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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: June 2011
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Saturday, June 25, 2011. Last night was the preview of the Cheaper Show 10 at a temporary venue set up on the corner of Kingsway and Broadway, just across the street from Our Town Cafe. The Cheaper Show is an art show where every piece is selling for $200. It's a way for artists - local and international - to showcase their work, while also providing art lovers with a way to purchase art without going broke. It's also a bit of a who's who of the Vancouver art scene, as always. Saturday, June 18, 2011.
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Return to the Kootenays: Creston. I'm blogging from the last few hours of August 2010 in beautiful downtown Kaslo (in the Kaslo Hotel. No less) where the power in the entire town went out for 10 minutes about an hour ago. You don't know darkness until you're in a remote mountain town during a blackout. Come back to the Kootenays. And so here I am, one week later, not even, and I'm back in the Kootenays. Who knew I'd back here so soon? My destination this time? Of course, I was d...
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: May 2011
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Saturday, May 21, 2011. Brewery Creek Beer Festival - US. My first trip to the Armoury aka: the Beatty Street Drill Hall was a week ago Friday for the Brewery Creek Beer Festival - US as a part of the Vancouver Craft Beer Week. Imagine 20 or so American breweries serving craft beer in a giant drill hall. that was my Friday:. The orange blossom ale was intriguing. The Kentucky bourbon barrel ale was delicious. Re-up BBQ was there - they make amazing pulled pork sandwiches. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Practic...
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: June 2010
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Friday, June 18, 2010. AWOL in Toronto for NxNE. Young Galaxy at Toronto's Mod Club - June 17, 2010. Photo by Robyn Hanson for Guttersnipe. Just a quick update here from Toronto. That's right. I'm in Toronto right now - my first time (I know, I know). I've been invited to be the photographer for Vancouver-based Guttersnipe. Website for their NxNE festival coverage. Needless to say, my updates here are going to be hit and miss for the next little while. Will report back on my NxNE escapades shortly! This ...
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: November 2010
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Friday, November 26, 2010. Scenes from a Vancouver Snow Day. Friday, November 19, 2010. Vancouver of yesteryear: A collection of Fred Herzog photos. Friday, November 12, 2010. Quintessential East Van scenes. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. And so Gordon Campbell resigns. I am by no means a political expert. Not even close. It's pretty embarrassing, and with exception to a passionate few, I'd say that the average Canadian, at least here in BC, is equally perplexed when it comes to local politics. The thing w...
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: October 2010
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Thursday, October 28, 2010. Deerhunter at the Rickshaw. I make no secret that I dabble in concert photography for fun. It comes in waves. sometimes I can go an entire month without a show, and at other times (read: October), there are shows every second evening. Maybe it's the Bladerunner-esque facade:. If you're reading this, you're probably already familiar with Deerhunter, but if you're not, here's one of my favourite tracks:. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Pixar comes to Vancouver. And at the airport.
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: April 2010
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Monday, April 26, 2010. RIP Sophia Books and Elfsar Comics. It was the Granville Book Co. a few years ago. Then it was Duthies. Now it's Sophia Books. The news spread around Twitter earlier this morning that beloved independent bookstore Sophia Books was finally closing its doors due to Vancouver's obnoxious rent rates. The Georgia Straight. Man, what a heartbreaker! Oh, and get this. As I'm composing this little post, news is spreading on Twitter that Yaletown-based Elfsar Comics. Sunday, April 25, 2010.
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Vancouver: A Local's Perspective: Kale & Nori's West Coast Recipe Series
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Thursday, July 7, 2011. Kale and Nori's West Coast Recipe Series. Photos from last Thursday's Kale and Nori event at the BC Liquor Store on Bute and Alberni. Thanks to Lauren Mote and Jonathan Chovancek for your tasty treats and sumptuous cocktails. Details will come shortly:. Great post and gorgeous photos! Would you be interested in sharing your articles with other like-minded city event bloggers? August 30, 2011 at 12:41 PM. You havent blogged in a while I hope your okay? October 6, 2011 at 3:10 AM.
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Art in Practice: December 2010
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Arts administration as art practice. Thank God, yes! Banff International Curatorial Institute. November 12-14, 2010. As a recent graduate from a museum studies and curatorial program, I thought the topic of the recent symposium at The Banff Centre, Are Curators Unprofessional? Would be pertinent to questions I have about my own curatorial career as I am still trying to determine what curating might mean for me in my own context. This holds true for all arts workers. Followed 2008's Trade Secrets. Admitte...
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Art in Practice: August 2011
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Arts administration as art practice. Us Against Us (and occasionally Them). Many artists take the submission-rejection/acceptance process personally and in turn reject these processes, questioning the circumstances that led to this system of communication between artists and facilitators. A recent show at gallerywest curated by Clayton Windatt, Social Rejection,. The pressing question for me is “who are these cultural elite? There was a follow up open forum, Exhibition and Its Discontents. An expression ...
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