Events and Entertainment

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

As the editor of V.I.A., all day every day I'm working on stories about the things that make you love your city.

A relative of one of the ladies in this historical Vancouver photo writes: "Foncie's Foto stamp is on the reverse of photo. Found during a research project for family. In pencil is 16033 Y8. We are guessing this is about 1940 time frame.

Over the years we've brought you a zamboni's load worth of coverage for Grant Lawrence and his first book, Adventures In Solitude , one of the very first titles we chose to feature in our Vancouver Book Club .

Our Daily Photo #1074 from Nacho King features Nacho King himself beside a snow toilet. We'd be crazy not to feature this photo.

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".

Every Friday I join The Peak 102.7FM in studio to share One Awesome Thing. Today Clinton Herman and I talked about the City of Vancouver's Awards of Excellence . Nominate someone HERE !

On Saturday, April 5, 30 Vancouverites will make home cooked meals for strangers all to benefit local charities during #dinnerpartyYVR, presented by Cressey .

This surreal shot of the fish at the Capilano River Hatchery is our Daily Photo #1073.

V.I.A. Community Sponsor TELUS just released another instalment in their Optik TV - Play with the Best video series where they produce $25,000 videos for people who use the hashtag #playwiththebest.