Members of the East Vancouver community have been lobbying the local government for nine years for a new community centre, and now that day has come with the opening of the Trout Lake Community Centre.Kate Perkins, the president of the Grandview Community Centre Association, says they have been lobbying since 2003 when Vancouver was awarded the … [Read more...]
Blood Brothers opens at the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage
November 16, 2011 by
There will be Blood Brothers If you hate musicals, you’re going to love the Arts Club Theatre Company’s latest musical, Blood Brothers. So says British dramatist Willy Russell, creator of Blood Brothers. He’s probably biased, but there are some heavy hitting pundits on his side. For example, the International Herald Tribune called it the … [Read more...]
Art News: Tel Aviv Museum of Art Opens New Building
November 2, 2011 by
The museum that holds Israel's largest collection of modern and contemporary art just doubled its exhibition space today with the opening of its new Herta and Paul Amir Building. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Wally Oppal opens missing women inquiry
October 11, 2011 by
An appalling, immense tragedy. With those words, commissioner Wally Oppal opened his inquiry into the missing and murdered women.Oppal said his inquiry will attempt to answer a basic question: did society's most vulnerable women and citizens receive the same police protection and safety as others?He read from a diary of … [Read more...]
Village Farms opens in Dominican Republic
October 3, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Village Farms International Inc. (TSX:VFF) opens packing and distribution facility in Dominican Republic as it launches operations in Caribbean. Local news from metronews.ca/vancouver … [Read more...]
D.C. Dispatch: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Opens
August 23, 2011 by
Forty-eight years after the famous "I Have a Dream" Speech, the much-anticipated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opens this Saturday, August 28th. Fodor's Travel Wire … [Read more...]
P.N.E. opens for another year
August 20, 2011 by
The mini-donuts were frying, the popcorn popping, and the sun shining, as hundreds poured into the P.N.E fairgrounds for the kick-off to the 101st season.P.N.E. spokesperson Laura Ballance, "We will do anywhere between probably 800,000 and 950,000 people over the 17 days of the fair, it really comes down to weather."And outside the gates, it was … [Read more...]
Paramount Opens “World War Z” Xmas 2012
August 10, 2011 by
Paramount Pictures have locked down a December 21st 2012 release date for "World War Z", the Brad Pitt-led film adaptation of Max Brooks' best-selling darkly comic satire about a zombie apocalypse and its political ramifications. Many have been wondering how the studio would adapt the book which is essentially an anthology of different people's … [Read more...]
