The 2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival blossoms from April 4th to April 28th, highlighting the city’s vibrant colourful cherry trees. This year’s record cold February gave way to some record warmth for the start of spring and now the city’s Cherry trees are coming into bloom to welcome the new season. Once again the Festival kicks off…
The Dance Centre presents Sons of Sissy
The Dance Centre presents the penultimate show in the 2018-19 Global Dance Connections series, Simon Mayer’s Sons of Sissy, April 4th to 8th. The Austrian choreographer has created a deconstruction of traditional folk dances and music of the Alps, as well as masculine stereotypes. Four virtuosic male performers deploy their bodies, voices and instruments with…
Picks of the Week – March 20, 2019
Finally, Spring has arrived, with record breaking temperatures this week to wake us from our Winter slumber and get out and enjoy these picks of the week. Conduct: The Gateway Theatre spring production, Gross Misconduct, tackles the topics related to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, running until March 23rd. Blooms: What’s spring without flowers, Metropolis at Metrotown’s…
DanceHouse Explores The Garden of Earthly Delights
DanceHouse welcomed Montreal’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard to the Vancouver Playhouse March 15 & 16, to present Hieronymus Bosch : The Garden of Earthly Delights. Commissioned by the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation to celebration the artist’s 2016 quincentennial, the work is based on Bosch’s triptych : The Garden of Earthly Delights. Presented in three acts, representing…
Hot Brown Honey Keeps The Hive Buzzing
Australian based Hot Brown Honey returned to The Cultch York Theatre building on the buzz from last year’s visit. The Honeys; Kim ‘Busty Beatz – The Queen Bee’ Bowers, Lisa Fa’alafi ‘The Game Changer’ , Ofa Fotu ‘The Myth Slayer’, Hope Haami ‘Hope One The Beatboxer’, Elena Wangurra ‘The Truth Sayer’, Crystal Stacey ‘The Peace Maker’…
5 Picks To Watch For At Vancouver International Auto Show 2019.
Buckle up, the 2019 Vancouver International Auto Show is revving up its engines and ready to roll into town. Next week, the Vancouver Convention Centre West is taken over by all things related to automobiles. With more than 400 vehicles on display, and thousands of visitors coming to see what’s new and next in the…
Get Supper, Feel Super With Dining Out For Life 2019
Tonight, put your money where your mouth is, by Dining Out For Life. All day Thursday March 14, 2019 restaurants from New West to Whistler and all stops in between have pledged 25% of their day’s food sales to A Loving Spoonful to help support people living with HIV/AIDS in your community. From El Santo in…