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 <title>Better Communication and Leadership Skills</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6507</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Sep 4 2008 - 7:45pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jun 25 2009 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spoken Word Toastmasters is a new and vibrant club that is dedicated in helping its members and guests improve communication and leadership skills while building confidence and self-esteem. We meet each Thursday evening at 7:00pm at Royal Oak Community Church, 7175 Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby. Rear door. One block south of Royal Oak Skytrain Station. We warmly welcome guests and new members. For more info on Spoken Word, contact Bernie at 604-521-7240 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:thelonepostman@yahoo.ca&quot;&gt;thelonepostman@yahoo.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver/eastside">Eastside</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/general">General</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/grow">Grow</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/laugh">laugh</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/learn">Learn</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:19:29 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Tiny (yorkies,maltese &amp; chihuahua) pups on sale</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/5573</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Oct 11 2008 - 5:36am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Oct 11 2009 - 5:36am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These puppies( chihuahua/maltese &amp;amp; yorkie) are super cute,and very very small.&lt;br /&gt;
shots,wormings,&amp;amp; guaranteed on genetics.&lt;br /&gt;
will weigh below 3bs full grown&lt;br /&gt;
ready for loving homes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:candy_amyotte@yahoo.com&quot;&gt;candy_amyotte@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:37:43 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Fit Camp Functional Training Series!</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6707</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Oct 18 2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Oct 17 2009 - 10:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What: Come join us for our new high-intensity, motivating workouts designed to make you sweat while having fun in a group environment. Our trained kinesiologists, will take you through a series of exercises geared towards core training, muscular strength and endurance, power training, agility, and quickness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Where: Kinesiologists.ca Kitsilano clinic @ 101-2025 West Broadway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When: Saturday and Sunday mornings from 9:00am-10:00am. Rain or shine!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why: Why not?!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who: Our team of kinesiologists have the knowledge base from a four year university education.&lt;br /&gt;
Cost: Purchase 10 sessions for $175.00 or 20 ses sions for $300.00. We also welcome drop-ins for $20.00 per session.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;Fitness and Rehabilitation, the Smart Way!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Kinesiologists.ca&lt;br /&gt;
O - 604-736-9858&lt;br /&gt;
F - 604-736-9118&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver/kitsilano">Kitsilano</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/fitness">fitness</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/health-and-fitness">Health and Fitness</category>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:17:56 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Free Event Listings</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6776</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Nov 13 2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 13 2009 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post your Vancouver events online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uqevents.com&quot; title=&quot;www.uqevents.com&quot;&gt;www.uqevents.com&lt;/a&gt; for free.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/art">art</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/internet">internet</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/music">music</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/social-networking">social networking</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:17:49 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>ENTER THE 2009 HAIKU INVITATIONAL</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6851</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Dec 12 2008 - 12:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 7 2009 - 11:59pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival invites budding and established poets from around the world to submit haiku honouring Vancouver’s 36,000 cherry trees.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year’s theme for the 2009 Haiku Invitational is international friendship and the cherry tree. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Entry deadline is January 7, 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Winning entries in five categories will be announced by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and displayed on TransLink buses and Skytrain this Spring.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Contest details at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vcbf.ca&quot; title=&quot;www.vcbf.ca&quot;&gt;www.vcbf.ca&lt;/a&gt; or 604.257.8120.