GOODS: Vancouver Urban Winery Set For Special Night Of Live Jazz, Food And Wine

Vancouver Urban Winery is located at 55 Dunlevy Ave in Vancouver BC | 604-566-9463 |vancouverurbanwinery.com

The GOODS from Vancouver Urban Winery

Vancouver, BC | Vancouver Urban Winery and Two Chefs and a Table present our Great Gatsby Roaring Twenties Dinner on Saturday May 11th. Tickets are $75, include a three course meal, wine and cocktails. Dinner is at 8pm with the lounge open at 9pm. The lounge will be open to the public for those who just want to come and enjoy the tasting bar and live jazz by Cory Weeds. Dressing up is encouraged! Tickets available at VUW or via Eventbrite. Menu after the jump… Read more

HEADS UP: Pop-Up Wine Bar Goes Down Tonight At Gastown’s “Nouvelle Nouvelle”

by Robyn Yager | Tonight, from 7pm to 9pm, Gastown boutique Nouvelle Nouvelle (209 Abbott) will host a Spring Pop-up Wine Bar featuring new wines from Road 13 and ice cream sandwiches by Earnest Ice Cream. Sip, chomp, and check out new dresses from Dolce Vita, tees by Mt. Pleasant Athletic Club, Cheap Monday sunnies, and beautiful butter leather bags. Oh, plus 15% off.

ZULU REPORT: All The Awesome Sounds That You Should Be Listening To This Week

by Nic Bragg | From Kitsilano’s Zulu Records, we once again present our weekly Scout feature, the Zulu Report. Within, we provide The Track - the song that is on heavy rotation in the shop this week; The Playlist - which is pretty self-explanatory; The Gig - the ‘must see’ show of the week; and The Glance - which details the best live acts that are on the immediate horizon. From our ears to yours, enjoy… Read more

GOODS: “Nicli Antica Pizzeria” Set To Host Craft Beer & Neapolitan Pizza Dinner Series

Nicli Antica Pizzeria is located at 62 East Cordova in Vancouver, BC | 604-669-6985 | www.nicli-antica-pizzeria.ca

The GOODS from Nicli Antica Pizzeria

Vancouver, BC | Beer and pizza – it’s become a classic Canadian combination. Whether it’s an after game celebration, before class quick bite, or dinner out with friends; beer and pizza is everyone’s ‘go to’ casual meal. It’s become so ubiquitous that most of us take it for granted. Not at Nicli Antica Pizzeria where they continue the century old tradition of creating Neapolitan-style pizzas the proper way – with love, by hand, using the only the best seasonal ingredients.

Coming up in May are three Craft Beer and Pizza Pairing Dinners that may just have you appreciating beer and pizza with a whole new respect. “We are very excited to be partnering with three of BC’s top artisan breweries,” says Nicli owner Bill McCaig. “Like a wine-pairing dinner, it’s a great way to showcase the flavour profiles in the beer and how they complement our pizzas. For these initial dinners we are so pleased to be working with Parallel 49 (May 13), Driftwood (May 20) and Howe Sound (May 27). They demonstrate the same care and attention to beer-making that we do with our pizzas. We think this may be a Vancouver first and if they’re well received, we’ll do more.” Details and tickets after the jump… Read more

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

by Michelle Sproule | The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit. The Scout List is our carefully considered, first rate agenda of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours…

LEARN | The Internet is a massive part of our social, political, economic and creative lives, but what is it exactly? If you’ve ever stopped to think about the answer to that question and are interested in getting to the bottom of it, make your way down to hear author Andrew Blum (Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet) give it his best shot. Blum will be at the centre of Vancouver’s Internet Exchange (yes, there is such a thing and it’s really located at SFU Harbour Centre) to give his talk, which is entitled Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet. Curious? Use your internet connection to find out more here. Admission is free, but reservations are required and will likely be spoken for quickly.
Thursday, May 2 | 7pm | SFU Harbour Centre (515 W. Hastings St) | DETAILS

THE CAVE SINGERS | Live music is such a good move. Do yourself some good and catch The Cave Singers at the Commodore this Thursday night. The indie folk/rock band from Seattle is coming over the border to play tunes from their most recent album, Naomi. Joining them on stage will be The Bleeding Rainbow. So grab a cold bottle of beer, a place in the crowd that has a good view, and enjoy!
Thursday, May 2 | Doors 8pm / Show 9:30pm | Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville) | $18.50 | DETAILS

