The 3rd Annual String Fling concert takes place at the Biltmore Cabaret January 28th and 29th. This event is presented by Four on the Floor, a Vancouver-based string quartet. The line-up for this year’s String Fling includes Jim Byrnes, Ryan Guldemond, Dustin Bentall, Parker Bossley, Hannah Epperson, Dominique Fricot, Dan Moxon and Tonye Aganaba. Each artist will be performing three songs with the quartet and Four on the Floor will be playing original pieces and covers in between the sets. Tickets are $20 and available in advance at Red Cat Records, Zulu Records and hipcity.ca. Doors open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm. To learn more about Four On The Floor, check out their video interview with Stuart Derdeyn of The Province.
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Fundraising Dinner At Graze Restaurant For The Vancouver BC SPCA February 3rd
23 Jan
You are invited to Graze Restaurant, 3980 Fraser Street, on Tuesday, February 3rd for a fundraising dinner for the Vancouver Branch of the BC SPCA. The SPCA is a non-profit organization that helps nearly 37,000 injured, abused and homeless animals each year and relies on generous donations from supporters. On February 3rd, dine at Graze Restaurant between 5:00 – 10:00 pm and Graze will donate 20% of the sales from your bill to the Vancouver SPCA. Graze Restaurant is a vegan restaurant that provides locally and organically produced ingredients. Their food is creative, nutritionally well-balanced and simply delicious. Whether you are a strict vegetarian, a flexitarian who enjoys trying everything or an omnivore who simply wants a familiar and satiating meal, Graze was something for you. One of their delicious entrees has made it onto Erin Ireland’s Must Try Five List. That being their now rather famous Vegan Perogies with crispy shallots served with an intensely smoked coconut cheddar sauce, sour coconut cream and spicy tomato jam. As Erin would say, it’s To Die For. You can make your reservation by contacting Graze Restaurant at T: 604-620-8822. Come out and support this charity that does so much for animal welfare within our community.
Photo Credit: Graze Restaurant
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Rescue Me: Roman A Neapolitan Mastiff Cross Looking For His Forever Home
18 Jan
Welcome to the next installment of Rescue Me in which we feature pets waiting for adoption at the Vancouver SPCA. Today we would like to introduce you to a sweet boy named Roman. He is a Neapolitan Mastiff Cross who is 5 years old. Roman was surrendered to the Vancouver SPCA because his people could not care for him properly. Upon his arrival Roman was severely underweight, but has now gained some weight and is already at 125 pounds and gaining. He has been recently neutered and had surgery to his eyes to correct inward growing eyelashes. Roman is a social, friendly and calm dog. The Vancouver SPCA is looking for a special home for this boy. He requires people who are familiar with the breed and/or large dogs. Roman as you might expect at 125 pounds is a strong dog and not suitable for a frail guardian. Roman is a wee bit nervous around lots of traffic and loud trucks thus a home that is in a quieter area would be best for him. He has not lived with other animals so the Vancouver SPCA thinks he would be best suited for being your one and only at home. One disclaimer, you must be prepared for a bit of drool, but in return you will receive extra love. Come meet this big sweetie at the Vancouver SPCA Shelter, 1205 East 7th Avenue. If you would like more information about Roman, the Vancouver SPCA would love to hear from you. You can reach them by telephone at 604-879-7721 or by email at vancouver@spca.bc.ca. As always, we thank you in advance for sharing this information to help find this sweet boy his forever home.
UPDATE January 30, 2015 Roman found his forever home.
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Check Out What’s Happening For Dine Out In East Vancouver
16 Jan
Dine Out Vancouver, Canada’s largest restaurant festival gets under way January 16th with lots of delicious events on the horizon. There are over 270 restaurants participating in this year’s event with prix-fixe menus ranging from $18 to $38. Each year, they seem to up the ante with the special events. In East Vancouver, there are quite a number of notable mentions.
First up, Vancouver Brewery Tours is offering a brewery tour and East Side Food Tour for $71. They will be making stops at some favourite East Van breweries including Bomber Brewing and new arrival Strange Fellows Brewing and then over to Big Lou’s Butcher Shop, La Grotta del Frommagio, Famoso Neopolitan Pizza and East Side Beer Food. Next up for events, Richard Wolak of Vancouver Foodster has organized a number of brunch crawls around the City. In East Vancouver, Richard will be conducting the Commercial Drive Brunch Crawl on Sunday, February 1st making stops at Federico’s Supper Club, Famoso Pizzeria, Bakery Sate and Stateside Craft. If you prefer to check out some delicious spots on Main Street, Richard will be leading the tour on the Main Street Brunch Crawl on Saturday, January 24th making stops at Rosemary Rocksalt, Miura Waffles, Radicle Juice, Nirvana and East End Chai. Off The Eaten Track Tours will be hosting two great tours. First up is the Main Street Hidden Gem Tour which hits four great spots on Main Street including The Shameful Tiki, The Honey Shoppe and Trafiq. They will also be hosting a Best Bites of the East Village for $50 which will make stops at Saltenas, Windsor Meats, Steam Tea House and Jackalopes Drive. If you prefer to check out some restaurants during Dine Out, we’ve set out a list of those participating in this year’s event in East Vancouver. Note, most participating restaurants take reservations, but a few are first come first served. For a full listing of restaurants, visit Dine Out:
Cafe Kathmandu
Caffe Roma and Lounge
Campagnolo Roma
The Cannibal Café
Carthage Café
Chicha Restaurant
Chutney
East Is East
Federico’s Supper Club
Graze Vegetarian
Romer’s Burger Bar – River District
The Reef on Main Street
The Five Point
Bon Appetit!