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/cherry-blossom">Cherry Blossom</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/cherry-tree">Cherry Tree</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/contest">contest</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/haiku">Haiku</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/invitational">Invitational</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/poetry">poetry</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/vso">VSO</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/writing">writing</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:48:42 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Vancouver Dodgeball League Season 7: Register Now!</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/5827</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 1 2009 - 4:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 23 2009 - 11:59pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.vdldodgeball.ca/images/banner2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Season 7 registration is now open!!  Click &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=2207638&amp;amp;IDRPH=2309065&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to register! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Here are some dates you&#039;ll need to keep in mind:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*please note: we are only accepting waitlisted teams for Wednesdays and Thursdays*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Register between Jan.2nd - 9th and you will qualify for the Early Bird Discount price of $450/team! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Register after Jan. 9th and your team fee will be $500. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Registration closes on Jan. 23rd &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Season 7 will begin in mid-February&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;League Details:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- The season consists of 10 weeks of regular play, 1 exhibition week and 1 playoff week&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Each team will play 3 different team and 15 games per night&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Teams are co-ed. You&#039;ll need at minimum, 2 girls per night on your team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;The Tiering System:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This will allow teams of similar skill level to play each other from week to week.  There will be up to four tiers: A, B, C, and D (depending on how many teams sign up for each night). Teams will have several opportunities throughout the season to move up or down a tier, based on their record.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver/eastside">Eastside</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/community">community</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/dodgeball">dodgeball</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/fitness">fitness</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/friends">friends</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/fun">fun</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/non-profit">non-profit</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/sports">Sports</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/sports">sports</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:14:02 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating 25-35 at The Cameo Cafe</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6873</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 7 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 7 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club is Vancouver’s undisputed expert in quality Singles Events. If you have yet to try one of our Speed Dating events, sign up and see what all the hype is about.&lt;br /&gt;
Take this opportunity to come and meet 15 different singles from Vancouver. Why waste time reading online profiles, or spend thousands of dollars on a match maker? Come and meet 15 people face to face and be your own match maker, because after all, who knows what you are looking for better than YOU!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/speed-dating-ages-25-35">Speed Dating ages 25-35!</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:46:31 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Sonic Boom Reading Session with musica intima</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6897</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 10 2009 - 9:30am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 10 2009 - 4:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sonic Boom Reading Session&lt;br /&gt;
featuring Ensemble in Residence musica intima&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday, January 10, 2009&lt;br /&gt;
9:30am-12:30pm &amp;amp; 1:30pm-4:30pm&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch (350 West Georgia St)&lt;br /&gt;
(Alice MacKay Room) FREE ADMISSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Saturday, January 10, 2009 Vancouver Pro Musica will hold an open reading session of 12 new works by local BC composers at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch (350 West Georgia Street) in the Alice MacKay Room. These pieces have been submitted for inclusion in the 2009 Sonic Boom Festival, and have been written specifically for the ensemble in residence musica intima. This session will be moderated by 2009 Sonic Boom Composer in Residence Stephen Chatman, and is free and open to the public.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;9:30am - 12:30pm - Kara Gibbs, While We Sleep; Nick Piper, Gaudeamus; Kristopher Fulton, Icarus; André Cormier, En monochrome; Jeff Caron, Lux aeterna; Chris Sivak, Where Everything Is Music. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1:30pm - 4:30pm - Daniel York, They Rose; Elizabeth Knudson, from Duino Elegy No.9; Rita Ueda, Tokei no Oto Nimo; Martin Ritter, Summer&#039;s Day Winter&#039;s Night; Colin MacDonald, At Sea; Iman Habibi, Black Riders. