There’s plenty of NYE parties around town, if you have a ticket. But if you want to spend the last day of 2023 with your family (and save on babysitters) check out some of these Free family-friendly activities to do around town. Robson Square Skating: The Ice Rink at Robson Square is open until February…
Author: Jay Minter
Picks of the Week – December 27, 2023
We’ve hit the final picks of the week for 2023, and with it we find a weekend still full of festive fun. Moms: You have until December 31st to see the brilliant Mom’s The Word Collective return to The Arts Club Granville Island Stage with a remount of their heartwarming and hilarious hit Mom’s The Word: Talking…
12 Days of Christmas Price Index Reflects the Economy
For it’s 40th Season the PNC Christmas Price Index (CPI) has compared the cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” PNC compares the purchases against the costs from the previous year to produce the Index. With inflation still top of mind for everyone’s budget it’s perhaps a…
BC Place Hosts Whitecaps FC and BC Lions 2024 Anniversary Seasons
BC Place will be filled with excitement for 2024 as, just in time to be added to Christmas wishlists, both the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps have announced their special anniversary season schedules. Vancouver Whitecaps 50th anniversary season, start things off with their MLS home opener, hosting Charlotte FC on March 2, 2024. Cascadia Cup…
Gateway Theatre’s A Year of Blessings: Operation Double Happiness Celebrates the Winter Solstice
As the year wraps up, Gateway Theatre and Five Blessings Collective launch their final installment of the A Year of Blessings audio play series – Operation Double Happiness. This final episode of the popular audio play series is a celebration of the Winter Solstice or Dongzhi Festival. Traditionally observed on the winter solstice, typically falling…
Picks of the Week – December 20, 2023
’twas the week before Christmas and all through the city, entertainment was brewing with plenty to see Lights: Find some festive feels as you brighten up the longest nights of the year with any of the many Christmas and Holiday illuminations around Metro Vancouver like – Bright Nights, Van Dusen Festival of Lights, Heritage Christmas, Martini Town…
The Arts Umbrella Mixed Nuts Brings a Nutcracker Mash-up To Stage
This past weekend, Arts Umbrella School of Dance presented its annual student showcase, Mixed Nuts, at the Vancouver Playhouse. Adding a contemporary twist to Tchaikovsky’s timeless classic, The Nutcracker, the Mixed Nuts show gets an update each year, as past graduating classes make way for new Grad, Senior, Apprentice, Professional Training and Pre-Elementary Dance Companies. With local choreographers and the…