Here we are, the second weekend of February, and busy as ever, lots going on! Ongoing: – at Vancouver Art Gallery : Offsite on West Georgia at the Shangri-la Hotel courtyard, until Sept 16th, is a large scale wooden tableau by Kota Ezawa – within the Vancouver Art Gallery, An Autobiography of our Collection shows…
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Chinese / Lunar New Year – Gung Hei Fat Choi
Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year 4709, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. In the Chinese Zodiac this marks the year of the Dragon, the sign for those born in years, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012. This is also the year of the Water Dragon, each year…
Get ready to rock with City & Slope Festival
From Mountain Peaks to City Streets, City & Slope Festival is ready to mark the 2nd anniversary of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Set to take over the three local mountains and downtown core from February 9th – 12th 2012, City & Slope brings together Cypress Mountain, Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour into one bundled…
Grey Cup Festival 2011
This weekend marked the CFL’s 99th Grey Cup Championship, held in Vancouver for the 14th time, this edition ended in storybook fashion with a home team win for the BC Lions, 34-23 over Winnipeg Blue Bombers. One of the first major tests for the new and improved BC Place stadium, although due to very unpredictable…
What’s On Weekend – November 24-27, 2011
The Biggest Event this week has to be Grey Cup 2011; BC Lions vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the Canadian Football League championship. Thurs Nov 24 – Grey Cup fever is alive and kicking, after the days CFL Player Awards, there are a host of Team Parties throughout the city. – It’s Thursday so that…
Enter a World Of Words at the 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival
Coming up next week is the Vancouver International Writers Festival. Named Canada’s best large literary festival by the Canadian Tourism Commission in 2010, this year’s event runs October 18-23 in venues throughout Granville Island. For 24 years the festival has attracted the best and brightest of the literary world, like: Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Roddy…
Rifflandia Festival turns 4!
Food Vendors Surround The Field Victoria’s music event of the year, Rifflandia, celebrated it’s fourth festival by taking the music outside and expanding beyond the traditional night time venues. As though on cue, the dubious West Coast morning clouds broke and brilliant sunshine arrived to smile on the two festival stages. Royal Athletic Park was an…