Aaron Chapman
@theaaronchapman.bsky.social
Vancouver BC Historian, Author, Musician, & Voice Actor lately! 2 time BC Book Prize Winner. Elected to Royal Historical Society in 2020. Co-host of the Chat Room on Sportsnet 650am. Ask around, my story checks out.
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A #VancouverHistory starter pack.
With hopefully more to come.
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With hopefully more to come.
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#VancouverBC #Vancouver
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oops I meant a very excited person, but then I already that. I was also very excited! And it was so nice to meet @lucymaloney.bsky.social, and see @theaaronchapman.bsky.social who also won a Heritage Award for his book, Vancouver After Dark (pictured here with Danny Filippone from The Penthouse)
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
oops I meant a very excited person, but then I already that. I was also very excited! And it was so nice to meet @lucymaloney.bsky.social, and see @theaaronchapman.bsky.social who also won a Heritage Award for his book, Vancouver After Dark (pictured here with Danny Filippone from The Penthouse)
Working on this long term Vancouver restaurant history project, I stumbled across one of a few of our Chopstick recycling stations tucked away in the Harbour Centre mall.
They turn the chopsticks into new wood flooring, which I imagine are so good you could eat off them.
They turn the chopsticks into new wood flooring, which I imagine are so good you could eat off them.
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Working on this long term Vancouver restaurant history project, I stumbled across one of a few of our Chopstick recycling stations tucked away in the Harbour Centre mall.
They turn the chopsticks into new wood flooring, which I imagine are so good you could eat off them.
They turn the chopsticks into new wood flooring, which I imagine are so good you could eat off them.
Just looking at the calendar at the @foxcabaret.bsky.social on Saturday Sept 27th —quite a mashup that evening apparently:
“It’s going to be a bumpy night, m’fuckah…”
“It’s going to be a bumpy night, m’fuckah…”
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Just looking at the calendar at the @foxcabaret.bsky.social on Saturday Sept 27th —quite a mashup that evening apparently:
“It’s going to be a bumpy night, m’fuckah…”
“It’s going to be a bumpy night, m’fuckah…”
Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social
Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues.
…And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!
Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues.
…And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!
September 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social
Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues.
…And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!
Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues.
…And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!
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Blue skies + Literature? Heck yeah!
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Blue skies + Literature? Heck yeah!
I feel rather honoured to be echoi’ing on the streets of Montreal before the Pogues show there tonight!
@theaaronchapman.bsky.social they're playing lots of mckenzies and town pants before the pogues show @ Foufounes Electriques
wish you were here
wish you were here
September 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I feel rather honoured to be echoi’ing on the streets of Montreal before the Pogues show there tonight!
Tune into @globalnews.ca BC tonight at the end of the news hour with #SquireBarnes—we’ll be talking about some #VancouverHistory in years past and the #westend crime history tours I did this summer in connection with my book #VancouverVice. You’ll be fascknated!
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tune into @globalnews.ca BC tonight at the end of the news hour with #SquireBarnes—we’ll be talking about some #VancouverHistory in years past and the #westend crime history tours I did this summer in connection with my book #VancouverVice. You’ll be fascknated!
Amazing Blood Moon tonight. The world may be a tough place out there these days but one can still comfort oneself in nature’s wonder.
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Amazing Blood Moon tonight. The world may be a tough place out there these days but one can still comfort oneself in nature’s wonder.
I’m off to the west side and Old Hastings Mill Museum— where we used to joke as Kerrisdale kids, that East Vancouver began at Alma Street!
Vancouver's Old Hastings Mill Museum to host a talk on the city's restaurants, past and present, this weekend. @theaaronchapman.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/05/v...
Vancouver's Hastings Mill Museum to host talk on city's restaurants, past and present
Vancouver historian Aaron Chapman and photographer Gord McCaw will host a two-hour talk on the city's 'Most Memorable Eateries' this weekend.
vancouver.citynews.ca
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m off to the west side and Old Hastings Mill Museum— where we used to joke as Kerrisdale kids, that East Vancouver began at Alma Street!
