Hard to believe we’re already one month into 2012! Here’s what’s happening! Ongoing: – held over until Jan 28th at The Cultch, Blackbird Theatre are presenting Waiting For Godot – ongoing at Vancouver Art Gallery until until Jan 29th, “Shore, Forest & Beyond: art from the Audain Collection”, one of the most important private holdings…
Author: Jay Minter
The Cascade Room
The Cascade Room is a favourite ‘local’ for many a Main Street resident as well as Vancouverites far and wide. Heavily influenced by the traditional British pub, The Cascade Room makes it its own with a locally inspired unique menu, including crispy Polenta Fries & Curry Mayo, Homemade Sausage Pizza, Saltspring Island Mussels alongside traditional…
Chinese / Lunar New Year – Gung Hei Fat Choi
Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year 4709, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. In the Chinese Zodiac this marks the year of the Dragon, the sign for those born in years, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012. This is also the year of the Water Dragon, each year…
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Centrally located in the heart of downtown Vancouver’s business district, the Hyatt Regency Vancouver is a welcoming place to rest your head after a day of meetings or spent at a convention. The 644 rooms over 35 floors, gives the hotel the largest number of rooms in one tower in Vancouver, add in the 45,000…
CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Kicks Off
Thursday evening the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament kicked off at BC Place in downtown Vancouver. From January 19 to 29, eight teams are competing for the two spots available to represent the CONCACAF region at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Two groups of 4 teams…
Finalists for inaugural Paul Carson Broadcast & Media Awards announced
The nominees for the inaugural Paul Carson Broadcast & Media Awards were announced Wednesday January 18th, recognizing excellence in sports broadcast and journalism in the Vancouver marketplace across nine categories of radio, television and print. The Vancouver sport scene lost a friend, advocate and legend when Paul Carson passed away in December 2010. Carson was…
What’s On Weekend – January 19 – 22, 2012
What is up this weekend? Ongoing: – ongoing until Jan 21st at The Cultch, Blackbird Theatre are presenting Waiting For Godot – ongoing at Vancouver Art Gallery until Jan 22nd is “Distance Between You & Me” works from 3 contemporary artists from Vancouver, LA and Guadalajara. Plus until Jan 29th, “Shore, Forest & Beyond: art…