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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Born in Seoul and raised in Queens, Min Jin Lee is the preeminent author of the Korean diaspora. A masterful storyteller who illuminates the complexities of identity, migration, and belonging with great empathy, her novels have been recognized with some of the highest honours in the literary world. Lee made
Come wander among the pots. This November, the Burnaby Potters’ Guild opens its shelves for our annual Holiday Ceramic Sale, a weekend filled with things made slowly, thoughtfully, and by hand. Come find wobbly little creatures, beautiful vessels, curious forms, favourite mugs, one-of-a-kind treasures, and all the wonderful surprises that
Celebrate five years of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre with a free open house weekend! Since opening in 2021, the Centre has become a gathering place where elders, students, families and first-time visitors connect through the stories that shaped Vancouver’s Chinatown and the Chinese Canadian journey. Enjoy free admission and free
Discover how an invasive plant can be transformed into handmade paper! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll use freshly harvested reed canary grass to make paper pulp from scratch. Learn about the ecology of introduced grasses and how to identify them while exploring the process of cutting, blending, and boiling plant
A behind-the-scenes look at five artists' creative processes. CAPTURE: Surface / Depth is a two-day art exhibition bringing together five artists working across painting, glasswork, woodwork, ceramics and poetry. See finished artworks alongside process films, raw studio sounds, materials and works in progress; offering a glimpse into how each artist
Celebrate autumn with a lively day of games, food, cultural experiences, and family fun at Bodhi Meditation Vancouver. Browse the vendors market, enjoy food and drinks, and try the festival games and challenges for a chance to win prizes. Dress up in hanfu and take photos at several festival scenes,
Join us for our first store grand opening weekend! Nov 7 & 8 from 11 am to 6 pm. Discover versatile pieces designed to move with you. Celebrate with us, explore the collection in person, and enjoy special perks like: - Free pair of tights for the first 50 guests
The Shoe Project is back in Vancouver, sharing the written and spoken voices of immigrant and refugee women. Through a pair of shoes, participants tell personal stories of migration, identity, courage and belonging. Through live storytelling, audiences are invited to listen, connect and experience these powerful stories of life in
Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.
Join us for our first store grand opening weekend! Nov 7 & 8 from 11 am to 6 pm. Discover versatile pieces designed to move with you. Celebrate with us, explore the collection in person, and enjoy special perks like: - Free pair of tights for the first 50 guests
Stand-up comedy meets all-level yoga. Comedian and yoga teacher Cindy Gu blends a live stand-up set with an easygoing yoga class, so you laugh, stretch and breathe in the same afternoon. Community tea after the show. No yoga experience needed. Ages 18+. Doors 3:00 PM, show 3:15 PM. Tickets $30,
Join acclaimed Canadian artist and author Douglas Coupland in conversation with Carol Lee, Chair of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, as they explore his personal connection to Chinatown and the surrounding neighbourhood, and the role art and storytelling play in capturing a neighbourhood’s identity. Presented as part of the Chinatown Storytelling