Commercial Drive is known for it’s diverse restaurant scene, experience it for yourself on August 23rd with Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Commercial Drive. As usual with Tasting Plates, patrons will get to explore the neighbourhood with their friends and fellow foodies, while sampling what Commercial Drive chefs have prepared for the evening. Vancouver Foodster…
Harmony Arts Festival kicks off Friday
As other festivals come and go, Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver is still going strong after more than a quarter century. Centred on the Ambleside Waterfront from Ambleside Pier to John Lawson Park, the festival packs August 4th to 13th with music, arts, film and food, much of it free! Highlights of the…
Paramount Fine Foods on Robson
Vancouver’s first Paramount Fine Foods recently opened in downtown just in time for the Canadian chain’s 10th Anniversary. Starting as a single restaurant in Mississauga ON, the downtown Vancouver is located on Robson Street, near Seymour, in the former Next Noodle Bar location. Opening its doors just in time for the end of Ramadan, the Middle…
Neil Diamond – 50th Anniversary Tour
Neil Diamond – Rogers Arena – July 24, 2017 This week Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Tour made a stop at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The arena was nearly sold out as the lights dimmed, a video montage played and the band took their places onstage, then the solitary man walked out to take centre stage…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2017
Where does the time go? July is already coming to a close but never fear there’s plenty of fun in these picks of the week… Kick off: The 2017 Downtown Pride Premiere brings a taste of things to come with entertainment, Queens, food trucks, games and more at Robson Square, today from 3pm – 10pm…
Unique views of Honda Celebration of Light
The 27th Honda Celebration of Light is expected to bring one million plus spectators to the shores of English Bay July 29th, August 2nd and 5th. If standing amongst the masses to witness the fireworks spectacular isn’t your cup of tea there are a number of options for a more exclusive viewpoint of the event….
Girls! Girls! Girls! from the headlines to the stage
Onstage this week at Havana Theatre on Commercial Drive, Excavation Theatre presents Greg MacArthur’s Girls! Girls! Girls!. Director Jessica Anne Nelson crafts the gritty play into a sometimes uncomfortable, but insightful, look at teen angst and anger. MacArthur wrote the play in the late 90s as a reaction to violent high school stories like the…