While the Vancouver Island town of Chemainus is famed for its collection of 50+ outdoor murals, the Chemainus Theatre Festival draws visitors far and wide indoors to view award-winning Island made theatre. Home to the Playbill Dining Room, the Theatre’s unique dinner & theatre combination makes every visit to the Chemainus Theatre Festival an evening…
The 16th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is now underway. Until November 10th, the neighbourhood is filled with music, stories, theatre, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, dance, readings, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, mixed media, art talks, history talks and history walks. This year’s theme Holding the Light has emerged from the compelling need of DTES-involved…
Whether you’re someone who starts the Holiday Season as soon as Halloween passes, or not, there’s plenty to see and do in the picks this week! Dumpling: Vancouver Foodster’s Dumpling Fest returns for another year tonight, visiting restaurants from Little Saigon, Chinatown and South Granville areas of Vancouver. Fest: Chutzpah Festival continues to bring theatre, dance, comedy and…
Halloween is upon us, scarying up a bevy of entertaining picks this week. Spooks: The most frightful time of the year, Fright Nights at PNE, fills the fair with haunted houses, thrilling rides and ghoulish ghosts until Halloween Trolley: Get spooked and learn some of the dark side of Vancouver’s history on the Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tour, until…
American Idiot, Green Day’s award-winning, Broadway rock musical comes to Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver presented by local production company URP. Winner of two Tony Awards and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11, Trumpian suburbia, discovering love,…
As October rolls on, we find the darker nights leading closer to Halloween and a plethora of spooktober picks. Eat: Tasting Plates Gastown and Chinatown invites you to find out what’s new in the oldest neighbourhoods, tonight to explore the restaurants and cafés in the downtown Vancouver food scene. Spooks: The most frightful time of the year, Fright…
Vancouver Opera has kicked off its new season with a lavish production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Director Alan Gauthier has transformed the Queen Elizabeth Theatre into 1920’s Paris for the production’s four shows. Opening on a grand Parisian music hall party hosted by famed courtesan Violetta Valéry, who is recovering from illness and weary of…