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Vancouver's Old Hastings Mill Museum to host a talk on the city's restaurants, past and present, this weekend. @theaaronchapman.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/05/v...
Vancouver's Hastings Mill Museum to host talk on city's restaurants, past and present
Vancouver historian Aaron Chapman and photographer Gord McCaw will host a two-hour talk on the city's 'Most Memorable Eateries' this weekend.
vancouver.citynews.ca
September 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Vancouver's Old Hastings Mill Museum to host a talk on the city's restaurants, past and present, this weekend. @theaaronchapman.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/05/v...
For you Stones fans.
September 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
For you Stones fans.
I don’t think Giuliani wants a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He want’s a check to pay his bills.
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I don’t think Giuliani wants a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He want’s a check to pay his bills.
From @robertyoungpelton.bsky.social “we used to call this Cream of Mushroom Thighs”.
August 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
From @robertyoungpelton.bsky.social “we used to call this Cream of Mushroom Thighs”.
Vancouver friends - i’m hosting a West End Crime History walking tour Saturday August 30th. We cover still unsolved homicides, the era of “Hookers on Davie”, illegal gambling, pornography raids, & some largely forgotten incidents like the West End sniper. Visit forbiddenvancouver.ca/vancouver-vi...
August 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Vancouver friends - i’m hosting a West End Crime History walking tour Saturday August 30th. We cover still unsolved homicides, the era of “Hookers on Davie”, illegal gambling, pornography raids, & some largely forgotten incidents like the West End sniper. Visit forbiddenvancouver.ca/vancouver-vi...
Maybe there’s still Hope?
August 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Maybe there’s still Hope?
New exhibit at the Smithsonian.
August 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New exhibit at the Smithsonian.
I have a small overstock of copies of #TheLastGanginTownBook to sell: $25 apiece & it comes with a free poster signed by Danny “Mouse” Williamson & Bradley Bennett from the Clark Park Gang. I’ll sign too if you want me to. Pick one more of my books and we’ll call it $40 even. #VancouverHistory
August 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have a small overstock of copies of #TheLastGanginTownBook to sell: $25 apiece & it comes with a free poster signed by Danny “Mouse” Williamson & Bradley Bennett from the Clark Park Gang. I’ll sign too if you want me to. Pick one more of my books and we’ll call it $40 even. #VancouverHistory
I showed this to a person in their early 20s, and they had no idea whatsoever what it was.
I told them it was something that used to be called a “marital aid” back in the day, and thought i’d just leave it at that. They were even more confused.
I told them it was something that used to be called a “marital aid” back in the day, and thought i’d just leave it at that. They were even more confused.
July 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I showed this to a person in their early 20s, and they had no idea whatsoever what it was.
I told them it was something that used to be called a “marital aid” back in the day, and thought i’d just leave it at that. They were even more confused.
I told them it was something that used to be called a “marital aid” back in the day, and thought i’d just leave it at that. They were even more confused.
The Scots might have minced pies, but they’ve never minced words.
July 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Scots might have minced pies, but they’ve never minced words.
Thanks to a bit of a fruit-fly outbreak at the Chapman Estates this weekend, I’m re-reading I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes—one of the odder tell-all’s that appeared after Hughes’ death.
The task/book requires some chemical weapons backup & home made flytraps to fully enjoy.
The task/book requires some chemical weapons backup & home made flytraps to fully enjoy.
July 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Thanks to a bit of a fruit-fly outbreak at the Chapman Estates this weekend, I’m re-reading I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes—one of the odder tell-all’s that appeared after Hughes’ death.
The task/book requires some chemical weapons backup & home made flytraps to fully enjoy.
The task/book requires some chemical weapons backup & home made flytraps to fully enjoy.
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5 music videos you (probably) didn't know featured Vancouver
5 music videos you (probably) didn't know featured Vancouver
From Blink-182 to Elvis Costello
dlvr.it
July 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
5 music videos you (probably) didn't know featured Vancouver
He likes hot dogs.
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He likes hot dogs.