EastVanLove vol.7: Giving Back
Save the date - December 6, 2012

THE PERFORMER LINE-UP:
Kristie Yung (@KristieYung)
Offering a unique ‘Ella Fitzgerald meets Taylor Swift’ sound, this acoustic-soul singer/songwriter marries music and lyrics with expressive lightness and sophistication. Kristie Yung is best known for her cover videos on YouTube and her performance and co-production of the International chart topper, ‘Keh Dena‘ (TV Series ‘Mangoes‘ Title Track). Kristie’s [...]

September 27, 2012 (Thursday)
6pm - 9pm
Toby’s Bar & Grill, 2733 Commercial Drive
Tickets / Eventbrite | Facebook event page

As the weather begins to cool down, Autumn certainly brings out a sense of change like no other season. Similarly, we at #EastVanLove are changing the colours of our leaves in an attempt to settle some ideas on [...]

Dec 7, 6PM
The Hood
395 Kingsway (12th and Kingsway)

Eventbrite - Get a ticket!
What is #EastVanLove vol4 about?
It’s easy to donate money, but how about your time? The concept behind the EastVanLove Tweetups has been promoting and supporting the East Vancouver community. What better way to show your East Van Love than by getting involved with one [...]

The Tree. Movie Review by Andriy Mishchenko
Thursday Oct. 14, 3:30pm @ Granville 7
(VISA Screening Room)
VIFF Blurb & Buy Tickets

Director Julie Bertucelli has taken a bit of a step back since 2003’s Since Otar Left. In this predictable production, Charlotte Gainsbourg puts in a strong performance, but she’s swimming upstream.

Rubber. Film Review by Andriy Mishchenko
Thursday Oct. 14, 9:30pm @ Granville 7
VIFF Blurb & Buy Tickets
Rubber, as you may have heard, is a horror flick with a telekinetic car tire in its lead role. It’s also a sometimes hilarious examination of the movie-making process and where the audience and suspense of disbelief fits in. It [...]

Winter Vacation (Han Jia). Film Review by Andriy Mishchenko
Monday Oct. 11, 10:45am @ Pacific Cinematheque
(1116 Howe St.)
VIFF Blurb & Buy Tickets
If you see Li Hongqi’s film, Winter Vacation, please come armed with lots of patience. It’s not a bore, but you need to wait for things to develop. The screening I was in had lots [...]

Carancho. Film Review by Andriy Mishchenko
Sunday Oct. 10, 9:30pm @ Park Theatre
(1181 Seymour St.)
Tuesday Oct. 12, 2:20pm @ Granville 7
(855 Granville St.)
VIFF Blurb | Official Site
Carancho (Vulture) is a good old-fashioned crime thriller, done right. Ricardo Darin is always a strong character actor, as we’ve already seen in Kamchatka, The Secrets in Their Eyes, XXY, [...]

Into Eternity. Review by Andriy Mishchenko
Saturday Oct. 9, 9:30pm @ Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St.)
VIFF Blurb | Official Site
Into Eternity is one of the better documentaries in recent memory. The reason it’s successful is equal parts its fantastic, fascinating subject matter and a cool, austere treatment by director Michael Madsen.
The film deals with a facility [...]

By Ajay Puri

On Saturday April 17, 2010 East of Main had its very first field trip to Surrey, BC. The City of Surrey is known for being Canada’s fastest growing area and also known for the highest concentration and numbers of Sikh followers outside of the State of Punjab*.
This was certainly apparent at the 2010 [...]