Next Thursday, March 30th, 2017, do good by dining out. Dining out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner during the annual Dining Out For Life from White Rock to Vancouver helps support people living with HIV/AIDS in your community. It’s easy as ABC, book a table on March 30th at places like Ask For Luigi, Burgoo, Charlie’s Italian or…
Refuge – a powerful play at Firehall Arts Centre
Balancing a fair refugee system and public safety are especially topical subjects with the current global debate on immigration. Halagonian Mary Vingoe’s play, Refuge, reminds us that even a country as diverse as Canada has been touched by class, culture and sectarian violence as well as blemishes in our treatment of refugee claimants. A powerful and…
Picks of the Week – March 22, 2017
Finally, Spring is here! At least we can hope for something resembling spring to come along. Let’s see what the Picks of the Week find for us to do Dance: The last weekend of the Vancouver International Dance Festival finds even more entertaining dance throughout the city. Stage: The award winning drama Angels In America: Part One…
Vancouver Foodster 2017 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Challenge – recap
The Vancouver Foodster 2017 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Challenge has come to a close with the People’s Choice and Judges’ Winners being announced. Before confirming the winners let’s recap the tasty challengers. It was a hard task to evaluate the individual Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, they were all excellent. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches like any comfort foods are compared as…
4th Annual Capture Photography Festival Returns
The Capture Photography Festival returns to Metro Vancouver April 1 – 28, 2017 for the fourth year. Celebrating photography and lens-based art Capture Festival features over 100 free exhibitions, public art projects and events throughout the lower mainland. All events are open to the public with an aim of increasing awareness of the cultural importance…
2017 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
The 2017 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival takes bloom March 30th to April 23rd, filling the city with vibrant colour and entertainment. With this year’s prolonged winter, we might be a bit behind on the main attraction but with the onset of spring, the city’s Cherry trees should be in full bloom during the Festival’s run….
Early Bird – Tasting Plates North Vancouver – April 26
Vancouver Foodster’s next edition of Tasting Plates takes us to North Vancouver on April 26th. In past visits to The North Shore, the chefs and restaurants of North Vancouver have brought out their best to impress those that venture across Burrard Inlet. From fine dining, bistros, market stalls, coffee houses and more, North Vancouver has a…