Events and Entertainment

I've been spreading the word a little bit on Twitter about this over the past couple of weeks and am now happy to announce, officially, that we've partnered with Science World and Yelp.

Record Store Day 2011 is THIS SATURDAY and many of the local stores are celebrating with sales and live in-store performances... Click HERE to see what is happening at Zulu Records. Click HERE to see what is happening at Red Cat Records.

How epic is this... Tom Cochrane doing a voiceover of the lyrics to Life Is A Highway with beautiful images of Vancouver... Click below to see the video that George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight put together as an ode to our city...

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.

DiYVR is a weekly spotlight on all things handmade, done-by-oneself, crafted and hacked around Vancouver, featuring profiles of makers, event announcements, exhibits and general DIY fun.

In case you missed TedXVancouver, here is Nardwuar The Human Serviette 's amazing talk from it! If you take what Nardwuar's saying here and apply it to whatever you do as a career you will surely go far. Super inspiring stuff. Doot doola doot doo...

Dan Climan was born and raised in Montreal. He moved west to pursue an education in art at Emily Carr University of art and design, and sample what the City of Vancouver had to offer in the way of living.

Read All Over celebrates the bookworm in all of us, showcasing readers in Vancouver and the books they love most. My name is Jeff, I grew up in Richmond with mostly white friends, and only realised I was Japanese at some point in high school.

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

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 25,333 artists , boasting 115,796 tracks, the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada.