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TED Vancouver Talent Search: Thursday, May 31

by Inside Vancouver in Events on May 23, 2012

photo: TED.com

This spring and summer TED, the nonprofit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading is holding special salons in 14 cities on six continents seeking to uncover new talents, voices and ideas the world needs to hear. Speakers for the 2013 TED conference will be selected from these Talent Search events. TED will hold the only Talent Search event in Canada in Vancouver on May 31st at the Roundhouse. 15 speakers will take the stage and give the talk of their lives in the hopes of making it to the TED mainstage in Long Beach California next winter.
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TED Vancouver Talent Search: Thursday, May 31

Gear Up for Vancouver Bike to Work Week, May 28 – June 1

by Taraneh in Green City on May 23, 2012

Photo credit: Flickr user tlml78

Bike to Work Week returns to Vancouver May 28 – June 1. With more than 400,000 lane-kilometres (248,000 miles) of bike routes in Vancouver, it’s no surprise that cycling is the city’s fastest growing form of transportation.

The biannual Bike to Work Week by HUB, formerly the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, which refreshed its image in 2012, uses workshops, commuter logs and bike “celebration stations” scattered throughout the city to motivate new riders to give biking to work a spin.

In 2011, Bike to Work Week participants saved more than 72 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by cycling. This year, HUB hopes to beat that number by 15%.

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Gear Up for Vancouver Bike to Work Week, May 28 – June 1

Wanna dance? City of Bhangra Festival, May 31-June 10

by Remy Scalza in Events on May 23, 2012

Photo credit: jay8085 | Flickr

Ready to bhangra? A lively form of folk dance from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, bhangra has swept North America in the last decade. The high-energy music and colorful dance routines have popped up in Hollywood hits like Slumdog Millionaire, hip hop videos and even celebrity fitness programs.

Vancouver, with its rich South Asian population, is an epicenter of bhangra culture in North America. And this summer, the city will be showing off its bhangra pride at the eighth annual City of Bhangra festival, May 31-June 10.

International and local talent takes the stage in dozens of performances and dance competitions across Metro Vancouver. Meanwhile hands-on workshops offer visitors a chance to try out bhangra for themselves. Here are a few highlights:

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Wanna dance? City of Bhangra Festival, May 31-June 10

Featured Vancouver Photos from our Flickr Photo Pool

by Inside Vancouver in Photo Essays on May 23, 2012

Here are some of our favourite photos that have been submitted to the Inside Vancouver Flickr photo pool. Keep submitting your photos – we love showcasing our city through the eyes of our readers.
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Featured Vancouver Photos from our Flickr Photo Pool

The Vancouver Opera – Behind the Scenes

by Inside Vancouver in Photo Essays on May 22, 2012

Parvin Mirhady holds up a hanger with a number of pieces of costume jewelry used as clothing props in the Opera productions.

The following photo essay was contributed by Vancouver photographer Dave Roels (www.daveroels.com).

Vancouver Opera’s General Director, James W. Wright gave an excellent slide show presentation to Vancouver AM Tourist Services Association members while touring the facilities at VO’s new location. In the past the VO had its space housed in a number of locations in the downtown core.

With the new move all its artistic and administrative operations are combined under one roof, in a building located near Commercial Drive. All staging and orchestra rehearsals, costumes and properties construction, set storage, box office and administrative activities will take place in the Vancouver Opera Centre, at 1945 McLean Avenue.

During the tour of the facilities the wardrobe department was alive and working. Parvin Mirhady, head of costumes gave an excellent talk on what it is that they do for the different productions in which the Opera is engaged.

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The Vancouver Opera – Behind the Scenes

TED Vancouver Talent Search: Thursday, May 31

Gear Up for Vancouver Bike to Work Week, May 28 – June 1

Wanna dance? City of Bhangra Festival, May 31-June 10

Featured Vancouver Photos from our Flickr Photo Pool

The Vancouver Opera – Behind the Scenes

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