This Monday, November 10th, you can check out Forever Faithful: A Canucks Movie; a documentary following fans and players of the last 38 years of the franchise through the course of a season.
The documented life of Canucks fans and their relationship with their team… and it’s not a horror movie. The film will be shown in theatres for just one day from the looks of it, then I think we can guess it’ll be on DVD just in time to slip under the Christmas tree. And will Canucks fans buy it? Good god, will we ever…
The film was commissioned by the Vancouver Canucks and was apparently another brainchild of the team’s scary-smart president, Chris Zimmerman. [Canucks and Beyond]
In the Greater Vancouver area the film will screen at 7:00pm in the following theatres: Strawberry Hill, Colossus Langley, Scotiabank Theatre, Silvercity Riverport, and Silvercity Coquitlam.
The DVD will be available for sale in late November at Save-On-Foods and Overwaitea Foods.
While we’re busy planning WordCamp Whistler (my official post about the event will be out next week) the village is bursting at the seams with libations and delicious treats this weekend with Cornucopia.
Cornucopia is Whistler’s premier wine and food extravaganza. The annual event is a unique opportunity to mingle, mix and learn from acclaimed chefs, sommeliers, vintners and restaurateurs’ visiting Whistler just for this special celebration… …Now celebrating its twelfth year as one of Whistler’s most popular signature events, Cornucopia returns for 2008 with another spectacular lineup of succulent culinary offerings and glamorous grape galas. [About]
The festival’s events are quickly selling out, like the now fully-booked “Chef’s Trip to the Farm, North Arm Farm”, and “Chef’s Table Luncheon with Rob Feenie, Cactus Club, Beringer”. Although, there’s still room to find out more about the green tea, red wine, and chocolate diet during Sunday’s sessions.
Tonight is the big Crush! Gala grand tasting and Miss604.com will be there; I have a contributing author that will be attending the event on behalf of the site (you may have read her work before) and she’ll be reporting back with photos and a tasty event recap. Cornucopia opened yesterday and will be packed full of events until November 10th.
Tonight friends, family, peers, fans, and industry types will be gathering for a fundraiser at The Caprice on Granville in honor of legendary actress Babz Chula.
Babz Chula is regarded as one of Canada’s most accomplished actors and a veritable life force in Vancouver’s independent film community. She is a generous mentor to young artists and a tireless volunteer to countless charity causes.
A cancer survivor for many years, Babz’s cancer has recurred. Once again, she’s fighting for her life, undergoing both traditional and naturopathic treatments, the latter of which is not covered by medical insurance. [Babz Chula Society]
The event (starting at 8:00pm) will feature live performances by The Wet Spots, Wyckham Porteous, Jim Byrnes & DJ Chris Kalhoon. Rachael Chatoor will be there as well (and she was also responsible for notifying me of this).
Tickets are through Club Vibes for $25 and will be available at the door as well for $30 – proceeds will go to the not-for-profit Babz Chula Society. Check out the Facebook event or Society’s site for more info.
One of the latest projects meeting strong NIMBY (not in my backyard) opposition in Vancouver is the rooftop restaurant proposal in Yaletown. A few days ago there was a meeting at City Hall to discuss the development that would sit on top of the Opus Hotel.
According to Opus Vancouver and Trilogy Properties the proposed restaurant would include:
Open-air seasonal 4,200 square foot restaurant (summer only)
Seating capacity for 250 patrons with a staff estimate of 30 people (at 100$)
Limited hours, open until 10pm as a part of a “Good neighbour” agreement
An “elegant, sophisticated, world-class restaurant”
Addition of elevator shafts (and other structural upgrades, along with temporary structures)
“The new restaurant would provide outdoor amenity space to hotel guests, local neighbours and Vancouver residents.”
[Download project PDF from Trilogy Properties]
The public hearing at City Hall on Tuesday evening saw a strong presence from those who oppose the plans however, momentum in support of the project is quickly growing.
“In terms of the proposal, yes, neighbours are worried about noise,” noted Chris Briekss of 6S Marketing. “It’s a valid concern but if you live downtown (and Yaletown) you expect to hear a little more noise than if you live in the burbs but that’s just my opinion, and I live in Yaletown.”
The discussions will continue this Friday, November 7th at 6:00pm [Facebook Event] at City Hall – the public are very welcome to attend.
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Update: Unfortunately one person (one IP address) is finding a way to stuff the poll and has voted over 120 times this morning. It would be a shame for this person to ruin what I have fairly established on my website and I take this violation seriously and personally.
Update: A Public Hearing continues Tuesday, Nov. 18th @ 6:00pm over at City Hall.
Update November 19th, 2008: The rooftop restaurant proposal has been rejected by City Council [CBC]
“So you’ve decided to be awesome,” his post from Movember 2006 begins. I first heard about Movember a few years ago thanks to Kris Krug, who at the time I thought just had a thing for growing his facial hair out like wild (and harbored a unique obsession with mutton chops).
“Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a charity event held during November each year. At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants, known as Mo Bros, have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache, raising money and awareness along the way.”
The point of letting it all grow out for Movember is to have fun and raise money and awareness for men’s health causes. “Men lack awareness about the very real health issue they face…. The aim of Movember is to change this attitude. Make men’s health fun by putting the moustache back on the face of Canadian men and raising some serious funds for prostate cancer.”
This year the Canadian Movember movement (it is international) is supporting the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada.
Yesterday during my weekly guest spot on Talk1410am’s Afternoon Buzz with Val and Patrick I mentioned that it was Movember – and they were way ahead of me as they already had “before” pictures of several staff members posted on their site. They were even talking about Movember on Breakfast Television (although I could have used without the super close-up of upper lip hair that early in the morning).
It’s not to late to sign up and start raising funds, you’ll just have to make up for a few lost days. You could even join a team, like Team BlueFur, headed by Gary Jones or simply donate to the cause.
Kris warns, “You’re likely to hear things like: ‘Mine will look ugly’, ‘My office won’t allow it’. ‘My girlfriend/wife/casual bed-friend has banned moustaches from our common living space.’ Stand strong Brothers and Sistas. Be brave.”
Vancouver’s Movember Gala Partay (prior to ‘the big shave’) will take place November 27th at The Caprice nightclub on Granville.
