TREND Vancouver is coming up in October, fusing boutique shopping with networking and business opportunities, designed with the modern woman in mind. The event offers a unique collaboration between 35 selected vendors from across the west coast, paired with community leaders and mentorship services.
Photography Credit: The Collective You | Hair + Makeup + Styling: Red Carpet Ready By Christina | Clothing: Fine Finds Boutique
TREND Vancouver
Where: Roundhouse in Yaletown (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
When: Sunday, October 2, 2016 from 11:00am to 6:00pm
Tickets: Available online now. Admission is $25 with $5 per ticket benefitting Dress for Success, a non-profit organization that empowers and supports women in both work and in life.
TREND showcases the latest style, beauty, design, business and wellness trends. Guests will receive specialty services throughout the day including exclusive offers, sampling, networking opportunities and the option to attend inspiring workshops and discussions. Included in your ticket price are the following services:
- TREND Mentor Lounge
- Makeup Touch ups: La Biothestique
- Interior Design tips: Urban Barn
- Health Snack Bar: Sparkling Hill Resort
- Future of Search Marketing one on one’s: Marwick Marketing + Google
- Canapé Treats: The Butler Did It
- TREND’s Approach to Style Show at 1:30pm (with Nutrl Vodka Cocktail) MC’ed by Fiona Forbes
- 15-minute LashFabulous service
- Brow Consultation + Touch Up: Cleopatra Brow Bar
- 200 Gift Bags for first 200 guests
- Opportunity to win our $3,000 Grand Prize
- Door Prizes
Local celebrity and style icon, Fiona Forbes will be co-hosting the event with a number of well-known Vancouverites including, Matthew McCormick, who was recently named 2016 Designer of the Year by Western Living.
“Vancouver has a healthy business community with a thriving culture for the modern woman. We saw an opportunity to bring some of the most well-known west coast brands under one roof and invite woman to participate in a shopping and networking experience like no other,” says Shannon Lorenz, Executive Producer of TRENDVancouver.
Win a TREND Vancouver Prize Pack
I have a 4-pack of tickets to give away to TREND along with a $100 gift card to Fine Finds Boutique. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Follow TREND Vancouver on Facebook, along with Fine Finds Boutique on Facebook for inspiration.
Update The winner is Dee!
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House is hosting its annual Night of Fun fundraiser on Thursday September 29th, with a goal of raising $25,000 for its programs and services.
Kits House Night of Fun
Where: Kits House (2305 West 7th Ave, Vancouver)
When: Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Tickets: Available online now for $40
The 4th annual Kits House Night of Fun will host 100+ community influencers and long-time donors, fantastic live entertainment from Meredie Coloma, and Harrison Lee “the Yoyoer” will perform. Deluxe hors d’oeuvres served throughout the evening, there will be cocktails, and a silent & live auction with items like a 7-day cruise up for grabs.
Kits House is a neighbourhood-based organization that plays a key role in creating caring, inclusive, and just communities on Vancouver’s Westside.
It’s a place where community members are welcome to come in and seek whatever support they need – whether that be through programs, social services, or just a place to come sit and have a cup of tea. Last year Kits House welcomed over 20,000 visitors. It is a place where people gather together, cultivate a sense of belonging and invest in their local community. Every year they count on fundraising events like this to raise money for their programs and services.
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House has been a recognized community hub of the Westside since the 1970s. They have been a consistent provider of important social services and affordable programming to people of all ages – newborns to seniors. Follow along on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Science World’s hugely successful adults-only After Hours event is taking on a ghoulish twist for the Halloween next month with an After Dark Murder Mystery.
Science World After Dark Murder Mystery
Where: Science World
When: Friday, October 21, 2016 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm (doors 6:30pm)
Tickets: On sale online starting Thursday, September 22, 2016 (after newsletter subscribers get early access). Early bird sale deadline is October 11, 2016.
A professor has been murdered, and all the faculty are suspects. It’s up to you to crack the case! Watch the live scenes played out, gather clues, interrogate the suspects, enjoy a drink or two and participate in some mind-blowing interactive science demos before solving the crime.
Costumes are encouraged, and prizes will be given to Science World staff’s favourites. Beer, wine and cider will be available. Must be 19+. Follow Science World on Twitter and Facebook for more information about ticket sales for this event and more.
