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HackVAN is the 2012 Vancouver-based edition of HackDays, the one-day API programming hackathon events that take place across Canada.

For one day, teams of 1 – 3 developers work on integrating with one or more of the sponsors APIs. Judges from the local tech community judge based on awesomeness and technical difficulty, and we award fantastic prizes including a MacBook Air, iPads, e-readers and more.

We’ll start with a mixer on Friday night so people can find development partners and meet everyone else, and then you have one day on Saturday to code your entire application. We’ll keep you fed and pour you a beer at  the end of the day, and then the presentations and judging occur.

Tickets can be found at http://hackvan2012.eventbrite.com/

Due to popular demand, The VanDolls present Video Game Burlesque: Pew! Pew! on March 31st at The Red Room. The last time The VanDolls did this show, it sold out a week in advance so make sure you get your tickets before they sell out.

Tickets can be bought at ClubZone

Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson Series is coming to Vancouver! He will be hosting a 45 minute Q&A session at the Hellenic Centre on Arbutus Street. The tickets ($25) will be sold at kidsbooks.ca and can be picked up at their Kitsilano, North Shore and Surrey Locations.