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Need to get out and go for a hike, Capilano Bridge is a wonderful place to Explore.
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Into birds, wondering where Spring is, well lets get together and celebrate the arrival of spring birds! Join Naturalist Al Grass to search out the early birds of spring who will be arriving back from their wintering grounds and settling up their summer nesting areas.
Come on out to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area, 2645 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver, 10am – 2pm (12 April).
For more information call 604.924.2581
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This exhibit looks back through a period of almost 50 years of history through the eyes of Japanese Canadian Photographers who operated studios in Cumberland, New Westminster and Vancouver. There are over eighty black and white photographs on display revealing a variety of subjects from diverse communities at the time, both the elite and labourers.
An exhibition catalogue accompanies the show and is for sale in the Gallery shop.
Dates:
March 28 – May 5, 2008
Times:
12:00 pm- 05:00 pm
Address:
Evergreen Cultural Centre
1205 Pinetree Way
Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7Y3
604.927.6550
Photo Credits: SXC.HU

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From 11 – 20 April will see the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival roll into Whistler. This promises to be 10 days and nights of non stop action. The Festival will be featuring 50 live concerts, pro skiing and snowboarding camps, arts, gear demos, special parties, sizzling night life and the best spring skiing and riding in the world.
The festival also includes fashion shows, fund raisers and many more things. For more information call 1.800.WHITLER. So get on out to Whistler so you do not miss out on all the fun!!
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An annual Festival of New Music Composers will be held over 4 nights from (10 – 13 April). The works of 41 different composers will be featured, at the Western Front in Vancouver (303 East 8th Avenue).
The Festival is in it’s 21st year, and this festival is widely thought of as one of Canada’s most important showcases for new work, which includes both mature and emerging composers.
For of this years composers are;

Leslis Yyeda
Mark Armanini
Jin Zhang
Alexander Pecheyuk

and many many more….for more information concerning the composers be sure to visit Vancouver Pro Music web site.
Sonic Boom 2008
A Festival of New …read more

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Langara College is proud to present ArtFest 2008, which will be running from 2 Apr thru 10 May. ArtFest will be encompassing seven unique grad shows and Planet of the Arts, an interactive, one day celebration for the community and a chance to check out their finest student work.
Here is a chance to explore your creative side – design a magazine cover, manipulate a photograph, create a painting or mingle with performers.
To learn more about the wide range of Creative & Applied programs or chat with the graduates and alumni about their experiences, be sure to come out and …read more

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Among the hemp shops, restaurants and boarding gears stores in Kitsilano sits one of the best comic books shops in the lower mainland.
The Comic Shop, located at 2089 West 4th Avenue, stock thousands of comic books from major publishers, as well as from independents.
They offer a huge selection of Marvel, DC and Image back issues, as well as a science-fiction section with well known artists. Popular role-playing games and accessories, collectible toys and magic supplies are also available.
For all those fans of Japaneses comics and videos, they have a well stocked inventory of Manga/Anime.
They also offer a mail order service!
You …read more

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The Lighthouse in Stanley Park is located at Brockton Point.
From here you have a magnificant view of the Burrard Inlet and the Lion’s Gate Bridge, which takes you over to the North Shore.
This is also a great spot to see the cruise ships head in and out of Vancouver!
Photo Credit – sxc.hu

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The Lighthouse in Stanley Park is located at Brockton Point.
From here you have a magnificant view of the Burrard Inlet and the Lion’s Gate Bridge, which takes you over to the North Shore.
This is also a great spot to see the cruise ships head in and out of Vancouver!
Photo Credit – sxc.hu

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One of Vancouver’s much loved landmarks, the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park, is about to be cut down.
The city’s parks board voted to take down the 1,000 year old Stanley Park stump know as the Hollow Tree.
Park staff had advised that the recent storm damage had fractured the remains of the old red cedar, and that it now posed a danger to locals and tourists that visited the old cedar tree for photos.
Over the years the Hollow Tree, which died years ago, has become somewhat of a icon for Vancouver-ites and hundreds of tourist flock to it yearly for …read more

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