Events and Entertainment

There's lots of stuff going on around V.I.A.'s Chinatown office this month, including the new Chinatown mascot being unveiled! High five, dude! You can participate in helping to name this guy (or is it a girl?) HERE until August 20th.

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

Michael Green is one of three principals at McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design (mgb), a firm that has been doing phenomenal things in design for this city since its inception seven years ago in a North Van backyard.

I've been sitting on this outtake photo I shot of George Stroumboulopoulos for like... a long time now.

A few days back Kathryn Calder (of the New Pornographers) released this animated music video for her song Slip Away off of her debut solo album Are You My Mother? It was directed by Dean Tzenos and it's based on original artwork that Kathryn herself

“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” It’s been said many times by many comedians. I believe the original usage dates back to the great Carol Burnett.

Concrete Skateboarding magazine's 2010 Photo Annual is hot off the press, and should be available (for free) in skateshops by early next week.

It's a new dog every day, click here to find out how to get your dog featured here if you haven't sent in your photos yet! Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Burni, Tara H 's pup. Here's what she had to say about him...

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver parents and their awesome kids. Every Wednesday I post a roundup of upcoming family-friendly events and activities.

Yesterday we put a call out to Cory Monteith (star of the hit TV show Glee that you can catch on Global) about a possible Most Awesome interview with us. Cory loves Vancouver, he actually got his start in acting here...