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Surrey Tree Lighting Festival 2013: Meet and Greet Contest

Comments 13 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 23, 2013 bringing a full day of free family fun to Central City in Surrey. 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 […]

Except in the Unlikely Event of War

Comments 18 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Except in the Unlikely Event of War is new work by two of Vancouver’s renowned theatre companies, Pi Theatre and Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (HHG) Theatre. Directed by Pi Theatre Artistic Director Richard Wolfe and written by Playwright Sean Devine (Re:Union), Except in the Unlikely Event of War runs from November 15th to 30th, 2013 […]

Disney on Ice: Rockin Ever After

Comments 160 by Rebecca Bollwitt

A cast of world-class skaters will bring Disney Pixar’s magical characters to life in Vancouver this month with Disney on Ice: Rockin’ Ever After. This new show will feature moments from Brave, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and more. Image courtesy of Feld Entertainment/Disney on Ice Jam to a Scottish jig as […]

Moto X Giveaway

Comments 342 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The red cups are back at the local coffee shop and holiday craft markets are beginning, meaning it’s time to start putting together that shopping list full of great gift ideas this season. To give you a head-start, Motorola has offered up their brand new Moto X device for me to give away. The Moto […]

The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico

Comments 30 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC recently opened a new exhibition, The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926-2011. On until March next year, The Marvellous Real features 55 artworks that capture the idea of the “marvellous real”, a term coined by Cuban writer and ethno-musicologist, Alejo Carpentier (1904 – 1980). The term is used to […]