POP-IN LOCKER ROOM | Canadian brand Muttonhead (unisex clothing made from high quality and sustainable materials and designed to outlast trends) launches their Spring/Summer 2013 “Good Sport” collection with a pop-in-shop exhibit at Chinatown’s Board of Trade Co. this weekend, but if you head down on Thursday night you’ll catch a party that will include a little bit of love from Caribou Brewing Co. and Vancouver Urban Winery, as well as a baseball card-themed photo booth (awesome).
May 2-5 | 11am – 6pm daily | Board of Trade (227 Union St) | DETAILS

SHARE | Take a seat at the ShwayShway Cafe to meet new people, share good food and slow down a little. The pop-up long table series is setting up shop at The Chinatown Experience this weekend to serve up Middle Eastern-influenced mezzo plates featuring Yummus hummus, beef or roasted vegetable Tajine (stew), dessert made by Sunday Morning Ice Cream and drinks for $30 (you might even see a hookah making it’s rounds). We hear that Friday and Saturday nights might already be sold out, but there are still seats for Sunday and the lunches of hummus, baba ganouj, labneh, sides and tea for $10 are wide open. More here.
May 3, 4, & 5 | Lunch 11-6pm, Dinner 7-11pm | 434 Columbia St | $10/$30 | DETAILS

FUSE GRAND HOTEL | Once every few months, The Vancouver Art Gallery lets loose. These occasional breaks from the usual civilized gallery behaviour are known as FUSE – an evening of music, live performance, DJs and art. This time around, FUSE follows the theme of the museum’ latest exhibition: Grand Hotel. Expect comedy improv inspired by hotel-themed films, live jazz, a touch of Andy Warhol and a little Blim (with the added incentive of a cash bar and gallery tours).
Friday, May 3 | 8pm–1am | Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St.) | $20 | DETAILS

GET ACQUAINTED | Forbidden Vancouver is leading a Lost Souls of Gastown walking tour this weekend that will take you through the back alleys and dark corners of historical Gastown. By the time you’re done you’ll know all about Gassy Jack, Klondike Kate and poor old John Bray. You’ll also get a feel for what the neighbourhood vibe was like way back when and gain a better appreciation for its street names, architecture and variouslandmarks.
Saturday, 4 May | 8pm | Various Locations In Gastown | $22 | DETAILS

KARMA | Local artist Wendy Sexsmith is trying to brighten rehab up by raising funds for a mural project that would transform the colourless hallways of Onsite (a DTES rehabilitation centre). How can you contribute to building a stronger and healthier community through art? It’s as easy as enjoying a plate of Huevos Rancheros. Just show up at the Interurban Gallery for brunch this Sunday and the money you spend on breakfast will go toward funding this project. Bonus: Vancouver band The Sojourners are playing.
Sunday, May 5 | 11:30 | Interurban Gallery (1 E. Hastings @ Carrall) DETAILS

WATCH | Doxa is on, and with 74 screenings at 5 venues, there’s plenty to keep you entertained. Highlight include Vancouver director Corey Ogilvie’s Occupy The Movie, Google and the World Brain by Ben Lewis. Also look out for Slow Food Story (Sunday, May 5 @ 3:45 pm) in which Director Stefano Sardo follows the delicious adventures of Slow Food movement founder Carlo Petrini as he endeavours to foster an anti-fast-food movement.
May 3-12 | Various times, Various venues | DETAILS

WILD EDIBLES | Figure out what you can and can’t chow down on while on a trek through local forests by taking a two-hour guided tour with the well informed culinary peeps at Swallow Tail Tours. Not only will hike leaders will brief you on where to find and how to identify delicious items such as wild mushrooms, fiddleheads, berries and stinging nettles, but they’ll also fix you up with secrets of how to prepare them for optimum impact and (the best of all part) they’ll also make you lunch using foraged food right on your walk.
Sunday May 5 | 11am | Lynn Headwaters, North Vancouver | $39 | DETAILS

THE SHOW | Prepare to be blown away this Sunday at the annual Degree Exhibition at Emily Carr. Wander the galleries, hallways, foyers and classrooms of the campus to take in upwards of 300 works by talented graduating students.  Students exhibiting their work have come through ECUAD in Design, Media and Visual Arts. And for the first time this year, Emily Carr will be offering one-hour tours for those wishing to get a more in-depth understanding of the work on display.
Sunday May 5 | 5-10pm | ECUAD (1400 Johnston, Granville Island) | DETAILS

Check the Globe & Mail every Thursday for our Special Weekend Edition of the Scout List

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Michelle Sproule grew up in Kitsilano and attended University in Australia and the University of Victoria before receiving her graduate degree in Library Sciences from The University of Toronto. She lives in beautiful Strathcona and enjoys wandering aimlessly through the city’s shops and streets with her best friend – a beat up, sticky, grimy, and uncooperative camera.

