Another day of Olympic crazinesss in Vancouver! Another day of exciting discoveries!

On our tour on Graville Street we discovered that the Vogue Theatre (918 Granville Street) will be screening Today all the Olympic competitions for free. Tomorrow, daily tickets will be sold for $25.oo and tickets for the gold medal games will be available for $57.00. Vogue Theatre will donate $5.00 and $7.00 to the Red Cross for each day pass and gold medal tickets sold.  Weekly and all Olympic passes are also available, click here for more information.

Veronica Heringer-Ames and Shane Koyczan on Graville Street. Photo Credit: Vida Portatil

On our way to the cauldron, we bumped into Shane Koyczan, the Olympics opening ceremony poet, on Granville Street. Actually, I should say that we bumped into his fans first, then we saw who was the reason of the commotion. Koyczan is a simple guy from Penticton and seems a little bit suprised by his new celebrity status. He said on an interview to The Globe and Mail that this is a “sort of instant recognition” of a 12-year long career. Koyczan will perform soon in Vancouver. He told me that information about his upcoming shows will be posted on his Facebook group.

It was dark when we got to the Olympic cauldron. The streets close to the IBC were completely taken. I might confess that the big fence that separates the public from the cauldron annoys me. Again, if I am paying for it, I should be allowed to touch it!

Vancouver is a big colourful party. There are artists everywhere and the energy is contagious. You gotta be here!

Update:

“Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long” will be performing on July 25th, 2010 at Guelph Hillside Festival in Guelph, ON. Visit the website for the complete Guelph Hillside Festival’s lineup.