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Welcome to In The Village on False Creek, a unique project inspired by Live@YVR and 365 Days of Dining. Over the coming months it’s my mission to draw from the myriad of things that make this new community awesome in order to bring you a weekly scoop.

Portobello West Art + Fashion Market relocated to Creekside Community Centre in the Village a few months back, and this weekend is their Summer Market!

On Saturday and Sunday from 11AM-5PM over 50 local designers and artists will be showcasing and selling their wares, a DJ will be spinning tunes in the afternoons, there’ll be delicious food carts to eat at and chances to win a big basket of handmade goodies.

One of my favourite vendors is Tracey Tomtene Photography. Tracey shoots fine art photography and sells prints of images like the ones below (from her travel series).

Images: traceytomtene.com

She also takes her photos and makes one-of-a-kind jewelry out of them in a process wherein she sets tiny individual prints under domed glass which lightly magnifies the colour and clarity of the image. Conveying her love for the ocean, conservation, travel, nature, photography, surfing, art and the beauty and goodness this world constantly envelopes us in, to become wearable fine art.

Image: traceytomtene.com

Learn more about Tracy’s work HERE and be sure to head down to Creekside Community Centre Saturday or Sunday to see …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Competition was fierce at the 1st Annual Battle of the Bartender Beer Cocktail Competition at the Clough Club for Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

Beer-Cocktails were made by:
Shea Hogan – SilverCity VIP
Donnie Wheeler – Clough Club
Evelyn Chick – UVA
Mike Mitchelll – Heather Group
Joey Donnelly – Granville Room
David Bain – Clough Club
Julia Como – Keefer Bar
Mark Smolinski – Max’s Burgers
Tarquin Melnyk – RTL Yaletown

Find out WHO THE WINNER WAS after the jump and to check out photos from the Neighbourhood Gig at the Biltmore with Portage and Main, The Sumner Brothers, and Raleigh!!!

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To be honest, Jeff Lee from the Vancouver Sun’s question, “Where was this Sam Sullivan when he was mayor?”, which leads off his recent article about the former Mayor of Vancouver’s latest event that we both attended? Well, it was lost on me. He and I were among 650-or-so humans who recently gathered at the Vancouver Playhouse for Sam’s quarterly speakers series aptly entitled Sam Sullivan’s Public Salon, and Jeff has had a much longer view of our city and its politics than I have; the only thing I was paying attention to when Sam was mayor was how gruelling my commute from Santa Monica to Torrance was getting. Which is to say, I didn’t live here for most of Sam’s tenure, and aside from the time that KTLA News showed a clip of him waving the Olympic flag when it was announced Vancouver was hosting, I wasn’t really paying attention. But I’m paying attention now. And the Sam Sullivan that was up on that stage delivering a curated group of engaging speakers and incredibly talented musicians and performance acts every 3 months? I vote yes to him putting on more of these events, and to you (and I) attending them and being exposed to some great Vancouverites changing your city for the better.

Photos: Sarah Murray

Jeff offers a great play-by-play of the night HERE in his aforementioned article, and you should certainly go and read it but first I must tell you this: Jas Johal is a new hero of mine. Not only did he put together a powerful collection of photographs shot of and by him while covering international conflicts for broadcast news but he delivered his personal story and connected us to it by sharing the most humanizing of facts about himself: While sitting in Muammar Gaddafi’s palace on the day that he was ousted, after wrapping up his news story, Jas found himself marvelling at the fact that “a kid from Williams Lake” (Jas, of course) was sitting in “Muammar’s house”. He got out his pocket knife and he cut off a piece of a chandelier there, and he put it in his pocket. This photo below is of him showing it to us. Not pictured is the collective jaw of the audience hitting the floor due to this exclamation point at the end of a fantastic presentation.

Find out more about Sam Sullivan’s Public Salon HERE, and I’ll see you there next time.

