A Hearty Congratulations To The Two Coolest Folks We Know

Our good friends Karmen Birss-Delight and Craig Noble will be married in an hour and a half. We’re on our way to the ceremony, but thought you’d appreciate this last opportunity to admire their individual sexiness before they meld into one blinding beam of irresistible hotness.

Scout List: Our Agenda Of Cheap & Cool For Adventurous Locals

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

Scout List: Our Guide To Milking Vancouver On The Super Cheap

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

Scout List: The Cool Agenda For City Life On The Cheap & Sweet…

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

Magic Brought To Gastown With “Illuminares” Hitting Storyeum

by Michelle Sproule | Honour is due to the folks at Public Dreams for coming up with an alternative venue for the Illuminares lantern festival last night while their original host, Trout Lake Park, was under the makeover knife. If you aren’t familiar with Public Dreams, they are undersung heroes, facilitating “large-scale community celebrations and the creation of fantastical performances”, which means they work hard for nothing to bring a little magic to the city year after year with dreamy, volunteer-driven and community-oriented events like “Illuminares” and “The Parade of Lost Souls” (two boisterous processions that have become part of the local cultural landscape).

While this year’s venue, Storyeum, didn’t bring the level of otherworldliness that the forest and park setting do, it was still pretty awesome. Typically, Illuminares is an ethereal escape, a chance to slip away from urban reality. Having it go down in Gastown on a Saturday night was weird, especially with the fireworks going on, but it wasn’t a disaster. I read it as an opportunity to bring some magic to the streets rather than inviting the streets to the magic. That said, it’s hard to compete with the Blarney Stone yahoos up the street and the suburban tide retreating from English Bay. Here’s hoping Trout Lake is ready for next year! A few shots after the jump… Read more

Scout List: Owen Lightly Cooks For Kicks & Other Cool Beans…

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

Scout List: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Of The Next Little Bit

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

10 Minutes With Local Musician Taylor Ashton Of “Fish & Bird”

Photo credit Sylvia McFadden

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is right around the corner (July 16th-18) and Scout wanted to get a feel for some of the amazing talent would be hitting the stage this year. We spent some time hitting some of the talent’s myspace pages for the best in show and came up with a few favourites, like Fish & Bird. As their website says: “The music of Fish & Bird is rooted in an authentic love for folk music, but it’s a tough love that doesn’t stop them from showing the genre a little abuse.” Right on.

We tracked down Taylor Ashton (lead vocals, banjo) for this Q&A, the first of hopefully three in the run up to the Festival. Taylor has recently become a full-time traveling hobo but he did grow up in Vancouver and still ends up here quite a lot. You can catch his band at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival this coming weekend. Check the Folk Fest website for all the details. Read more

Scout List: On Air Conditioned Theaters & Cool Heritage Tours

It’s freakin’ hot. Chill out in a theater. American Graffiti plays at the Rio on Friday night.
July 9 | Midnight | Rio | $10 | find out more…

Theater Under the Stars goes down in Stanley Park – such a great concept. I’m not a huge fan of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” but it’s outdoor theater. Moonlight makes a lot of things better. Maybe this is one of them. Details.
July 9 | 8pm – 10pm | tickets are somewhere in the $30 – 40 range

On Saturday Heritage Vancouver offers another one of their historical walks – this one is “From Sawmill to Strathcona: An East End History Tour” Find out all about it here.

And speaking of Vancouver Heritage – this is Hotdogs for Heritage weekend – here is the scoop from The Vancouver Heritage Foundation: “Step out of the ballroom and into the backyard The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is hosting its second annual Hotdogs for Heritage fundraiser.  This fun-filled family fair takes fundraising out of the ballroom and into the backyard of an elegant old home in Shaughnessy.  The event features an architectural salvage sale with items from Vancouver’s iconic buildings including the Hotel Georgia, the original downtown Woodward’s, the Marine Building and much more.  Incorporate a bit of Vancouver’s heritage into your own house, all the while grooving to live music from local band Headwater, relaxing with a beer and, of course, enjoying a free hotdog!” Find out more…
July 11 | 11 am – 3 pm | 5026 Connaught Drive, Vancouver | Admission by donation ~  $10 suggested

Or there is the  2010 West Coast Tattoo Culture Show – it’s in Langley over the weekend.

On Monday night we urge you to attend Cinema to Savour, the most delicious film festival to ever hit Vancouver screens.  Guests will be treated to a screening of Campbell Scott’s foodie classic, Big Night, starring Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub followed by Italian food prepared by one of Canada’s top chefs, Pino Posteraro of Cioppino’s. Chef Posteraro will share with the audience why he selected the film and will prepare and serve Italian-inspired food, paired with wines from Burrow, Luongo & Associates, local craft beer from R&B Brewing Co., and finished with Caffe Artigiano coffee and fabulous biscotti provided by Terra Breads.
July 12 | 7pm | Vancity Theatre |  $75 (includes movie, food, wine, beer and a cookbook) | Details

Break out the blanket and lawn chair – there is an outdoor screening of Goonies on Wednesday night. Bring your own popcorn, or whatever.
July 14 | 9 pm | Ceperley Meadow (Second Beach) | A link to a sort of useless website. Read more

Scout List: Celebrating Canada Day & All The Ones That Follow

The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more

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