The weather is making us think summer is just around the corner, so too is the 11th Indian Summer Festival (ISF2021), opening June 17th 2021. Vancouver’s ‘festival for the curious mind’ continues its mission to offer daring, multi-arts events bringing together diverse artists and audiences through five weeks of curated events, streaming most Thursdays and Saturdays…
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Spring Forward to Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021
The Vancouver Art Gallery is less than one week away from its 2021 Art Auction | Spring Forward, taking place online June 1 to June 15, 2021. One of the Gallery’s most significant fundraisers, the Art Auction will feature outstanding artworks by renowned local and international artists. Proceeds from the auction go towards supporting the Gallery’s…
Take the Tourism Week Pledge to Travel Local because #TourismCounts
This is Tourism Week in Canada. Until May 30th the Canadian Tourism Industry is celebrating the impact tourism has on Canada’s local economies from coast to coast to coast showing why #TourismCounts
Richmond Museum presents the 14th Doors Open Richmond – Online.
The 14th Doors Open Richmond, presented by The Richmond Museum, is returning for a second virtual event, online from June 5–12, 2021. This year’s edition will feature more than 30 sites representing Richmond’s cultural diversity and heritage, including places of worship, civic centres, museums, and local businesses. To further pique your interest, there are seven…
Small Business BC Awards Celebrate Stories Across BC
The pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the globe, perhaps none have felt the results of restrictions more than small, independent businesses. For all of those that have been affected, and even closed their doors, there are amazing stories of adaptation, perseverance, success, and community spirit all across BC. Small Business BC (SBBC)…
Breaking Bread goes Behind The Plexi to fundraise
Last spring, in response to the initial wave of COVID-19 and its restrictions, Breaking Bread, was launched to support independent restaurants. What started as an initial list of 23 restaurants, has grown to more than 2300 business across the country! Now in the latest wave of the pandemic, the BC-based industry support hub continues to…
Alimentaria Mexicana is bringing Mexico to Granville Island
It’s been a while since most of us have traveled abroad for a sun getaway, Mexican-Canadian Chef and Entrepreneur Ernesto Gomez is bringing a taste of Mexico to us. This summer, Chef Gomez and his team collaborators, behind the beloved Chancho Tortilleria, Nuba and former Fayuca, will introduce the city to an authentic Mexican cultural…