Events and Entertainment

Every week V.I.A. Giveaways will give you a chance to win ... something. Watch this space and if you're a real keener, follow @VIAGiveaways on the Twitter for even more good times and random free stuff! Another mixed bag...

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.

An advance copy of Dennis E. Bolen's latest book, Anticipated Results , arrived in the mail not long ago and I dug into it with purpose, finishing it in only two sittings which is a rare thing for me lately as I have very little "free" time.

Melissa Mercier is a talented minimalist fine art photographer. She loves her work and her martinis. She spends most of her time on her computer or her iphone (or both) and is a self proclaimed mac loving geek.

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). Puns are kind of like...well, they're kind of like opinions - everybody's got one.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 25,255 artists , boasting 115,413 tracks, the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada.

I started this project called A Stranger A Day to overcome my shyness and talk to people. The challenge: talk to a stranger a day for a year of my life and try to convince them to let me take a picture and share a story.

Looks like you might be taking Wednesday afternoon off of work! Birthday Live is "the City's official celebration of our 125th birthday and it begins with a street hockey tournament for youth and adults at 2pm and continues until 10pm with live music