BC Backpackers

DOXA Documentary Film Festival

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:27:41 +0000

Title: DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Location: Saint Andrewʼs-Wesley United Church, Pacific Cinémathèque, Vancity Theatre, Denman Cinemas, Empire Granville 7 Cinemas — Vancouver
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Description: With more than 100 films and 72 screenings (in 5 different venues), 6 world premieres and the first ever digital interactive film to open the festival, DOXA is committed to breaking new ground in documentary presentation. The festivalʼs opening and closing films are engaged with systems of surveillance, and technology. From the life of a grizzly bear documented in more than a million motion-captured images, to the call for freedom issued by artist/activist Ai Weiwei via his Twitter account, lived experience is increasingly mediated through the lens of technology.
Start Date: 2012-05-04
End Date: 2012-05-13

Royal BC Museum in Vancouver

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:29:49 +0000

If you don’t have time to visit the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, the Royal Museum will come to you (if you happen to be in Vancouver, that is). Each summer the museum transports some of its over seven million artifacts to the historic Wing Sang building in Chinatown. This year’s exhibit, Curious, has four … Continue reading »

Sakura Days Japan Fair

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:09:50 +0000

Title: Sakura Days Japan Fair
Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak St., Vancouver, BC
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Description: Celebrate cherry blossom season with cultural performances, traditional dance, Japanese food and sake, origami and arts and crafts. Tickets are $10 for adults.

Start Date: 2012-04-07
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2012-04-08
End Time: 17:00

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:20:48 +0000

Title: Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
Location: Royal BC Museum
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Description: Think dinosaurs are so yesterday? Think again. New discoveries are being made and new technologies developed all the time. Immerse yourself in the world of dinosaurs. This visiting exhibit is curated by the American Museum of Natural History.
Start Date: 2012-05-17
End Date: 2012-09-16

Canstruction Vancouver 2012

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:59:37 +0000

Title: Canstruction Vancouver 2012
Location: Georgia Street, in downtown Vancouver: The Four Seasons Hotel, the HSBC Pendulum Gallery at Hornby, the FortisBC Building (1075 W. Georgia) and the Flour building (1111 W. Georgia)
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Description: Visit Canstruction Vancouver to see what happens when technical know-how and creativity meet in the name of fun. The event features sculptures created by teams of architects, engineers, designers, and schools made entirely out of canned food. When it’s all said and done, a winner is chosen and the food is donated to area food banks, along with the donations visitors bring in as admission.
Start Date: 2012-03-26
End Date: 2012-04-04

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:20 +0000

Title: Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Location: Hope Cinema, 376 Wallace Street, Hope
Description: Moviegoers will be treated to several short films spanning
mountain sport, culture and environment.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2012/03/08

Vive les voyageurs Festival

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:28:47 +0000

Title: Vive les voyageurs Festival
Location: Fort Langley National Historic Site
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Description: Full Barrel Café; French-Canadian music; wood carving; maple taffy; finger weaving; wool weaving; beading and moccasins demonstration; kids’ canoe craft; donkey rides; blacksmith demonstrations, guides in period costume and hands on activities; exhibit.
Start Date: 2012/01/28
Start Time: 11:00
End Date: 2012/01/29
End Time: 16:00

Street Food City

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:59:02 +0000

Title: Street Food City
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery, North Plaza
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Description: For three days during the Dine Out Vancouver Festival on the north plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Street Food City is your opportunity to sample from a collection of Vancouver’s Street Food carts all in one convenient location. Special Dine Out Vancouver Festival creations and discounts are available.
Start Date: 2012-01-24
Start Time: 11:00
End Date: 2012-01-26
End Time: 15:00

Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:42:59 +0000

Canoe tour at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. (Photo courtesy of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area)

The Creston Valley Wildlife Management Centre provides an up-close opportunity to observe wildlife in a marsh habitat. Bring your binoculars and a good pair of walking shoes or hiking boots. The trails aren’t strenuous by any means, but you’ll want to stay awhile. There are 32 km of dyke trails and two viewing towers. Located 11 km west of Creston, the centre is open from May to October. From May to August, naturalists are available to provide walking or canoeing tours. Trails are open year round. Admission is a bargain:
Adult (12 and up): $4
Child (11 and under): $3
Family: $12
Tours:
Canoe:
Adult: $12
Child: $7
Walking:
Adult: $7
Child: $5
http://www.crestonwildlife.ca/

Book reading

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:57:29 +0000

Rescheduled to Jan. 26!

Author Nancy Anderson will present her new book, The Pathfinder: A.C. Anderson’s Journeys in the West in Hope this month.

The presentation, sponsored by the Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning, takes place on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Blue Moose Coffee House, 322 Wallace St., Hope.

A.C. Anderson was a Hudson’s Bay Company employee who worked closely with First Nations in the 1840′s to build fur-trading relationships and locate potential trails to carry furs and supplies across the rugged mountains of BC.

Anderson’s journeys helped to locate and map key valleys and mountain passes that would later become the template for the trails, wagon roads, and modern highways that followed. Communities such as Fort Hope and Fort Yale were created because of his travels, and without his contribution, BC may never have become part of the Dominion of Canada.

Nancy Anderson will bring BC’s early history to life with historic maps and photos, and copies of her new book will be on sale.