Swagger: Pronunciation: \?swa-g?r\ Function: verb: . marked by elegance or showiness . how one presents him or her self to the world. There was plenty of swagger in last night’s opening performance of Music Creates Opportunity at The Cultch. The Bboyizm Dance Company show is a tour de force of dance, mainly hip hop, with elements of…
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Picks of the Week – October 22, 2014
Halloween is sneaking up on us, it’s lurking just around the corner but there’s still a lot of other activities and fun to see and do in the city without putting on a costume or trick-or-treating. The Picks of the Week include: Writers: the Vancouver International Writer’s Festival is underway with hundreds of events centered…
Hops to it at Harrison Beer Festival.
The third annual Harrison Beer Festival and Oktoberfest Dance happen in the hamlet of Harrison Hot Springs, on October 24 & 25, 2014. Three events are spread across the two night fest; Cask Night on Friday and the Beer Festival and Dance on Saturday. Cask Night sees six BC craft breweries; Old Yale Brewery, Dead Frog…
Taste Of Yaletown is underway!
For the next two weeks, October 16 – 30, many of Yaletown’s restaurant will be welcoming patrons to the 10th annual Taste of Yaletown. Yaletown chefs will be creating unique menus, special tastings, and their own creative innovations for the Taste of Yaletown fixed prices of $25, $35 & $45. Menus can have any combination…
Tasting Plates Yaletown – Recap
The rain broke just in time on Wednesday, for a few hundred food enthusiasts to descend upon Yaletown for another great Tasting Plates event. As with all Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates, tasters check-in, this time at Bella Gelateria Yaletown, to receive their Tasting Plates card then take off on a tour of the neighbourhood to…
Brunch at Morocco West
Located just off Robson Street, on Jervis Street, in Vancouver’s West End, Morocco West takes patrons’ taste buds on a trip. While any meal is great at the small bistro, brunch is a brilliant combination of exotic flavours and comfortable plates. Benedict, omelette, scrambled eggs, flatbread all sound familiar but Chef Nourdine Majdoubi adds his…
Vancouver Theatresports Improv Comedy Institute
Vancouver Theatresports League has long been teaching people the power of laughter through improv and has now introduced the Improv Comedy Institute (ICI) to formalize your studies. ICI classes start October 18th, with sessions on the core improv areas of Spontaneity, Story, Character and Environment. Each of the 8 hour courses, taken in order, develops…