After receiving rave reviews for their season opener Tilt (including glowing remarks from my guest contributor Michelle Kim), Ballet BC’s ready to take on their second show of the season, presenting Fumbling Towards Ecstasy with the Alberta Ballet from November 14th to 16th. Following Alberta Ballet’s triumphant tributes to the music of Canadian legend Joni […]
The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Central City with headliners Victoria Duffield and Good for Grapes. Surrey Tree Lighting Festival Festivities will kick off at 12:00pm and run until 8:00pm at the Central City Mall plaza where a spectacular 55-foot tree will be lit after dark. Activities […]
The Rio Theatre has released its schedule of late night movie events for Fridays this month, featuring some late ’80s and early ’90s gems. Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre Friday, November 1, 2013 The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987) Sleep All Day. Party All Night. Never Grow Old. Never Die. It’s Fun […]
The site of the first city hospital in Vancouver has been commemorated as part of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation‘s Places That Matter plaque project. On October 9th, the foundation hosted a plaque presentation ceremony at the site, which is now an Easy Park lot. 1914: Cambie looking south from near Pender. Archives# LGN 1233. 2012: […]
“We should do this when your parents visit,” is a phrase that I’ve said to John for the last six years, which is the amount of time it’s been since his mother and father traveled to Vancouver from Iowa. My in-laws are incredible people who just happened to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this […]
