Events and Entertainment

Remember when we announced a while back that VIA and Media Democracy Day were teaming up once again to bring you a fantastic evening of local music and fun? Well we thought we’d introduce you to the lovely bands that’ll be serenading your ear holes o

Vancouver is arguably the most beautiful and expensive city in the world to live in. For most, the goal is simply to live IN it. We all have to work, and work hard to keep up with Our Lady of VanCity, but there are a select few who know the score.

Read All Over celebrates the bookworm in all of us, showcasing readers in Vancouver and the books they love most. I’m a freelance writer and editor, manager of the International 3-Day Novel Contest and author of Geist Atlas of Canada.

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

Did you know that the Vancouver Book Award is the longest-running award given by the City Of Vancouver? Since 1989, this annual award has recognized authors of any genre that demonstrate excellence and enhance our understanding of Vancouver’s rich hi

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!) I stumbled by an interesting photograph by jaretron in the pool today.

So today The PEAK released the 20 songs written by the Top 20 in the Peak Performance Project which were all recorded at bootcamp (we nicknamed it Bunk Rock because it was all done in the cabins amongst the bunk-beds!).

This series had its genesis when I began photographing Vancouver area location shoots in the summer of 2010 to get over a post-Olympics funk.

DiYVR is a weekly spotlight on all things handmade, done-by-oneself, crafted and hacked around Vancouver, featuring profiles of makers, event announcements, exhibits and general DIY fun.

"In the days well before Twitter, Mark's fingers were fused together with model glue. Constant rubbing on his black velvet posters in his pre-Harry Potter, Harry Potter-like closet left him with black, glued together fingers.