Archive of posts tagged "events"

Illuminate Yaletown 2009

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I know that seeing a post with the word “Yaletown” included in my “Cheap Things to Do” category may seem a bit out of the ordinary to some but next weekend’s Illuminate Yaletown proves that the days of Vancouver’s free family-friendly events for all are not quite a thing of the past. Photo credit: bigsnit […]

Vancouver's Twestival Event Happening Tonight

Comments 13 by Rebecca Bollwitt

In about 2 hours I’ll be heading out to the Opus Hotel to setup for Vancouver’s Twestival. Twestival is a global event (in about 200 cities) that is taking place all day today to benefit charity:water. We sold out with 200 tickets ($10 a pop + sponsors meaning our city already raised almost $2,000) and […]

Molson Brewery Unveils Mosaic Mural for 2010

Comments 28 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Have you seen this while driving across the Burrard Bridge or heading out of Kits? This morning there will be an unveiling at the Molson Brewery and I’m running over to cover it. We’ve had a few phone calls this morning and an inquiry on twitter regarding the black draping on our brewery in Vancouver. […]

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2009

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

For 10 days in May, Vancouver will be home to the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. DOXA is presented by the Documentary Media Society, a Vancouver based non-profit, charitable society (incorporated in 1998) devoted to presenting independent and innovative documentaries to Vancouver audiences. The society exists to educate the public about documentary film as an art […]

Vancouver Twestival Video Contest

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Thanks to the good folks at Strutta, Vancouver’s Twestival event now has its own video contest. You may have seen the quick clip from the Twestival team in Amsterdam, which basically inspired us to get this going locally. You only have a few days to upload your video about why you use Twitter and/or why […]