The Great Canadian Beer Festival returns to Victoria, B.C. September 7 & 8, 2018 The 26th annual Great Canadian Beer Festival returns to Victoria on September 7 & 8, 2018. Tickets are on sale now. The GCBF is a non-profit society created for the purpose of introducing consumers to new beers and raising awareness of craft brewing … Read more
Your Gate to BC Vineyards Happy Hour Has Never Been Happier Experience the Combination Come into the winery and enjoy a flatbread and a tantalizing glass of white or red wine produced by City Side Winery. The Mystic Pearl offers three different wines for perfect flatbread pairings. Happy Hour is the Happiest Hour of the … Read more
Some days serendipity is at play and something wonderful happens. For me it was at a trade tasting of products from local wine agency, Select Wines. After tasting through sparkling wines, white wines, red wines and after dinner wines – and finding several very pleasant surprises – I made a last stop to sample a … Read more
Do you have a favourite imported wine? Perhaps one from Italy, Australia or France. Have you ever wondered how it got from there to here? And why that wine and not another? After all, no wine store could ever carry every wine, no matter how big it was. Say a wine producer in Germany wants … Read more
What a great production! Did you ever think you would be clapping and singing along during a Shakespeare play, and leave humming a tune? If you want that pleasure, then, you must attend the 2018 Bard on the Beach production of As You Like It. This is the most enjoyable and unique presentation! Shakespeare’s plays … Read more
-Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives- The new exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver, “Wild Things”, explores the complex relationship between our urban environment and local plants and animals. Through stories, videos, hands on materials and even taxidermy, visitors are reminded that we are a part of our natural surroundings, and … Read more
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival continues its 29th Season in Vanier Park with the opening of Timon of Athens on the Howard Family Stage. A provocative study of loyalty, greed and modern values, Timon of Athens is directed by Meg Roe. Roe last directed at Bard in 2014, helming an exhilarating production of The … Read more
Little Creek Casino Resort’s Wine & Jazz Festival returns to the South Puget Sound on Saturday, July 14 at 6 p.m. featuring an array of jazz music, food, beer and wines from around the world. Prepared by the resort’s acclaimed Food and Beverage Director, Victor Mortazavi, an inspired menu of gourmet food and wine … Read more
NEW! Walruses Meet charismatic and curious young walruses – Lakina and Balzak – for the first time ever! Visitors can get up close with these iconic Arctic mammals at the new Research Outpost while learning about their cool-climate adaptations like their thick blubber, long tusks, impressive whiskers, and surprising vocals. (As early as this weekend, … Read more