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GOODS: Wildebeest Set To Roast Rosedale “Bresse” Chickens For Supper This Sunday

Wildebeest is located at 120 West Hastings Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-687-6880 | www.wildebeest.ca

The GOODS from Wildebeest

Vancouver, BC | This weekend, Wildebeest presents the first in a new series of Sunday dinners. Join us this Sunday for roast chicken, featuring whole Rosedale ‘Bresse’ chickens, revered for their flavour due to perfect fat distribution and superior texture. These locally raised chickens are directly from the Bresse line, the world’s only AOC bird, national bird of France, chicken of choice of Chef Heston Blumenthal, and the first of their kind to be served in Vancouver. Dinner for four is $140 and in very limited supply. Please email us at eat@wildebeest.ca to book your dinner. Menu after the jump… Read more

GOODS: Yaletown’s La Pentola Continues Its “Famiglia Supper Series” On April 28th

La Pentola is located in the Opus Hotel at 350 Davie St. in Vancouver, BC | (604) 642-0557 | www.lapentola.ca

The GOODS from La Pentola

Vancouver, BC | On April 28, La Pentola della Quercia’s Famiglia Supper Series continues with a Spring lamb and vegtable dinner hosted by chefs Adam Pegg and Lucais Syme. Join us for dinner at 6PM to dine alla famiglia style at a communal table with your neighbours and friends. This multi-course event includes locally sourced food from Hannah Brook Farm and UBC Farm. Call 604-642-0557 or email info@lapentola.ca to reserve. $55 per person. Seating is limited and dinner is served promptly at 6PM. Our full menu will also be available throughout the evening for those not reserving this event. Read more

HEADS UP: 10 Awesome Reasons To Get Yourself Out To “Got Craft” This Weekend

1/ A handful (or two) of beer pretzel caramels from 1Up
2/ Element Botanicals Amazing Cream. So good!
3/ Never know when you’ll need one of these, might as well be classy about it.
4/ Reclaimed wood jewellery from Billy Would
5/ Anything from Camp & Quarry
6/ Hand dyed Adriana Leggings from Daub and Design
7/ Gorgeous bamboo tie pins and cufflinks from Cabin + Cub
8/ Foe and Dear handmade rings with raw semi precious stones
9/ Black Walnut cutting board | serving tray | charcuterie plate from Kate Duncan
10/ Delicious Mellifera Bees Honey

Make your way over to Templeton Secondary School, located at 727 Templeton Drive in Vancouver, BC. this weekend to check out the spring edition of Got Craft. Peruse and show your support for the super cool handmade wares of indie artists, designers, bakers and soap makers. This event is an annual Scout favourite, and definitely one of the best craft shows we have in Vancouver.

Bonus: If you’re one of the first 50 people through the door, you’ll have a chance to score a free swag bag of goodies (full of handmade items from vendors at the show).

GOODS: Carol Chow To Plate Painted Rock Winemaker’s Dinner At “Fraiche” On May 9

Fraîche is located at 2240 Chippendale Road in West Vancouver, BC | 604-925-7595 | fraicherestaurant.ca

The GOODS from Fraîche

West Vancouver, BC |Fraîche Restaurant is pleased to present a very special Painted Rock Wine Dinner on May 9, hosted by the proprietor of Painted Rock Winery, John Skinner. Guests will enjoy a five-course regional meal created by Fraîche’s new executive chef, Carol Chow, and expertly paired with the Okanagan estate winery’s finest wines. The evening begins at 6:30pm. Tickets are $135 per person (plus taxes and gratuity) and reservations may be made by calling 604.925.7595. Read more

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

by Michelle Sproule | The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit. The Scout List is our carefully considered, first rate agenda of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours…

ECO FASHION WEEK | Catch the latest from local designers strutting their wares down runways and across stages to demonstrate how fashion and sustainability are no longer mutually exclusive. Highlights include the 68 lb challenge (contestants search the isles of Value Village to find 68 lbs of used clothing that they then rework in to a new collection) and the Hey Jude Fall ’13 collection preview. Full schedule here.
Now – April 24 | Various times | Robson Square (800 Robson St) | DETAILS

