The Vancouver International Tequila Expo arrives next month at the Vancouver Convention Centre East. With proceeds benefitting the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation (“BCHF”), locals and visitors will be able to attend tastings and learn more about this spirit.
Tastings
Trade and Media Tasting (nominal fee includes donation to BCHF)
Consumer Tasting: Guests can sample full lines of well-known brands like Tequila Don Julio & Cabo Wabo Tequila, and newcomers to the market like T1 Tequila Uno & Tavi Tequila. You can also experience brands not yet imported to British Columbia such as Azuñia Tequila. ($65)
Seminars
Tequila 101: History, culture, and production ($45)
Ancient Origins of Agave Spirits: Prehistoric precursors to tequila ($45)
The Vancouver Tequila Expo will take place Saturday, May 12, 2012 and you must be of legal drinking age to enjoy the day’s events. Tickets are currently available online.
The Canucks Autism Network is hosting a free family festival in celebration of the 5th annual World Autism Awareness Day. The will be live entertainment, food, the autism walk, and family-friendly activities along with visits by surprise special guests.
When Sunday, April 1, 2012 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Where Jack Poole Plaza (Vancouver Convention Centre West)
You can fundraise for the Canucks Autism Network and the autism walk by collecting pledges. There will be prizes for the top fundraisers and various other fundraising level prizes.
Food will be provided by Vera’s Burgers, and families can enjoy live entertainment from Georgia Murray, Redgy Blackout, Jessica Beach, and Axe Capoeira dancers. The Olympic cauldron will also be lit for the duration of the festival.
The Canucks Autism Network‘s mission is: “To provide year round, innovative, high quality sports, recreational, social and vocational programs for individuals and families living with autism, and to build awareness and capacity through community networks across British Columbia”
The City of Burnaby and Intracorp are working together to rejuvenate Beresford Street, located across from Metrotown and directly South of the SkyTrain line. The first phase was the MetroPlace development and the second is Silver, a 38-storey tower. The City’s plan is to make Beresford the next “Great Street”.
A Great Street, as outlined by the Project for Public Spaces includes:
- Attractions & Destinations
- Identity & Image
- Seasonal Strategies
- Diverse User Groups
- Traffic, Transit & the Pedestrian
- Amenities, Management
- Protects Neighbourhoods
- Active Edge Uses (human-scaled to allow for interaction between indoors and out)
- Blending of Uses and Modes (ground floor uses and retail activities should spill out into the sidewalks and streets to blur the distinction between public and private space)
With the current plan, Silver’s community on Beresford gets a Walk Score of 97. They would love to know what you would like to see on Beresford as well. Public spaces, gardens, community events, retail, cafes, and more. To get the creative juices flowing for neighbourhood ideas, they have offered up a $250 Metropolis at Metrotown gift card for one Miss604.com reader. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming what you would love to see on a “Great Street” (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries next Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 12:00pm.
Update The winner is Manuel!
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.
Follow DineOut4LifeVan on Twitter or Facebook for more information.
Since it started in 1991, Dining Out For Life has grown to be a North America-wide event with over 3,000 participating restaurants in 60 cities.
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.
1911 – Avenue Theatre. Archives item# CVA 99-121. Photographer: Stuart Thomson.
Status: Closed.
1919 – The Rex Theatre. Archives item# CVA 99-240. Photographer: Stuart Thomson.
Status: Closed. When it opened in 1912, it was described as “the most modern movie house in the world.” Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
