This Valentine’s Day celebrate the love of friends and family as Boone Productions presents Steel Magnolias, opening at The Nest on Granville Island, February 14th. An all-female collective of Vancouver-based performers brings playwright Robert Harling’s heartwarming and witty play to life. Steel Magnolias is based on the life of Harling’s younger sister, Susan, who passed…
Author: Jay Minter
Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements, Comes to SUM Gallery
SUM Gallery, is welcoming a new exhibition, “Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements”, opening February 1, 2020. Curated by the queer arts collective, Love Intersections, “Yellow Peril” is a visual art exhibit inspired by the Chinese Five Elemental forces, seized by the urgent tensions between Queer Chinese diasporic identities. The exhibition features a collection of multichannel…
Dine Out : Provence Marinaside
Dine Out Vancouver Festival is now in full force, bringing diners out from their winter hibernations to experience a host fixed price menus and food events. This week we experienced the Dine Out menu at Provence Marinaside for an evening of great food, with lovely company, at the acclaimed Yaletown waterfront spot. Chefs Jean-Francis Quaglia…
Picks of the Week – January 22, 2020
The snow has mostly washed away, and with the rains come a bounty of entertainment and activities, including the month’s second new year celebrations for Year of the Rat, Lunar New Year. Canyon: This weekend is the last chance to catch the hundreds of thousands of lights spanning the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park, as Canyon Lights before…
5 – Year of the Rat Lunar New Year Celebrations
Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is one of the most important events for Asian families as millions make visits to their home countries, towns and family, to celebrate the Year of the Rat. New Year celebrations and traditions have worked their way around the globe thanks to the vast Asian diaspora. Locally,…
House And Home Skewers Vancouver Real Estate
Until January 25, 2020, Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the World Premiere of House And Home. With Vancouver’s skyrocketing real estate market and the difficulties facing homeowners and renters Playwright Jenn Griffin has written a hilarious satire covering all aspects of Vancouver housing market. If you’ve seen a news story on a housing related topic,…
Find the Flavours of The 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival
The 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival has arrived, just in time to help us recover from one of Vancouver’s coldest winter weeks. After spending many a snow day at home, the Hot Chocolate Festival is the perfect way to draw us out of the house from January 18 – February 14, 2020. What could…