Bah Humbug! A Spirited Woodward’s Tradition to Benefit Community Arts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Reconceived as a staged reading and musical event, this imaginative all-ages production offers a bittersweet twist on a cherished seasonal classic. Bah! Humbug! runs December 14 – 18, 2011 in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.

Commissioned and co-produced by SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs in partnership withVancouver Moving Theatre, Bah! Humbug! is a benefit for the community arts in the Downtown Eastside and the Heart of the City Festival.

Now more than 150 years old, Dickens’ timeless story remains relevant today, especially in light of parallels between the economic disparities of Victorian London and Vancouver’s DTES.

Directed by Max Reimer, Artistic Managing Director, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, the 2011 Bah! Humbug! features award-winning actor Jay Brazeau as the irascible Ebenezer Scrooge, First Nations actor Margo Kane as the narrator. Juno-award winning musician and actor Jim Byrnes as Jacob Marley, and gospel and blues singer/actor Tom Pickett as Bob Cratchit.  These Vancouver favourites are joined by a cast of professional and DTES community actors, multiple instrumentalist Joseph ‘Pepe’ Danza, and the Saint James Music Academy Youth Choir. Music direction is by Neil Weisensel, with music drawn from a modern songbook of pop songs, folk, blues, gospel and industrial rock along with seasonal favourites.

Bah! Humbug! runs for six performances only December 14-17 (7:30 pm) and December 17-18 (2:00 pm) at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings. Tickets are $19 (students/seniors) and $29 (adults) and can be purchased at the Vancouver Playhouse Box Office by phone at 604-873-3311 or online at www.sfuwoodwards.ca

The winner will receive 2 tickets to the evening performance on December 15 or 16, 2011.

NOW FOR THE CONTEST

To enter you must do the following:

1)    Leave a comment below on this post and tell us What is your favourite play or movie that features Actor – Jay Brazeau?

2)    Retweet the following in twitter:

I entered to win 2 Tickets to Bah! Humbug!  http://bit.ly/sDSVIl  Follow & RT to enter!

3)    Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tasteandsipmagazine

Contest ends Sunday December 11th. Contest is open to Canadian residents and the winner will be drawn at random. Good luck to everyone that enters!

Congratulations Bonnie Yee winner of the tickets (drawn by random.org)

Fine Print: You must enter your full name and include your Twitter address if you have one, and register with your email address when entering the contest. Note: The winner will receive 2 tickets to the evening performance on December 15 or 16, 2011.

Deck The Halls with Gales of Laughter

The Vancouver TheatreSports League is proud to present the funniest holiday show this season!

Off-White Christmas takes a humorous, alternative look at Christmas that turns the snowy-white holiday on its head (hence “off-white”). Grab drinks, sit back, and prepare to laugh as the improv players explore Christmastime cultural phenomena and stereotypes.

Purchase Tickets Here

Beginning Nov 17th, 2011

Thu – Sat at 7:30pm

NOW FOR THE CONTEST

To enter you must do the following:

1)    Leave a comment below on this post and tell us What is your favourite Christmas related Play? And Why?

2)    Retweet the following in twitter:

I entered to win 2 Tickets to Off-White Christmas http://bit.ly/v550iE  Follow & RT to enter!

3)    Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tasteandsipmagazine

Contest ends Wednesday November 30th. Contest is open to Canadian residents and the winner will be drawn at random. Good luck to everyone that enters!

Fine Print: You must enter your full name and include your Twitter address if you have one, and register with your email address when entering the contest.

Hosted by CBC Radio’s Lisa Christiansen and featuring amazing chefs, this year DOXA serves up a vibrant menu of food-themed documentary films from directors such as Sally Rowe and D A Pennebaker. Each film will be paired with delicious morsels from great local restaurants and a selection of fine wines. It’s documentary film that tastes as good as it looks! The evening will also feature a silent auction with many exciting items.

FILMS
Enjoy excerpts of the following delicious documentaries:
Smokin’ Fish (dir. Corey Mann and Luke Griswald)
Ingredients (dir. Robert Bates)
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market (dir. David Sigal)
A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt (dir. Sally Rowe)
Kings of Pastry (dir. Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker)

FOOD & WINE
Tickets include a delicious tasting menu with dishes inspired by each of the documentaries as well as a selection of wine pairings courtesy of Marquis Wine Cellars. Our menu will feature amazing food from Diva at the Met, Salt Tasting Room, Subeez Café, and Salmon & Bannock.

