I hope you didn’t fall for the early pumpkin spice trick, the first weekend of Autumn is only just now upon us, let’s see what Fall fun we find in these picks of the week Shakespeare: It’s the final few nights of this season’s Bard on the Beach before the tents fold for another winter on September…
Category: Music
Polaris Prize Reveals the 2017 Winner – Lido Pimienta
Monday night at The Carlu in Toronto the Polaris Music Prize was awarded to Lido Pimienta (left) for the album La Papessa. The annual prize awards $50,000 to the Canadian Album of the Year, based solely on merit, regardless of genre, or sales numbers. A Grand Jury of independent music journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers determine…
Picks of the Week – September 13, 2017
Already mid-September and our last full week of Summer is ahead so let’s make the most of these picks of the week to see the season off. Caps: Our Whitecaps FC play the second of a four match homestand when they host Minnesota United FC tonight at BC Place. Park: Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park,…
Lionel Richie & Mariah Carey bring All The Hits to Vancouver
This week, Lionel Richie wrapped up his All The Hits tour in Seattle with their penultimate gig making a stop in Vancouver. Along with the iconic hit maker, another legendary voice joined the tour with Mariah Carey sharing the bill as a special guest. As the audience arrived, opening act Tauren Wells, got the evening…
Picks of the Week – September 6, 2017
We may be past Labour Day weekend but Summer isn’t over yet, let’s see what we can find to keep the season going through these picks of the week Shakespeare: Tonight, the contemporary work, Shylock joins the line-up at Bard on the Beach from Sept 6 – 15 while Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale,…
Picks of the Week : August 30, 2017
In this picks of the week we find another month comes to a close but brings with is a long weekend full of fun Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee provides the backdrop & stage for a free, unique, acrobatic aerial musical Climatopian Spectacle – Nomadic Tempest along the shores of False Creek until Sept 3rd World:…
Celebrate Salmon at Pink Salmon Festival – August 27, 2017
Join the Pacific Salmon Foundation for its fifth biennial Pink Salmon Festival this Sunday, August 27th. Part of the FraserFest series of events celebrating the Fraser watershed this summer, Pink Salmon Festival happens from 12 noon to 4:00pm in Hadden Park across from the Maritime Museum. Pink salmon are the most sustainable salmon species, yet are traditionally undervalued…