As we move into the second half of January, in the picks of the week we find last year’s Festive events ending and the new year’s Festivals beginning. Festival: Catch the dozens of Chinese lanterns covering the 14 acre Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival at the PNE before they go dark this weekend, January 21st Lights: Lights at Lafarge Coquitlam’s…
Author: Jay Minter
Get Tickets for Tasting Plates Mount Pleasant – Feb 7th.
Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates starts 2018 with a visit to Mount Pleasant. The ever changing East Vancouver neighbourhood is due for another tour from the roaming restaurant hunt. Join friends and foodies on Wednesday February 7, 2018, for a taste of the ‘hood, along Main Street, between 3rd and 16th. The eclectic neighbourhood is sure…
Midtwenties Theatre Society goes Above The Hospital
Midtwenties Theatre Society and Red Gates Art Society present the new play Above The Hospital, until January 21st at Red Gates Review Stage on Granville Island. The new production is the first written by director Beau Han Bridge, founder of Midtwenties Theatre Society. As with Midtwenties Theatre Society’s debut, This Is Our Youth, Beau Han…
Dine Out 2018 serves up more great food events & menus
Now that you’ve had a couple weeks to get over your Holiday indulgences, Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2018 is here to serve you mouth watering events and set menus. The 2018 line up of food events has been selling fast already and now the set menus have been released for participating restaurants to start taking…
Hot Brown Honey heats up The Cultch
Until January 27th, Hot Brown Honey is taking over The Cultch York Theatre. You know you’re in for something special when the ushers are handing out earplug upon entering the Theatre, and indeed Hot Brown Honey, part of The Cultch’s Femme January, is something special. The buzz is palpable as the audience took their seats…
Picks of the Week – January 10, 2018
The first weekend of January and the new year is off and running with plenty of entertainment in the picks of the week… Ice: Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sport Centre welcomes the 2018 Canadian National Skating Championships until January 14th. Festival: Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival bringing dozens of Chinese lanterns, throughout the 14 acre PNE site until…
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival kicks off 2018
The 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is fast approaching. Opening January 16, 2018, the festival brings three weeks of cutting edge, creative performing arts to stages around Vancouver. The PuSh program is packed with artistic experiences from around the world. Take a look through the listings to find what you’re interested in, here’s a…