Dining Out For Life, an annual fundraiser for AIDS service organizations, is happening in Vancouver on Thursday, March 29, 2012.
Over 215 restaurants across the 604 area code will be contributing 25% of sales that day to A Loving Spoonful and Friends for Life. Search the list of participating restaurants to see if they are offering lunch and/or dinner for Dining Out For Life and make your reservations today.
Vancouver is only going on 126 years old but despite its infancy compared to most other world-class cities, it had a community that supported the arts right off the bat. I dug around the Vancouver Archives to find evidence of everything from Vancouver’s vibrant vaudeville days to its fanatical film-going culture, in neighbourhood theatres to Theatre Row.
Both Heritage Vancouver and the Vancouver Heritage Foundation host fascinating walking, neighbourhood, and housing tours around Vancouver. One upcoming event that caught my eye, aside from tomorrow night’s dinner in the Marine Building penthouse, is a walking tour with twist.
Photo credit: davefisher99 on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool.
Walking Tour & Beer Tasting: Industrial History of South East False Creek
When: Saturday, March 31, 2012 tour at 1:00pm, tasting at 3:00pm
Where: Meet on the SE Corner of West 1st Ave and Crowe St
Tickets: $40 ($35 for Heritage Vancouver members)
Presented by Heritage Vancouver and the City of Vancouver Archives, Historian Isaac Vanderhorst will lead the walking tour of the historic South East False Creek district: “One of the outstanding stories you will hear is the pivotal role played by over 3000 men and women involved in the shipbuilding industry on this site during the First and Second World Wars. This area became the Olympic Village Site and is now being transformed into the Village at False Creek.”
After the tour you’ll loop back to Legacy Liquor Store on West 1st where you’ll enjoy the beer tasting, salty snacks, and the photography of Leslie Hossack from her exhibition: “Vancouver’s Village 2008-2011”.
Tickets are currently available online. Follow @heritagevan on Twitter for updates, more event information, and local history tidbits.
Breaking away from the standard Music Monday theme, today it’s Magic Monday – another artform that entertains and dazzles. I have actually been contacted by several local slight-of-hand masters and illusionists lately so I have dedicated the next few Mondays to promoting their upcoming shows. The first is Camilo — whom you might recognize from the popular Said the Whale song.
This musical namesake is presenting a new show called “Snooker” at the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch from March 28-31 and April 4-7, 2012. All shows start at 8:00pm and tickets are $20. The show is presented in conjunction with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Camilo was born and raised in Colombia, discovering a passion for magic at the age of three. Today, he is known for his unique approach; blending humor, and a charismatic and heartwarming personality with masterful agility. Using only his hands and a deck of cards, he aims to provide audiences with a truly original and intimate experience
At fifteen, he was given the opportunity to move to Victoria, Canada. He attended Belmont Secondary School, where his magic quickly became a staple of the year-end reunions and hallway meetings. After graduating high-school, Camilo moved to Vancouver where he began his psychology degree at Langara College, and subsequently, the production program at Studio 58.
If you would like to see Camilo in action, I have a pair of tickets to give away to “Snooker”. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 12:00pm. The winner will be able to select their show date.
Macaron Day in Vancouver will see two confectionaries offer up sugary sweets in support local causes. Macaron Day was founded in France (le jour du macaron) by Pierre Hermé years ago. It’s a day to celebrate the colours of spring with a bright palette of treats.
French Made Baking
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 8:00am to 6:30pm
Where: 81 Kingsway, Vancouver
What: Stop by for a FREE macaron all day. There will be a donation box to support BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and you can check out other goodies from French Made. Event Link
Thierry Chocolaterie Pâtisserie Café
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 7:00am to midnight
Where: 1059 Alberni, Vancouver
What: 10 percent of sales throughout the day will be donated to Growing Chefs, Chefs for Children’s Urban Agriculture. Event Link
This is an international event with Macaron Days happening overseas, in New York, and in Toronto. French Made Baking also teamed up with Pâtisseries et Gourmandises d’Olivier in Quebec to promote the event nationally.
Macarons (not to be confused with macaroons) are meringue-based confections commonly filled with buttercream or jam. The selection at Thierry includes vanilla, coconut, lychee, coffee, pink praline, chocolate caramel, lime, passion fruit, lemon, and more.
Dining Out For Life, an annual fundraiser for AIDS service organizations, is happening in Vancouver on Thursday, March 29, 2012. 
