Events and Entertainment

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver families. Every Wednesday I post a roundup of upcoming family-friendly events and activities.

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). Sometimes I will measure a photograph by its ability to show me something new about what I would otherwise regard as 'familiar'.

As I reported last week, part of the Vancouver 125 celebrations this year involve an amazing initiative by The Association of Book Publishers of BC that will see the republishing of 10 out of print, classic Vancouver books.

“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” It’s been said many times by many comedians. I believe the original usage dates back to the great Carol Burnett.

It's a new dog twice a week! Click here to find out how to get your dog posted if you haven't sent in your photos yet! Today's dogs featured in Dogtown Vancouver are Bubbles and Bambi, Tammie T's pup. Here's what she had to say about them...

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

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). I am a fairly inquisitive person, as anyone who knows me can attest.

Buttons buttons everywhere. Learn to make your own wee piece of crafty art! Local artisan Laura Bucci is offering collage-button-making workshops in her studio.

Before she quit her job, I would pin the number of coffees Lindsey Hampton made me at 1,000. Brewing the first, Lindsey had bleached hair, un-prescribed glasses and a stack of aspirations in graphic design. We talked about them.

The first 200 people in the door to our joint 3 year anniversary party with Paul Anthony's Talent Time at the Biltmore this Wednesday get one of these pins! Click HERE to read about the party and to RSVP. This is one you're not going to want to miss.