Family Day and Spring Break Activities at Vancouver Aquarium

  Family Day is going to be here before we know it, and while there’s no shortage of daytime activities (Vancouver Aquarium included), why not get creative with evening plans as well? The Aquarium will be hosting a family sleepover on Sunday, Feb 11 called “PJs, Paws and Jaws.” Guests will learn about the fascinating … Read more

LOVE AND TRUFFLES: BURDOCK & CO WELCOMES FEBRUARY WITH A DECADENT DUO OF DINNERS

  Main Street eatery to host an intimate Valentine’s dinner followed by a truffle-centric feast   This February, slow down and savour the finer things in life: fresh-from-the-earth food, naturalist wines and good company. Burdock & Co invites lovers, friends and family to gather together at two intimate dining events with prix fixe menus that each bring something … Read more

The Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift

  Special Valentine’s Day Pricing ChefmeetsBCGrape Tickets   Take advantage of the Valentine’s Day special promotion. Treat your loved one to the largest tasting of BC VQA wines in Western Canada and small plates from the top local restaurants. Three outstanding ChefmeetsBCGrape events in Vancouver, Calgary and the Okanagan Valley. Each event offers you an … Read more

BC Wineries respond to Alberta’s BC Wine Boycott with Love

Wineries to host public event with BC wine and Alberta beef And call for supporters to make March 2018 BC Wine Month   Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced an immediate boycott on all imports of wines from British Columbia Tuesday, in what is becoming a growing inter-provincial spat over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. … Read more

Zee Zee Theatre Commemorates 10th Anniversary with Remount of Critically-Acclaimed, Award-Winning My Funny Valentine

  Taking inspiration from a tragic 2008 hate crime, this powerful and celebrated one-man tour-de-force explores a community in mourning   In honour of its 10th anniversary, Zee Zee Theatre proudly presents the remount of its heartrending masterwork My Funny Valentine, February 7 – 18, 2018 at The Dance Centre. Hailed as “exceptionally beautiful” (Vancouver … Read more

GIVEAWAY BC Home + Garden Show set to unveil Tiny Home Village at 47th annual show

  Win four tickets to the BC Home + Garden Show   ENTER HERE   The most trusted resource for every home and garden spotlights small space living with Tiny Home Village, February 21-25, 2018at BC Place Stadium   The 47th annual BC Home + Garden Show returns to BC Place Stadium from Feb. 21-25 and … Read more

SHIT A Firehall Arts Centre Production – a review by Judy Robb

  “SHIT” A Firehall Arts Centre Production   The intertwined stories of three incarcerated young women explode on the stage during the brilliantly acted 50 minute production of “SHIT” by Patricia Cornelius, now playing at the Firehall Arts Centre. Assisted by a minimal stage, very creative lighting and some well placed heavy metal music, the … Read more

Vancouver TheatreSports™ Puts the ‘Ha-ha’ in Ha-ha-happy Valentine’s

  Whether boy meets girl, girl meets girl or boy meets boy, everyone knows that romance thrives when sprinkled liberally with laughter. There’s no better place for a little romance and a lot of laughter than at a Vancouver TheatreSports™ (VTSL) show. Did you know that The Improv Centre is one of Cupid’s favourite hangouts? … Read more

FORT BERENS ESTATE WINERY PINOT GRIS UNCOVERED; DAGERAAD BLONDE CROWNED GOLD MEDAL PINT

Canadian Culinary Championships Competition #1 closes, chefs prepare for final day of events. The 2018 Culinary Championships closes off competition #1 with Chef Mike Robins, from Sous Sol in Winnipeg chosen by the 400 guests to receive the People’s Choice award. Chef Robins created a dish with some of the following ingredients: cold smoked halibut … Read more

Mamie Taylor’s Lets the Good Times Roll

Mardi Gras menu brings the Big Easy to Van City, Feb. 9-15 Mamie Taylor’s is bringing a touch of Bourbon Street to Chinatown next month with two weeks of special Mardi Gras menus in honour of New Orleans’ 300th anniversary year. If you haven’t haven’t already booked tickets and accommodations in The Big Easy, Mamie Taylor’s, Chinatown’s original … Read more