Lanterns! Lion dances! Dumplings galore! If you thought our city’s Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year festivities were limited to the annual Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade this Sunday, February 17, think again. LunarFest -  a free, family-friendly, weekend-long Lunar New … Continue reading →The post Vancouver LunarFest Brings Dumplings, Lanterns and Lion Dancing to Art Gallery Plaza, February 15 – 17 appeared first on Inside Vancouver Blog.Read more: Vancouver LunarFest Brings Dumplings Lanterns and Lion Dancing to Art Gallery Plaza February 15 – 17

Over the years, Vancouver has produced a number of celebrities who have gone on to international fame – and today, one of our local talents was unveiled as the city’s first-ever tourism ambassador in China. Meet Wanting Qu, a Vancouver-based … Continue reading →The post Meet Wanting Qu: Vancouver’s First Tourism Ambassador in China appeared first on Inside Vancouver Blog.Read more: Meet Wanting Qu Vancouver’s First Tourism Ambassador in China

Best-known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, Art Spiegelman is one of the most respected comics artists/illustrators in the world. In CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps, the Vancouver Art Gallery presents a retrospective of Spiegelman’s 40-year … Continue reading →The post Art Spiegelman at the Vancouver Art Gallery appeared first on Inside Vancouver Blog.Read more: Art Spiegelman at the Vancouver Art Gallery

So many poutines, so little time. Some 21 different styles of poutine – the classic Quebecois dish of fries, cheese curds and gravy – are competing for the title of Vancouver’s best this month as part of the 2nd annual … Continue reading →The post Hungry? Try Vancouver’s Top 20 Poutines in the 2013 Poutine Challenge, thru Feb 28 appeared first on Inside Vancouver Blog.Read more: Hungry Try Vancouver’s Top 20 Poutines in the 2013 Poutine Challenge thru Feb 28

The humble dumpling (jiaozi) is the star of the Chinese Lunar New Year feasting which kicked off February 9 on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Dumplings – dough filled with meat and veg artfully wrapped into tidy morsels of comfort food … Continue reading →The post Don’t Miss DumplingFest – A Vancouver Chinese Lunar New Year Food Party, February 15-17 appeared first on

  If you’re looking to discover Vancouver in a new light, the Museum of Vancouver’s latest exhibit, Sex Talk in the City, will give you the opportunity to do just that. While having the word “sex” in the title may … Continue reading →The post Sex Talk in the City at the Museum of Vancouver appeared first on Inside Vancouver Blog.Read more: Sex Talk in the City at the Museum of Vancouver