Start the season off in the warmth of historic Hycroft Manor at the 42nd annual holiday fair. Hosted by the University Women’s Club, Christmas at Hycroft runs daily from Thursday, November 20th until Sunday November 23rd.
Christmas at Hycroft
Enjoy live entertainment, unique boutiques, local artisans, traditional treats and visits with Santa. Have a cup soup in the terrace bistro, tour the manor’s beautiful decor, shop the boutiques on the second floor, and enter to win door prizes.
Where: Hycroft Manor (1489 McRae Ave, Vancouver)
When: 11:00am to 9:00pm (Monday to Saturday) and 11:00am to 6:00pm (Sunday).
Admission: $15 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Valet parking is available for $5 and coat check is complimentary.
Activities and exhibitors will also be outside at the Courtyard Fair. In the Coach House pick up homemade Christmas preserves, puddings, mincemeat, lemon curd, lemon lentil soup, and baked goods served up by the Hycroft Kitchen Creations Team. Olde World Fudge will have caramel, peanut brittle, and almond bark and Purdys Chocolates will have all your favourites likes Hedgehogs, assorted chocolate Gift Tins, Christmas stockings and more.
Follow Christmas at Hycroft on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
TOMS, the canvas shoe company famous for its One for One® giving model, has launched a collection for men, women, kids, and your home at Target Canada stores. While supplies last, your purchase of a poncho, throw blanket, denim shirt, toque, tee, or hoodie from the TOMS for Target line contributes a week’s work of meals or a blanket to someone in need.
TOMS for Target photos courtesy of Target Canada.
TOMS for Target
TOMS for Target, which launched on November 16th, features more than 50 items, each under $50, and will be available at all Target stores in the US and Canada, as well as Target.com. Beyond TOMS’ beloved slip-ons, the collection includes home goods and apparel and accessories for women, men and kids, meaning you’ll have a lot to choose from.
With your help, TOMS for Target has the potential to provide more than 11 million meals, blankets and shoes to those in need. Every TOMS for Target apparel, accessory and home good purchase results in the donation of a blanket through the American Red Cross or Canadian Red Cross, or one week of meals through Feeding America or Food Banks Canada. And for every TOMS for Target pair of shoes sold, a pair will go to a child in need.
TOMS for Target photo courtesy of Target Canada.
Win a TOMS for Target Gift Card
Target Canada has offered up a $100 gift card to one lucky Miss604 reader. Now you can shop for yourself or to knock some names off your Christmas list all while also supporting two great causes. Here’s how you can enter to win:
I will draw one winner at 12:00pm on Sunday, November 23, 2014. Follow Target Canada on Facebook and Twitter for more information about the TOMS for Target line, and locate your nearest Target here.
Update The winner is AmberP!
Downtown Vancouver will see back-to-back parade weekends with the Grey Cup Parade on Saturday, November 29th followed by the annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade on Sunday, December 7th.
Rogers Santa Claus Parade
When: Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 1:00pm
Where: The Parade starts at Georgia and Broughton, travels east on Georgia to Howe, turns south on Howe, and finishes at Howe and Davie.
Ringing in a new season of giving and holiday cheer, the Rogers Santa Claus Parade attracts 300,000 spectators to downtown Vancouver each year and will include 3,500 participants with 65 marching bands, choirs, festive floats, and community groups.
Aside from watching the parade along its route, you can also head down to the Robson Square Ice Rink for family activities. Enjoy free skating (rentals $4) and photos with Santa (3:00pm to 5:00pm).
Around the front of the Vancouver Art Gallery you’ll find the Coast Capital Savings Christmas Square with a Food Bank drop-off zone, gingerbread decorating station, face painting, Letters to Santa station, balloon twisting, and an entertainment stage featuring several music and dance performances.
