Events and Entertainment

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver families. I’m always on the lookout for fun stuff to do, so if there’s something happening that you think I should know about, don't hesitate to contact me .

A couple years back I shared a hilarious series of videos produced as a part of Real Stories 2010 by my friends Cameron Macleod and Sean Devlin.

It's back! Obscura Day 2012 is upon us! What is Obscura Day you ask? It is an international celebration of unusual places. It is a day of expeditions, back room tours, & exploring hidden wonders in your own hometown.

Going a little bit North for this one but, hey, it's the weekend and you're likely not reading this from and work are looking for an adventure! The City of North Vancouver is doing a great family-oriented event tomorrow, Sunday April 22nd, where they

The Vancouver Book Club's Spring Selection is Rob Taylor 's poetry collection The Other Side of Ourselves and to get you into the right frame of mind we're running a photo contest in the weeks leading up to the April 29th event .

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.

You've heard all about the harm reduction programs in our city put in place for hard drug users and people with extreme alcohol addictions.

Here's another interview from my adventures at SXSW in Austin, Texas, USA! This time its an encounter with Queens, NY Chef/Rapper Action Bronson! Doot doola doot doo ... doot doo! Nardwuar vs. Action Bronson http://youtu.

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 day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!) Said it before, I'll say it again.