Archive of posts tagged "events"

Blogging 101 at the Surrey Museum

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

It’s no secret that I’m a born and raised girl from Surrey and as such, I love to use my site to share some of lighter side of the City — from park info and news, to development and festivals like Winterfest, there’s so much happening that unfortunately doesn’t always end up in the limelight. […]

Women in Film Festival 2009 New Media Forum

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

After covering the Vancouver International Film Festival as well as the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and sending a freelance writer to Whistler to cover their Film Festival, I’ve pretty much resigned to the fact that I really like writing about the movie community in our region. The next exciting event is taking place next week […]

Team Diabetes Fundraising Pub Night Save the Date

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last September I profiled two local women who are gearing up for a marathon run in support of Team Diabetes Canada. One of them was Candice, whom I’ve known since junior high school. Her run is coming up in July, and in an effort to do some fundraising she is hosting a pub night in […]

Northern Voice Dinner 2009 and Last Minute Notes

Comments 9 by Rebecca Bollwitt

This weekend the UBC Forestry Sciences building will be filled with a sold-out crowd of 300 social media enthusiasts. Canada’s largest personal blogging conference, Northern Voice, will kick off tomorrow morning with two special keynotes, a main conference track as well as an unconference track. On Saturday there will be another keynote and several panels, […]

World Vision's One Life Exhibit Opens in Metrotown

Comments 9 by Rebecca Bollwitt

It’s the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time and World Vision is trying to spread awareness across our nation with the One Life exhibition that shows you the effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on a child growing up in Africa. From now until March 1st the One Life exhibit will take up 2,000 square feet […]