Urban Mixer Blog

Every year, Arts Club Theatre hosts a VIP and sponsor appreciation party known as ‘Buzz.’ On Thursday, May 29th, the seventh annual Buzz, or Buzz ’08, was hosted at MCL Motor Cars, the luxury car dealership on Burrard Street.

After some cocktails, great food, speeches from Jim Storie of the Vancouver Trolley Company, keynote speaker Jackson Davies and Bill Millerd, guests were whisked away by Trolley to check out a very special performance of The Producers. Check out the original release, after the jump. (more…)

On Wednesday, May 28th, the cast, crew, friends and supporters of Agam Productions packed the Alibi Room on Alexander Street and raised a glass to the launch of Agam Productions, Bollywood Beckons and the first networking social hosted by the company.

Agam Producitons is Agam Darshi, Sophie Ann Rooney and Ryan Lanji. Bollywood beckons is a 20 minute short film about a girl named Neeru who dreams of being a Bollywood actress but her family wants her to lead a ‘normal life.’ Read more about the event and the film after the jump. (more…)

CanThrill presented ENVY MY MUSIC on Saturday night featuring acrobatic acts, cutting edge dance performances and Skai from Groove Rebels rocking the room.

Check out the original release and find out more about CanThrill after the jump. (more…)

On Saturday night, Alex Pina and Miguel Rodriguez from UK’s Strawberry Nights presented the Silk & Satin, the “Monte Carlo Affair” at Canvas Lounge in Gastown, a night featuring poker tables, high rollers and of course silk and satin.

Find out more about Strawberry Nights, HERE.

Saturday, May 24th, marked the Tenth Anniversary of the annual Leo Awards which celebrates and awards excellence in British Columbia’s film and television industries.

Find out more about the Leo Awards and see additional photo coverage of the red carpet for Saturday’s gala evening after the jump. (more…)

Caprice Nightclub turned 5 on Thursday night with a celebration fit for a Pharaoh.

The event, aptly named ‘Valley of the Kings,’ marked the one night transformation of the Granville Street club into an ancient Egyptian kingdom with fantastic custom made movieset quality props and the beautiful Caprice girls dressed up in costume.

On Thursday, May 22nd, Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, hosted a wake at Relish Restaurant to publicize the ‘funniest charity run alive!’

The “Chip’s not Dead Yet Memorial Mile” takes place on June 20th at 6pm.

Find out how to sign up for the event, the out the original release by the Imagine1Day team and additional photos from the event after the jump. (more…)

On Wednesday, May 21st, Ralph Klein, the former premier of Alberta and Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, stopped by the stylish Metro Restaurant at 200 Burrard Street as part of  the  Fraser Institute’s Behind the Spin @Metro speaker series.

Check out the original invite, Klein’s bio and an exclusive video footage after the jump. (more…)