Archive for April, 2010

Some people might not understand the purpose of these videos but Its been a long standing tradition since the inception of VIA. We got Connor Brady, Greg Papove, myself, Max, Dario Philips, Aaron Chan, Dan Climban, and Pat Edge In the 8th installment of Skate sundays.

skate sundays 8 from calen knauf on Vimeo.

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Empire Theatres along with Six Cent Press will be hosting & featuring a different fan favorite on the big screen on the last Friday of every month @ 7:30 pm. All movie goers will receive a collectors badge of the month’s featured film. This month it’s Stand By Me only at Granville7 (855 Granville Street).

Last weekend, Jef Choy posted a video of Vancouver’s Skull Skates taking an Olympic skate-break down in LA. The print feature from that trip is in Concrete #106, and some photo extras from the LA mission as well as an alternate video edit just went up on the Concrete site. Gill-man from 1954′s Creature from the Black Lagoon lives!

Andrew Morrison is the editor of local food and culture website Scout; the weekly restaurant critic at the Westender newspaper; a food writer for Vancouver, Harry, Western Living, and Conde Nast Traveler magazines; the editor of the Vancouver Cooks cookbook; and the National Referee at the annual Canadian Culinary Championships. He lives and works in Strathcona and is currently enjoying his 26th year in a row on a skateboard. Each week Andrew will be bringing his expertise and insider knowledge to V.I.A. to share 5 awesome things about Vancouver’s restaurant scene with you. Enjoy!

1. A new authentic Neapolitan joint called Nicli Antica Pizzeria is opening up at 62 E. Cordova this July. We run a deficit of quality pizza in Vancouver, but this will be the real deal.

2. Former Market and Bao Bei general manager Paul Grunberg is opening a French-backboned boit called L’Abbatoir in the original Irish Heather space at 217 Carrall St. this summer.

3. La Buca and Pied-a-Terre co-owners Andrey Durbach and Chris Stewart are shutting down L’Altro Buca in the West End and are opening a new and tiny version of their old Parkside concept in the Ping’s Cafe location at 2702 Main St. this June (kind of sucks that Ping’s is closing, but life moves on).

4. Cool cat Kurtis Kolt of Gastown’s Salt Tasting Room has won the Sommelier of the Year award at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, marking the first time a dude with a nose ring has ever won anything (but a Grammy) since Captain Blackbeard took possession of the vessel Good Intent in 1717.

5. The launch of the 4th Annual Spot Prawn Festival goes down at False Creek Fisherman’s Wharf this May 8th (12pm-3pm). Some of our top chefs will be there, cooking up a storm of samples. You can also buy the wild, local critters directly from the fishermen. They’re bigger, juicier, and much better tasting than the limp tiger prawns that are farmed across Southeast Asia. I’ll be on the first boat (“Organic Ocean”) returning with the first catch at noon. See you on the dock!

In case you missed my post about the punk rock documentary, Bloodied But Unbowed, that’s having it’s world premiere screening during the DOXA festival, click HERE to read it and view the trailer, then buy tickets because you seriously do not want to miss this.

Local skateboard company, Skull Skates, is no stranger to punk rock. In fact, in their long history they’re released collaborative decks with bands such as The Vandals, Social Distortion, Gang Green, Wasted Youth and The Black Halos and are now doing boards with Cokehead Hipsters, China Creeps and SNFU. They’re releasing this very special edition Bloodied But Unbowed deck (pictured below) featuring an image of Randy Rampage shot by Bev Davies in 1979, to celebrate the release of the film. You can find out more about this deck and order one HERE!

Cirque Du Soleil is coming to town this July with their amazing KOOZA show! Check the trailer below then take advantage of a Mother’s Day special 25% off “V.I.A. group hug” rate when you buy 3 or more tickets HERE.

Wednesdays’ full day of Icograda‘s Design Week Vancouver had many speakers from around the world, and even one having to skype in from Kenya because of the Icelandic volcano affecting his flights. Change is happening in the world and in design especially and designers are trying to figure out how they can add value to visual communication and how the world, in turn values the work designers do. Today there is another day of speakers including Marian Bantjes, a “near” Vancouver typographer, illustrator and educator who will talk on The Cultural Value of Art in Design. Should be amazing.

The rain stayed at bay for the day but provided an amazing view from Canada place for all the locals and international visitors to Vancouver.

There are ton more photos to see!

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