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ICONS Celebrates One Year Sunday January 25th At The Biltmore Cabaret
12 Jan
ICONS celebrates their one year anniversary on Sunday, January 25th at the Biltmore Cabaret. ICONs represents the racy subculture of modern vintage lifestyle which takes design and style cues from the 60’s and 70’s. And well the poster for the event is a perfect example, classic album cover from “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. ICONS is a heavily curated and highly anticipated vintage clothing market. You can expect to find psychedelic posters, antiques, records, taxidermy, retro lamps as well as small furniture, cameras and a bit of this and that. There will also be drink specials and a DJ spinning tunes from the 60s and 70s. The event is being held at the Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward Street. ICONS gets under way at 11:00 am and goes till 5:00 pm. This event is for ages 19+.
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C.R. Avery Presents Some Birds Walk For The Hell Of It at Joe’s Café
9 Jan
The Georgia Straight presents local poet and singer-songwriter, C.R. Avery, in his rock show titled Some Birds Walk for the Hell of It on January 10th at Joe’s Café, 1150 Commercial Drive. CR Avery is a unique multi-talented one man band. His live performance has been described as the “Bob Dylan in the body of Iggy Pop” throw in a little Bestie Boys and Allen Ginsberg and you get the idea. He is above all fearless in whatever genre he undertakes which could be blues, hip-hop, spoken word or rock and roll. This Saturday he will be presenting his rock show which also features Melody Mangler and Violet Femme. Doors open at 8:00 pm and show gets under way at 9:00 pm. Tickets are $20 and available at the door only. If you miss this week’s show, C.R. Avery will also be performing January 17th, 24th and the 31st at Joe’s Café.
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Happy New Year East Vancouver! A Retrospective In Photos – 2014
31 Dec
We thought we would do a little retrospective in photos to highlight some of the many great events hosted in East Van in 2014. It’s been a busy year, there were so many amazing events this year. As to what was popular on our site, we can say it was a great artistic event, beer and spirits, live music & art. Specifically, the iconic Parade of Lost Souls, our write up on the Powell Street Self-Guided Tour, the 2nd Annual Beer Festival at Wise Hall, the Trout Lake Summer Concert Series and, of course, our personal favourite the Eastside Culture Crawl. We hope you enjoy some of the photos from this past year. Wishing everyone a wonderful New Year!
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Merry Christmas, Buon Natale, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Frohe Weihnachten East Vancouver
25 Dec
Merry Christmas
Frohe Weihnachten
Buon Natale
Joyeux Noël
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Natal
Maligayang PaskoSretan Božić
Vrolijk kerstfeest
Wesołych Świąt
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
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Giving Locally: RC Pet Products And Their 12 Days Of Giving
23 Dec
As many of you who follow us regularly know, we here at ILiveInEastVan.com are animal lovers as well as proud supporters of the BC SPCA. We support our local Vancouver shelter in many ways and were this year added to their list of community supporters. We appreciate all the work the staff and volunteers do each and every day for all those that cannot speak for themselves.
Today, we would like to introduce to a local business situated in SE Vancouver called RC Pet Products who also support their community by giving locally. For those unfamiliar with this company, you may have seen their rather styling pet rain coats (fleece lined) around and about town. The 4 legged member of our family has been wearing one for years. RC Pet Products also carries leashes, collars, seatbelt harnesses for both cats and dogs as well as many pet accessories. You will find their products at many local retailers including Tisol Pet Products on Main Street and Grandview Highway, Three Dog Bakery on Main Street and Pet Parlour on Fraser Street to name just a few.
RC Pet Products has made us very happy this year. The fine folks at ILiveInEastVan.com have been doing a collection with friends and neighbours these last few weeks to provide some much needed items to the BC SPCA Vancouver Shelter this holiday season. We approached RC Pet Products to see whether they would be kind enough to provide some coats, leashes and collars for the Vancouver SPCA and Charlie’s Food Bank. For those unfamiliar with Charlie’s Food Bank, it is a weekly pet food bank operated by the BC SPCA that assists over 5,000 low income pet guardians on the Downtown Eastside each year. RC Pet Products answered the call to giving locally. Not only have they provided us with an array of dog coats, collars and leashes for the BC SPCA Vancouver Shelter and Charlie’s Food Bank, as part of their 12 Days Of Giving, they have donated items to other rescue organizations doing great work in our communities. They include:
SAINTS Rescue
Paws For Hope
Best Friends For Life
Cross Our Paws Rescue
Big Heart Rescue
Carried Through
Action for Animals In Distress Society
Richmond Animal Protection Society
Greyhound Pets Inc.
Dogwood Rescue
Dhana Metta Rescue Society
Cera Dogs Society
We wish to thank RC Pet Products for giving locally and for supporting the work of so many great organizations that help keep animals safe, happy and healthy. We wish all our four legged, two legged and our feathered friends a very Merry Christmas. Below is a pic of some of the many items that are being delivered to the Vancouver SPCA this holiday season. Pssst and there is a basket of edible goodies for the volunteers and staff at the Vancouver Shelter. 
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Deck The Halls At The Wise Hall Saturday December 20th
19 DecThe Eastside Flea returns to the Wise Hall with Deck The Halls this Saturday, December 20th. If you are looking for vintage finds, this is the place to be. There will be over 40 local vendors on hand including Would Boards with locally made wooden skateboards and Forest And The Femme with nature inspired arrangements for your holiday table and of course many more. You will also find carolers making the rounds to keep you in the holiday season. Bring a non-perishable food donation and receive a $1.00 off admission. The Notch Coffee and Local Omnivore food trucks will be located outside keeping everyone caffeinated and fed. The Wise Hall is located at 1887 Adanac Street and the event runs from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. All ages welcome.
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