BLOOM | In order to support their endeavours to promote an appreciation for the history and culture of people of Japanese Canadian heritage, the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby is holding a fundraiser this week. Bloom, the museum’s annual art auction, is all about Kokeshi, wee wooden dolls – a little like the austere offspring of a matryoshka doll and a clothes peg – painted in a distinct style and adored for their good luck. Attendees are invited to enjoy canapés, a cash bar and good conversations in between placing bids on 100 artist-designed dolls (check out a gallery of the dolls here).
Thursday, April 25 | 7pm | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | $25 | DETAILS

BIG MOUTH | The relationship between art and real estate in Vancouver is an interesting one. Development without regard for art leaves a city bereft of character. Yet, without appropriate development, the creative class will have nowhere to live. The Big Mouth series, conceived of and organized by Polina Bachlakov, seeks to bridge the gap between the worlds of art and real estate development by engaging speakers to explore the opportunities for collaboration and overlap of these two worlds. Speakers include Michael Green (Michael Green Architecture), Mark Shieh (Director of River Market at The Quay), Ron Burnett (President and Vice Chancellor of Emily Carr University of Art + Design), Steven Cox (Principal and Creative Director of Cause+Affect, Pechakucha), Heather Redfern (Executive Director of The Cultch, Vancouver’s East Cultural Centre), Ernesto Gomez (Nuba, Arrival Productions), Donald Luxton (Heritage Vancouver). This event is sold out but the good news is that there will be a limited number of tickets released at the door!
Thursday, April 25 | 7pm | Macaulay Fine Art, 293 East 2nd Ave | Free | DETAILS

OCEAN WISE | The Vancouver Aquarium and Naramata Bench Wineries Association are joining forces this weekend to hold Wine For Waves, a fundraising event for Ocean Wise, the “Vancouver Aquarium conservation program created to educate and empower consumers about the issues surrounding sustainable seafood.” It will offer Vancouverites a first taste of Naramata Bench’s spring release wines paired with seafood prepared by some amazingly talented chefs (Chef Ned Bell of Yew, Chef Bruno Terroso of Poplar Grove, Chef Mark Ashton of Lake Breeze Winery, Chef Darin Paterson of Red Rooster Winery, and more). Good food and wine for a good cause? You can’t go wrong.
Friday, April 26 | Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, 791 West Georgia St | DETAILS

SPLURGE | Got Craft? You should. Make your way over to Templeton Secondary School, (727 Templeton Drive in East Van) this weekend to check out the spring edition of Got Craft and peruse supercool handmade wares of indie artists, designers, bakers and soap makers. This event is a Scout favourite, and definitely one of the best craft shows we have in Vancouver. Bonus: If you’re one of the first 50 people through the door, you’ll have a chance to score a free swag bag of goodies (full of handmade items from vendors at the show).
Sat, April 27 + Sun, April 28 | 10am–5pm | Templeton Secondary School, 727 Templeton Drive | $3 | DETAILS

BELLE GAME | Hannah Georgas and The Belle Game are playing the Rio Theatre on Friday night. They are also playing Saturday night, but good luck getting tickets to that, they went in a snap – prompting this second show. The Belle Game recently wowed the Pecha Kucha Night audience with a pre-show performance, then played Record Store Day at Zulu Records. With a new album out (released April 20) and a quickly growing following, tickets won’t be available for long. Try Redcat or Highlife or call The Rio’s phone service (1-888-222-6608).
Friday, April 26 | 8pm | The Rio Theatre (1660 E Broadway) | $25 | DETAILS

LEARN | Cleopatra, well known for her strength and cunning, was rumoured to be besotted by pearls. The presence of these precious, naturally produced gems in her jewellery is the jumping off point for a discussion about the ancient pearl trade. The Vancouver Chapter of The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities offers a Friday night lecture with Professor Joel Walker (History Department at the University of Washington) that will explore the power of the pearl and it’s role in antiquities of trade and commerce.
Friday, April 26 | 7pm | Alliance for Arts & Culture (938 Howe St) | $5 | DETAILS

A MOST CURIOUS EVENT | Hustle down to Gastown on Friday night for an auction and oyster tasting event at the stunning new location of The Found And The Freed, a pop-up shop teaming with cool antique artifacts. The Curious Oyster Catering Co. will be on site shucking four different types of oysters (sourced from The Outlandish Shellfish Guild), serving canapes and pouring cocktails, wines and scotches selected to perfectly pair with the bivalves. 10 unique items – gathered from back-country barns, abandoned buildings and small town garages – will be auctioned proper-like with a professional auctioneer and paddles. That – and the generally good company that oyster-loving people are famous for – will make for a good start to the weekend.
Friday, April 26 | 7:30pm | 207 Abbott St | $45 | DETAILS