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More info: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vancouverpromusica.ca&quot; title=&quot;www.vancouverpromusica.ca&quot;&gt;www.vancouverpromusica.ca&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@vancouverpromusica.ca&quot;&gt;info@vancouverpromusica.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver/downtown">Downtown</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/music">Music</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:13:47 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating 40-50 at Juliets Cafe (1905 Cornwall, Vancouver)</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6874</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 10 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 10 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club is Vancouver’s undisputed expert in quality Singles Events. If you have yet to try one of our Speed Dating events, sign up and see what all the hype is about.&lt;br /&gt;
Take this opportunity to come and meet 15 different singles from Vancouver. Why waste time reading online profiles, or spend thousands of dollars on a match maker? Come and meet 15 people face to face and be your own match maker, because after all, who knows what you are looking for better than YOU!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/speed-dating-ages-40-50">Speed Dating ages 40-50!</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:44:38 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating for Vancouver Singles - 25dates.com</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6844</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 12 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 12 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meet 20 singles in one night! Hosted by Canada&#039;s premier speed dating company; 25dates.com (as featured on CNN Headline News). This event is for Men ages 35-45 and Women ages 30-40. Come out for this fabulous night which includes hors d&#039;oeuvres and your chance to meet up to 20 singles.&lt;br /&gt;
Don&#039;t get a match? Come back for free!&lt;br /&gt;
Sign up for this or other events at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.25dates.com&quot; title=&quot;http://www.25dates.com&quot;&gt;http://www.25dates.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:24:35 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Kim Chow Around the World</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6884</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 13 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 13 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On September 23, 2007, Glenn Wakefield left Victoria, BC aboard his Phil Rhodes designed Offshore 40&#039; sailboat Kim Chow in an attempt at a single handed non-stop world circumnavigation west about, making him the first to attempt the uphill voyage from North America. Join Glenn and his wife Marylou as they recount the highlights of the journey that ended suddenly and dramatically 218 days later in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Presented by the Bluewater Cruising Association. Info tel. 1-877-214-4917, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluewatercruising.org&quot; title=&quot;www.bluewatercruising.org&quot;&gt;www.bluewatercruising.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
Jan 13, 2009, 7pm. Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/circumnavigation">circumnavigation</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/kim-chow">kim chow</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/sailing">sailing</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/travel">Travel</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:22:35 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating for Vancouver Singles - 25dates.com</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6855</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 14 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 14 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meet 25 singles in one night! Hosted by Canada&#039;s premier speed dating company; 25dates.com (as featured on CNN Headline News). This event is for Men and Women ages 25-35. Come out for this fabulous night which includes hors d&#039;oeuvres and your chance to meet up to 25 singles.&lt;br /&gt;
Don&#039;t get a match? Come back for free!&lt;br /&gt;
Sign up for this or other events at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.25dates.com&quot; title=&quot;http://www.25dates.com&quot;&gt;http://www.25dates.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/recreation">Recreation</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:36:15 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating ages 19-27 at The Cameo Cafe (295 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver)</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6875</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 14 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 14 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club is Vancouver’s undisputed expert in quality Singles Events. If you have yet to try one of our Speed Dating events, sign up and see what all the hype is about.&lt;br /&gt;
Take this opportunity to come and meet 15 different singles from Vancouver. Why waste time reading online profiles, or spend thousands of dollars on a match maker? Come and meet 15 people face to face and be your own match maker, because after all, who knows what you are looking for better than YOU!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver">Vancouver</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/topics/arts-and-entertainment">Arts and Entertainment</category>
