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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Both Heritage Vancouver and the Vancouver Heritage Foundation host fascinating walking, neighbourhood, and housing tours around Vancouver. One upcoming event that caught my eye, aside from tomorrow night’s dinner in the Marine Building penthouse, is a walking tour with twist. Photo credit: davefisher99 on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool. Walking Tour & […]
