This Saturday The Gathering Place on Helmcken will be celebrating its 15th anniversary with its annual block party. Photo credit: Conrad Kuiper on Flickr Where: 609 Helmcken Street When: August 28, 2010 from 12:00pm until 4:00pm Info: The Gathering Place is a City facility operating under a partnership with the Vancouver School Board and the […]

The third annual West End Dog Show takes place tomorrow at the Nelson Dog Park. Photos by: Tawcan, PiscesDreamer, Keira-Anne When: Saturday August 21, 2010 from 10:00am until 3:00pm Where: Bute and Nelson at the off-leash area of the park More info: Facebook Event The West End Dog Show is free and all dog are […]

The 2010 Vancouver Zombiewalk is this Saturday as hundreds of “undead” will take to the streets of Vancouver. All 2009 Zombiewalk Photos by John Biehler All willing zombies are to meet at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 4:30pm for the annual walk around downtown. The route will take the procession down Robson to Denman, toward […]

BrazilFest comes to Granville this Saturday from 10:00am until 8:00pm on the stretch between Robson and Georgia that is pedestrian-only. There will be guitar and full band shows, samba dancing, a soccer performance, capoeira, ballet, an art exhibit from Beth Maia, and more. The festival is entirely free and open to the public. The goal […]

In May I wrote about how the Vancouver Art Gallery is looking to relocate to (preferably) a new building that can accommodate their growing collection. Photo credit: ko.ttur on Flickr Public opinion has been somewhat mixed in terms of their sentiments for the current building and lack of knowledge about the reasons why the VAG […]