Best of Media, Arts & Culture

THEATRE COMPANY
“Your mom”

  1. Arts Club
  2. Bard on the Beach
  3. Playhouse Theatre Company

EVENT OF THE YEAR
“After the fibreglass bears and orcas—what’s next?”,
“Release of Harry Potter 7”,
“This survey—I’m living the dream right now”

  1. Vancouver International Film Festival
  2. Monet to Dali at the Vancouver Art Gallery
  3. Bard on the Beach

PRIVATE ART GALLERY
“My kids’ wall”

  1. Diane Farris Gallery
      1590 West 7th Avenue
  2. Bau Xi Gallery 3045
      Granville Street
  3. Equinox Gallery (tie)
      2321 Granville Street
    Winsor Gallery (tie)
      3025 Granville Street

PUBLIC ART GALLERY

  1. Vancouver Art Gallery
      750 Hornby Street
  2. Museum of Anthropology
      6393 Northwest Marine Drive
  3. Contemporary Art Gallery
      555 Nelson Street

MOST TALKED-ABOUT ARTS CLASSICAL-MUSIC ENSEMBLE

  1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  2. Vancouver Opera
  3. Vancouver Bach Choir

DANCE COMPANY

  1. Ballet BC
  2. Kokoro Dance
  3. Goh Ballet

LOCAL ARTS FESTIVAL
“All are awesome.”

  1. Vancouver International Film Festival
  2. Vancouver International Fringe Festival
  3. Bard on the Beach

LOCAL TV NEWSCAST
“I prefer having brain cells”,
“I read blogs—why isn’t there a blog category?”

  1. News Hour, Global
  2. CTV News at Six, CTV
  3. CBC News, CBC

LOCAL TV ANCHOR/S
“Is this about who can read the TelePrompTer properly?”

  1. Tony Parsons, Global
  2. Bill Good and Pamela Martin, CTV
  3. Ian Hanomansing and Gloria Macarenko, CBC

NEW LOCAL TV PERSONALITY
“I hadn’t noticed there were any”,
plus a handful of votes for Bill Good, Mike McCardell, and Tony Parsons—all of whom are only new when compared to the mountains and the sea

  1. Kristi Gordon, Global
  2. Chris Galius, Global
  3. Reena Heer, Global

LOCAL TV WEATHERPERSON
“A rhino bit my sister once”

  1. Tamara Taggart, CTV
  2. Mark Madryga, Global
  3. Wayne Cox, Global

LOCAL CABLE SHOW
“I stopped stealing cable”

  1. Urban Rush, Shaw
  2. The Express, Shaw
  3. World Beats, M

LOCAL TV SPORTSCASTER
“Gawd, they’re all annoying prigs”,
“I’d rather watch rhinos vomiting than watch TV”

  1. Squire Barnes, Global
  2. Don Taylor, Sportsnet
  3. Perry Solkowski, CTV

MOST COMFORTABLE MOVIE THEATRE
“Twilight Drive-In”

  1. Cinemark Tinseltown
      3rd floor, 88 West Pender Street
  2. Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
      900 Burrard Street
  3. SilverCity cinemas
      Various locations

THEATRE TO SEE A FIRST-RUN FILM

  1. Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
      900 Burrard Street
  2. Cinemark Tinseltown
      3rd floor, 88 West Pender Street
  3. Fifth Avenue Cinemas
      2110 Burrard Street

THEATRE TO SEE A SECOND-RUN FILM

  1. Hollywood Theatre
      3123 West Broadway
  2. Ridge Theatre
      3131 Arbutus Street
  3. Denman Place Cinema
      1737 Comox Street

MORNING RADIO DJ/S
“Beep beep beep”¦snooze”

  1. Larry and Willy with Kerry M., Jack FM
  2. Nat and Drew in the Morning, 95 Crave
  3. The Kid Carson Show with Nira Arora and Amy, the Beat 94.5

AFTERNOON RADIO DJ/S
“Static between stations”

  1. Buzz Bishop, 95 Crave
  2. Todd Hancock and Karen K., CFOX
  3. Dean and Hatch, Rock 101 (tie)
    Dave Pratt and Don Taylor, Team 1040 (tie)

LATE-NIGHT RADIO DJ
“I sleep during this time!”

  1. Danger, CFOX
  2. Lana, CFOX
  3. DJ Flipout, the Beat 94.5

ANNOYING RADIO TALK-SHOW HOST
“Any on the Beat. You’re an adult. Speak like one”

  1. Charles Adler, CKNW
  2. Neil McRae, CKNW
  3. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, CFUN (tie)
    Philip Till, CKNW (tie)

LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

  1. Vancouver International Folk Festival
  2. Vancouver International Jazz Festival
  3. MusicWaste (tie)
    Under the Volcano (tie)

LOCAL BAND (SIGNED)
“Trooper!”

  1. The New Pornographers (tie)
    Nickelback (tie)
  2. The Be Good Tanyas
  3. 54-40

LOCAL BAND (UNSIGNED)

  1. Art of Dying
  2. Brickhouse
  3. Japanese Pop Songs

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