Capture Launches at MOV
Kick off of Vancouver's first annual city wide photography festival
On October 1 2013, Vancouver celebrated at MOV (Museum of Vancouver) as the city’s first annual photography and lens-based art festival – Capture Photo Fest 1.0 – kicked off. Capture Photo Fest 1.0 Launch Party @ MOV from VANDOCUMENT on Vimeo. Featuring 4 current Vancouver-based artists Lincoln Clarkes worldwidegreeneyes.com Brian Howell brianhowellphotography.com Angela Fama angelafama.com […]
Saint Cecilia’s Society of Vancouver
Photos from monthly night of live music appreciation
Photos by Tara Flynn Photos from the most recent Saint Cecilia’s Society of Vancouver, a monthly music event held at the good ol’ Astoria on East Hastings. This edition featured David Newberry davidnewberry.ca host Khari Wendell McClelland, and a six piece band facebook.com/khari.mcclelland and The Abramson Singers leahabramson.com — Good night.
#SAFEFEST Rocks In The Name Of All Ages Venues
BESTiE gathers local musicians for four day fundraiser festival
Photos by Jon Vincent The 1st ever #safefest – a 4 day music festival organized by local indie stars BESTiE – curated to centre on the local music community, “aims to be an inclusive experience where access is granted to people of all ages to not only experience the live music scene but also to […]
Strength in Community
Broadway East Art Walk and MetamorFest combine for successful all day family friendly community art event, despite the rain
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk Two organizations with the shared goal of building community in Mount Pleasant have combined to create an all day, family friendly event. — Broadway East Art Walk Broadway East Art Walk emerged from community discussions about revitalizing Broadway East, focusing on the stretch from Prince Edward to Prince Albert. They “are […]
Got The Blues? Forget About It and Rock Out with Final Peak Performance Pics
Finalists Rykka, Hannah Epperson, and BESTiE make the show at the Commodore one to remember
Photos by Christopher Edmonstone. Check out the full gallery here Whittled down from the Top 20, the Peak Performance competition, which accepts applications by emerging BC musicians and puts them through rigorous bootcamp in a quest to win big recording prize money, completed its fifth incarnation with a varied final three. (Check out our pics […]
Gettin’ Cozy, Interactive, and Interpretive @ the VANDOC House Concert
We celebrate our first six months with a house concert full of great people, great vibes, dance, illustration, and music
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk VANDOCUMENT recently celebrated our 6 month anniversary! After producing 80+ posts, 15 videos, almost 2000 photos, nearly 4000 page views, and building a team of over 30 talented, dedicated contributors, we held an all-afternoon House Concert that extended into the evening. A fantastic gathering of people came to support VANDOC at […]
Of Collaborations and Cheese Plates
Institutional Cheese Plate offers up interdisciplinary collaborations from SFU’s MFA program
Written by Megan Stewart All images provided by the artists In downtown Vancouver, floating between the shiny hallways and polished studios of the SFU Woodwards building and the dustier, industrial spaces of Alexander Centre, twenty-some interdisciplinary artists are creating work within Simon Fraser University’s Master of Fine Arts program. As a two-year whirlwind of a […]
Dynamo Fundraiser is Dynamite
Pitre, Belle Finch, and The Albertans rock East Van Arts Association
Photos and words by Ash Tanasiychuk A trio of indie bands played sets at Dynamo Arts Association, a rad artists studio / event space near Main & Broadway. We’ve seen playful ‘food porn’ here, amongst many other excellent events. This night was a fundraiser ($5 suggested donation) to keep enabling Dynamo to do the great […]
Stars and Sadism
Vancouver New Music and the Canadian Opera
Written by John Paton Attending an evening of opera excerpts is fraught with peril. As a listener, you are forced to jump and skip through what is by nature an extended dramatic form. Nonetheless, I found a great deal of interest in this retrospective of Canadian opera. The evening began with a brief introduction by […]
Down The River: Vancouver Indie Heavyweights The Belle Game, Bear Mountain, and Dralms (plus Toronto’s The Darcys) Pour It On
Four Canadian Bands Rock The Vogue In One High Energy Night
Photography by Christopher Edmonstone This was a blockbuster night for indie rock fans at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre. Not surprisingly, it was completely sold out. How’s this for some stats: 4 bands on 1 bill 3 of 4 are Vancouver bands (the 4th is Toronto’s The Darcys) All 4 bands are celebrating new albums (or at […]