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The first meetings for the Vancouver Fringe Festival happened at grunt gallery in 1985 and grunt was a venue for the festival until 1989. [citation needed] From 1987 until 1994 singer Kate Hammett Vaughan and guitarist Ron Samworth produce a weekly jazz improv series called Jazz in the
Drew McCreadie (born 1967) is a Vancouver, British Columbia writer and comedian. He is a past winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada. McCreadie wrote and directed a short film The Valet, that won him The Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. [1]
The National Arts Centre is a major sponsor of the Canadian Improv Games. The National Arts Centre is the site of the National Festival and Ottawa Tournament. The Games were created by Jamie "Willie" Wyllie [1] and Howard Jerome, based on a concept originally conceived by David Shepherd and Howard Jerome.
During the Great Depression, one of Vancouver's several hobo jungles sprang up on the False Creek flats opposite Granville Island's north shore. [7] " Shackers " lived on the island, in town, or in floathouses , and survived by fishing and beachcombing and sold salmon , smelt , and wood door to door or at the public market on Main Street. [ 8 ]
The Vancouver Writers Fest is a non-profit organization that produces a variety of literary events in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its main event is the Vancouver Writers Fest, which is an annual week-long literary festival held on Granville Island , Vancouver in late October.
The Firehall Arts Centre (also called the Firehall Centre for the Arts) is an arts centre in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] The building also falls within the borders of Gastown. [2] Firehall is a small building, [3] originally built as a fire station in 1906. [4]
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Commodore Ballroom is a music venue, dance floor and nightclub located on 800 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia.It is regarded as Canada's most influential nightclub, and one of North America's best live music venues.