May the 4th be with you, as we celebrate these Picks of the Week to start the month. Ship: Vancouver Opera‘s season comes to a close with three more performances of Gilbert & Sullivan’s wildly popular HMS Pinafore at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Thursday May 5, and Saturday May 7 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 p.m….
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Festival of Israeli Culture invites you to Outdoor Sunday
Festival of Israeli Culture invites you to its Outdoor Sunday on May 15, 2022 (11 am – 6 pm), at the Jewish Community Centre parking lot. As spring bursts forth all around us, residents of Greater Vancouver will gain a unique insight into the thriving multi-ethnic nature of Israeli culture with a one-day celebration of…
Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Celebrates 10 Years!
Last evening, Tasting Plates Vancouver celebrated 10 years of helping food lovers discover amazing food finds across the City. Vancouver Foodster curated another superb selection of savoury and sweet sensations for patrons to enjoy. From funky Filipino inspired food at Shameless Buns, peppery flame grilled chicken at The Peri Peri Shack, sneak peaks at new…
A Minaret for the General’s Wife towers at Richmond Art Gallery
The Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) is preparing to open its summer exhibition A Minaret for the General’s Wife by award winning Toronto-based Turkish-Canadian artist Erdem Tasdelen from April 22 to July 31, 2022. The exhibition weaves together fact with fiction to tell the origin stories of an unusual minaret in Kèdainiai, Lithuania. The artist’s re-construction…
Picks of the Week – April 20, 2022
As we move into later April, showers continue to water our coming May flowers and the seeds of entertainment scattered throughout this week’s picks. Reconciliation: The Firehall Arts Centre and Savage Society are presenting the world premiere of White Noise, by the late Canadian Indigenous actor and artist Taran Kootenhayoo, from Saturday, April 16 to Sunday, May 1st,…
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden turns 36!
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…
Vancouver Art Gallery welcomes a trio of new exhibitions until September 11th
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has a host of new exhibitions now open and running through the summer. With the historic For All Time: The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO coming to a close today, these new exhibitions give visitors to VAG plenty to view through to September 11, 2022. Drawing from a wide range of…