Sunday evening, the 88th Annual Academy Awards were telecast from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Comedian Chris Rock hosted what has been a controversial Oscar year, the lack of nominees of colour caused a call for boycott and a change in the Academy’s membership rules. The controversy gave Rock a lot of fodder for his…
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Watch TED 2016
Once again TED Conference has begun in Vancouver, starting today through February 19th. Educators, entertainers, scientists and other creative minds descend upon the city for the week’s worth of sessions. TED 2016 Dream is the theme that the sessions are built around; titled Our Tomorrow, Radical Repatterning, Life Hacks and more. While most of us won’t have…
JFL Northwest adds more comedy
With just a week to go, JFL Northwest is making sure you will have plenty of laughs during the run of the comedy festival. From Feb 18 – 27, venues all across the city will be packed with comedy. Big names like Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes, Miranda Sings, Margaret Cho, Jeremy Holtz, Janeane Garofalo and…
PuSh Festival – L’immédiat
The Push International Performing Arts Festival is always loaded with amazing performances and shows, L’immédiat is another one of these remarkable shows. Presented as part of Push Festival’s Spotlight on France, the Camille Boitel’s Association Imme?diat show is an amazing piece of movement and performance. Like the Marx Brothers meets a French circus, the slapstick mix of dance and…
Lunar / Chinese New Year Events 2016
Just as we wrap up Dine Out Vancouver Festival and PuSh Festival, it’s time to start preparing for Chinese and Lunar New Year events around town. Chinese New Year festivities in Vancouver keep growing and are no longer contained to Chinatown, events happen all around the city. Chinese New Year starts February 8th and The…
Brunch Crawl – Downtown / North Van recap
This Saturday and Sunday started with tasty Brunch Crawls of Downtown Vancouver and North Vancouver presented by Dine Out Vancouver Festival and Vancouver Foodster. Saturday found a line up of hungry brunchers descending on Marquis Wine Cellars. After checking in for their Brunch Crawl cards, participants were served a bright and sunny Mimosa to start…
Art Eat Sip on Granville Island – recap
Wednesday evening, the weather cooperated to make a perfect evening for roaming around Granville Island for Art Eat Sip. The unique Dine Out Vancouver Festival event presented by Vancouver Foodster, brought together the culture of Granville Island with Artists, Eateries and Drinking establishments collaborating on the evening. Starting at Granville Island Hotel, for registration and…