Another evening of delicious beers…this time we were hosted by Biercraft on Cambie Street for the Belgian Showcase. Still lots of Vancouver Craft Beer Week happening…see you at the Battle of the Bartenders and the Neighbourhood Gig at the Biltmore tonight…

For now check out the tasty beers below! (Full disclosure, I did NOT consume all of these beers, I dont know if that is humanly possible!)(The list was even longer!) There was also some ridiculously good food, including this lovely miso gravy one pictured below:

1) Mongozo Premium Pilsner (Organic, Fair Trade, Gluten Free!) + the Miso Poutine!!!
2) Townsite – Charleston Tripel
3) Biercraft – Pilsner
4) Unibroue – Trois Pistole …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the best concerts happening around the city…

What a killer week! Sad Mag had their magazine launch party with Hip Hop Karaoke, the Khatsalano Music Festival released it’s lineup with a free show at Zulu Records, The Mocking Bird, The Never Surprise and Ali Milner killed it at the Media Club, and VCBW is in full swing. And this week is even more fun!

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: VCBW continues, so you better check out the events – including tonight at the Biltmore- Portage and Main, The Sumner Brothers, and Raleigh all perform – you can head there after the Battle of The Bartenders! Also performing tonight is Royal Canoe at the Waldorf with the talented Hannah Epperson! Wednesday there’s Ryan McMahon, Cory Woodward, and Christopher Arruda at the Media Club. Then it’s off to Sasquatch…meet up at the Said The Whale show on Saturday?  - oh and if you’re in stuck in town, go check out Bed Of Stars and Yuca at the Cellar on Friday!

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Words: Mark Busse

The May speaker at CreativeMornings/Vancouver, presented by CAPIC, was local architect and HCMA Managing Partner, Darryl Condon. A McGill Architecture grad and fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada now in his third decade as an architect, SpacingVancouver.ca notes that Condon’s “resume reads like a dog-eared chapter in the encyclopedia of Vancouver public spaces and his work has made an indelible mark on the city’s urban landscape. Been to the new ice rink at Robson Square? How ’bout the Hillcrest Community Centre over by Queen E Park? Killarney Community Pool? Darryl and his team at Hughes Condon Marler Architects designed those community spaces.”. Also notable in his portfolio are the award-winning West Vancouver Community and Aquatic Centres, Vancouver Olympic Centre, Whistler Public Library, and Walnut Grove Community Centre.

Like CreativeMornings/Vancouver on Facebook for updates on upcoming talks as well as videos of the ones you might have missed.

Hoppapalooza III…there are no words. No wonder this VCBW event sold out in hours!!! I did my best to keep track of what beers were in what photo and I’m 99% sure this is correct.
Below are only a fraction of the beers you could have tried at the party the Alibi Room threw… and after the jump there are some party photos including the 3 different kinds of chili they had for the craft beer lovers.

Taken from the Hoppapalooza guide pictured below:
I. You’re awesome.
II. Beer is awesome.
III. Brewers are awesome.
IV. The Alibi Room is awesome.
V. Rich Hope is awesome.
VI. VCBW is awesome.
VII. If anybody else is feeling like they should be called awesome & were forgotten. You’re awesome too.

Vancouver is Awesome, thinks that’s awesome. :)

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1) Parallel 49 Brewing – “Seed Spitter” Watermelon Wit
2) Iian Hill of Yaletown Brewing – Framboise Sour Raspberry
3) Central City Brewing – …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Over the past 9 months, 7,000 participants have been bringing Rick Hansen’s 25th Anniversary Relay medallion (which we told you about HERE) across the country celebrating the silver anniversary of Rick’s Man In Motion Tour which raised awareness and funds for spinal cord research. The relay has been all about the power of many, and it concludes tomorrow here in Vancouver.

Not unlike when the Olympic torch made its way to town, streets will be shut down as 65 of folks will pass the medallion on the very final stretch of its journey. The relay finale will be at the newly-updated Terry Fox Plaza at noon, followed by a large-scale celebration at the PNE Amphitheatre starting at 5PM.

Have a read through our interview with Rick HERE and be sure to show up tomorrow along the route to high five the relay participants! I’ll be running a leg of the relay at 10:15AM starting at the Boston Pizza on West Broadway.

Deja vu with Rick and VANOC’s John Furlong!