 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/tag/speed-dating-ages-19-27">Speed Dating ages 19-27!</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:56:06 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating at Juliets Cafe (1905 Cornwall, Vancouver)</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6876</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 16 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 16 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Speed Dating (Women 30-40, Men 30-45)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club is Vancouver’s undisputed expert in quality Singles Events. If you have yet to try one of our Speed Dating events, sign up and see what all the hype is about.&lt;br /&gt;
Take this opportunity to come and meet 15 different singles from Vancouver. Why waste time reading online profiles, or spend thousands of dollars on a match maker? Come and meet 15 people face to face and be your own match maker, because after all, who knows what you are looking for better than YOU!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Five Songs for BC 150 at the Vancouver Museum</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6916</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 18 2009 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 18 2009 - 3:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Five Songs for BC 150&lt;br /&gt;
Sunday, January 18, 2009&lt;br /&gt;
2:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver Museum (1100 Chestnut Street)&lt;br /&gt;
Museum Admission $11; $9 (senior, student); $7 (youth 5-17)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Canadian Music Centre celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2009, and the festivities kick off with a New Music in New Places performance on Sunday, January 18, 2:00pm at the Vancouver Museum. An a cappella vocal ensemble comprised of six of Vancouver’s top vocalists will perform Five Songs for BC 150, a collection of five new pieces representing different periods in the history of our province, commissioned by the Canadian Music Centre. This concert is free with museum admission, which ranges from $7 to $11. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The performance will take place throughout the four historically themed galleries of the newly renovated Vancouver Museum. Surrounded by artifacts, specimens and treasures of the different time periods each of these songs were based on, audience members and singers will move from gallery to gallery with the performance ending in the beautiful Joyce Walley Learning Centre. The vocal sextet will feature the talents of acclaimed vocalists Siri Olson (soprano), Liz Hamel (mezzo-soprano), Jaime Ashurst (alto), Carman J. Price (tenor), Peter Alexander (baritone), and Paul Nash (bass).&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:05:46 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>PuSh Festival presents Siren</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6799</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 20 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 24 2009 - 8:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 20 - 24, 7 &amp;amp; 8:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;
Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 24 matinee @ 4pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Created by English artist, composer and performer Ray Lee, Siren is a whirling, spinning spectacle of mechanical movement, electronic sound and light. A forest of large metal tripods up to three metres tall have rotating arms that spin around, powered by electric motors. Hand-built electronic tone generators power loudspeakers at the end of each arm creating an extraordinary sonic texture of pulsing electronic drones. Small LEDs at the end of the arms trace circles of light as the arms rapidly rotate, creating a compelling visual image. The audience is able to move freely about the space and experience different sonic and visual perspectives of the work. Meanwhile, the performers move about within the mass of swirling metal machinery, operating their machines and tuning oscillators to change the musical composition while dodging and ducking the rapid movement of the rotating arms.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>PuSh Festival and Western Front present 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol&#039;s Screen Tests</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6800</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 20 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 20 2009 - 10:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 30, 9pm (doors/bar 8pm)&lt;br /&gt;
Vogue Theatre&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Singer/guitarist /composer Dean Wareham (formerly of Galaxy 500 and Luna) was commissioned by The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh to compose music to accompany some of Warhol’s rarely seen silent-film portraits, which the artist called Screen Tests. These extraordinary documents of the 1960s New York art scene constitute a voluminous portrait gallery of well-known celebrities, Factory superstars and anonymous teenagers. The Screen Tests— four-minute black-and-white silent film portraits from the 1960s—were used, as were other Warhol films, as part of the light show for Warhol’s 1966 multimedia happening, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, which showcased the radical art rock of the Velvet Underground.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wareham’s pensive tenor and dreamy songs and Britta Phillips’ wistful harmonies make the perfect live soundtrack for Warhol’s simple yet transfixing films. The husband and wife team (who also scored the acclaimed feature film The Squid and the Whale) probe the subtle nuances of mood reflected in the Screen Tests’ portraits, including Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper, and Edie Sedgewick, lyrically and musically illuminating the shadowed psyches of the candidates for Factory Superstardom who willingly submitted to Warhol’s cool cinematic gaze.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Billy Twinkle, Requiem for a Golden Boy</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6829</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 20 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Feb 8 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and&lt;br /&gt;
