Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is celebrating its 36th anniversary this weekend, Sunday April 24th. Named the World’s Top City Garden by National Geographic in 2011, the Garden is an integral part of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Celebrate with the community with a host of events throughout the day. Day Time Garden Festivities: 10am to 3pm…
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Celebrate Tasting Plates & Dumplings with Vancouver Foodster this Spring
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Vancouver Foodster‘s Tasting Plates while tantalizing your taste buds at a selection of restaurants, and cafes around Vancouver. Whet your appetite on Wednesday April 27 from 6pm until 10pm as each of the locations will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy. This is a chance…
Picks of the Week – March 9, 2022
Many students start Spring Break this weekend, good thing there’s plenty of activities in the picks of the week Musical: Carousel Theatre for Young People (CTYP) is kicking off its Spring 2022 season by welcoming Victoria’s Puente Theatre and its touring production of Gruff to the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island until March 20. Stage: See the show…
Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection, now on at Griffin Art Projects
Until May 8th, Griffin Art Projects is presenting Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection, an intimate look at one of Vancouver’s most quietly influential collectors. A flight attendant for more than 40 years with Canadian Airlines and then Air Canada, the late Gerd Metzdorff (1948–2020) began buying artworks with savings accumulated from per diems. Curated…
VMF Winter Arts blankets Downtown Vancouver with free arts & entertainment
A free outdoor celebration of arts is coming to Downtown Vancouver this winter! From February 11-27, 2022, VMF Winter Arts will transforms the city’s downtown core into an interactive, open-air gallery and celebration of art and live entertainment. Produced by VMF (the organization behind Vancouver Mural Festival) and presented by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement…
5 Chinese Lunar New Year Of The Tiger Events
The Lunar New Year of the Tiger is almost upon us, those born in 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 are celebrating ‘their birth sign year’, the tiger is the king of all beasts in China, representing a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year is one of the…
Spend an afternoon with Sankofa artists at MOA
This Saturday, January 22nd, join MOA to hear from artists behind Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, Vancouver-based artists Chase Keetley and Chantal Gibson, whose powerful works are featured in MOA’s current feature exhibition. From 1pm to 2:30pm, hear from both artists, starting with Chase Keetley, a multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Black Arts Vancouver. His multimedia…