Sunday night, the 2017 Vancouver Queer Film Festival came to a close with a Gala party at The Junction following the closing film screening of Handsome Devil at Vancouver Playhouse. “Our Vancouver Queer Film Festival not only showcased cutting edge queer film, it also gave our audiences all the best feels,” said Executive Director, Stephanie…
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Yaletown goes to the Dogs for Pet-A-Palooza
Next weekend, Mainland Street in Yaletown is taken over by the West Coast’s largest free pet festival, Pet-A-Palooza. According to the latest census, 1 in 8 Vancouverites is a pet owner, and August 27, is a day they can look forward to as Mainland Street from Davie to Helmcken Streets becomes a pet oasis. The…
Fall for Rugby Canada v Maori All-Blacks
Over the last two seasons, Vancouver has fallen in love with Rugby Canada Sevens as it’s taken over BC Place each March. This year, rugby fans don’t have to wait until Spring for great International Rugby action, in November Rugby Canada men’s fifteens team hosts New Zealand’s Maori All Blacks for the first time in…
Ce Soir Noir is back in black at Crab Park
Ce Soir Noir (This Black Night) descends on CRAB Park at Portside for the third year next Thursday, August 24th. What began as a local counter-event to the brighter and whiter, Dîner en Blanc has evolved into it’s own east side annual event. Dîner en Blanc, part of a well organized, ticketed, global phenomenon, offers…
Picks of the Week – August 16, 2017
After weeks of smoky haze, the skies have cleared making it a pleasure to get out and enjoy the picks of the week Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee docks along the shores of False Creek until Sept 3rd and becomes the backdrop & stage for a free, unique, acrobatic aerial musical Climatopian Spectacle –…
Picks of the Week – August 9, 2017
The buzz of the BC Day long weekend, Vancouver Pride, Celebration of Light and so much more has come and gone but there’s still plenty in the picks of the week to keep you entertained all week. Arts: The 27th Harmony Arts Festival is underway now. Tonight, Best Of The West showcases local restaurants and wineries, then…
Eternal Theatre Collective presents 13 the Musical
Do you remember what it was like to be 13? Fitting in, the braces, the relationship troubles, the bar mitzvahs? All this comes to the stage as Eternal Theatre Collective (ETC) presents their first musical ever: 13, Jason Robert Brown’s acclaimed Broadway musical 13, which explores the life of an adolescent boy thrust from the…