Team Japan dazzled during the first night on the annual Honda Celebration of Light Fireworks in Vancouver. Thanks for sharing your photos with the Miss604 Flickr Pool and #Photos604 on Instagram! Here’s a selection in case you missed Team Japan, or would like to relive the spectacle.
Upcoming fireworks nights are Team UK (Jubilee Fireworks) on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 and Team Canada (Royal Pyrotechnie) on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Follow the Honda Celebration of Light on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more info.
This August Miss604 is proud to sponsor so many great community events, from Movies Under the Stars every Saturday in Surrey, to the Richmond Maritime Festival at Britannia Shipyards, and the fabulous and free Kaleidoscope Arts Festival in Coquitlam! There’s also Crave Burnaby Heights, a neighbourhood dining showcase for the whole second half of the month. All of these events and more are listed below.
If you have an event to add at any time this month, feel free to send it in for a free listing. This list is updated every day so bookmark it and check back often!
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green. This list is updated often so send in your event listing anytime – for free – and check back often to plan your week.
Enjoy music, storytellers, dancers, drummers and more at the 14th annual Richmond Maritime Festival happening August 12 & 13 at Britannia Shipyards. Celebrate Richmond’s historical connection with the sea at this free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Richmond Maritime Festival
Where: Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston (5180 Westwater Dr)
When: Saturday, August 12, 2017 11:00am to 7:00pm & Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:00am to 5:00pm
Who: Performers include Good for Grapes, Daphne Roubini and Black Gardenia, Bhangra Royal Academy, Lonesome Town Painters, Vancouver Chinese Choir, Showstoppers, Eagle Song Dancers, The Burying Ground, Johnny Bootleg, Tiller’s Folly, Halifax Wharf Rats.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages will enjoy activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
On Saturday night enjoy this national historic site with live music, drumming and light refreshments. Come back Sunday for full-scale festival fun for all ages.
Follow the Richmond Maritime Festival and Fun Richmond on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information and to share your photos from the event.
This post has been contributed by the Kathleen Stormont, SPES Communications Specialist with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”).
It may be sunny and dry in Vancouver right now, but we all know that will change come the fall. With over a meter of rainfall in Vancouver each year, storm water management is a key priority for city planners and environmental scientists alike. Storm runoff often contains high levels of heavy metals and other environmental pollutants that can put vulnerable ecosystems at risk. One way to help manage storm water pollution is through the creation of manmade or engineered wetlands like the one found in the northwest corner of Lost Lagoon.
Shrubs lining Lost Lagoon’s northeast shore hide the hard working wetland behind them. Photo: Andre Chan.
Many species of aquatic plants have the ability to capture heavy metals from the water table, storing them where they may be broken down further by a host of different microorganisms. Not only do these wetlands help filter out heavy metals, they also have the added benefit of providing important habitat for birds and other wildlife. In fact, Lost Lagoon’s resident beavers liked the engineered wetland so much, they decided to build their second lodge there.
Beavers leave their mark by the Lost Lagoon wetland. Photo: Dannie Piezas.
Stanley Park Ecology Society, along with KWL consultants and the UBC Department of Civil Engineering, partnered up to further study the effectiveness of engineered wetlands in Stanley Park. With over 50,000 vehicles passing by Lost Lagoon each day, this is a prime location to test for heavy metal runoff.
Changes in heavy metal concentrations between a wetland entrance and its exit. Courtesy: UBC Civil Engineering, Jessica Noble.
UBC Civil Engineering student Jessica Le Noble has been studying the effectiveness of the wetland in Lost Lagoon as part of her master thesis. To better verify that the engineered wetlands are meeting water treatment objectives, Jessica hopes to develop a DNA based monitoring tool that can measure the genetic differences of microbes in the soils of wetlands that have trapped heavy metal pollutants. It is hypothesized that wetland microbial communities change in composition and function as stormwater moves through the wetland, is filtered, and its pollutant levels drop towards the wetland exit.
Next time you’re taking a leisurely walk around Lost Lagoon, be sure stop and to stop and check out this hard working wetland, and watch for a beaver or two adding their own engineering to the landscape.
The Matinée, roots rockers from Vancouver who are up for Rock Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, are hosting a homecoming show and album release party at the Fox Cabaret on August 10th. Currently touring throughout Ontario, group is celebrating the release of their latest album, Dancing On Your Grave, featuring the hit Blood Alley and title track Dancing on Your Grave.
The Matinée’s Album Release Party
With The Wild Romantics, Emily Rowed Where: The Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St, Vancouver) When: Thursday Aug 10, 2017 doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm Tickets: $14.99 – $19.99 available online now
Matt Layzell, Matt Rose, Peter Lemon, and Geoff Petrie were high school cohorts before their musical paths intertwined, having spent their first few years as a band cutting their teeth on the road. They become familiar faces at every small bar and venue around their hometown of Vancouver, and they honed their chops playing small clubs nationwide.
Things changed in 2013, when the group signed to Light Organ Records and released its debut album, We Swore We’d See the Sunrise. In 2015, they linked up with Mounties members Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat) and Ryan Dahle (Limblifter) who produced the 2015 EP Broken Arrows and helped to nurture the ensemble’s gritty rock influences. The result; the first single off the record, Temper Temper, hit #1 on the CBC Radio 3 national charts.
The Matinée’s latest full-length represents the triumphant culmination of its achievements to date. A heart-swelling collision of hook-infused rock and earthy roots influences, the album was produced by Jamie Candiloro (R.E.M., Ryan Adams) and recorded at Light Organ’s own 604 Studios.
Win Tickets
I first crossed paths with the band in 2008 and have been a fan ever since. This incredibly talented group can rock any stage, and they have the biggest hearts! I’m thrilled to be able to offer up 2 tickets to their album release party. Here’s how you can enter to win.
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Friday, August 4, 2017. Follow The Matinee on Facebook and Twitter for far more information about the band and where they’ll be touring this season.