On parade day, spectators are encouraged to bring a monetary or non-perishable food donation for the Food Bank. For each dollar donated, the food Bank can purchase three dollars’ worth of food. The Rogers Santa Claus Parade is one of the largest food and fund raising events for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Since 2004, the Parade has collected $132,400 and more than 73,500 lbs. of food for hungry families in the Lower Mainland. Follow the parade on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
The Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver’s visual celebration of art, creativity, and community, returns November 20th to November 23rd as it is extended to four days for the first time ever. The culture crawl welcomes you to studios, homes, garages, and other creative spaces in Vancouver’s Eastside, where you can meet a cast of painters, jewellers, sculptors, potters, photographers, glassblowers, furniture designers, and more. In fact you can visit with 375+ participating artists in 70 buildings throughout the community during the Eastside Culture Crawl this year.
Eastside Culture Crawl
What: 18th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl
When: Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st from 5:00pm until 10:00pm; Saturday, November 22nd and Sunday, November 23rd from 11:00am to 6:00pm
Where: Various Vancouver Eastside locations bounded by Main Street and First Avenue, Victoria Drive and the Waterfront.
Full listings for all Eastside Culture Crawl events, artists, demonstrations, and locations can be found online and follow along on Twitter and Facebook.
Terminal City Glass Co-op
11 artists from Terminal City Glass Co-op are participating in this year’s Eastside Culture Crawl. Terminal City Glass Co-op was founded in 2012 as Canada’s first and only non-profit, co-operative glass arts facility. The Co-op is home to some of Canada’s top, award-winning glass artists, who are able to practice their medium in a fantastically, creative space.
Co-op artist Brad Turner
After the Eastside Culture Crawl wraps up, Terminal City Glass Co-op will host two timely “Make Your Own Glass Ornament” workshops, on November 29th and on December 13th. Participants get one-on-one time with expert artists to create their very own Christmas tree ornament, picking their own colours and using a variety of tools to shape and blow the glass into a delightful decoration.
If you would like to do a Make Your Own Glass Ornament workshop, I have 2 passes to give away for the December 13th session (value $110). Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Finished pieces are available for pick-up on or after Tuesday, December 2nd (if made on November 29th) or Tuesday, December 16 (if made on December 13th). For ages 16+. Follow Terminal City Glass Co-op on Twitter and Facebook for more information about their events and artists.
Update The winner is lindsay!
Vancouver is the home of the 102nd Grey Cup Festival later this month and this town is no stranger to football greatness and good times. The 1955 Grey Cup game in Vancouver was the first to be held outside of Ontario and Vancouver has also hosted the Grey Cup Championship in 1958, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2005, and 2011. Here’s a look back at some of these moments thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives and the Vancouver Public Library:
15 Vancouver Grey Cup Photos from the Archives
1955 – Grey Cup sign in Vancouver. VPL Accession Number: 43903.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
1960 – Grey Cup crowds. VPL Accession Number: 43958.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
1963 – Half time at the Grey Cup in Vancouver. VPL Accession Number: 43989.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
1963 – Grey Cup game. VPL Accession Number: 43994.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
1966 – Grey Cup night riot. Photographer: Province Newspaper.
(Left) VPL Accession Number: 42743 (Right) VPL Accession Number: 42742.
1966 – Grey Cup game. VPL Accession Number: 43890.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
1968 – Photographers at the Grey Cup game. VPL Accession Number: 43894.
Photographer: Province Newspaper.
43rd Grey Cup Parade. Archives# 2008-022.290. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
48th Grey Cup Parade on Georgia. Archives# 2008-022.167. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
48th Grey Cup Parade on Georgia. Archives# 2008-022.169. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
43rd Grey Cup. Crowd entering Empire Stadium. Archives# 2008-022.211. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
Edmonton takes to the field at the 43rd Grey Cup. Archives# 2008-022.219. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
43rd Grey Cup. Edmonton fans pour onto the field at Empire Stadium. Archives# 2008-022.224. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
End of the 43rd Grey Cup. Archives# 2008-022.222. Photographer: Leslie F. Sheraton.
