Just 20 more sleeps until Christmas and 6 until Hanukkah ! If you’re not already in the Holiday spirit, the picks of the week have plenty to get you feeling festive. Shop: Tonight, browse, taste and shop your way around the Vancouver Foodster Holiday Market, at merchants in South Granville, False Creek and Kitsilano Symphony: Tonight,…
Handel’s Messiah from Early Music Vancouver
This weekend, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presented Handel’s Messiah for the first time in their repertoire. EMV welcomes music lovers to four performances over the weekend, at the White Rock Baptist Church, Vancouver Playhouse and Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver. Virtually sold out for the whole run, there was definitely an appetite for the…
Donate to Donnelly Fund Toy Drive – December 5th
Since its beginnings as a few employees enjoying festive drinks and donating a few toys, the Donnelly Fund Toy Drive has raised over $350,000 in monetary donations, given over 12,000 toys to children and hosted more than 5,000 Donnelly Group staff for an annual holiday party. Donnelly Group also invites the Vancouver community to participate by bringing unwrapped toy donations…
14th Annual Santa Claus Parade is coming to town
With a wink of an eye and a twist of his head…the jolly ol’ elf is coming! It’s time for the man in the big red suit to come riding into town as the 14 annual Vancouver Santa Claus Parade presented by Telus fills downtown Vancouver with festive fun on Sunday December 3rd, 2018. Starting at Noon,…
Arts Club remounts hit play Onegin for 2017.
Last season, The Arts Club Theatre Company debuted Onegin, an ambitious new work based on the verse Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky. This season, the cast remains the same but the home of Onegin changes to Granville Island for a run until December 31st. Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille have…
Picks of the Week – November 29, 2017
We’re into the one month countdown to Christmas with more festive flair popping into the picks of the week. Market: The Christmas Market season is in full swing with the Vancouver Christmas Market opening today, running until December 24, at Jack Poole Plaza plus Toque, River District craft fairs as well. Snow: Until January 6th, help Snow White…
Vancouver Christmas Concerts for 2017
Christmas has a long association with music; carols, hymns and cantatas, bringing spirit to the Season’s concerts. Calendars are filled with school and church concerts, and to help you get in the song-filled spirit, here’s a list of concerts around Vancouver to take in this Season for your listening pleasure: Handel’s Messiah: Friday December 1…