Events and Entertainment

Contrary to our original plan of simply gleaning peripheral stories here and there, we've actually got quite a bit of coverage of the 2010 Games planned for next month.

Poetry Is Dead is a new, semi-annual poetry magazine filled with work from fantastical local poets dedicated to "poetry and the lack thereof".

Photo: David Christian SkateNewSpot.com (learn more about the site here ) has just posted a new feature interview, this time a down-to-earth Q&A with the very down-to-earth Cory Wilson of Vancouver. Get at it right here .

Christopher Williams is a self-taught East Vancouver based artist focusing on drawing and illustration but with experience in multiple media including painting, sculpture and installation work.

Once again we are proud to announce (and co-sponsor) Paul Anthony's Talent Time! This Wednesday at the Biltmore, it is not to be missed.

While Vancouver has been my home for almost two years now, my heart did a little leap when Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers uttered the words "I wrote this song in Port Colborne on the edge of Lake Erie"...

With 20,555 artists, boasting 90,799 tracks, the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada.

Contrary to our original plan of simply gleaning peripheral stories here and there, we've actually got quite a bit of coverage of the 2010 Games planned for next month.

The Zolas had their belated CD Release party at the Biltmore on the 27th, with Henry & The Nightcrawlers and We Are The City opening up...check out more photos after the jump... The Zolas and We Are The City are now on tour across western Canada.

I'm kind of reluctant to share this secret of mine...but have you heard of a little thing going on in Vancouver called Social Bites ? Hobby Chefs and Foodies unite in this evening of dining in the living rooms of complete strangers.