Events and Entertainment

Iron Maiden T-Shirt The story! Iron Maiden was the first concert that I ever went to in 1985 at the Colesium, it was the Powerslave tour, Twisted Sister opened for them.

PHOENIX is playing the Orpheum on Friday, 1/22/2010 at 8:00 pm for the CULTURAL OLYMPIAD with Vancouver's own YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! also opening. MORE DETAILS HERE

We're co-sponsoring Mint Records' Christmas party this year! All the info is below, we'll see you at the Biltmore December 4th!

Drawing On Vancouver , sponsored by Vancouver Is Awesome, hosted by Walrus and supplied with beer from Phillips Brewery is opening tonight at 6 pm and shut down at 10 pm. Walrus is at 3408 Cambie Street.

SUN WIZARD EP RELEASE PARTY at The Media Club. Friday Nov 20th Show 10.30pm have a listen... http://www.myspace.com/thesunwizard These guys are good friends of mine and they put on an amazing live performance. Come check it out.

There are so many awesome photos that you've added to our FLICKR POOL that we can no longer pick just one a week, so from now on we're going to be showcasing one every single day! Day #71 is a photo courtesy of David Niddrie : Submit to our FLICKR PO

•Lil' Hayden Kelly (pictured above) may hail from Point Roberts, Washington, but he's pretty much a Metro Vancouver loc since loves it here and constantly border hops to go skate. Learn more about Hayden right here . •Push.

Am I allowed to talk about a "tweetup" on a blog? Movember , the month formerly known as November, is more than halfway done.

Vancouverite Geoff Vreeken, an expat from the marketing industry, recently founded Homeless Copywriter , a site that generously collects money for the Covenant House, an organization that serves as a street habilitation group for youth.

LILY & JAE has been hard at work with lending hands from MEDINA CAFE , The Portland Hotel Society and the LifeSkills Centre putting together a special charity event to kick off the holiday season! On December 1st (from 5:30pm to 9:30pm) head down