band in room designed specifically for music performance, with an audience hanging on every note in silence. Every instrument distinguishable, every note clear and crisp. Close your eyes, and you could almost imagine sitting on the floor of Joe King Hall on Hornby Island where Jets Overhead recorded their new album.
No Nations has the distinct feel of an album made by a band comfortable in their own shoes. Just like island life, it has a laid back and flowing feel. Guitars swirl, drums flirt with the bass groove, and the vocals – a perfect pair – alternate from soaring to simmering. All this was magnified by the intimate setting of the Telus Studio in the Chan Centre at UBC.
Opening with All The People and Seems So Far – two standout tracks from their 2006 album, Bridges – the band then proceeded to play their entire new album in reverse track order. The album’s closing song, Tired of the Comfort, is a brooding, rolling song that crescendo’s into a My Morning Jacket-esque finale. It worked well as an opener, and the album flowed from there, including my favourites Fully Shed and Weathervanes. With all the band members bringing their unique contributions to the music, it was a pleasure to sit and focus on different instruments and hear the intricacies. I’m still humming the bass line from Always A First Time today!
Drummer, Luke Renshaw, commented afterwards that this show was a little nerve wracking because there was no room for error without the fuzz and noise of their normal “loud” show. Between songs, singer Adam Kittredge also noted how the experience brought them back to the essence of the songs by tearing away layers to get to the core.
They finished with a couple of older songs, plus a new song listed as Bystander on the set list, and the infectious Sun Sun Sun, leaving us with that simple yet catchy chorus to hum as we walked out into the final rays of the setting sun on the UBC campus. An early show has it’s benefits!
Jets Overhead are opening for Lights at The Commodore on November 7th, where they promise to play their “loud” show. You can also stream their albums at jetsoverhead.com.
Watch for this concert to appear on CBC Radio 2’s Canada Live program soon, plus their Concerts on Demand website in the next couple of weeks.
This post was contributed by my Jets Overhead contest winner, Warwick Patterson of ThisCityRocks.com. You can view the rest of his photos on Flickr.
The Vancouver International Film Festival released an iPhone app last week that was produced by Xomo Digital. It’s available in the App Store for free and contains every slice of information about a VIFF film this year that you could possibly want to know. Here are some screenshots from my iPhone:
Share your VIFF 2009 experiences with other users of the application
Complete list of all VIFF 2009 films and host theatres
Choose your date, time, film and theatre
The “story” section is where people who have the app can add notes, feedback, reviews, and talk about everything VIFF. You can post updates that include photos as well. I asked the developer if they would be pulling in the #VIFF09 tag from Twitter but the content is staying pretty much exclusive to iPhone users.
In the future, a social media integration would be great but given the amount of data already available and the fact that they did take the time to add in a networking element, it’s pretty impressive. Also for the price, it simply can’t be beat. VIFF wraps up on October 16th so if you’re still looking to get out and view some of the hundreds of films screening around town, this app can certainly help you out.
Disclosure: I have been writing disclosure statements on my blog post reviews for the last 5 years. I have never been paid to write reviews although sometimes I get free product (in which case I mention that at the bottom of each post). Sometimes, I just really like something and want to write about it, which shouldn’t be a far-fetched notion. As for this free application, I was not paid in any way by VIFF to write about or endorse it.
