The organization of Canadian Women in Public Relations (“CWPR”) is hosting a launch event, at Vancouver’s historic Hycroft Manor in Shaughnessy this May. The organization has been formed to enable groups of public relations women leaders across Canada to come together to share ideas, contacts, experiences, and to advocate for major issues directly affecting women working in the PR industry today.
Canadian Women in Public Relations Launch Event
This event is a great opportunity for you to learn more about our this organization, enjoy the company of industry friends and meet new women who are united in their PR careers. Network in Hycroft’s spacious foyer at the foot of the Grand Staircase, mingle in the formal Drawing Room and enjoy a glass of wine on the spectacular Terrace overlooking the beautiful walled gardens.
When: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: The University Women’s Club of Vancouver at Hycroft (1489 McRae Ave)
Tickets: $55 members, $75 non-members. Ticket + membership bundle $300
Organized by a team of experts in public relations, this event will look at What’s Next for Women in Canada’s PR Industry, discuss misconceptions and redefine perceptions for the PR field.
Speakers at this event include:
Bridgitte Anderson, General Manager, Edelman Vancouver; Christie Smith, Founder of the Elite Communicators Group; Director of Corporate Relations at Partnerships BC; Erin Dermer, Director of Media Relations and Social Media at TELUS; Natalie Langston, TV Host, Producer, Journalist, Emcee & Brand Ambassador; Fitness & Health Reporter, BC Living.
Opening Remarks will be made by Cleta Brown, President, The University Women’s Club of Vancouver; Talia Beckett-Davis, President & Chairwoman, Canadian Women in Public Relations; Founder, Pink Pearl PR; Director of Communications, AdvantageBC. The panel’s moderator will be Stuart Chase, Director of Marketing and Communications at Make-A-Wish Foundation of BC and Yukon.
Win Tickets
If you would like to attend this inspiring event, I have a pair of tickets to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 6:00am on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Follow Canadian Women in Public Relations on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.
Update The winner is Kelly Millin!
The Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”) is hosting Earth Day in Stanley Park on Saturday, April 23, 2016.
Earth Day in Stanley Park
- Where: All events will be based at the Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon at the corner of Chilco & Alberni Streets.
- When: Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Tree Wrapping & Lost Lagoon Tour 12:15pm to 1:00pm & 2:45 to 3:30pm
Invasive Plant Pull 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Invasive Ivy Weaving, drop-in between 10:00am and 4:00pm
- Tickets: None required, it’s free! There will also be free refreshments, crafts for the kids, and chalk drawing fun will round out the day.
SPES will be engaging the public in a series this day of events including invasive plant removal, water quality monitoring, beaver tree wrapping, and other stewardship activities. Earth Day is also the perfect time to the Conservation Corner in the Stanley Park Nature House. This is a fresh educational display that aims to inspire and engage visitors better about SPES’ active conservation, research and habitat enhancement.
Based atop the Nature House on Lost Lagoon, the public is encouraged to drop by and be engaged in the upcycling / weaving of English ivy into bionets that will be destined for new placements in the Park to repurpose biomass while acting as erosion control.
Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung and MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert will be on hand to kick off the event at 11:00am followed by the official unveiling of our new “Conservation Corner” exhibit in the Nature House at 11:20am.
SPES works year-round to manage the impact of 8 million visitors per year on Stanley Park. Your support helps them conserve this natural space for the benefit of visitors and wildlife alike. Check out my 6 Reasons to Become a Stanley Park Ecology Society Member and follow SPES on Twitter and Facebook.
This weekend Miss604 is proud to sponsor Surrey’s Party for the Planet, a free family festival at Surrey City Hall with live music and activities for all. Check out what else is happening and feel free to send in your event anytime if you would like it listed.
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Edible Exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Voices of Elders
Make It! Vancouver Fair
Art Together Show
Mano Le Tough & The Drifter at The Imperial, Maeve Showcase
Presenting the 2nd Annual Parker Art Salon
Vancouver World Music Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: A Good Mother
Verses Festival
Magique: Vegas-Style Magic Stage Show at the Metro Theatre
Royal City Musical Theatre Presents: Fiddler on the Roof
Vagabond Players Present: Tea and Sympathy
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Sponsored by Miss604: Surrey Party for the Planet
Vaisakhi Day Parade, Surrey
LD Foto Con
Earth Day in Stanley Park
Worldwide Instameet Vancouver
Walking Tours with Maurice Guibord
TEDxEastVan 2016
Shakespeare 400: Stanley Park Historical Gardens Walking Tour
Crafty Affaire Spring Market
Bard on the Beach Presents: Will’s Wake
Hershe Bar-Where The Girls Are
Inaugural Bell Joy Ride Vancouver
Women’s Only Self-Defense Workshop
Fort Langley: A Night at the Fort
Raffi at the Orpheum
Nat Bailey Farmers Market
Live Jazz at Brentwood
Vancouver World Music Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: A Good Mother
Verses Festival
Magique: Vegas-Style Magic Stage Show at the Metro Theatre
Make It! Vancouver Fair
Royal City Musical Theatre Presents: Fiddler on the Roof
Vagabond Players Present: Tea and Sympathy
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Canucks Autism Network’s Family Festival
Veg Expo
Uncensored Comedy Night
The VanDusen Plant Sale
Zealous Art: pARTy in Langley
Design Sundays Workshop – Improv-ing the City
Improv-ing the City. Designing Policies through Participative Theatre
Dance Allsorts: Raices y Alas Flamenco
VSO Symphony at the Annex
Sunday Paella Series at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Live Jazz at Brentwood
Vancouver World Music Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: A Good Mother
Verses Festival
Make It! Vancouver Fair
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
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There are photo opportunities scattered throughout the Vancouver’s 52-hectare Queen Elizabeth Park. At 152 metres above sea level, it’s the highest point in Vancouver and makes for spectacular views of the park, city, and mountains on the North Shore.
