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Fortune is having a party this Friday to celebrate the release of this mixed CD they put together featuring Hedspin, Genie, Rico Uno (THAT’S KEEFER SLIMS‘ BUDDY, MR UNO!) and Marvel, and we’re celebrating right here by giving away ten copies to lucky readers. Simply join our newsletter and you’ll be entered to win. If you’re already subscribed, you’re pre-entered!

In case you didn’t make it out to the last Talent Time at the Biltmore, here’s a few photos of the Lucky Charms eating contest that you missed!

I’ve been holding these contests at my house lately but there’s no crowd, I’m the only one who’s entered, it’s usually about 3 in the morning and I’m standing at the kitchen counter in sweatpants.
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2010 Tampa Pro Street Finals video (watch Vancouver’s Keegan Sauder skate into 3rd place at the 2:11 mark).

The annual Tampa Pro contest held at SPoT has been going strong since ‘95, and the 2010 edition came and went over the weekend. Yes, ‘Couver had a presence. Keegan Sauder took 3rd ($10,000 USD), and Jordan Hoffart raked in $1000 USD for a couple moves in the best trick jam (click here for TransWorld’s Tampa Pro Finals/Best Trick coverage). Congrats, fellas!

A couple of Sundays ago, Blim held their first monthly market at the Heritage Hall on Main Street. Upsizing from the smaller Cambrian Hall location a couple of blocks away in which they’d been running it in the past, the new space is perfect and not only allows for more vendors but a more wide open environment on a busier street.

For our table this month we decided to put our new button maker to use. Our incredibly kind friends at Six Cent Press were nice enough to provide us with a 1.25″ button press so we made up some blank circle templates and had people draw their own buttons, then we cut them out and pressed them for em in exchange for whatever kind of donation they wanted to drop into the box.

And how does that saying go? “Necessity is the father of invention”? I don’t like waiting around and I’m definitely not very good at sitting still, so to burn off some of my energy between people who wanted to draw buttons I decided to make a collection of my own. Lucky for me I had brought along books, the best being one that had a ton of the best images published in the National Enquirer over the years… and the mugshot series was born!

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Remember that band The Left whom we featured during the Peak Performance Project? The guys who won a bag of lot for second place? They’re playing a show (along with some other bands) called Kaleidoscope that’ll also have art, prize draws and guest speakers on Saturday, March 27th. More info HERE.

WORDS AND PHOTOS: Katie Teed

Technically Friday, February 12th, was the 201st anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday but because that day coincides with another little event you may have heard of called the Olympic opening ceremonies the anniversary of his birth was celebrated a few days early at UBC. On February 9th, a group of scientists with an affliction for baked goods, got together at the new Beaty Biodiversity Museum to celebrate by baking the evolutionary biologist a cake.

It was a small crowd but there were definitely some creative (and tasty) entries! It was cool to see that some of the cakes were highly scientific and came with extensive explanations, which meant I got to learn while eating cake (win/win).

Darwin made a special afterlife appearance to judge the cakes

They gave out a range of prizes that included crowd favourite, best tasting, best use of biodiversity, most artistic, and they also awarded an overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. It’s hard to remember them all so below I’ve recapped Read more

I’m not entirely sure of the source of this photo and normally I wouldn’t just grab something off of the internet and paste it onto our blog but this image must be shared. It’s nice having the streets back but those days of madness were a lot of fun, weren’t they?

I was alerted to it’s existence by The Peak, and the link to the photo is http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs519.snc3/27224_351893710875_581315875_4172162_1824896_n.jpg … if you know exactly where it came from please comment below so we can give proper credit.

Conan O’Brien is coming to Vancouver on April 13th and based on the fact that I laughed out loud simply at the name of his tour this should be nothing short of epicly hilarious. Tickets are a bit on the steep side (click HERE to check availability) but I imagine they’ll be going fast…

Sad Mag is a Vancouver-based youth (under 30) arts and culture magazine, showcasing work from some of Vancouver’s best emerging writers and visual artists. They were nice enough to send along copies of the first two issues of the mag recently and have just announced the release of their third, for which they’re also throwing a party for at the Anza Club in just over a week’s time. Learn all about the mag HERE and about the release of the next issue below.

SAD MAG ISSUE 3 LAUNCH PARTY
Friday, March 19 at the Anza Club
Doors open at 8:00 pm
You must be 19+ to attend.

Sad Mag launches its Black & White issue on Friday, March 19 at the ANZA Club.

Get a first look at the new issue, and enjoy performances by Vancouver’s ‘Queen of Sass,” MC Crystal Precious and OK Vancouver OK. Meet the emerging writers and visual artists behind the magazine while Lazerbomb! and DJ Tina’s Husband will provide the soundtrack.

Hopefully you’re already familiar with The Cheaper Show, an incredible movement/event in Vancouver that we’ve brought to your attention a few times in the past, and of which we’re now an official media partner. This year’s show (happening in June) will bring together 200 artists, showcasing 400 pieces of artwork, all priced at $200. So awesome! Here’s a starter if you need to be caught up:

And if you didn’t already know you’ll be happy to learn that The Cheaper Show is up for an incredible grant opportunity from the good folks at Absolut. A dollar from each of THESE Vancouver-themed bottles of vodka designed by Douglas Fraser will be going into a fund that will help a local art project, voted in by you! There are only a few more days to vote so take a look at THIS link and cast a vote for one of these projects… hopefully the Cheaper one.

Vancouver Is Awesome & Lifetime presents Vancouver’s own Japandroids, April 30th at the Lifetime Space!

Get down to the Lifetime Pop up store at 354 Water Street Gastown to enter, we will be giving a way a total of 10 tickets.

Plus, if you make a purchase while down there, mention “Vancouver is Awesome” and you’ll get a free Lori D Sketchbook while supplies last.

www.lifetimecollective.com

With the flurry of posts over the past few weeks I somehow neglected to share these fantastic photos that our very own Jenn Perutka shot at Feist’s show at the Orpheum!!! Part of the Cultural Olympiad, a lot of people will tell you that her show, opened by Gonzales, was one of their favourites of the Games.

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