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 [...]
Dear EoM subscribers and readers,
We apologize for the outage of our website over the past week. Luckily we’re back and running and have some exciting things in store!
Next Tweetup + 10 minute Video of East Van
1. Mid-June we’ll be hosting the EastVanLove Tweetup Vol. 3 (just in time for Main St / Commercial Drive Car-free [...]
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 [...]
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Review by: Andriy Mishchenko
Yesterday, I felt very lucky. I went to the Jonsi show, his first concert away from Sigur Ros. I’ll just start by saying it did not disappoint. If you have a chance to see him at the second show tonight (Apr 7) or later this week in Seattle, GO! I don’t want [...]
by: Ajay Puri
Vancouver is full of diverse cultures. According to the latest census numbers ~40% of our city self-identifies as a Visible Minority status.
So of course you overhear funny but awkward translations. For instance, the following are Hindi / Farsi pairings:
Kheer
Khoon
Saag
Kheer - When I was going to my Iranian friends house for dinner I asked [...]
Our friends at TckTckTck designed this amazing app. It seems super cool, but we’d like your feedback. Feel free to test out “Tck in a box” + let us know what you think!
East of Main had the honor of being selected to attend Vancouver’s first ever TED talks on November 21, 2009: TEDxVancouver.
It was truly an amazing eye-opening experience. I especially had a great time hanging out with all the minority crowd - Raakhi Sinha + Gurpreet Sian [SouthAsian Arts], Lara Honrado + Alden Habacon [Mango], and Charles [...]
Ever wondered what the heck was the difference between a Gyro, Donair or Shawarma?
Well East of Main went exploring and met up with Karim, the Owner of Mediterra - a Mediterranean restaurant within the AMS Student Union Building at UBC.
He gave the quick and dirty… Nothing!
They are just the different terms for the same food item [...]
Classics, cranks, comics, love, music, and so much more … I’m so impressed with your book choices, people! Here, my fellow geeks, is the full list of books you suggested for our Ovaltine Book Club. These are in random order and have little blurbs from the intertubes to help you choose, but please do your [...]