Dine Out Vancouver Festival is now in full force, bringing diners out from their winter hibernations to experience a host fixed price menus and food events. This week we experienced the Dine Out menu at Provence Marinaside for an evening of great food, with lovely company, at the acclaimed Yaletown waterfront spot. Chefs Jean-Francis Quaglia…
Picks of the Week – January 22, 2020
The snow has mostly washed away, and with the rains come a bounty of entertainment and activities, including the month’s second new year celebrations for Year of the Rat, Lunar New Year. Canyon: This weekend is the last chance to catch the hundreds of thousands of lights spanning the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park, as Canyon Lights before…
5 – Year of the Rat Lunar New Year Celebrations
Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is one of the most important events for Asian families as millions make visits to their home countries, towns and family, to celebrate the Year of the Rat. New Year celebrations and traditions have worked their way around the globe thanks to the vast Asian diaspora. Locally,…
House And Home Skewers Vancouver Real Estate
Until January 25, 2020, Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the World Premiere of House And Home. With Vancouver’s skyrocketing real estate market and the difficulties facing homeowners and renters Playwright Jenn Griffin has written a hilarious satire covering all aspects of Vancouver housing market. If you’ve seen a news story on a housing related topic,…
Find the Flavours of The 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival
The 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival has arrived, just in time to help us recover from one of Vancouver’s coldest winter weeks. After spending many a snow day at home, the Hot Chocolate Festival is the perfect way to draw us out of the house from January 18 – February 14, 2020. What could…
Soar Over Taiwan at Fly Over Canada for Lunar New Year
Fly Over Canada celebrates the Lunar New Year by inviting guests to Soar Over Taiwan. From today, January 16 to February 16, 2020, Soar Over Taiwan, experiencing the water at Green Island, flying above the famous Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival, over the shores of Sun Moon Lake, past tea farms and into the heart of…
Picks of the Week – January 15, 2020
And just like that, it’s mid-January, let’s see what’s on in the picks of the week… Canyon: Hundreds of thousands of lights span the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park, as Canyon Lights keep a little bit of sparkle into the dark winter nights, until January 26th. Exhibition: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents Out of Concealment, a solo exhibition…