This weekend is the 33rd annual Powell Street Festival, Vancouver’s annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage. Featuring dance, music, visual arts, martial arts demos, and, of course, tons of delicious Japanese food (including cheap sushi!), this free, two-day festival has something for everyone!
The Powell Street Festival is August 1 – 2, in Woodland Park at 700 Woodland Drive.
Pride Parade 2008; Photo by Hedwig Schipperheijn Commercial Photography
Vancouver’s 2009 Pride Celebration has been in full swing since July 25, but the big climax is this weekend: The enormous–and enormously popular—Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival.
Attracting over 500,000 people last year, the annual Pride Parade through downtown Vancouver is a stunning display of diversity, creativity, artistry, and community.
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Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival – August 2
Swimming at English Bay Beach in downtown Vancouver
Metro Vancouver is experiencing record-high temperatures this week—it may hit 34-degrees in Vancouver later today, which blows my mind—so I thought I’d whip up a list of the Top 5 places to get some heat relief.
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Hot in the City – Top 5 Places to Escape the Vancouver Heat
Summer Night Market in Richmond, B.C.
Normally, I don’t go out of my way to browse tables of knock-off sunglasses. Or MP3s of dubious origin. Or Hello Kitty paraphernalia, super-cheap underwear (5 pairs of socks for 5$!), or beaded sandals. Yet every summer I happily spend hours doing exactly that, at the Summer Night Market in Richmond.
Whether you want to remember the spectacular sun and storm display of Saturday (as well as the HSBC Celebration of Lights fireworks display), or want to check out what you missed in Vancouver, this neat time-lapse video captures it all.
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