Events and Entertainment

The 33rd Annual Powell Street Festival took place at Woodland Park this past Saturday and Sunday, during an unusually hot BC Day long weekend.

I know it's Wednesday but, hey, maybe you're the type of person who plans your excursions a week in advance. If you are, and you want to hit Playland next week or the week after for half price with a homie, print THIS out:

The Wooden Sky from Toronto is playing a show tonight at John Rogers park (7th and Manitoba) at 7pm. Show starts at 5pm. It’s free. Their album cover for their newest release, If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone, features a picture that I took.

HOW DID THIS PHOTO OP COME ABOUT ? It was so random i was just skating the plaza skatepark downtown and he pulled up and parked and sat down with his son and started watching us skate.

Our friends at Vancouver-produced national skate mag, Color , released their latest issue a couple weeks back and today I received this tear sheet image from Gordon Nicholas , the photographer who shot a feature called "Rick Howard's Vancouver" for t

I SHOWED you where the tree was before we went and pilfered 21 figs from it! Don't worry, there's honestly about 400 left and, like Jef Choy said, there are fig trees dotted around the city in public places.

The Canadian Adidas skate team are clockin' kilometres across the land , and will end up at the Quilchena skatepark for a BBQ / demo alongside Boulevard skateshop's team this Sunday. Grill 'n' Roll.

Live Nation just launched a promotion - this very minute as a matter of fact, at 12:01 on August 5th - where they're offering no service fee tickets for 17 shows at the Commodore.

Makeshift downhill course on Dunlop St. in Norburn...sometime in the 70's....no permits....no prizes....no glory.....no winners...no losers..... John Kami photo!

At the end of the day on Sunday when we were wrapping up our Flea Market on the corner of 16th and Sophia this dude rolled by me on a bike looking SO stoked.