The Cultch&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 20 - Feb 8, 8pm&lt;br /&gt;
Waterfront Theatre&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Billy Twinkle is a theatrical piece intended and created solely for a mature audience. Children under 14 will not be admitted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Billy Twinkle is a middle-aged cruise ship puppeteer who dazzles audiences with his Stars in Miniature marionette niteclub act. His saucy stripper Rusty titillates the tourists, octogenarian Bunny invokes sidesplitting laughter with the inflatable balloon in his pants, Bumblebear juggles, roller-skates and steals the hearts of every audience, and society dame Biddy Bantam Brewster brings a bit of highbrow hilarity to the high seas with her drunken aria. Billy is the best in the business and on top of the world as he floats along through life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until he is fired by the cruiseline. Standing at the edge of the ship contemplating a watery demise, Billy is abruptly called back to reality when his dead mentor Sid Diamond appears as a hand puppet. Sid literally will not leave his side, and forces Billy to re-enact his life as a puppet show in order to remember and rekindle the passion Billy once had for puppets, people and the dream of a life that sparkles.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:04:25 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>Speed Dating 25-35 at The Cameo Cafe (295 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver)</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6877</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 21 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 21 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Speed Dating (Ages 25-35)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club is Vancouver’s undisputed expert in quality Singles Events. If you have yet to try one of our Speed Dating events, sign up and see what all the hype is about.&lt;br /&gt;
Take this opportunity to come and meet 15 different singles from Vancouver. Why waste time reading online profiles, or spend thousands of dollars on a match maker? Come and meet 15 people face to face and be your own match maker, because after all, who knows what you are looking for better than YOU!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>PuSh Festival &amp; Artsclub Theatre Company present Skydive</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6809</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 21 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Feb 7 2009 - 9:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 21 - Feb 7, 8pm&lt;br /&gt;
Arts Club Theatre - Granville Island Stage&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Matinee performances Saturdays @ 2pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NO SHOW SUNDAYS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What would you risk to live out your dreams? A clear blue sky. From far above, the distant sound of a receding airplane. Two men, a house-bound agoraphobe desperate for change and his brother, the lead singer for an &#039;80s cover band desperate for recognition, tumble at terminal velocity in the midst of a skydiving adventure gone terribly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Written by Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Kevin Kerr, Skydive is an action-adventure-comedy that pushes our limits of perception to the breaking point. Defying gravity in theatre by using Sven Johansson&#039;s ES Dance Instruments, Skydive literally raises the bar and makes a quadriplegic fly. This PuSh Festival-commissioned production returns for an extended run, following success on tour and critical acclaim.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Realwheels is a professional theatre company whose goal is to create and produce world-class art that deepens the audience’s understanding of the disability experience.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.realwheels.ca&quot; title=&quot;www.realwheels.ca&quot;&gt;www.realwheels.ca&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets available at the Arts Club box office. Call 604.687.1644.&lt;br /&gt;
Tickets $31-$43.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For full festival line up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pushfestival.ca&quot; title=&quot;www.pushfestival.ca&quot;&gt;www.pushfestival.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:10:18 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>PuSh Festival presents Five Days in March</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6806</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 21 2009 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 24 2009 - 10:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 21 - Jan 24, 9pm&lt;br /&gt;
Performance Works&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Japanese with English Surtitles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In March 2003, in the days before the US war against Iraq, two Japanese urban hipsters meet at a post-rock show and are swept into a one-night stand that turns into five days’ continuous sex. Such is the anticlimactic story in Five Days in March, the prestigious Kishida Kunio Drama Award-winning play by Toshiki Okada. The story unfolds through actors who slip in and out of character while casually narrating and playing out scenes. Oblivious to the imminent invasion of Iraq, the slackers obsess over the details of a love affair, perfectly capturing the irony and impotence of Generation Y in Japan today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Characterized by seemingly insubstantial narrative accompanied by exaggerated fidgeting gestures-turned-choreography, the ground-breaking and modern works of chelfitsch Theatre Company have made them the most talked-about theatre company in Japan. The company&#039;s name, “chelfitsch,” is Okada&#039;s coinage. It represents a baby-like disarticulation of the English word selfish, evoking the social and cultural characteristics of today&#039;s urban Japan.