As October rolls on, we find the darker nights leading closer to Halloween and a plethora of spooktober picks. Eat: Tasting Plates Gastown and Chinatown invites you to find out what’s new in the oldest neighbourhoods, tonight to explore the restaurants and cafés in the downtown Vancouver food scene. Spooks: The most frightful time of the year, Fright…
Tag: Theatre
Vancouver Opera’s La Traviata takes us to Paris
Vancouver Opera has kicked off its new season with a lavish production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Director Alan Gauthier has transformed the Queen Elizabeth Theatre into 1920’s Paris for the production’s four shows. Opening on a grand Parisian music hall party hosted by famed courtesan Violetta Valéry, who is recovering from illness and weary of…
Chutzpah Festival 2019 Brings Dance, Comedy, Theatre to Fall
The 2019 Chutzpah! Festival returns at a new autumn period from October 24 to November 24, with performances at the Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vogue Theatre, Rickshaw Theatre, and The WISE Hall. Now in its 19th year of celebrating culturally rich works in comedy, music, theatre and dance, the Chutzpah! Festival has established a reputation for…
Picks of the Week – October 16, 2019
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the next occasion, Halloween, brings us plenty of picks to entertain us over the next week. Alpen: #DasOriginal Oktoberfest wraps up another year of fun, this weekend, at Vancouver Alpen Club Spooks: The most frightful time of the year, Fright Nights at PNE, fills the fair with haunted houses, thrilling rides and ghoulish…
Learn about The Birds & The Bees at The Arts Club
Turkey Semen, Beekeeping, Mothers & Daughters, , One Night Stands, N.S.A. Sex are just some of the unexpected topics found in The Birds & The Bees by Mark Crawford. The Canadian comedy is filling The Arts Club Granville Island Stage with laughter. The Birds & The Bees is really a story about rolling with the…
Picks of the Week – October 9, 2019
Thanksgiving Weekend is upon us, time for us to give thanks to friends and family (and you readers), along with the plethora of entertainment and activities in the picks of the week. Alpen: #DasOriginal Oktoberfest continues the fun this weekend, and the the next at Vancouver Alpen Club Spooks: The most frightful time of the year, Fright…
Picks of the Week – October 2, 2019
We move into the first week of October there’s a fest of activities in the picks. Indie: Aussie act Boy & Bear play the Commodore Ballroom, supported by Stu Larson on Wednesday October 2 Alpen: #DasOriginal Oktoberfest gets underway this weekend, and the following three weekend’s of October at Vancouver Alpen Club Race: Challenge your…