Events and Entertainment

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...

Presented by Vancouver, you're a gorgeous city. With apps like Instagram and the ability to whip out our phones at a moment's notice, we've snapped up some amazing shots of you.

If you watched THIS VIDEO of the saxophone player at Burrard Skytrain station you know that GP Mendoza is telling some of the most awesome stories of people in Vancouver that you didn't know you cared about.

Anadi Canepa talks about global collaboration and her passion for particle physics and how Vancouver is playing a role in the most important discoveries about our universe. https://www.youtube.

According to this photo's caption, "Ocean Concrete silos at Granville Island are in the process of being transformed into a massive mural by [...] world-famous street artists" Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-4Ci_Z0no This video is one of many gems that V.I.A. reader Rob Richardson has dug up from his collection.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.

So two people called us/me out to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today. Surely you've already heard of this initiative to raise awareness and money for ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease (which has already raised TONS of both).

A great anacronym, YACTAC stands for Young Asian Canadian Twins Artists Collective. Four artists and two sets of twins, the women of YACTAC formed a collective shortly after they completed University.

Our Daily Photo #2064 from Instagrammer rellowyar features those red balls I've always wanted to just jump on.