Events and Entertainment

This weekend the annual Van Doren Invitational skateboard contest is going down at Hastings Skatepark, right next to the PNE.

Our Daily Photo #2229 is from Instagrammer TeaGran , who captured this beautiful shot of a smoky swim on Sasamat Lake.

Summer is in full swing.

This sign means a whole lot more now with our current conditions. Here's hoping the weather gods deliver in making us wetter. Our Daily Photo #2228 is from Nhi Le , who captured this on the corner of Main and 11th Avenue. Please.

1. River District Drive-In This summer, Vancouver will be getting its first drive-in movie experience ever. The closest drive in to the city is in Langley and there used to be several closer drive-ins, but they all closed more than 35 years ago.

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week.

Love that summer feeling of the sun setting around 10pm. Our Daily Photo #2227 is from Charlie , who snapped this gorgeous shot of cotton candy skies seen from Crescent Beach.

We were honoured to have Garham Harrop speak in 2010 at one of the first Public Salons and later learned that this was a rare moment. We think of Graham every time we take the ferry. https://www.youtube.

Yesterday I wrote THIS PIECE about BC wildfires, the people who fight them, and the good they can actually do for our forests (believe it or not).

Coming to Vancouver next week: a special opening of sorts by Drawn and Quarterly. A double book launch and opening to be exact.