Archive for October, 2009

Once again, LiveNation pulls through for VIA readers with a ticket giveaway! This time it’s for poet/musician Saul Williams. He performs at Venue on November 17. 

To enter to win a pair of tickets to the show, all you have to do is email your favourite Saul Williams project (album, film or book) to malania@vancouverisawesome.com

The winner will be notified by email on November 13.

Make sure you check Saul’s website for video clips of his performances and interviews. www.saulwilliams.com

Last year you had to go out to Burnaby to buy fireworks (which you could ignite within the City of Vancouver with a permit). Click HERE to see Joey’s post from one year ago today.

I’m happy to report that the bylaw has been changed for this year! I am almost certain that you’ve already noticed a couple FIREWORKS popup stores in your hood. I have yet to go into one of them but HERE are the details on the rules from the City’s web site.

Note that “Family Fireworks may only be purchased between October 25th to October 31st, 2009. Fireworks can only be discharged on Halloween, October 31st. To obtain the permit to purchase and discharge Family Fireworks, the person must be over 19 years of age, pass an online “Fire Safety Quiz,” and produce two pieces of identification when purchasing.”

Be safe, and have fun!

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.com to help people like us find out about art and design events in our awesome city of Vancouver! This week there are tons of great events happening. For the full listing please head to Artsy-Dartsy.com.

- Ongoing from Oct 15 till Oct 31 is the Live Performance Art Biennale. One of the shows you should see this week is Norico Sunayama: A Sultry World. We think it will be quite the experience! A Sultry World is a two day live installation. This celebrated work has been exhibited in Seoul, Paris, Barcelona, Mito, Yokohama and most recently at the Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche in Toronto.

Norico Sunayama wears an over-sized red dress, and on lookers are invited to sneak under her voluminous skirt.

- Norico Sunayama: A Sultry World will be at Centre A in gastown, Friday and Saturday, Oct 30-31.

- Other notables: Hotel is having a Helloweird party, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is presenting an interesting talk on fashion in Italy (to be presented in Italian, translated to English), Vancouver Architect Bing Thom is giving a lecture at Emily Carr, and Pecha Kucha Vol 8 is at the Park Theatre.

Details at Artsy-Dartsy.com.

[Image: A Sultry World, via firststream on flickr, currently at Centre A]

There are so many awesome photos that you’ve added to our FLICKR POOL that we can no longer pick just one a week, so from now on we’re going to be showcasing one every single day!

Day #50 is a photo courtesy of Eric Newby:

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“Hey guys,

First and foremost I wanna say thanks again for hosting the ticket giveaway [to see Michael Jackson's This Is It]. Too bad the premier had to land on a weekday (I only had 4 hours sleep) but it was totally worth it. I figured I owed it to you guys to write a short review.

In a nutshell: it was 2 hours of pure awe. In my humble opinion, Michael Jackson is a God among musicians in this generation. When he sings, people listen. When he moves, people watch. And that was definitely the case last night at the midnight showing of “This Is It”. In the documentary, you see the not-so-frail MJ doing what he does best, being a perfectionist. Down to every beat, every rhythm, every pause (“You gotta let it simmer. You gotta let it bathe in the moonlight,”). It was good to see Michael in his “natural habitat”, singing, dancing and joking with the dancers and crew members. This final curtain call definitely reminds us how awesome MJ is.

Thanks again guys for the tickets and keep up the good work on promoting our beloved hometown!

Ron K.”

BLVD is a community-minded skateboard shop located on 1340 Commercial Drive – it’s The Drive’s first full-on skateshop. I recently caught up with owner and VIA contributor Kevin Kelly for an in-depth “Open House” Q&A you can find right here.

Ever seen these markers on trees along trails in North Van, West Van or Deep Cove? Here’s the deal:

The Baden Powell trail is a 41.7 km long trail that goes from the head of Burrard Inlet in Deep Cove all the way to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. Named after Lord Baden Powell, the dude who started the Boy Scouts, the trail was constructed in 1971 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

It’s a new dog every day, click here to find out how to get your dog featured here if you haven’t sent in your photos yet!

Today’s dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Pete, Kristy S’s pup. Here’s what she had to say about him…

NAME: Pete. BREED: Black Lab. HOOD: Out in The Valley (Walnut Grove). FAVORITE SNACK: Wine corks and grass. OTHER INFO: Pete’s a puppy. He’s a wild fella. His current favourite activities include puppy training at Pet Smart, and figuring out what going for a “walk” is!

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