Events and Entertainment

We are excited to host the LRG skate team in one of three worldwide premieres that has the skate team in attendance. Come check it out on the 14 foot screen on the Funktion-One sound at Fortune Sound Club this Wednesday, April 21.

One of our friends from CBC Radio 3 in Vancouver, Chris Kelly (check out his GUEST PLAYLIST ), went down to the SXSW music festival in Austin earlier this month with Grant Lawrence (ahem, GUEST PLAYLIST ).

Following on the heels of such docs like Scratch , Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme and Planet B-Boy , Copyright Criminals (dir: Benjamin Franzen), takes a look at one of the other elements of hip hop, the most controversial one of them all: sampling.

Have a look at this new music video (directed by SALAZAR) for the song Gently Gently off of Vancouver's own Christopher Smith's debut album, The Beckon Call .

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool with you, shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). Today's image is by ElvisHitler2000 and it's entitled " Sport of Kings ".

Did you WATCH our video interview where Cameron Mcleod took on Handles of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters in a game of 1 on 1? High five from Handles! The Globetrotters are playing two games in Abbotsford this weekend. Info HERE .

Cover: Morgan Smith, kickflip off the skinny rail and into the bank // Photo: Brian Caissie Concrete Skateboarding 's Spring issue has sprung. The locally produced mag is available for a free grab at skateshops across Canada.

Remember CBC Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! from last year? That huge street hockey tournament that we entered and won ? We won the coed division and you weren't there in the crowd cheering for us? For real? If you missed it last year you're in lu

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! We here at Artsy-Dartsy are proud to be new contributors to VIA.A brief background on us: We are Linus and Denise. So pleased to meet you! We love art and design, hence we started a website called Artsy-Dartsy.

We shared a couple of posts ( 1 , 2 ) about Sigur Ros frontman, Jonsi, starting his tour and playing his first ever shows as a solo performer at the Vogue last week. Ryan Rose was there and he shot some great photos that he submitted to us...