Update Science World has opened up another date, October 28th, for an encore of this event!
September is Big Brothers Big Sisters Month and Coquitlam Centre is joining forces with the local organization to encourage girls to “BeYou”. Every Saturday in September has been “BeYou Saturdays” at Coquitlam Centre. From 12:00pm to 4:00pm, events and activities encourage girls to celebrate their individuality and realize that they do not need to limit their goals.
BeYou at Coquitlam Centre
All events are free (for all ages) and are designed to provide young females better access to developmental tools that will help increase self-esteem, personal growth, self-worth and empower young women who are coming of age in a media and technology driven time.
BeYou Workshops and Events
I Promise… Digital Promise Wall
Saturday, September, 24, 2016 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm at the BeYou Lounge by H&M
View the promises made by girls across the country on the digital Promise Wall in the BeYou Lounge by H&M, and add your own by visiting the BeYou microsite www.beyougirl.ca. Select from a pre-populated list of positive statements and submit them to the scrolling list of promises that appear on the digital promise walls at Morguard properties across Canada.
BeYou Bracelet Making
Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm at the BeYou Lounge by H&M
Girls aged 9 to 16 are invited to create a BeYou bracelet.
BeYou! Celebration
Saturday, October 1, 2016 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Coquitlam Centre will be hosting an after-hours BeYou event for girls aged 9 to 16. This event will be emceed by Erin Cebula, BeYou’s national spokesperson. Registration is required for this event.
Girls will explore their self-worth, creativity, self-expression, and learn about healthy living by participating in six different stations designed to build self-confidence, provide positive affirmations and personal growth, while building skills to help girls navigate the pressures and insecurities that they often feel during these years. Be sure to pre-register. All participants receive a BeYou ‘Swag Bag’.
Coquitlam Centre is located at 2929 Barnet Hwy, Coquitlam. Follow along on social media (Facebook, Twitter) and find our more about Big Brothers Big Sisters Month here.
The inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival launches on April 28th, presenting three new opera productions and bold programming. In addition to the core opera productions, the 16-day Vancouver Opera Festival will offer a new VO-commissioned visual art installation, performances by superb vocal artists, new collaborations with other Vancouver arts organizations, a massive choral extravaganza, and engaging, immersive experiences for people of all ages.
Vancouver Opera Festival
April 28 to May 13, 2017
Otello, Dead Man Walking and The Marriage of Figaro will be on stage and programming will also include a new commissioned video installation by award-winning artist Paul Wong, performances by vocal stylist Ute Lemper and Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
Programming
Full-scale productions of Giuseppe Verdi’s late-career masterpiece Otello, featuring powerful tenor Clifton Forbis in the title role, and Jake Heggie’s modern classic Dead Man Walking, with charismatic bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch as Joseph De Rocher, will be presented in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Award-winning set designer Erhard Rom, who created VO’s internationally renowned 2010 production of Nixon in China, is the scenic designer for both productions.
Mozart’s magnificent The Marriage of Figaro, at the Vancouver Playhouse, will feature a terrific cast of emerging stars, sets designed by Vancouver’s multi-Jessie-Award-winning Drew Facey (Stickboy, 2014) and contemporary costumes by Canadian fashion designer Sid Neigum, who is receiving international attention for his bold geometric creations.
The Vancouver Opera Festival will take place at three venues in downtown Vancouver: the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the Vancouver Playhouse, and in the 500-plus-seat Festival Tent, which will be erected on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre plaza.
Tickets are currently on sale for all operas in VO’s 2016-2017 season, including the three festival operas, through the VO Ticket Centre at (604) 683-0222 or online.
Check out additional listings for Film Night at the Opera, Master Classes for Young Singers, Young Composers Workshops, The Artistry of Youth, Delta Opera & Performance Academy, Opera Tales, Opera in Context: Forums and Discussions, The Music of Verdi, Heggie and Mozart, Opera Speaks about Ethical Justice, Preview Talks, and more.
The Festival Tent will be a hive of activity every day of the Vancouver Opera Festival. Almost every evening, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, the tent will be open for Happy Hour with socializing, light refreshments and intriguing programming: talks, panel discussions, performances.
Connect with Vancouver Opera Festival on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for more programming, event, and ticketing information.
