Spend a cozy fall evening surrounded by students, faculty, staff, friends, and soon-to-be-friends! The 6th annual Harvest Feastival is a long table dinner featuring fresh, local food from the UBC Farm. The dinner, happening September 26th, is then followed by an evening of arts and culture programming around campus.
UBC Harvest Feastival 2019
When: Thursday, September 26, 2019 5:00pm to 10:00pm Where: University Commons (outside the AMS Nest) and Arts & Culture District Tickets: $10 – $50 (free for children 2 and under), purchase online »
Don’t forget to keep your after-dinner schedule clear so you can take in the amazing shows and exhibits planned just for you at UBC’s world-class Arts & Culture District.
The Menu
An autumn bounty will be served up including Thai Coconut Harvest Salad, Blackberry Pecan Baked Brie, Browned Butter garlic & Honey Roasted Lois Lake Steelhead, Creamy Plant-Based Pumpkin Penne, Pumpkin Spice Latte Mochi Donuts, and Black Cherry & Chocolate Torte!
Arts and Culture District Shows and Exhibits:
Museum of Anthropology: Puppet Slam It’s a night for the grownups to play at MOA’s first-ever puppet slam. There’s nothing kid-friendly about this gut-splitting night of raunchy and raucous puppets. Feastival guests can also enjoy free entry to the museum!
Harvest Improv Join us for a hilarious hour from some of the Vancouver’s best improvisors. Led by Allen Morrison, this team of UBC alumni now ply their trade throughout the city and across North America, working with renowned companies such as Vancouver Theatre Sports, The Sunday Service, Hip Bang, Little Mountain Improv and the Critical Hit Show, just to name a few.
And more to come! For more information visit the UBC website.
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by Rebecca BollwittDisclosure: Review — Not a paid post. Views and opinions are my own. Our adventure up north was in partnership with Yukon Tourism. Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.
“I recommend a pint of draught,” Sue announced to our group when we arrived at the third stop on our Hysterical Historical Pub Walk around Dawson City. “It’s not all they have but it’s your best bet!” she raised her glass and got us a table at the Westminster Hotel.
John and I had quite a few epic adventures during our recent Yukon trip, and the most side-splitting, smile-inducing, and downright fun was when we joined this pub crawl.
It could be that I hung out at the Robert Service Cabin too often (soaking up two consecutive days of verses from the Bard of the Yukon) or that Sue was such a character that I felt that she deserved more than a simple post. Whatever my motivation, I decided to write a bit of a ballad to describe our tour experience, and tribute our vivacious host:
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by Jen MurtaghDisclosure: Review — Views and opinions are that of the author. Michelle received media review tickets for the Summer Concert Series. Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.
Guest post contributed and written by Jen Murtagh.
Did you know that there are over 100 wineries and tasting rooms just over the border, about 2.5 hours from Vancouver in Woodinville? Perhaps you didn’t know that the Washington state wine industry is the nation’s second largest producer of premium wines in the US, after California, with 50,000 acres (approximately the size of Napa Valley) dedicated to grape vines!
Washington State’s Oldest Winery
Washington’s Columbia Valley receives nearly two more hours of sunlight than California during the summer and sits at the same latitude as the Bordeaux region of France, helping produce over 40 varietals of wine by many award-winning wineries, including that of Chateau Ste. Michelle. As Washington State’s oldest winery, its rich history and beautiful grounds should be at the very top of your must visit list in Woodinville.
The winery is best known for its award-winning Riesling, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and has been named one of Wine & SpiritsMagazine’s “Wineries of the Year” 22 times, more than any other American winery.
Between its winery tours, summer concert series and culinary classes and events, Chateau Ste. Michelle is a major tourist destination in the Seattle area, attracting more than 300,000 visitors from around the world each year.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Summer Concert Series
The 2019 Chateau Ste. Michelle Summer Concert Series hosts 25 concerts spanning a variety of music genres from pop, to jazz, to rock and blues from June through September including artists like Counting Crows, Josh Groban, Rob Thomas, Chicago, Norah Jones, ZZ Top, and the Gipsy Kings to name a few.
