Vancouver's historical Penthouse Night Club has been adding hysterical messages to it's marquee sign for the last few years. Here are some of the best.

When Ryan O’Connell, 28, moved here from New York last year, he didn’t want a car. “I’ve always been so scared of driving,” he said. “I feel like I would be a bad driver.”

A Columbia Waterfront District restaurant is upping its weekend drinking age to combat the presence of all those annoying, drunken young’uns.

When it comes to hostel culture in the United States don’t expect to find the same atmosphere that you may experience in other places, say like European Backpackers Bars, or even Canadian Backpackers Bars.

Middling reviews and weak early reception to her new album ARTPOP, out today, didn't stop Lady Gaga from throwing an enormous, spectacular "artRave" last night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, complete with a pre-party press conference to reveal her new "flying dress." Attendees arrived via ferry from Manhattan's 35th street terminal to the enormous space,

an insider's look into the world of hacking the nightlife to your benefit.

"It was more important that we make our mark than make it rich," says Eric Goode, one of the four founders of the legendary nightclub Area, which was only open from 1983 to 1987, but managed to be more influential and memorable than Studio 54. And those memories -- of over-the-top art installations, decadent after-hours antics and the famous and fabulous

It's Halloween again, which means girding your loins (maybe literally), strapping on your best Miley Cyrus foam finger costume and preparing for up two weekends worth of hazy frolicking. As usual, PAPER has been keeping detailed records of all the hallows eve haunts and séances for your amusement. Our guide to Halloween in NYC, below.

The top 5 best bars in Montréal as selected by Corey Rozon of BarWhiz. Included is Notre Dame des Quilles and Foufounes Électriques; if not the best bars, surely the best-named bars.

Who says going out isn't work? Before these bedazzled, painted and lubed up partygoers head into the club, they tell us about the long hours, exhaustive research and Bob Mackie-level costume design that goes into making them the most head-turning crowd in New York.

Barwhiz is donating ten cents for every venue submitted and every review written about a bar, club or pub.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and known for it’s iconic CN Tower, which held the title as the tallest freestanding structure for just over 30 years, that was until the completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2007. Even though the city may have lost its world title for tallest buildings, it still keeps its cool with being one of the most diverse and best party cities in Canada.