Archive for March, 2010

…but doubt its over now.
Leading up to the Olympics, we’d seen some shirts inspired by and proudly bumpin city inspired designs and slogans like this and this. But seemed like this exploded of course during the Olympics. Did yall get a chance to see all the goodness out there though? Some, like the Bang-On ones may have been out before as well for some time but it was kinda cool to see all these shirts out and about around the same time. In this part 1 post, we got up shirt designs from shops on or around Robson: el Kartel, Bang-On and Dipt. In part 2, you’ll see some from the Gastown shops. Are there more beyond? I’m sure, let us know!

TONS MORE UNDER THE CUT

TOP (L-R): el Kartel, Bang-On
BOTTOM (L-R): Dipt, el Kartel
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It’s another bird today. D.A.J.K. brings this photo entitled “Bird in the backyard“. Anybody know what kind of bird this is? I’m clueless when it comes to ornithology…

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The cats rule East Vancouver. They’re everywhere…sidewalks, roads, hiding in doorways, supervising stores, sprawled out anywhere to have a bath. The cats I meet while wandering through East Van are probably all house-pets but it’s not clear who ‘owns’ them. Cats are all about territory, but all space is public to them.

Stay tuned…When the project is finished I hope to have photographed every one of the East Van Cats!

[Click HERE to see all the East Van Cats to date]

I know, I know, the Games are long over and we gave you an overdose of coverage during them… but I’m following Sochi 2014 on Twitter and I wanted to remind you of how awesome their mascot Cheburashka, is.

V.I.A. is proud to present this special Good Friday edition of Happy Ending Fridays with Eh!Team DJ’s Pump & Hedspin on 4 decks. You can grab this 1 hour mix from Vancouver’s own Hedspin, Genie, Rico Uno and Marvel HERE and also check this 2.5 hr long mix from DJ Pump (and Rico Uno) HERE. In addition to this already amazing line-up we have a brand new back room experience (in the Livestock room) with My!Gay!Husband! and Genie playing the 80s funkz – african – baltimore club – bollywood – chicago juke – crunk muzic – dancehall – disco – doobstep – funky – footwork – group sounds – gutter rap – gypsy – hip-house – indie – mambo – miami bass – nolabounce – reggae – soul – tribal – tropical – world rave – zef side, etc.  You can grab M!G!H! new Bollywood disco mix HERE. So there you have it. A ton of music for you to get you through the long weekend. Enjoy! Get up on the glist HERE.

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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.

Happy Easter weekend everybody! This week it seems all the opening receptions are on Thursday because of the Good Friday holiday. There are a number of great things going on in the city this week. We’ve been especially charmed with Nicole Dextras who’s show Signs of Change at the Grunt Gallery looks amazing! Opening reception is Thursday, Apr 1, 8-11pm.

Signs of Change brings Dextras’ body of work in ice typography together through photographic prints and off-site installations. The photographs will depict past ice installations and the off-site component will feature ice text placed in the Vancouver land/cityscape on a weekly basis.

Dextras’ ice letters and eco-installations interrupt the expected narratives of the landscape. Using ice as a medium Dextras subverts the authority of the English language and the commerce of signage by representing them as vulnerable and shifting. Dextras originally created molds from old marquee letters, freezing them and then installing them within both urban and rural locations. Dextras’ installations have varied from 8-foot high ice letters on the Yukon River to 18-inch high letters set in downtown Toronto. The ice words are left on site and begin to change state from solid to liquid. This phase of transition becomes symbolic of the interconnectedness of language and culture to landscape, as affected by time and by a constant shifting and transforming nature.

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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 Ramsay, Ann L’s pup. Here’s what she had to say about him…

NAME: Ramsay. BREED: Boston Terrier. HOOD: Coquitlam. FAVORITE SNACK: Peanut Butter, freeze dried liver snacks and watermelon to name a few. OTHER INFO: He loves to play, cuddle and howl to the harmonica.

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From www.crazy8s.cc:

115 teams signed up to present their short film idea in a 5 minute video.
The top 40 were selected to pitch in person to a jury of industry
professionals.
12 semi-finalists were chosen to workshop their script with a professional story editor.
6 finalists have been selected.
They will have 8 days and $800 to make their films.

A still from "Sad Bear"

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