Events and Entertainment

Skateboard culture is deeply rooted in this fine city of ours. Not only does Metro Vancouver produce some of the world’s finest wood-wheelers, it’s also a major migratory destination for skaters from all over Canada.

A new conference is launching in Vancouver this summer! The Urban Culture Conference + Awards will be making it's debut and it looks amazing.

This Saturday at the Biltmore Vancouver will be greeted by the one- two punch of Brooklyn's Vivian Girls and Montreal's No Joy .

UNPLUGGED is a state of mind.

V.I.A.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 25,653+ artists , boasting 117,498+ tracks , the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada.

To Seattle this weekend!.....and me and VIA correspondent Gerald Belmont are going! It's not Vancouver but it's close enough. When this was first announced, I pretty much dismissed it.

Our Expo 86 Quarter Century Lookback Party that we're throwing with Science World and Yelp.ca is going down tomorrow under the dome! Get your tickets HERE .

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

I picked up Lee Henderson 's award wining novel The Man Game while still living in Toronto years ago. I was hooked immediately, and it remains to be one of my favourite books about Terminal City.