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chelfitsch.net&quot; title=&quot;www.chelfitsch.net&quot;&gt;www.chelfitsch.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Dances for a Small Stage 20</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6828</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 22 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 25 2009 - 9:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and MovEnt.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mix fabulous contemporary dance, an intimate cabaret space and a ridiculously small stage, and find yourself at Dances for a Small Stage® 20. MovEnt celebrates 20 shows in seven years with a two-program, four-show extravaganza! Featuring eight specially commissioned Canadian dance artists as well as some of Vancouver’s best local talent, Dances for a Small Stage® 20 opens the doors on a fresh, up-close-and-personal view of the contemporary dance scene. With drinks in hand, sit back, relax and enjoy great dance theatre performed in an exhilarating, hip environment. This is new dance, made to measure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MovEnt is a non-profit dance production/creation company devoted to developing the contemporary dance audience in Vancouver and Canada. Relentlessly searching out a physicality of strength, style and integrity, MovEnt aspires to fashion and produce new dance that encourages high expectations and discovers engaging art. Promoting live dance theatre that is accessible and artful, MovEnt showcases new and established creators who have passion, vision and an energized commitment for dance making. MovEnt events demonstrate that live dance theatre need not be for only the art connoisseur, but for anyone who enjoys expressive physicality in a dynamic, urban setting. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.movent.ca&quot; title=&quot;www.movent.ca&quot;&gt;www.movent.ca&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6878</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 23 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 23 2009 - 10:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Daniel Packard&#039;s FlirtFest&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Intelligent Women Going After What They Want”&lt;br /&gt;
Award Winning Dating Doctor, Daniel Packard, is unleashing funny, but penetrating advice on how women can intelligently go after what they want from men.&lt;br /&gt;
After popular demand from women to create an exciting real life situation to practice what he preaches, Daniel has masterminded FlirtFest.&lt;br /&gt;
A revolutionary event where women don’t wait for men to make the move (we all know how well that goes). Here women are given the skills and encouragement to take control and go after what they want with power, grace and a sexy dash of flirty fun.&lt;br /&gt;
WOMEN GET… - a fun, safe place to initiate with men. - More timid women get practice learning how to approach and flirt.&lt;br /&gt;
MEN GET… - The one place on the planet where women come after you!&lt;br /&gt;
EVENT INCLUDES:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;•30 minute humorous, motivational talk on why everybody wins when women initiate&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;•Flirty ice breaking games to give you plenty of opportunities to play&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;•Dance DJ getting the dancing going&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;•Daniel on the mic getting women in the mood to go get em’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;•Easy, safe ways to contact people you connect with&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“He’s making women more powerful” – Sue Johanson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rendezvous Club&lt;br /&gt;
295 W 2nd Ave&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver, BC.&lt;br /&gt;
V5Y 1C7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 604.729.5990&lt;br /&gt;
Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@rclub.ca&quot;&gt;info@rclub.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>PuSh Festival &amp; Capilano Performing Arts Theatre presents Don McGlashan</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6801</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 25 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 25 2009 - 10:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 25, 8pm&lt;br /&gt;
Capilano Performing Arts Theatre&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don McGlashan is recognized as one of New Zealand&#039;s foremost songwriters, artists and performers with five entries in APRA New Zealand&#039;s Top 100 Songs Of All Time. In 2007, he was awarded the Living Legend Award by the Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand. His career spans from the seminal post-pop-punk band Blam Blam Blam, to art experimentalists The Front Lawn, to the platinum selling and internationally popular band The Mutton Birds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most recently, he has embarked upon a solo career with the release of Warm Hand, a more stripped down acoustic recording that shows McGlashan in top form in voice and song. In the spring of 2008, McGlashan toured North America with the New Zealand legendary band Crowded House as a solo opener and band collaborator. Truly, McGlashan&#039;s body of work showcases a visionary songwriter; uncompromising, always evolving and above all else, an intensely unique voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.donmcglashan.com&quot; title=&quot;www.donmcglashan.com&quot;&gt;www.donmcglashan.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets $28.00/25.00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets&lt;br /&gt;
