Honourable mention: Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society (ScreamingChicken.net)
CULTURE
DANCE COMPANY PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
1. Ballet BC (BalletBC.com) 2. Goh Ballet (GohBallet.com) 3. Harbour Dance (HarbourDance.com) • Kokoro Dance (Kokoro.ca) (tie)
1. Vancouver International Fringe Festival (VancouverFringe.com) 2. PuSh Festival (PushFestival.ca) 3. Bard on the Beach (BardOnTheBeach.org)
CHORAL GROUP MUSIC FESTIVAL
1. Chor Leoni (ChorLeoni.org) 2. Vancouver Bach Choir (VancouverBachChoir.com) • musica intima (MusicaIntima.org) (tie) 3. Elektra Women’s Choir (Elektra.ca) • Vancouver Men’s Chorus (VancouverMensChorus.ca) (tie)
1. Vancouver International Jazz Festival (CoastalJazz.ca) 2. Vancouver Folk Music Festival (TheFestival.bc.ca) 3. MusicFest Vancouver (MusicFestVancouver.ca)
CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL 1. The Drift (TheDrift.ca) 2. Eastside Culture Crawl (EastsideCultureCrawl.com) 3. Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF.org) Honourable mention: Vancouver Queer Film Festival (OutOnScreen.com) Best Visual Arts Festival: The Drift
1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VancouverSymphony.ca) 2. Vancover Opera (VancouverOpera.ca) 3. Vancouver Chamber Choir (VancouverChamberChoir.com)
BEST FIRST-RUN MOVIE THEATRE/BEST REPERTORY OR ART-HOUSE MOVIE THEATRE: FIFTH AVENUE CINEMAS
ART GALLERY (PUBLIC) 1. Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby, VanArtGallery.bc.ca) 2. Museum of Anthropology (6393 N.W. Marine, UBC; MOA.UBC.ca) 3. Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson, ContemporaryArtGallery.ca)
ART GALLERY (PRIVATE) 1. Bau-Xi Gallery (3045 Granville, Bau-Xi.com) 2. Diane Farris Gallery (1590 West 7th, DianeFarrisGallery.com) 3. AydenGallery (88 W. Pender, AydenGallery.com) Honourable mention: Buschlen-Mowatt (1445 W. Georgia, BuschlenMowatt.com)
LOCAL TV NEWS HOST
LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITY
1. Fifth Avenue Cinemas (2110 Burrard, FestivalCinemas.ca) 2. International Village (formerly Tinseltown) (88 W. Pender, Cineplex.com) 3. Scotiabank (900 Burrard, Cineplex.com)
1. Chris Gailus (Global) 2. Tony Parsons (CBC) 3. Sophie Lui (Global)
1. Kid Carson (The Beat 94.5) 2. Rick Cluff (CBC Radio One) 3. Teddy Smooth (CiTR 101.9)
LOCAL TV SPORTSCASTER
REPERTORY/ART-HOUSE MOVIE THEATRE
1. Squire Barnes (Global) 2. Don Taylor (Sportsnet) 3. Jay Janower (Global)
LOCAL CELEBRITY YOU’D LIKE TO INVITE TO DINNER
FIRST-RUN MOVIE THEATRE
NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL/EVENT 1. Car Free Vancouver Day (CarFreeVancouver.org) 2. Eastside Culture Crawl (EastsideCultureCrawl.com) 3. Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival (VancouverPride.ca) Honourable mention: Greek Day (Greek Day.com) • Davie Day (DavieDay.com) (tie)
THEATRE COMPANY 1. Arts Club (ArtsClub.com) 2. Bard on the Beach (BardOnTheBeach.org) • Vancouver Playhouse (VancouverPlayhouse.com) (tie) 3. Pacific Theatre (PacificTheatre.org) • Electric Company Theatre (ElectricCompanyTheatre.com) (tie)
It says much about the rare eclecticism of the programming at Fifth Avenue Cinemas (2110 Burrard, FestivalCinemas.ca) that it was chosen by WE readers as both Vancouver’s best first-run movie theatre and its best repertory or art-house theatre. This, in a nutshell, is what’s long been so appealing about the place. It does not have stadium seating, or a selection of fast-food outlets, or an arcade and a ball pit for impatient kids — and that’s the point. This is a place for serious movie lovers who are open to all manner of foreign and independent releases, but who also aren’t averse to the occasional Hollywood blockbuster (Inception, for example, had a healthy run there last year). Audiences at Fifth Avenue tend to reflect the venue’s reverence for film, too, browsing the review clippings posted in the lobby before turning off their cellphones (thank you!) and making their way inside.
1. Fifth Avenue Cinemas (2110 Burrard, FestivalCinemas.ca) 2. Hollywood (3123 W. Broadway, HollywoodTheatre.ca) 3. Rio on Broadway (1660 E. Broadway, RioTheatre.ca) Honourable mention: Pacific Cinémathèque (1131 Howe, Cinematheque.bc.ca)
MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LOCAL TV NEWSCAST 1. Global BC News Hour 2. CTV News at 6 3. CBC News
1. Michael Bublé 2. Trevor Linden 3. Ryan Reynolds
LOCAL TV WEATHERPERSON 1. Tamara Taggart (CTV) 2. Mark Madryga (Global) 3. Wayne Cox (Global)
LOCAL BLOG 1. Miss604.com 2. VancityBuzz. com 3. GourmetFury.com
LOCAL CABLE SHOW 1. Urban Rush 2. Breakfast Television 3. Studio 4
LOCAL PODCAST
LOCAL TV PERSONALITY
LOCAL SPORTS TEAM
1. Fiona Forbes (Shaw Cable) 2. Dawn Chubai (Citytv) 3. Tamara Taggart (CTV)
1. Vancouver Canucks 2. Vancouver Giants 3. Vancouver Whitecaps
LOCAL FM RADIO STATION
CANUCKS PLAYER
1. CBC 88.1 2. The Beat 94.5 3. The Peak 100.5
1. Roberto Luongo 2. Ryan Kesler 3. Alex Burrows
LOCAL AM RADIO STATION
LIONS PLAYER
1. CBC 690 2. News 1130 3. Team 1040
1. Geroy Simon 2. Travis Lulay 3. Angus Reid
1. CBC Radio 3 2. CabaRadio
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Best of the City 2011
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