This year’s Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train theme is the Jack O’ Lantern’s journey through the Dark Forest. You’re invited to join Jack on his journey as his lantern casts a light on floating druids, a 12-foot monster, and creatures barely human.
Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train
Explore the Haunted Maze/Little Monsters Maze, crafts and movies, exhibits by the Stanley Park Ecology Society, the pumpkin patch, and food vendors Insomniac’s Coffee, The Praguery, Kobachi Kart, Jack O’s Café & Canteen. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Some are unlucky at love. Others are just plain inept. The latter populate writer-director Bruce Sweeney’s heartfelt farce that delivers finely tuned dysfunction while featuring copious local haunts and a surplus of skeletons in closets.
“TIFF kind of ties me up in knots and VIFF kind of unloosens those knots,” writer and director Bruce Sweeney told me over the phone from his cabin this summer, ahead of the busy film festival season. His latest work, Kingsway premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month and it will soon screen at Vancouver’s festival.
Kingsway by Bruce Sweeney
Named after a storied thoroughfare that crosses cities and in parts almost seems to intersect with itself, Kingsway, the namesake of Sweeney’s film, also serves as a metaphor. “A loose metaphor for relationships,” he says. “You think you’re going one way and you end up going another.” Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
“A Conversation with Ellen” is coming to Rogers Arena on October 19, 2018, and Metropolis at Metrotown has tickets to give away to the biggest Ellen fans in the city! Metropolis at Metrotown is looking for energetic, hilarious, and daring contestants who would love to go see Ellen Degeneres live.
Play Your Way to Ellen at Metropolis at Metrotown
Where: Metropolis at Metrotown’s Atrium and Grand Courts
When: Sunday, September 30, 2018. Check-in 12:00pm. Compete 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Admission: Free to participate, free to watch!
Inspired by The Ellen Show, Ellen fans can compete on September 30, 2018 in Play Your Way to Ellen at Metropolis at Metrotown’s Grand Court. 90 lucky contestants will be randomly selected and have the opportunity to play in a series of games to win one of five Ellen Prize Packages. Each Ellen Prize Package includes two tickets to see “A Conversation with Ellen” (each package valued over $600). Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Art of the Cocktail, the cocktail event of the year, returns to one of Canada’s mixology capitals for sampling and sipping, masterclasses, and one very grand tasting.
Art of The Cocktail is the biggest cocktail party on the island. With over 900 attendees, 40 exhibitors & over 60 spirits being served, we bring the party to the heart of Victoria for an unforgettable festival of tasting, masterclasses & fun!
Art of the Cocktail
When: Saturday, October 13, 2018
Where: Crystal Garden (713 Douglas St, Victoria)
Tickets: Available online for individual events or tickets. Grand tasting VIP tickets are now sold out.
The Grand Tasting
Saturday, October 13, 2018 7:00pm to 9:30pm
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Discreet. Glamorous. Sophisticated. Old Hollywood style will strike the perfect note for the 2018 Art of the Cocktail theme. Dress in your fabulous After Five attire to sample cocktails created by local restaurants, new regional distilleries and Global Brand Ambassadors. Enjoy appetizers from some of the most innovative chefs on the West Coast.
Cocktails Up Close
Guided tastings and hands-on opportunities to learn the tricks of making the best cocktails at home. A great experience to be had with some of BC’s best bartenders. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
The Vancouver International Film Festival (“VIFF”) takes over the city September 27 to October 12, 2018 and they have recently announced the exciting lineup for the opening, closing and BC Spotlight gala films.
VIFF 2018 Galas
Opening Gala: The festival will kick off on Thursday, September 27, 2018 with Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project, staring Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard.
Having previously transported us to the heart of a war zone with the Oscar-nominated Rebelle, Kim Nguyen now immerses us in even more hostile territory: the world of high-frequency stock trading. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
