Last night, Vancouver Foodster and Dine Out Vancouver Festival collaborated on an evening of discovery – Art Eat Sip Mount Pleasant. A dreary, wet evening didn’t dampen the spirits of the many participants who scouted out the flavoursome eateries and the creative makers and artists around the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Our Art, Eat, Sip experience…
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Picks of the Week – January 24, 2024
January is speeding along with a host of activities and festivals keeping everyone’s week full of entertaining picks. Circus: For their annual collaboration DanceHouse and The Cultch once again bringing energizing contemporary circus to the Vancouver Playhouse presenting the North American premiere of Gravity & Other Myths’ acrobatic and athletically-charged work, The Mirror opening tonight through until January 27th Performing: PuSh…
Dine Out Festival + Van Foodster Take Us On An East Van Brunch Crawl
With Dine Out Vancouver Festival in full-swing and its line up of many menus and events taking place until February 4th, we spent a Sunday morning on the East Van Brunch Crawl, curated by Vancouver Foodster. The East Van Brunch Crawl was a great way to discover and sample a selection of East Vancouver establishments,…
The Inaugural Victoria Hot Chocolate Festival Warms Up The Capital City
The first ever Victoria Hot Chocolate Festival is brewing up winter’s favourite beverages from January 20 to February 20, 2024. Participating cafés, eateries, and bakeries all around Victoria are ready to serve unique artisan flavours. One dollar from every hot chocolate sold will go to the BC SPCA Victoria Community Animal Center. Some of the…
Drink Up The Flavours Of The 14th Annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
Because “Chocolate Makes You Happy”, the 14th annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns to warm us on the cold winter days, January 13 to February 14, 2024. Since 2011, the ‘Original Hot Chocolate Festival’, presented by CityFood Media, has been brewing delicious chocolate creations. This year, the Festival has grown to 162 creative flavours…
Richmond Art Gallery Begins 2024 with a Pair of Exhibitions
From January 20 to March 31, 2024, Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) presents acclaimed Chinese artist Shen Xin’s first major solo show in Canada titled but this is the language we met in; ??????????, and a group exhibition Let the real world in, featuring works from an international line up of artists; Kirsten Leenaars, Yaimel López,…
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…