The Surrey Museum in the city’s historic Cloverdale neighbourhood will be featuring a Titanic exhibit starting next month.

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Unsinkable: Remembering the Titanic, 1912-2012
This exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the launch and sinking of the infamous luxury liner Titanic. Learn about life on board this “unsinkable” ship and the tragic tales of those who found themselves affected by this iconic event. Remarkable accounts of survival will be told of those aboard the ill-fated “ship of dreams”. In partnership with Vancouver Maritime Museum.

Beginning April 10, 201, stop by Tuesdays to Fridays from 9:30am to 5:30pm or on Saturdays from 10:00am to 5:00pm. This will be on until June 12, 2012 afterwhich a new LEGO exhibit will open. Museum admission is by donation, thanks to the Friends of the Surrey Museum & Archives Society.

James Cameron’s epic Hollywood blockbuster, Titanic (now in 3D) will be back in theatres on April 4, 2012. The Surrey Museum is located at 17710 56A Avenue.

The Georgia Straight’s 15th annual Golden Plate Awards, celebrating the best in local dining, have been handed out for 2012. The people have voted in over 150 categories and winners are now listed in this week’s issue and online. Here are just a few of the honorable mentions:

Tapenade Bistro. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr

Top neighbourhood picks are The Pear Tree Restaurant (Burnaby), Tapenade Bistro (Steveston), The Salmon House (West Vancouver), Uli’s in White Rock (for Surrey, Delta, White Rock, Langley), and The Boathouse in New Westminster (for New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam or Port Coquitlam).

Vancouver’s best burger can be found at Vera’s Burger Shack while Burgoo has the best comfort food. The best diner is Save On Meats, Fritz European Fry House has the best fries, and the best seafood is at Blue Water Café + Raw Bar in Yaletown.

View complete list online and follow StraightFood on Twitter for more information.

Hello, Dolly! is taking to the stage at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster next month with a full orchestra, brilliant costumes, and fabulous music.

Photo credit: David Cooper Photography for Royal City Musical Theatre

Hello, Dolly! is the story of a turn-of-the-century widowed matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi, who after cunningly negotiating marriages for others through a series comic and romantic entanglements, ultimately finds her own match. Adapted from Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! was a hit with musical score by Jerry Herman and book by Michael Stewart. The show has many memorable musical numbers including Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Elegance, Hello, Dolly! and The Waiters Gallop.

Presented by the Royal City Musical Theatre (now in its 24th season), the 10-time Tony Award winning Hello, Dolly! will be at Massey from April 12th to April 28, 2012. Tickets are available online and start at just $20 for students and children, or $29, $39, $43 for adults.

Massey Theatre is at 735 Eighth Avenue in New Westminster. Performances are at 8:00pm Wednesday through Sunday with matinee performances Saturday and Sunday 2:00pm.

I have a pair of tickets for opening night on April 12th, here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 12:00pm. Follow Royal City Musical Theatre on Twitter and Facebook for information on upcoming shows.

Update The winner is Debbie!

Canstruction returns Monday, March 26th as teams create imaginative sculptures using nothing but canned goods. This event will be open to the public with the price of admission simply being a donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.

Photo credit: The Vancouver Guy on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool.

Canstruction has moved this year and will now be in 4 locations on Georgia Street: Four Seasons Hotel at Howe, HSBC Pendulum Gallery at Hornby, FortisBC Building at 1075 West Georgia, and the Flour Building at 1111 West Georgia.

The can-made structures will be on display daily from 9:30am to 5:00pm until April 4, 2012. When it’s all done, all of the food used to create the Canstruction sculptures will also be donated. Since 2002, Canstruction Vancouver has raised 1,056,043 cans of food for our local community.

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Stop by as of Monday to see the creations from each of the 20 teams and contribute to the Food Bank, a local causes that needs year-round support. Follow the event on Twitter and Facebook for more information.

Braden Hammond is the newest Artist in Residence at Vancouver’s Four Seasons Hotel. This local artist has been creating glass lighting concepts for years and will be showcasing his latest installation of flame-worked glass lights tomorrow night at the hotel. The piece, titled Lampadario, consists of hundreds of hand-blown crystal glass pieces inspired by traditional Italian blown glass forms.

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The process and use of hundreds of glass points embody the Italian tradition of glass, hence the name Lampadario, meaning “chandelier” in Italian. When looking at the light, each point of glass jets out towards the viewer from every angle to produce a very three dimensional effect. A sensation further enhanced when the illuminated with LED lights. This series is by far one of Hammond’s most modern designs.

Lamparadio will be installed Saturday, March 24, 2012 with a public reception from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. It will then be on display at the Four Seasons until Friday, March 30, 2012, when it will also become available for purchase.

Braden Hammond has generously offered up a very unique prize for a Miss604.com reader and a guest to help promote Lampadario. He’s offering up a two-hour “Intro to Boro Beads Class” for two people, valued at $270. You can try your hand at manipulating borosilicate glass in flame and creating various styles of beads. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 12:00pm. Aside from lighting, Braden Hammond also creates jewellery, and leads various glass-works classes.

Update The winner is Melanie!