“Grapes and Groban!” Josh Groban live at Chateau Ste. Michelle
The concert setting is nothing short of spectacular in Chateau Ste. Michelle’s stunning open air amphitheatre. Concert attendees often pack their own gourmet picnics or choose from a variety of delicious food trucks on site. You can purchase your favourite bottle of Chateau Ste. Michelle wine on site, open it and enjoy listening to your favourite bands as the sun goes down and the stars come out.
There are still some performances left this summer including the incomparable Diana Krall (September 12, 2019), and sultry crooner Chris Isaak (September 7, 2019). Chateau Ste. Michelle usually post their full line up in May so get on the summer concert series email list so you don’t miss out in 2020 as they sell out quickly.
Not a lot of Vancouverites realize just how close Woodinville wine country is. So if you are looking for a romantic weekend away, a fun girls night or just a new destination close to home to explore, check out the list of wine tasting rooms and wineries – each with their own character and beauty.
You can find Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery about 90 minutes south of the Peace Arch/Blaine border crossing, just north east of Seattle. Follow along on Facebook for their latest Washington state wine news.
Burrard Arts Foundation in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery presents Façade Festival 2019, a free, outdoor public art and cultural event featuring commissioned works by contemporary artists, both established and emerging, taking place from sunset to midnight each night September 8th to 14th, 2019.
Façade Festival at the Vancouver Art Gallery
When: September 8th–14th, 2019, 7:30pm –12:00am Where: Georgia Street side of the Vancouver Art Gallery
Every evening during the festival, bold artworks will be projected over the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Georgia Street façade, covering the building with dynamic, site specific art. This immersive art installation utilizes the innovative format of projection mapping to create a highly engaging, spatial experience for the public. It also provides an opportunity for the community to gather and enjoy art in a communal, accessible format reminiscent of an outdoor movie screening.
Façade Festival 2019 showcases the work of Dana Claxton, Khan Lee, Drew Young, Sandeep Johal, Lindsay McIntyre, Howie Tsui, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Justine Chambers, Josh Hite, Natalie Purschwitz and Hyung-Min Yoon. The diverse lineup includes artists working in a wide range of mediums at different stages of their careers. The artists’ areas of focus include painting, photography, film, and installation, although digital media artists were emphasized in this year’s roster.
A Façade Festival artist talk, Façade Festival Artist Panel: Digital Media Temporality in Public Space, will be hosted by the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday, September 14th at 3:00pm. The talk, led by several of this year’s artists, will be a moderated dialogue centred around how concerns of space and time play into the festival’s unique format. It is open to the public with limited seating available. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early.
For more information follow Burrard Arts Foundation on Instagram and Twitter.
Meet with real farmers, on real farms and enjoy real farm food! The Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust (“DF&WT”) is hosting the 14th annual Day at the Farm community event on September 7th.
A Day at the Farm
When: Saturday, September 7, 2019 10:00am to 4:00pm Where:Westham Island Herb Farm, Delta Admission: By donation, bring non-perishable food items for the local food bank
The goal of the event is to help educate our communities about the nature and importance of agriculture and non-market environmental services that it provides. The event will feature the very popular hay-wagon farm tours (led by 3rd generation farmer Gordon Ellis), as well as:
Live Local Music Talent Show
Live Mini-Auction
Homemade Food Contest (pies and jams)
BC Fresh Potato Dig
Vancouver Food Trucks featuring Delta ingredients!
Antique Tractors and Farm Equipment
BC Chicken Growers’ Association’s Poultry In Motion replica of a broiler chicken farm
BC Agriculture in the Classroom and student chefs preparing local fare
Wildlife Conservation on Farmland
DF&WT is a non-profit organization that promotes the annual preservation of over 3,500 ares of farmland and wildlife habitat on the lower Fraser River delta through co-operative land stewardship with local farmers.