SILENT AUCTION
Bid on many fabulous items, including vacation packages, tickets to local arts events, artwork, and gift certificates to dozens of local businesses. A full list of auction items is coming soon.

Saturday, November 5, 2011, 7:00pm 
At The Roundhouse Community Centre (Davie St & Pacific Blvd.)

Tickets: $40

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On October 16th, 2011, the Vancouver Farmers Markets will present their 3rd annual dinner fundraiser event: RIPE: A Harvest Celebration, at the Creekside Community Centre from 4pm – 8pm. RIPE is a casual, family-style meal that includes a feast of delicious and seasonal food prepared by local chefs and market vendors, regional beer, wine, and cocktails, a silent auction, and live entertainment.

The RIPE dinner will be a sit-down, buffet-style meal starting with appetizers prepared by chefs from Meat & Bread, Vij’s Rangoli, Campagnola, and Swallow Tail Supper Club, using seasonal food provided by Farmers Markets vendors. Cocktails, beer and wine will be sipped while enjoying the spectacular view of the mountains from the Creekside Community Centre in Olympic Village.

The Vancouver Farmers Markets, a registered BC non-profit society, hosts their annual dinner celebration to raise funds for two main purposes:

1.       To grow and improve the organization that hosts Vancouver’s weekly, year-round Farmers Markets in their efforts to bring healthy, local food to urban consumers.

2.       To build the Farmers Nest Egg Fund, an initiative created by VFM to help farmer vendors in times of financial need and to expand the network of local farmers that make the markets so successful.

RIPE tickets are available at any of the Vancouver Farmers Markets, at Rangoli Restaurant, and online at http://eatlocal.org/ripe/. Ticket prices are $50 for members, $65 for non-members (includes one year VFM membership), and $25 for children under 12.

Celebrate the opening season of Theatre at UBC in style, our contest winner will receive 2 tickets to attend Theatre at UBC performance of ‘The Trial of Judith K” as well as dinner for two at Mahony & Sons Public House to use on any night of your choice (subject to availability). Value $150

THE TRIAL OF JUDITH K.

FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE Sept. 29 – Oct. 8, 2011:  | By Sally Clark, Director Tom Scholte | Roughly based on The Trial byFranz Kafka, this black comedy by Vancouver’s Sally Clark follows a modern business woman, Judith K., who finds herself accused of an unknown crime. The harder she delves into the ensuing bureaucratic nightmare, the more firmly she is bound by it, and the more obscure the reasons for her conviction become. Nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award and Governor General’s Award for “Best Play”

Dates: Sept. 29 – Oct. 8, 2011

Show details and tickets

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Mahony & Sons Public House

Irish music. Irish food. Irish craic. Who knew an authentic Irish experience could be found in Vancouver? But an authentic Irish experience is exactly what you’ll find at Mahony & Sons Public House. We feature live music, world and local sports on Satellite HDTV. And, of course, every day you’ll find delicious comfort food complemented by our selection of cold, Mahony sized pints, wines, and extensive selection of spirits. Phone us at P: 604.827.4444 (UBC) or P: 604.647.7513 (downtown)

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The Contest

To enter you must do the following:

1)    Leave a comment below on this post and Describe the perfect Fall evening to enjoy Theatre at UBC

2)    Retweet the following in twitter:

I entered to win Dinner for 2 @MahonyAndSons & 2 tickets to @TheatreUBC ‘The Trial of Judith K’ http://bit.ly/nzVzN6 Follow & RT to enter!

3)    Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tasteandsipmagazine

Contest ends Sunday September 18. Contest is open to Canadian residents and the winner will be drawn at random. Good luck to everyone that enters!

WINNER: Robbin Risley

First Weekend Club presents

Thursday April 21^st at District 319

Director/writer Deborah Chow makes her feature film debut with a subtly woven story about a young, pregnant Montreal woman, Nathalie, (Isabelle Blais) whose life comes crushing down when she loses her child as result of a hit and run accident. Haunted by his guilt, Henry (Zach Braff), an illegal pharmaceuticals dealer, seeks out Nathalie to see if she had survived. He is at first relieved to find that she is alive, but soon realizes that the incident has caused her to lose more than her own life. Soon Henry becomes a caring friend and protector to Nathalie, with the truth looming hidden in the background behind their burgeoning relationship. Nathalie does not know that her new friend is the cause of her predicament. How can he tell her?

