Coachella Music & Arts Festival has wrapped up and kicked-off to the summer festival season. If you haven’t already planned your summer’s festival festivities there’s still time. After deciding which festivals to attend, the next big item on the checklist will be what to pack. You need to be prepared for everything but still need…
Author: Jay Minter
The Fairmont Waterfront’s New Chef Introduces New Menu
In firsts for both The Fairmont Waterfront and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Dana Hauser has been appointed as the luxury brand’s first female Executive Chef, taking the lead at the hotel’s gourmet restaurant Heron’s West Coast Kitchen + Bar as well as overseeing banqueting, in-room dining and all food and beverage operations at the hotel….
What’s On Wednesday – April 26 – 29, 2012
Wrapping up April…will showers bring May flowers? Ongoing Activities: – at Vancouver Art Gallery : Offsite on West Georgia at the Shangri-la Hotel courtyard, until Sept 16th, is a large scale wooden tableau by Kota Ezawa – within the Vancouver Art Gallery, An Autobiography of our Collection shows a behind the scenes look at how…
NXNE Announces 2012 Line-up
To stay at the forefront of Canada’s music scene, Toronto’s North by Northeast Music & Film Festival & Conference(NXNE) keeps growing each year. 2012’s recently announced line-up includes 650 bands, 40 films and 50 interactive panels from June 11-17. NXNE will be taking over venues throughout the city for its 18th year, with the largest…
The Verona by Native Shoes
Keeping your tender tootsies light and cool is the name of the game as the summer heats up, and that’s just what Native Shoes latest release aims to do. The Verona, an espadrille-styled slip-on and the latest edition to the brand’s lightweight footwear collections. Slip into a pair and you’re ready for anything you that…
Van Dusen Gardens Plant Sale & New Patio.
Now that spring is finally upon us and the weather is turning brighter, people are turning their attentions outside to the garden. Whether you have a backyard, patio or balcony you’ll find something to brighten it at the Annual VanDusen Botanical Garden Plant Sale. Sunday, April 29th is Plant Sale Day – the day when…
Steph Macpherson debuts Bells & Whistles
After a successful experience at Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Victoria’s folk-pop artist Steph Macpherson has released her debut full-length album, Bells & Whistles, on independent label Cordova Bay Records. Her infectious, harmony-saturated folk-pop style is described as a splice of Stevie Nicks, Sarah Harmer, and Jeff Tweedy rolled into one musical entity, topped off with a…