Today, February 19th, Lunar New Year is celebrated around the world welcoming in the Year of the Goat (or Ram). Asian families will be visiting and paying homage to family, feasting, and taking part in traditional events with Dragon and Lions dances, parades and much more. In Vancouver, we’re lucky to have a diverse and dynamic…
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Picks of the Week – February 18, 2014
Moving into the last half of February, spring is nearing (at least on the West Coast) so we find people leaving their cocoons behind to venture out more. Good thing there’s lots to do in the picks of the week: Film: Until Saturday, the 18th Annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival brings the outdoors inside…
Vancouver TheatreSports League earns laughs
Looking for laughs? Vancouver TheatreSports League is in the midst of its 27th Annual Valentine’s Massacre bringing Improv teams from around the continent to compete for bragging rights of being the best improv team. The Massacre performances take place every night this week, with shows at 7:30 and 9:15pm and the Grand Finale on Sunday…
Picks of the Week – February 11, 2015
It’s time for one of the most pressure-filled occasions of the year, St Valentine’s Day as couples try to outdo their last year’s ‘special day’, but luckily there’s plenty of fun in the picks of the week to make any day special or take the pressure off ‘v-day’ … Bass: Meghan Trainor is sure to have…
2015 Grammy Awards Winners
Sunday night, the 57th Grammy Awards, music’s biggest night, raised the roof at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles with a star-studded show and ceremony. Broadcast on CBS and hosted by NCIS: Los Angeles star/rapper L.L. Cool J, for the fourth consecutive year the show presented 83 awards in the Nokia Theatre pre-telecast and live on-air….
BAFTA Awards Winners 2015
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards Ceremony are seen as one of the precursors to the upcoming Academy Awards. The 68th Annual British Academy Film Awards were presented Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London and hosted, for the tenth time, by Stephen Fry. Closely echoing the recent Golden Globes, the…
Picks of the Week – February 4, 2015
The Ground Hogs have risen and said it’s a split decision on an early or late spring but in the meantime there’s plenty of fun in the picks of the week. Broadway: It’s a tale as old as time when Broadway Across Canada’s Beauty & the Beast is on at Queen Elizabeth Theatre until Sunday Festival:…