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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.

We’re excited to see the new show by the Winsor Gallery: Gretchen Gammell. Her new show showcases her new paintings influenced from her 7 month residency in Northern France in a converted convent. Not only do we love her figurative paintings but we’re excited to see the more abstract paintings as well.

Bull Poker, 2010, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 48 x 60”

Gretchen Gammell is an exciting, emerging artist based in Portland. She studied painting at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, and completed her degree in 2003. Gammell’s professional career immediately launched with a number of local and international exhibitions; including winning a prestigious commission for the Vance Hotel in Seattle, Washington.

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Drawn Festival kicks off tonight at the Pendulum Gallery Downtown from 7-9pm.

The opening at Pendulum Gallery / HSBC Building Lobby / 885 West Georgia Street will have some live music and cash bar.

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100% legit, you could own the seawall if you’re in need of 890 cubic metres of granite.

“Any reasonable offer will be accepted…”

“Science World is proposing to expand its activities with the creation of an outdoor science gallery and exhibition space. SWITCH: The Outdoor Science Experience, as the gallery and exhibition space will be known, will provide interactive science exhibits for our visitors and add public amenities to the surrounding Creekside Park.”

What this means is possible outdoor exhibits and programming surrounding sustainability themes and more. Learn all about the proposed project HERE and be sure to visit the Feedback link or even one of the open houses they’re doing, listed below. Tonight’s is at the Mt Pleasant Community Center…

Monday, July 5 (4–8 pm)
Mount Pleasant Community Center
Multipurpose 2 Room
1 Kingsway at Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3H7

Tuesday, July 6 (4–8 pm)
TELUS World of Science
Level 1 Circulation
1455 Quebec St.
Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7

Thursday, July 8 (4–8 pm)
Vancouver Public Library
Central Library, North End Promenade
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1

‘Charming 1910 house. This home has been in the same family for almost 90 years. Featuring an open stair case, 9 foot ceilings on the main floor, original unpainted fireplace hearth with a gas insert, and 3 good sized bedroom and large landing up. The basement is mostly unfinished and over 7 feet high with great potential for further development. Double concrete block garage. Nice mountain views and conveniently located close to all amenities. THIS GEM WON’T LAST!’

Funny how they left out ‘SUPER HAUNTED!’

Seriously….I’ve always loved this house….it’s cool I finally now know the real truth and no…no one was killed in it.

More VIA houses:

Urban Royalty
Hobbit House
Polkadot House
2010 Olympic House

I love scale models. Love scale models. Not enough that I actually own any scale models of my own but there’s something appealing about tiny versions of massive things. Like the new BC Place, for example. When I was at the press conference for the announcement of the new Whitecaps brand they had set up this futuristic display booth thing with this scale model in it. I don’t imagine they’d build the booth for a single press conference so keep your eyes peeled for this thing popping up at Whitecaps and Lions related events and stuff in the coming months…

Jason Statler photo.

The Hollywood Theatre has been continuously owned and operated in Kitsilano by the Fairleigh family since 1935. As near as I can tell it’s the oldest (and possibly largest, with 651 seats) theatre of its kind in Vancouver, and the second oldest in BC. That it’s still in the same family has to make it something of an anomaly in Canada, and if you know of one older please leave a comment.

Canadian graffiti. Jason Statler photo.

Seeing a movie there is like going back in time. The theatre is so elegant and beautiful and it takes my breath away every time I walk in. I get a little thrill, it’s quite the experience. The Hollywood has been featured in movies like Look Who’s Talking and was even in the Payola$ video for Eyes of a Stranger. As a side note, inside sources tell me that the lady in the video with the stranger eyes (as opposed to Hungry Eyes or Bette Davis’) was a member of Vancouver punk rock pioneers The Dishrags.

Besides, can you think of somewhere better to catch two movies for $7? I didn’t think so.

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.

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery present Jamelie Hassan: At the Far Edge of Words. Opening reception is Thursday, Jun 17, 8-10pm. Jamelie Hassan is based in London, Ontario and the exhibition will feature paintings, drawings, photographs, multi-media installations as well as the billboard – Because…there was and there wasn’t a city of Baghdad.

Throughout her career, Hassan has maintained that artists have a responsibility to address the important issues of their time. The works in this show, produced from 1971 to 2009, indicate her abiding interest in cultural history and the issues of exclusion, human rights, and justice.

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You probably know that Vancouver band The Payola$‘ big hit song Eyes of a Stranger because it was an integral part of the cut-off jean-shorts and jelly shoes early-80s summers of your youth. And also because it appeared on the soundtrack to Valley Girl . But what I didn’t know (until recently) was that the video was shot at Kitsilano institutions The Hollywood (note the exterior) and The Ridge.

There seems to be a few places in the lower mainland where you can live in a house on the water. Kind of what Relic (from the Beachcombers) lived in, but a bit more modern and less dilapitated. The highest profile group of houseboats is Sea Village on Granville Island. Their view of the Gray Whale must of have been amazing.

Thousands of people are constantly roaming by so I don’t think the houseboat people expect much privacy.

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In case you missed it, this weekend was the open house for Vancouver’s first official laneway house (courtesy of Lanefab Construction). If you’re lucky enough to own a house in the Vancouver area and you’ve got some extra space… forget a trampoline, just throw up one of these babies for around $250,000. Seriously though, this little house (about 700+ square feet) is absolutely amazing! Beautifully designed, with tons of natural light. Even the exterior finish has a “Vancouver special” kinda feel.

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About a year and a half ago I reported on your BC Place getting a new, retractable roof. I was beginning to wonder when they were gonna start construction when BOOM!, they announce that they’re deflating it this coming week. Though your footage might not be worth as much to the local media (remember the last time it deflated?), you might want to get your butt down there on Tuesday at 10AM to witness the dome get deflated for the last time ever. HERE‘s the official notice (it got postponed a day), see you there!