Events and Entertainment

Last March, we wrote an essay for Vancouver Is Awesome about Charles Montgomery’s fantastic book Happy City , and how it perfectly articulated our family’s own decade-long journey from the suburbs of Toronto to the heartbeat of Vancouver.

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week.

Our Daily Photo #2137 is from Instagrammer jozulonas who took this shot of the delectable display at Purebread in Gastown. Forgot how awesome #gastown is.

Here's the kind of awesomeness that results when Thor Diakow (of Breakfast Television) and his friends get together to make a music video. https://www.youtube.

The Vancouver Creatives 2 Call for Entries is now open! Free submissions from Vancouver-based creators & entrepreneurs will be accepted for a 1-month period of time until February 8, 2015.

We've located the holy grail of sports merchandise! After being housed in a storage locker for 11 years, this signed jersey by legendary Vancouver Grizzlies player Bryant "Big Country" Reeves was uncovered.

Every year we here at VIA release videos shot by local artists featuring some of the awesome bands performing with the St James Music Academy, all leading up to the main event. - this year #SingItFwd is on January 8th at the Vogue Theatre .

Dan Mangan + Blacksmith is/are set to release his/their latest album entitled Club Meds on Arts & Crafts next week. Gearing up for it the label thought they'd let you all listen to the entire thing...

Marine Mammal Scientist Lance Barrett Lennard has been using drones to observe the health of our marine mammals. https://www.youtube.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the best concerts happening around the city...