SKATE | The pavement is dry, the sun is shining and the new skate park is open out at UBC (Thunderbird Blvd and Health Sciences Mall). As Canada’s first skatepark located on a university campus, this new facility deserves your attention, for historical and cultural reasons, if not just for fun. Even if you don’t skate, grab yourself a tea or coffee at the UBC Student Union Building, take a seat on the sidelines and watch for a while.

SLOW DOWN | If you’re in or headed to the Okanagan this weekend, slow down and enjoy some good food. The Slow Food Canada National Conference is going down at The Watermark Beach Resort in Osoyoos and the gathering of chefs, farmers, foodies and winemakers brings with it two Slow Food meals that should not be missed. The premise of Slow Food movement is to respect food and enjoy what you are eating. Know where it comes from, appreciate fully what has gone in to growing, raising, harvesting and preparing that food and do it in a way that celebrates flavour and ritual of sharing food. A pretty sound premise to be sure. Sit down at one of two dinners (Slow Fish Grazing Dinner or Taste of Thomson Okanagan) to immerse yourself in the Slow Food movement, eat some amazing food and meet some great people.
April 27 + 28 | The Watermark Beach Resort in Osoyoos | $75 | DETAILS

Check the Globe & Mail every Thursday for our Special Weekend Edition of the Scout List

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Michelle Sproule grew up in Kitsilano and attended University in Australia and the University of Victoria before receiving her graduate degree in Library Sciences from The University of Toronto. She lives in beautiful Strathcona and enjoys wandering aimlessly through the city’s shops and streets with her best friend – a beat up, sticky, grimy, and uncooperative camera.

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HEADS UP | Klee Larsen Of Le Marché St. George Showing New Work At “The Shack”

The Larsen family are a talented bunch. Sisters Janaki and Klee do plenty more that just make Le Marché St. George this city’s most one-of-a-kind corner market. Janaki makes stunning ceramics and Klee take beautiful photographs. Lately Klee has been playing around with printing photos on vellum and adding layers of gold foil and resin (the results literally glow). Clear some space on your schedule to attend the opening reception for her first solo show – Oro (Spanish and Italian for gold) – at The Shack Art Collective in East Van this Saturday night. The majority of pieces are small and – in keeping with the mandate of The Shack – priced well within reach (in the $80-$110 range). Bring a little cash in your pocket for art (and a drink) and enter through the alley to check out this cool little gallery and the amazing artist exhibiting within!

Sat, April 20 | 7pm | The Shack Art Collective | 4364 Prince Albert (enter through alley) | DETAILS

GOODS: “Vancouver Urban Winery” Pairs With Railtown Cafe For Tasting Bar Pop-Up

Vancouver Urban Winery is located at 55 Dunlevy Ave in Vancouver BC | 604-566-9463 |vancouverurbanwinery.com

The GOODS from Vancouver Urban Winery

Vancouver, BC | Vancouver Urban Winery is hosting a Pop-Up Tasting Bar this Saturday, April 20th (4pm to 11pm) featuring Railtown Cafe and Salt Spring Vineyards’ Blackberry Port. Vancouver Urban Winery’s tasting bar features 36 wines taps with wines from all over BC. Guests can enjoy one of our signature tasting flights or select their favorite wines from our extensive on-tap list. Wines will be enjoyed with gourmet eats from Railtown Cafe and we are launching the release of our first Port on-tap; 2011 Blackberry “Port” from Salt Spring Vineyards. Book a reservation 604-566-9463, walk-ins welcome. Read more

GOODS: “Blue Water Cafe” Hosting Special Supper With NYT Food Writer Mark Bittman

Blue Water Cafe is located at 1095 Hamilton Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-688-8078 | www.bluewatercafe.net

The GOODS from Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar

Vancouver, BC | It is with great pleasure that we announce a very special evening in honour of Mark Bittman’s visit to Vancouver. Acclaimed New York Times columnist, author of “How to Cook Everything” and all-round culinary star, Mark Bittman will join us at Blue Water Cafe for an intimate celebration of food and wine. Chef Frank Pabst will create an exclusive four-course menu, while Wine Director Andrea Vescovi personally pairs each course with his own handpicked selections. Read more

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