Archive for May, 2009

Mayor Gregor grew a playoff beard while the Canucks were in the playoffs (pictured above is my rendition of what it might have looked like if they had made it to the finals) and he’s following through on his commitment to local hockey by playing in the Play On! Vancouver Celebrity game taking place at noon on Saturday June 13th. Also slated to play are:

Singer-songwriter Daniel Wesley
2008 Summer Olympic gold medalist …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

This October the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre in Yaletown will play host to CREATIVEMIX, a one day conference bringing together emerging and professional creatives. With these 12 speakers (below) lined up it’ll be well worth the $150-ish ticket price for anyone who depends on their creative output as a part of their work. If you’re not interested in the conference itself but want to take in their exhibition you can register online for free or pay $10 at the door…

More CREATIVEMIX news in the coming months…

How a project of this magnitude doesn’t cross one’s radar (mine) until a couple of weeks before it’s 799 million dollars in and has almost been completed can really only be attributed to the fact that they (I) don’t leave the city center all that much, except to head up the Sea to Sky, North into the wilderness or South towards the airport.

This massive bridge’s construction began in summer 2006 and is opening early (in mid June), and from what I gathered from the bridge’s very own web site it “will provide a vital new link between communities on the south side of the [Fraser] river—Langley and Surrey—and the north side communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows… studies conducted for TransLink show that the new bridge will have major long-term impacts on the region, improving travel times and promoting economic activity… the project connects the Trans-Canada Highway in both Surrey and Langley (on the south side of the Fraser River) with the Lougheed Highway (Highway 7), 128 Avenue, and the new Pitt Meadows Airport Way on the north side of the river… construction of the new bridge and road network has created more than one billion dollars in economic activity and 6,500 person years of employment.”

Undoubtedly awesome for the Lower Mainland.

Here’s a bunch of other fun facts…

* The Golden Ears Bridge is a 1 km, six-lane bridge that spans the Fraser River
* The bridge connects Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to Langley and Surrey at approximately 200 Street
* The project includes the construction of 16 bridges, ramps and viaducts including the main river bridge
* The project includes more than 3.5 kilometres of …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

featuring Vancouver’s Keegan Sauder of course.

Not to be confused with our new ALMOST FAMOUS thing, HIGH FIVING CELEBRITIES is photos of celebs caught around town, high fiving the camera.

I got up in Lady Sov’s face at her show at Richards last week so she could throw an aggressive fiver your way…

I checked in with rookie Powell pro, Jordan Hoffart recently and we had a little chat about the company’s video, FUN! (which should be in skateshops right away), why it’s Powell’s first visual output in 10 years, and more. Give the column a gander right here.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, click here to see Jordan in DIY/BBQ mode for a 9five Eyewear commercial.

Photo: Graham Winterbottom
Hood: Gastown
Website: http://www.grahamwinterbottom.com
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The Hangover opens in theatres on Friday, June 5 and we’re giving away 10 double passes to the advance screening on Wednesday, June 3rd at 7pm at Granville 7!

Send us (events@vancouverisawesome.com) the answer to this trivia question and be entered in a draw to win the tickets:
What’s the name of the “scummy” punk rocker that The Hangover’s director, Todd Phillips, directed a film about back in 1994?