Many count on the Christmas Craft Fairs and Markets for hand-made holiday treats and shopping, but the COVID-19 pandemic has likely closed most of those venues. A popular vendor at many of these markets, Sweet Thea Bakery is making sure its customers won’t have to go without their baked goods this season. Get your…
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Picks of the Week – October 28, 2020
Halloween is upon us, with the pending Vancouver ban on personal fireworks we can expect this year to go out with a bang, even without being able to gather in groups for the festivities. There’s plenty of picks to find frights and delights for your Trick or Treating, and other entertainment. Slay: Slayland at PNE is a…
SUM gallery Welcomes Time-Lapse: Posthumous Conversations — A Geoff McMurchy Retrospective
SUM gallery, Vancouver’s queer mandated visual art gallery is welcoming its newest exhibition – Time-Lapse: Posthumous Conversations — A Geoff McMurchy Retrospective – opening October 29th. Running until December 1, 2020, Time Lapse: Posthumous Conversations is a memorial retrospective of visual art by Geoff McMurchy. The founding Artistic Director of Kickstart Disability Arts, McMurchy was a…
The 3rd Annual Vancouver Podcast Festival is ‘At Home’
Moving into its third edition, the Vancouver Podcast Festival, finds itself ‘At Home’. Presented by DOXA, Documentary Film Festival, this year’s virtual festival takes place November 18-22, 2020 online. It’s perfect time to learn more about how to create and the creators who will bring you podcast content as we settle in for the winter….
Taste of Yaletown 2020
Today, the 16th annual Taste of Yaletown is bursting forth with flavours around the neighbourhood. Running October 16 to 26, 2020, Taste of Yaletown celebrates the tastes, treats, chefs and cuisine of Yaletown’s eateries. Each year the neighbourhood chefs present unique sets of meals, menus and pairings for the tasty festival. Throughout the Taste of Yaletown, restaurants…
Slayland Brings Scares to PNE
After a summer of adapted events, Playland is welcoming you to scare up a new adventure, Slayland at PNE, a new walk-through outdoor horror experience. With the Fair’s annual Fright Nights put on hold, none of the traditional haunted houses will be open but the frights are all around you. The park will be hauntingly…
Thanksgiving 2020 Is A (To-) Go!
Thanksgiving is just days away. This year, Thanksgiving Dinner has an added layer of stress due to pandemic restrictions on get togethers. Regular life is more complicated than ever, working from home, school and social bubbles, worrying about the health and safety of our elder family members all contribute to push dinner preparations to the…