The Vancouver Foodster Sushi Roll Challenge has wrapped up, and the results are in! From September 18th to October 7th, public and media judges including Deanna Woo, Shelley Hayashi and myself were out and about trying the participating restaurants’ Sushi Roll Challenge entries. Four diverse entries from around Vancouver tickled our taste buds. As with…
Picks of the Week – October 10, 2018
Hope you had your fill of good food and good company over the Thanksgiving weekend, now’s the time to burn off some of those extra calories with exciting entertainment in these picks of the week Beer: Raise your mug, grab your schnitzel and hit the dancefloor at #DasOriginal Oktoberfest at Vancouver Alpen Club this Friday and Saturday…
Vancouver International Writer’s Festival opens the cover October 15th
The Vancouver International Writers Festival (VIWF) opens in one week, celebrating the written word for the 31st year. The VIWF mission is to bring readers and writers together to reimagine our lives and our world, through story and vibrant dialogue. After three decades the Writers Festival is proving the written word is still relevant and holding its own…
Fright Nights 2018 is scaring up excitement
It’s the most wonderful time of the fear! Vancouver’s favourite heartstopping Halloween event, Fright Nights is back to haunt Playland On select nights from October 5th through October 31st, visitors can creep their way around the amusement park’s haunted houses, rides and shows. Eight haunted houses, including the newest The Bloodshed, are guaranteed to brings a chill to…
Bubble Trouble is brewing for Halloween
Just in time for Halloween Trick or Treating, artists Helen Reed & Hannah Jickling are launching a new public artwork commissioned by the City of Vancouver, QA CHEW’S BUBBLE TROUBLE chewing gum. The chewing gum is named for Queen Alexandra Elementary School, the home of the artists’ ongoing residency, Big Rock Candy Mountain. The gum…
Diwali in BC spreads the light until November 17
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere. Diwali in BC, founded in 2017 by Rohit Chokhani, has a goal to spread Diwali celebrations throughout the province over the coming years. The theme for the 2018 celebrations, running now until November 17, is ‘New Horizons’ and features programming in Vancouver,…
Picks of the Week – October 3, 2018
How can it be Thanksgiving weekend already? Wasn’t it just summer? Let see what kinds of entertainment this week has harvested! Domino: British belter Jesse J brings her powerful voice and pop tunes to the Vogue Theatre tonight. Pucks: The Vancouver Canucks 49th Season opens tonight as they host Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena Beer:…