Photos abound of its gorgeously landscaped quarry garden, the arboretum with its collection of exotic and native trees, and views of the city below. There is one spot, arguably the best for views of Vancouver and the North Shore, where the act of photo-taking has been commemorated with bronze statues.
Photo Session Statues in Queen Elizabeth Park
In 1984, artist J. Seward Johnson, Junior gifted “Photo Session” to the park. It features 3 life-sized people posing for a photo, with the city as a backdrop, with another bronze statue posing at the photographer. The statues themselves are in many visitor photos, and are listed in numerous TripAdvisor posts about the park. In 2008, the statue of the photographer was stolen, and many feared it would be melted down for money. It was later found in a field in Aldergrove.
Although a commemoration of photographers at that lookout point today might feature smartphones and selfie sticks, Photo Session continues to draw its own attention, which is why it is today’s Vancouver Icons photo feature:
Other Vancouver Icons posts: City Hall History, BC Sugar, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Museum of Anthropology, Fort Langley Community Hall, Christ Church Cathedral, Waterfront Station, Pacific Central Station, Randall Building Mural, East Van Cross, Robert Burns Statue in Stanley Park, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Flack Block, The Drop, Prospect Point Lighthouse, Engagement, Ovaltine Cafe, The English Bay Slide, Freezing Water #7, Cleveland Dam, Heritage Hall, School of Theology Building at UBC, Gate to the Northwest Passage, St Paul’s Hospital, Capilano Lake, Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
Audiences are eagerly awaiting the full-scale premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit musical Evita, presented by Vancouver Opera April 30th to May 8th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
Vancouver Opera Presents Evita
Winner of 7 Tony Awards™ including Best Musical, Evita is the story of the charismatic and controversial Eva Perón, whose beauty and ambition vaulted her from poverty to power as the First Lady of Argentina.
Set in the politically turbulent 1930s and 1940s, Evita follows Eva’s remarkable journey from small-town slums to the tango clubs of Buenos Aires, through a career in B movies, and to the presidential palace on the arm of her new husband, General Juan Perón. Fearlessly aggressive in defending the rights of workers and the poor, Eva attracted the wrath of the aristocracy and the universal love of the people. Her legend lives on, decades after her death in 1952 at age 33, even as her role in Argentina’s history is revealed with increasing clarity as time goes on.
Vancouver Opera’s Evita will star three seasoned Broadway stars with international followings:
Ramin Karimloo will star as Che. Mr. Karimloo has played both Jean Valjean (Les Misérables) on Broadway and The Phantom (Phantom of the Opera) in London’s West End. He was personally selected by Andrew Lloyd Webber to star in the London World Premiere of the Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies. This will be his first appearance as Che.
Caroline Bowman will play Evita, a role she has also played in the Broadway revival and on tour in the United States. She also starred in the Broadway productions of Wicked (as Elphaba) and in Kinky Boots.
John Cudia will play Perón. Mr. Cudia is the first and only performer to have played the roles of The Phantom and Jean Valjean on Broadway. Equally at home on opera, theatre and concert stages, Mr. Cudia is a lyric tenor who has also sung Alfredo in La traviata with Lyric Opera of the North.
Directed by Kelly Robinson, Conducted by Jonathan Darlington, Choreography by Tracey Flye.
Evita is onstage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for only 6 performances:
Saturday, April 30, 2016 7:30pm
Sunday, May 1, 2016 2:00pm matinée
Thursday, May 5, 2016 7:30pm
Friday, May 6, 2016 7:30pm
Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:30pm
Sunday, May 8, 2016 2:00pm matinée
Tickets are available exclusively through the Vancouver Opera Ticket Centre by calling (604) 683-0222 or booking online. Special pricing for groups of at least 10, and for families, is available by phone.
Win Tickets
I have a pair of tickets to give away to a performance of Evita on Sunday, May 1st at 2:00pm. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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Follow Vancouver Opera on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more information. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Tickets are non-refundable; cannot be exchanged for another performance.
Update The winner is Michelle Mollinga!
