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Vancouver Art Gallery – Fall & Winter 2009

by Dana Lynch in Town on September 30, 2009

Part of the Is Only the Mind Allowed to Wander exhibit at the VAG.Patrick Traerbaby blue balls, 2002Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery

If you re-discovered your love for the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) during this summer’s smash-hit, Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, you won’t want to miss the innovative, dynamic exhibits running through the rest of the year.

Vancouver Art Gallery 2009 Exhibitions

October 3, 2009 – January 3, 2010
NEXT: A Series of Artist Projects from the Pacific Rim
Vancouver-based artist Owen Kydd investigates the pictorial intersections of photography, video and film.

Scott MacFarland
Canadian artist Scott MacFarland’s photographs are digital composites that explore the environment around us and the dynamic between civilization and nature.

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Vancouver Art Gallery – Fall & Winter 2009

BIKEnnale – Bike Ride To Vancouver’s Biennale Sculptures

by Dana Lynch in Outside on September 30, 2009

Sorel Etrog's King & Queen, part of the sculpture exhibit Vancouver International Biennale.

Bringing art to the outdoors, the Vancouver International Biennale has created a free, 22-month open-air sculpture exhibition, displaying work from some of the world’s most famous artists in natural settings throughout Vancouver.

What’s the best way to take in this stirring combination of art and natural beauty? A bike tour, of course!

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Vancouver International Film Festival 2009

by Dana Lynch in Entertainment on September 29, 2009

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As Robin said in Top 5: Fall for Vancouver, there are certain autumn traditions in Vancouver that everyone looks forward to: the start of the hockey season, the leaves changing colour in Stanley Park, and the big daddy of Vancouver film festivals, the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

Critically acclaimed as one of North America’s premiere film festivals and “an unspoiled celebration of world cinema,” the Vancouver International Film Festival is more than a beloved local event: it attracts movie-lovers and cinephiles from around the globe.

This year, VIFF presents 377 films from over 80 countries. Along with its always-popular film series Canadian Images, Dragons & Tigers—Cinema of East Asia, and Way of Nature—Environmental Films, 2009′s VIFF includes the timely Follow the Money series, which explores the current global financial crisis, and Audience Award Winners series, which showcases award-winners from other international film festivals. (Personally, I’m especially excited to see Precious: Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire, which won awards at both Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival.)

The Vancouver International Film Festival runs from October 1 – 16, 2009.

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What are you going to see?

Plan a family outing around Burnaby’s clean, green eco-sculptures

by Julie Ovenell-Carter in Town on September 29, 2009

One of the many Burnaby eco-sculptures

Gotta love Twitter: I kept passing this curious car on the drive up to Simon Fraser University and finally stopped long enough to snap a photo and send it out with a query to the Twitterverse.

It took just a few minutes to get the answer: this roadster is modelled after the Cowie Dragster that broke the world speed record at the Mission Raceway in 2007 and is just one of a whole bunch of eco-sculptures recently commissioned by the City of Burnaby (part of Metro Vancouver).

This is public art at its most accessible and I think it would make a fun family outing on a mild fall day to go on a city-wide search for the other sculptures–cranes, salmon, bears, bees, horses and eagles.

Here’s the map; have fun!

Neighbourhood cinemas: cheap, close, current and comfy

by Julie Ovenell-Carter in Entertainment on September 28, 2009

: The Dolphin on E. Hastings in Burnaby near SFU

Took in the charming Julie and Julia at my favourite neighbourhood cinema this past weekend: the Dolphin Theatre at 4555 E. Hastings in Burnaby.

It’s not actually in my ‘hood–I live on Bowen Island–but I drive by on my way up to SFU on Burnaby Mountain once a week and I always slow down long enough to check what’s playing. There are two films, newish, usually well-reviewed and one’s always something appropriate for family viewing.

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Neighbourhood cinemas: cheap, close, current and comfy

Vancouver Art Gallery – Fall & Winter 2009

BIKEnnale – Bike Ride To Vancouver’s Biennale Sculptures

Vancouver International Film Festival 2009

Plan a family outing around Burnaby’s clean, green eco-sculptures

Neighbourhood cinemas: cheap, close, current and comfy

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