Biltmore Cabaret is Back in Business

After much lobbying and public outcry, the Biltmore Cabaret has obtained a reprieve from Vancouver city officials and been allowed to re-open for business.  As NowPublic previously reported, the venue had...

Biltmore owner fights city with Facebook

Zak Pashak, entrepreneur and owner of the Biltmore nightclub in Vancouver, is using Facebook to fight what he views as an unfair targeting of his business by local regulators.  Here is the letter he...

Vancouver Live Music Venue Battles City Over "Regulatory Issues"

This story came to my attention over the weekend via Facebook. It seems that Van-'No-fun'-couver is still living up to its anti-arts image. Zak Pashak, a successful live music entrepreneur who is originally from...

Plan to Go to a Convention Soon? Visit Ours!

Kappa Kappa Gamma is a national group of women who celebrate lasting friendships, the scholarship of the membership, and the tapping of leadership potential in the young and in the old.  It has been in...

'Sistahood' Celebrates Women in Art and Music

Beginning February 28th, of my favourite local festivals kicks off its eighth year: the Sistahood Celebration brings together an amazing array of performances, exhibits, workshops & events by female artists,...

Revamped Biltmore a Vivacious Vancouver Venue

The recently renovated Biltmore Cabaret is a welcome addition to our venue-starved city. Here's a preview: "The Biltmore Cabaret (395 Kingsway) opened it's doors on Monday night for a free neighbourhood preview. Seeing as I live a few blocks from the club and the furthest I...

Bye-bye Biltmore

" Growing up in East Vancouver the neon lights of the Biltmore are just as much of my growing up as the smorgasbord place and those two Dragon restaurants (remember it had a massive neon dragon out front??). Or the Lunatic Fringe. I never went into those places but I always...

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