May Events in Metro Vancouver — Events and activities in and around the Metro Vancouver area taking place throughout the month of May 2016.

The BC Renaissance Festival presents “Pirate Haven” on May 7th & 8th, where the fairgrounds in Maple Ridge will turn into the year 1676 at Port Royal, Jamaica. BC Renaissance Festival Charity and her crew, now set in the 17th Century, have arrived in Port Royal with some… complications. While in port, they find themselves […]

Some Assembly Theatre Company presents Missing from Me, a new play with the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Project that will be on stage at in Vancouver during BC Youth Week. Missing from Me: Nicholas Roe, Una Spasovski, Christopher Rahim, Parker Phelan Missing from Me Where: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews) […]

The Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”) is hosting Earth Day in Stanley Park on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Earth Day in Stanley Park Where: All events will be based at the Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon at the corner of Chilco & Alberni Streets. When: Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 10:00am to 4:00pm […]

Voting is now open for the Connecting the Community Award, the “Peoples’ Choice” component of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards that also allows nominees to give back $10,000 to YWCA programs, thanks to Scotiabank. All YWCA Women of Distinction nominees are eligible to win the Connecting the Community Award, which raises vital funds for […]

This post has been contributed by Michael Murray, Communications Volunteer with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End over a decade ago and I have been a member for four years. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their news, events, […]

There’s always room for more love in this world, and when it’s written right across a giant, inflatable, bouncy ball, it brings even more smiles to faces. This weekend you can get your photo with the Big Love Ball in Stanley Park. Big Love Ball in Stanley Park When: Sunday, April 10, 2016 from 2:00pm […]

It’s April and that means that the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation is once again hosting Jeans Day. Purchase your $5 dollar button or $20 lapel pin and deck yourself out in denim on April 28th. Grab your jeans, denim shirt, denim jacket, cover your laptop and bag in denim and #JeanUp for BC’s Kids! Jeans […]

Since its inception in 1995, BC Youth Week has grown to include over 30 municipalities and non-profit organizations throughout the province. This internationally celebrated event aims to recognize the positive contributions youth make in our communities and to celebrate the valuable work youth and youth organizations do all year round. The BC Youth Week Committee […]

There’s a park on tip of Downtown Vancouver that has gorgeous city and mountain views along the shores of Burrard Inlet — and it’s not called Stanley. While it doesn’t have the towering cedars and dozens of kilometres in forest trails that our Crown Jewel boasts, Portside Park (CRAB Park) is a slice of serenity […]