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Where to Score a Quick Picnic, Mapped

Make the most of the good weather this weekend - but don't overthink it. Here's our guide to easy grub and the closest green space nearby to consume it in.

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Get Tickets to Flavours of Hope’s ‘Summer Celebration Market’ This Friday

The event marks the launch of their 2022 Dreams Cuisine program, and features food from five different women chefs and business owners.
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Nine New and Unexpected Places to See Art In and Around Vancouver

Consider this your guide to a bunch of unusual and/or lesser-known local venues for checking out art (plus one in Ucluelet).

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Heads Up / The Islands

Plan a Trip to Mayne Island for the Acorn x Das Nest Collab Dinner

The special plant-based, multi-course dinner is happening for two nights only, July 11th and 12th.
Heads Up / East Vancouver

Sunday Pies Pizza Co. Popping Up in Strathcona For a Limited Time Only

The temporal new venture from Doug Stephens and Colin Staus is happening at Luppolo Brewing Company from Friday June 24th until Sunday, July 3rd.
Heads Up / Kitsilano

Snag Tickets for Tayo’s Summer-Inspired Filipino Dinner

On Monday, July 11th, head to Farmer's Apprentice for a seven-course Filipino dinner channeling the energy and tastes of the season.
Heads Up / Downtown

Ignore the Rain and Head Downtown for the Japan Market Summer Festival

Spend a day browsing and enjoying the goods from over 70 Japanese and Japanese-themed food, art and culture vendors, June 11th and 12th.
Heads Up / East Vancouver

Grab Tickets for the ‘Before Sunset’ Outdoors Dinner Now

The Fresh Roots schoolyard dinner spreads across the fields of David Thompson Secondary schoolyard Thursday, July 7th.
Heads Up / Chinatown

Reset With a Traditional Tea Ceremony at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

We had the honour of attending a ceremony last week, when accomplished tea expert and ceremony guide Lillian Li, took us through the process of identifying the subtleties of different tea flavour profiles interwoven with elements of the history and culture surrounding tea drinking in China.
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Vancouver Food Runners Seeking Volunteers

In anticipation of a busy summer season, the VFR is currently seeking new volunteers to fill the gaps in volunteer numbers that typically fall this time of year, just when the volume of fresh produce donations is increasing.
Heads Up / Bowen Island

Snag Tickets to Bowen Island Fire Cooking Workshop and Feast

Block off a full day, and set yourself up with the outdoors cooking skills to get you through the summer season ahead, imparted by Wild Northern Way chef Jody Peck.
Heads Up / Commercial Drive

‘Dolce Amore’ (aka The Gelato Mafia) is Celebrating Their Anniversary This Weekend

Join in on the celebrations and save room for at least one scoop of gelato this Saturday, May 28th!
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Put Up Your Dukes! Restaurant Rumble Tryouts Set For May 14, 15, 21, 22

Calling all local bartenders, baristas, barbers and butchers: after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, Restaurant Rumble is back!
Heads Up / North Vancouver

North Van’s ‘Windfall Cider’ Seeking Local Foragers for Collaboration

The North Van cidery and tasting room is looking to step up their ciders a notch, by extending an open invitation to local foragers who want to contribute their efforts to the cider-making process. Think new TBD ciders infused with real seasonal, BC ingredients and flavours.
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Four Fun Ways to Participate in This Year’s ‘World Collage Day’ Celebrations

Did you know it’s World Collage Day on May 14th? Celebrate with Atelier 8.18 in Mount Pleasant this weekend with the opening of their World Collage Day Exhibition (which remains on view until June 18th) and a BYOC (Bring Your Own Collage) event on May 15th.

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Heads Up / Chinatown

Don’t Miss the Land Back Records Launch Party at Fortune Sound Club

Hosted by Casey Desjarlais, the lineup features an incredibly talented selection of Indigenous performers, as well as Indigenous-led pop-up shops and art installations.
Heads Up / Downtown

Five Films Screening at This Year’s DOXA Festival We Want to Watch (Plus One Panel Discussion)

This year, there are 77 in-theatre screenings and 61 films available to watch online. Here are just a handful of documentaries that we'll be feasting our eyeballs on, from May 5th to 15th, 2022.

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Heads Up / Yaletown

Wine Lovers Rejoice: Top Drop Main Tasting Event Returns to Yaletown, May 10th & 11th

Along with sipping the "good stuff", this is a rare opportunity for engaging in shameless wine-centred conversations with the people who live and breathe it around the world, along with your local wine-loving peers and industry folks.
Heads Up / Gastown

Cheers to Three Years of Beer-Forward Gastown Restaurant, ‘The Magnet’

The Magnet opened its doors to much anticipation from beer- and food-lovers alike, at the end of April 2019. Post pandemic, here's hoping that the restaurant's magnetism is recharged and pulling crowds through its doors for many years to come.
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The Tricky Business of Finding Vancouver Restaurants Open on Monday (and/or Tuesday)

It's the beginning of the week. You want to meet friends for a meal (or just don't want to cook), but so many restaurants are closed that figuring out where to go only leads to frustration, compromise, or a sad frozen pizza... No more! This new guide is here to help.

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Heads Up / Squamish

HEADS UP // Brand New ‘Bespoke Market’ Kicking Off in Squamish This Weekend

Unless you're superhuman, you've probably also felt those familiar restless urges for change, associated with the Spring season. Here are just a handful of vendors at the Bespoke spring market that are making us feel all tingly with shopping lust...
Heads Up / Chinatown

Get Your Tickets to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden’s ‘Flavours of Chinatown’ Celebration

For the Chinese Classical Garden's 36-year anniversary, on April 24th, Sam Shem (The Dessert Club) and Melody Yip (BlackHoleTummy) have helped to organize an especially delicious event.
Heads Up / Mt. Pleasant

HEADS UP // Get to Know Vancouver’s “Boulevard Gardens” With an Earth Day Weekend Walking Tour

Local landscape architect and arborist, Saba Farmand, is leading three tours through the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood this weekend.
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Five Not-To-Miss Shows at the 9th Annual Capture Photography Festival

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Heads Up / Main Street

Main Street Loses Another Icon of the Independent Food & Drink Scene

Kafka’s flagship cafe, which has occupied its prime Mount Pleasant location since July of 2010, is closing its doors this month. They are the latest casualty in a slew of Main Street business closures slated for April (also, Slickity Jim's, The Boxcar and Pizza Farina).
Heads Up / East Vancouver

Odd Society Spirits Hosting Delicious Day-Long Ukrainian Snacks Fundraiser This Weekend

On Sunday, April 10th, Odd Society Spirits will be hosting some of their chef friends - Tatiana Pakhomova, Todd Graham (Hand Taste Ferments, Wild Thing), Andrew Morales (Txirimiri), and Kody Abrams (Greenhorn Cafe) - for a delicious (and boozy), day-long celebration of Ukrainian food and culture.
Heads Up / East Vancouver

The Pie Shoppe Announces Winemakers Dinner and Tickets are Selling Out

Pie Shoppe owners Stephanie and Andrea French team up with Chef Dana Ewart and Winemaker Jordan Kubek (Pamplemousse Jus, Lighting Rock Winery) for a special 4-course wine dinner at The Pie Shoppe next Tuesday.

Heads Up / Main Street

Heads-Up: The Boxcar Given 30 Days to Pack Up and Clear Out

I happened to be having a beer with Boxcar co-owner Patryk Drozd yesterday afternoon when his phone started blowing up.