Eva O’Grady felt goose bumps when an ambulance drove by the National Arts Centre, the sound of its siren intermingling with the rising crescendo of Barber’s Adagio for Strings during the 9-11 Concert of Hope and Remembrance. “It was a wonderful mix of music and terror,” she said after Sunday’s concert. “It was a historic telling through music.” … [Read more...]
Fans gather at memorial to a dark summer
September 9, 2011 by
Messages of support and condolence continue to pour in at a makeshift shrine outside Rogers Arena to honour and remember former Canuck Pavol Demitra, who died in a plane crash in Russia that claimed the lives of 43 people early Wednesday. Vivian Dinh and Annie Zhang stopped by Thursday afternoon to write their messages for the 36-year-old winger … [Read more...]
Thousands gather for Siggraph convention in Vancouver
August 9, 2011 by
Thousands of digerati gather in Vancouver this week at SIGGRAPH 2011, the annual convention for the leading edge of digital gaming, film and video. The convention, which wraps up Thursday, is a ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Gather for the Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival
July 29, 2011 by
Put on your rainbow colours and head downtown, where more than 600,000 people – twice the entire population of Victoria – will gather for the Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival, one of ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
