‘Tis the season for shopping and browsing the Holiday Markets around the city and on December 6th Vancouver Foodster introduces a Holiday Market like no other. A night of tastings to celebrate the Holiday Season, Vancouver Foodster’s Holiday Market explores a trio of neighbourhoods to see what merchants have in store. South Granville, False Creek…
Picks of the Week – November 15, 2017
Mid-November we find even more Christmas and Holiday events heating up the picks of the week. Craft: The Christmas craft market season is in full swing with Christmas at Hycroft on this weekend. Artisans: Out in the Valley, Abbotsford hosts one of the largest craft shows, West Coast Christmas Show & Artisan Market runs November 17 –…
5 Plays for the 2017 Holiday Season
O what fun it is to see family friendly live theatre! Here’s 5 Christmas themed plays that everyone in the family will enjoy this Holiday season. A Christmas Carol – December 7 – 24, 2017 – Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond Charles Dickens’ classic, plus a few Ghostly visitors, help Scrooge and all of…
The Ridiculous Darkness descends on Annex Theatre
Until November 19th, the Annex Theatre is home of The Ridiculous Darkness, an ambitious work adapted from an award-winning German radio-play. A mash up of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocolypse Now and in turn its source material The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Now set in Afghanistan, the satirical outline takes on modern racial and…
Texas Troubadours sing-along at Chan Centre
This week, the Chan Centre for Performing Arts held a hootenanny as a trio of Texas Troubadours – Ruthie Foster, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Carrie Rodriguez took the stage. The Chan Centre’s stellar acoustics added to the simple staging and sounds of the award winning trio. Starting off the evening, Carrie Rodriguez fiddled her way…
Vancouver Foodster’s Food Talks Vol 15 – recap
Tuesday night, Vancouver Foodster’s Food Talks Volume 15 “From Your Roots” brought food enthusiasts together at Pacific Restaurant Supply. Attendees gathered early in the Pacific Restaurant Supply Test Kitchen, a unique and surprising food preparation and service, event space atop the restaurant supplies showroom. Snacking on Cannolis and other baked delights from Italia Bakery and…
Picks of the Week – November 8, 2017
This week we honour Remembrance Day and find a long weekend loaded with with these picks of the week. Ceremonies: Remembrance Day ceremonies take place in all communities giving you plenty of picks to choose from, with one of the biggest annual events held at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver beginning at 9:45am Saturday. Tex: Tonight,…