It’s a tale as old as time, and a musical loved by all generations. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Vancouver in February, 2015.
Broadway Across Canada presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast features the Academy Award®-winning score with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, with additional songs composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. The book is written by Linda Woolverton. Based on the 1991 Academy Award®-winning animated feature film and celebrating 20 years since its Broadway premiere in 1994, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has become an international sensation that has been seen by over 35 million people worldwide in 22 countries, and has been translated into 9 different languages.
Broadway Across Canada presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from February 3rd until February 8th, 2015.
Vancouver Pre-Sale
Valid only today, you can use this pre-sale link and code: BELLE to secure your tickets for this magical performance. The link and code are valid starting at 10:00am on Friday, November 14, 2014 and will be valid for one day only.
The general box office then opens at 10:00am on Saturday, November 15, 2014 via Ticketmaster online or by phone 1-855-985-5000.
Follow Broadway Across Canada on Twitter and Facebook for more information about their shows coming to Vancouver in 2015.
Thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives and Chuck Davis’ History of Metropolitan Vancouver, here’s a glimpse at what happened in the month of November throughout Vancouver history:
November 3, 1862
Three fellows named Morton, Brighouse and Hailstone filed a claim today for the land that is now Vancouver’s West End. They paid more than $1 an acre, which led scoffers in New Westminster—who thought the land was of little value—to call them “The Three Greenhorns“.
November 8, 1927
A vaudeville performance today inaugurated a new theatre in Vancouver, The Orpheum.
1946: The Orpheum on Granville Street. Archives# CVA 1184-2290.
November 10, 1940
“Cap” Hobbis opened his first bicycle store in New Westminster.
November 12, 1938
The Lions Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrians today without ceremony. Vehicles could cross starting November 14th for a 25 cent toll. The official opening would happen May 26, 1939, presided over by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
1938: Plaque commemorating the completion of the Lions Gate Bridge. Archives# CVA 95-9.
November 14, 1982
The 255-tonne BC Place Stadium roof, which was replaced in 2011, was inflated for the first time.
November 15, 1937
Premier Thomas Dufferin Pattullo officially opened the Pattullo Bridge, calling it a “thing of beauty”.
1937: Archives# Br P29.
November 26, 1955
The first Grey Cup game ever played in Vancouver happened on this day between the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos.
November 29, 1926
Baseball’s Babe Ruth hammed it up on stage in Vancouver during a personal appearance tour of North America. He posed as if at bat for a photo and crouching behind him as catcher Mayor Louis D. Taylor.
1926: Babe Ruth “at bat” in Vancouver. Archives# CVA 1477-107.
Sources: Vancouver History. Related Posts: January 1st in Vancouver History, February in Vancouver History, March in Vancouver History, July in Vancouver History, August in Vancouver History, October in Vancouver History, December in Vancouver History.
Downtown Surrey is the place to be next week as the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival lights up City Hall Plaza and just days before, the Santa Window Walk invites all to celebrate local businesses and charities.
Surrey Santa Window Walk
Where: Participating Businesses along King George Boulevard, North of 104th
When: Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
Teams of students from local high schools will paint a holiday design on the windows of local businesses. These designs will represent a local charity which will also be stationed in front of these businesses during the Santa Window Walk. Participants include Surrey Food Bank, Umoja, The Child Development Foundation, Night Shift Ministries, Surrey Christmas Bureau, Girl Guides, Kinsman Lodge, Surrey Hospice Society, Harmony House, Surrey Animal Resource Centre, Surrey Urban Mission, Beneath One Sky, and Pacific Community Resource Society.
This year the windows of TD Bank, Round Up Café, Labour Unlimited, KFC, Church’s Chicken, Jiffy Cleaners, Al’s Vacuum, Westland Insurance, Pharmasave, Enterprise, Whalley Optical, Surrey Urban Mission, the Canadian Post Office, and Rave Re-up will all receive a window make-over from students from Sullivan Heights, Fleetwood Park, Fraser Heights, Night Shift, Frank Hurt, Southridge and Earl Marriot.
Everyone is invited to participate in this self-guided tour while lively holiday music plays and you get to explore local shops and services. Play the lollipop pull at the Christmas Bureau’s window or try some tasty baked goods from Harmony House.
Pick up a ballot at each stop, collect as many as you can, and drop them off at the Dell Shopping Centre (10650 King George Boulevard) by 1:30pm on November 20th for your chance to win some great holiday prizes.
For more information follow the Downtown Surrey BIA on Facebook and Twitter. Click here for a full PDF map of participating locations.
On November 11th each year a poignant and concise banner is raised on the Flack Block that states: We Remember. Looking at the photos from this year’s ceremony at Victory Square’s cenotaph, I got the idea to add the Flack Block to the Vancouver Icon photo series. Aside from standing on a very important corner that saw much local history play out over the last century, the building (and its rejuvenators, The Salient Group) received a 2010 Heritage BC award for exemplary conservation of a designated landmark structure built between 1898 and 1900.
Flack Block
The Flack Block was built in 1898 by Thomas Flack, one of the first prospectors to strike it rich in the Klondike Gold Rush. Located at the commercial centre of the city and across from the first courthouse, this building was the original home to the Bank of Vancouver. In later years it hosted men’s clothier E.A. Lee, but as Hastings Street around Victory Square declined, it became home to a series of pawnshops and varied illegal activities. [Source]
1900s: Flack Block, northeast corner of Hastings and Cambie. Archives# M-3-27.5.
Photo credit: Roland Tanglao on Flickr
One of Vancouver’s most important turn-of-the-century buildings, the revitalized Flack Block is the western ‘keystone’ property in the Woodward’s Block. It re-opened in 2008 after an intensive two-year, $20 million restoration.
Previous Vancouver Icons posts: The Drop, Prospect Point Lighthouse, Engagement, Ovaltine Cafe, The English Bay Slide, Freezing Water #7, Cleveland Dam, Heritage Hall, School of Theology Building at UBC, Gate to the Northwest Passage, St Paul’s Hospital, Capilano Lake, Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
Holiday shopping season is upon us as our neighbours to the south line up for deals next Friday and local shoppers make their lists, and check them twice. With that in mind, White Spot is bringing back their holiday gift card incentive and other special offers for gift givers in BC.
Holiday Gifts from White Spot
This season when you purchase $50 in White Spot gift cards you receive $10 in bonus certificates valid for the new year. Bonus certificates are valid from January 2nd until March 31st, 2015. One coupon per person, per visit, while quantities last.
The White Spot cookbook will also be available for the special retail price of $14.95 ($10 less than the retail price printed on the book) with partial proceeds going to Variety, the Children’s Charity. With your purchase you’ll also receive two $5 off coupons (one for breakfast and one for takeout). Coupons are valid from January 2nd to March 31st, 2015.
Enter to win
To promote these holiday gift ideas from White Spot I have a $50 gift card and a White Spot cookbook to give away to one lucky reader. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow White Spot on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date on their latest menu offerings and promotions. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Update The winner is Shannon Mac!