The High Cost of Living was the recipient of the SKYY Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

6:30pm: Doors open with pre-show wine reception and live music by Jennifer Hershman http://www.jenniferhershman.com

7:30pm: Film Screening followed by a Q&A by video Skype with the director Deborah Chow

TICKETS:

Cost: $18 in advance (buy tickets online)

Purchase Tickets here

Note: 19 + over only.

NOW FOR THE CONTEST

Name two films the First Weekend Club has presented in 2011!

You have until Wednesday April 20th at 12 noon to enter in the comments below. The winner will be announced via twitter and posted on this page.

Fine Print: You must enter your full name and include your Twitter address if you have one, and register with your email address when entering the contest.

Enter to WIN, 2 tickets to the Opening Gala Party

Tues Feb 1, 7pm at the Roundhouse

Opening Night Gala – A Taste of the Festival – Food and Entertainment

Traditional, contemporary, music, comedy, spoken word!  Hosted by hereditary chief of the Squamish Nation, Chief Ian Campbell, the evening will feature a variety of performances from a diverse scope of artists including:  traditional Dancers Git Hayetsk presenting masked dance, story, and song, Vancouver’s own blues guru Murray Porter and all the way from Yellowknife, award winning musician Digawolf-both giving you a taste of the music coming later in the week. Also included are spoken word artist and  radio host Janet Rogers, the haunting sounds of Cris Derksen’s cello, slam poetry champion Zaccheus Jackson and more!

Contact Info:

Web site: www.ticketstonight.ca/ticketstonight/

Ticket Info: Tickets Tonight, Plaza Level, 200 Burrard St.

604-684-2787 (infoline)

info@ticketstonight.ca

Order By Phone: 604.684-2787

NOW FOR THE CONTEST

What year was the first Talking Stick Festival held in Vancouver?

The first person to answer the question correctly in the comments below will win the book. The winner will be announced via twitter and posted on this page.

Fine Print: You must enter your full name and include your Twitter address if you have one, and register with your email address when entering the contest.

Enter to WIN, 2 tickets to the Film KING OF PASTRY.

December 17-19 + 22-23

Pacific Cinémathèque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver

Kings of Pastry takes audiences into France’s prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (Best Craftsmen of France), an intense, high-stakes pastry competition that “combines the skills of a baker, the vision of an abstract artist and the hands of a bomb diffusion team” (San Francisco Chronicle). Pacific Cinémathèque presents the Vancouver Premiere and Exclusive First Run of this never-before-filmed test of France’s finest artisans, revealed by documentary veterans D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hedegus, makers of The War Room and Dont Look Back.

This is nothing less than the Olympics of pastry. The film follows several elite pastry chefs as they embark on an intense, remarkably nerve-wracking three days of mixing, piping, sculpting, and sugaring. The blue, white and red striped collar worn on the jackets of the winners is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef — it is a dream and an obsession.

TICKETS:

$10.50 Adult

$9.00 Senior/Student

$3 annual membership required

Purchase Tickets Here

NOW FOR THE CONTEST

Name two well known Pastry Chefs!

You have until Friday December 10th at 12 noon to enter in the comments below. The winner will be announced via twitter and posted on this page.

Fine Print: You must enter your full name and include your Twitter address if you have one, and register with your email address when entering the contest.

Enter to WIN, 2 tickets to History of Chocolate Tastings and more (value $92) on October 28.

Cocao Nymph’s Rachel Sawatzky leads the guests thru an afternoon of chocolate, chocolate pairings and chocolate foods. Rachel is just back from Italy, as of October 16, a trip that was all about chocolate. This will be an amazing afternoon, with pairings of a beer, wine, tea, coffee and dessert wine – ending with chocolate desserts.

$46/person. Tickets on sale now.

October 28th. 1:30pm-4:00pm at Mackin Heritage House in Coquitlam.

http://historychoco.eventbrite.com/

Now for The Contest

To enter to win 2 Tickets to HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE TASTINGS AND MORE on October 28.. Leave a comment on this post listing answering this question.

In What Year did the Cocoa Nymph retail store open and what were they selling in the store?

The first person to have entered their detailed answer correctly receives the 2 Tickets and will be announced via Twitter.

Only enter the contest if you are available to attend this event on October 28.

Fine print: Contest will run until someone wins. You must enter your full name and register when entering the contest. You must also be following @TasteandSip on Twitter.