Vancouver

The Vancouver Art Gallery Proudly Tours Howie Tsui: Retainers of Anarchy to OCAT Xi’an Museum

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The Vancouver Art Gallery proudly announces the solo exhibition Retainers of Anarchy by Vancouver-based artist Howie Tsui will be presented in China at OCAT Xi’an Museum from November 3, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

22nd Annual Eastside Culture Crawl Opens Doors to Dynamic Community of Artists

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Studios will be opened, garages exposed, and artworks displayed as Vancouver’s favourite celebration of visual arts, design, and crafts – the 22nd Annual Eastside Culture Crawl – takes flight across Vancouver’s vibrant Eastside community from November 15 to 18, 2018.

Vancouver Welcomes the Aurora Winter Festival this Holiday Season

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North Pole-inspired interactive festival to take place at Concord Pacific Place The Aurora Winter Festival today released renderings confirming the large-scale interactive holiday experience will open this November at Vancouver’s Concord Pacific Place. The family-friendly festival will offer elements inspired by the North Pole including mystical characters, captivating light displays, ice-skating on a frozen river, … Read more

HOLY COW – PASSIONS 2018 AUCTION INCLUDES BEEF, BLACK HILLS, AND YACHT CRUISE

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Vancouver’s “best small gala” not only features many of the best chefs in Vancouver, it garners auction items that sound like a fantasy wish list. Pacific Yacht Cruise will provide dinner for 20 friends – or cocktails for 50. Prefer a catered dinner for 10 in a private home, along with a freezer full of … Read more

PASSIONS 2018 SHOWCASES VANCOUVER’S TOP CHEFS

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What happens when twenty of Vancouver’s best chefs get together? Vancouver chefs are passionate about creating beautiful food. They’re also passionate about ensuring that some our most vulnerable community members receive compassionate care. These elements come together to create one amazing affair – Passions 2018, taking place September 26 at Performance Works on Granville Island. … Read more

Vancouver TheatreSports™ Proves Going Back to School Can Be Fun

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Ah, high school. I remember it well, even though it was (ahem) ‘many’ decades ago.  For me, it meant mounds of homework, getting used to co-ed classes, slogging through the awkward, teen angst years, and being part of the chorus (AGAIN??) in the annual musical production. And what do you know? The quick-witted ensemble cast … Read more

DIWALI IN B.C. TO TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 3 TO NOVEMBER 17

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SIX-WEEK EVENT EXPLORES AND CELEBRATES ‘NEW HORIZONS’ THROUGH THEATRE, DANCE, AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS ACROSS VANCOUVER, COQUITLAM, VERNON, MAPLE RIDGE, AND NANAIMO DETAILS AT WWW.DIWALIBC.CA Award-winning Artistic Director of Diwali in B.C., Rohit Chokhani is pleased to announce the 2018 programming for Diwali in B.C. – a provincial initiative aimed at making Diwali celebrations province-wide … Read more

Exploring Famous Film Locations in and Around Vancouver

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How often do you find yourself sitting enthralled in a movie theatre or in front of your television at home, living vicariously through the characters in your favorite movies or TV shows? If you are fortunate enough to call Vancouver home you don’t have to venture far to visit the filming locations of some of … Read more

Garagiste North – Sperling Vineyard Kelowna

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It was with a touch of nostalgia that I participated in Garagiste North this year.  The first time I attended this wine festival was at Kelowna’s Laurel Packinghouse in 2015, just as I was starting the BC Wine Trends blog.  That weekend I started friendships with some passionate BC winemakers that actively support my blogging … Read more