Capilano Performing Arts Theatre&lt;br /&gt;
Box Office&lt;br /&gt;
604.990.7810&lt;/p&gt;
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 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6914</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 27 2009 - 5:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 27 2009 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every day we hear about how the economic crisis is affecting the technology sector and causing the retreat of venture capital financing. But against this backdrop, everyone knows that great companies and great returns emerge from troubled financial times. How has the current environment changed how and where VCs invest? Will this slowdown affect all technology sectors? What can companies do to increase their chance of raising money? What creative financing strategies are emerging on both sides of the border? VCs from both sides of the border will get to the bottom these questions and more.  The evening will be moderated by VEF Board Member Jonathan Bixby, CEO of Strangeloop Networks.  Panellists include John Albright of JL Albright Ventures, Mike Satterfield of Yaletown Venture Partners, Anthony Lee of Altos Ventures, and Bill Bryant of Draper Fisher Jurvetson.  To register:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vef.org&quot; title=&quot;www.vef.org&quot;&gt;www.vef.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>PuSh Festival presents England</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6830</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 28 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 31 2009 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jan 28 - 31, 7 &amp;amp; 9pm&lt;br /&gt;
Vancouver Art Gallery&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Two guides in a gallery. Two lovers with a lifestyle to maintain. Two hearts beating four thousand miles apart. Translations. Transactions. A transplantation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ENGLAND is the story of a search for a new heart. It’s a story about a life saved and an illness overcome at any cost. It’s a tour through spaces and across borders: from an art gallery to a jam factory, from London to Osaka, from a hospital bed to a hotel room.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s a tour to the end of the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Taking place within an exhibition, the play continues Tim Crouch’s fascination with the nature of the theatrical experience; the communication of an idea from actor to audience… and back again.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:14:03 -0800</pubDate>
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 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6860</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Jan 28 2009 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Jan 31 2009 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Sorcerer is a Gilbert &amp;amp; Sullivan comic operetta where Alexis plots to unite the social classes via the Sorcerer&#039;s magic love potion. When the ship&#039;s passengers all drink of it, they all fall in love with the first person they see, causing mayhem on the ship.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Sorcerer will run from January 28 (7pm), 29 (7pm), 30 (7pm) and 31 (2pm) at Kitsilano Secondary School (2550 W. 10th Ave). Admission is $15 (general) and $10 (students). Tickets will be available online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://gsubc.ticketleap.com&quot;&gt;http://gsubc.ticketleap.com&lt;/a&gt; or cash-only at the door.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information about The Gilbert &amp;amp; Sullivan Society of UBC, visit us online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gsubc.com&quot;&gt;http://www.gsubc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:20:07 -0800</pubDate>
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 <title>PuSh Festival presents The Invisible</title>
 <link>http://urbanvancouver.com/node/6807</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: Feb 3 2009 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: Feb 7 2009 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Feb 3 - 7, 7:30pm&lt;br /&gt;
Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marie Brassard returns to Vancouver with a theatrical exploration of appearance and disappearance, of the double and of otherness. The city of Berlin, ectoplasms (vaporous emanations of the body supposedly visible tomediums) and the literary hoax involving JT LeRoy, a writer dreamed up by a woman hoping to get published, provide Brassard with material to reflect on art and creation, on the porous boundary between the creator and the resultant creature.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In collaboration with Finnish artist Mikko Hynninen and composer and sound designer Alexander MacSween, the singular and yet very plural Marie Brassard bring minds and the bodies that live therein to life, making their ghostly voices resonate, rendering the invisible visible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In June 2001, Brassard created her first one-woman show, Jimmy créature de rêve, a black surrealistic comedy which was a huge success and has, since then, been presented in many cities in Europe, America and Australia. That same year, she founded the production company Infrarouge. She&#039;s also its artistic director. In 2003, she created a show hinging on the themes of real estate development, exploitation and friendship; entitled La Noirceur, it was followed by Peepshow, staged in English in Toronto in May 2005, and in French in Montréal in June of that year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets $30.00/24.00&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://urbanvancouver.com/neighbourhoods/vancouver/kitsilano">Kitsilano</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:02:51 -0800</pubDate>
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