Celebrate the change of seasons on Friday December 21st on Granville Island, in South East False Creek, in Yaletown, Chinatown, and on the East Side with the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. Presented by the Secret Lantern Society, this free family event will have lanterns, singing, dancing, and a processions through town. Granville Island Starting at […]

Christmas at Canada Place is in full swing with the Breakfast with Santa events this weekend and plenty of activity out on the promenade. I took a walk around Canada Place at dusk on Friday afternoon to check out all the the free fun for families. The promenade activities run from 8:00am to 10:00pm daily […]

There’s nothing like instilling and celebrating a sense of community pride, like Rob Geary and Luis Galvan of Welcome to East Van have done since they started the brand in 2006. The goal was to inspire the community to embrace, develop, and evolve its identity. This year, like last year, they’re running the “12 Days […]

The Great Canadian Craft Fair: Holiday Edition is taking over the Salt Building near False Creek this Saturday and Sunday. Look out for a cozy holiday craft village full of today’s brightest + best indie makers from The Lower Mainland and beyond, as well as hands-on workshops, music, food, hot-cocoa, and more! Skip the over […]

The 3rd Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair, supporting Downtown Eastside women, returns Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Woodward’s. The crafters are women who have been going through drug treatment, living in shelters, accessing drop-in centres, and living in the neighbourhood. The women have spent one day a week crafting this fall (at the Window Community […]