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BC SPCA – Spayghetti & No Balls (Thurs Feb 10)
The BC SPCA’s annual Spay-Ghetti and No Balls is back this year as an intimate affair. The event will be taking place at the Vancouver Rowing Club, on Thursday February 10th. The entertainment line up features a titillating burlesque show by Vancouver’s own Pandora and the Locksmiths, who will blow you away with their sultry moves and smokey jazz tunes, as well as BC’s very own Frank Sinatra tribute artist Rick Valiant.
Blenz Red Band
This February, in time for Valentines Day, Blenz is turning the city of Vancouver into a big dating game!
Mink Chocolates – Valentine’s pop-up store at Holt Renfrew
Mink Chocolates is a line of supremely decadent, ultra luxurious high percentage cocoa chocolate bars and bonbons…
Fine Finds – Weddings & Milestones Launch Party (Jan 22, 2011)
On January 22, 2011, Fine Finds Boutique (1014 Mainland Street) in Yaletown is launching a new department in-store for all your special event needs! A special highlight of the wedding part of the section will be featured from 1pm to 5pm with a fashion show of Bridal dresses from Something Blue, make up demonstrations by Kate Bythe, as well as booths set up from Brazilian Glow Bar, Bombay Brow Bar and Noir Lash Lounge! Also there will be swag bags and a chance to win a “Bachlorette Night Out!” So tell make sure you RSVP at 604-669-8325 and share the news with all your newly engaged friends!
The Waldorf Hotel – “Karen’s Room” art installation (Jan 15 to Feb 11)
The Waldorf Hotel and Off Main present: Karen’s Room: Open 5-9 pm, 7-days a week, Jan. 15-Feb. 11, 2011.
Join Karen’s latest efforts bundling, counting, sorting, and folding sheets, and writing messages of hope to the needy. Karen is back at The Hotel from her most-recent goodwill missions around the globe. Karen will be back at it collecting and recycling the hotel sheets and linens and repurposing them for worthy causes. A well-meaning activist, Karen has contributed The Waldorf’s used bedding to numerous charities in Vancouver and around the world, including the homeless, the destitute in the Downtown Eastside and Surrey, and to victims of natural disasters in Haiti and Pakistan.
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The Waldorf Hotel launches Room 103 with the return of Paul Wong’s: The Hotel. Over the next few months, Off Main will present 3 of the 12 site-specific performances and art installations created by Paul Wong that wowed the thousands who attended the Grand Opening of The Waldorf Hotel on Halloween. Wong invited participants to wander the hallways and enter ‘guest rooms’, blurring the boundaries of public and private space. Expect nothing/will happen, and it did.
Amacon – Tree Lighting Celebration (Dec 2, 2010)
On Thursday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m. Amacon will kick off the holidays with a Christmas tree lighting at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia Street side). The lighting of the Rockefeller-style 50-foot tree is the largest of its kind in Western Canada and will raise money for a variety of local charities. The event will be emceed by Rock 101’s Bro Jake, with appearances by the BC Lions, the BC Lions Cheerleaders, the Vancouver Giants, the Vancouver Children’s Choir and the guest of honour, Santa Claus. Entertainment acts begin at 5:30 p.m. and there will be a 10-second countdown prior to the lighting of the tree at 6:45 p.m. Fore more information, please see the flyer below.
Woodward’s Windows Display (Dec 1 to 24, 2010)
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Woodward’s Windows are back for the holidays! Canada Place has preserved the original displays and will showcase them in six locations as part of a walking tour in downtown Vancouver from December 1 – 24. For more information, click here.
Oakridge Center – Customer Appreciation Night (Dec 1, 2010)
Oakridge Centre invites you to attend the most fashionable shopper celebration of the season, December 1 from 6 to 9 pm. Enjoy holiday treats and festive entertainment, exclusive in-store promotions, fabulous giveaways and expert advice on the most stylish gifts of the season. Plus, just by shopping that night you can enter to win one of many exciting holiday prizes including a trip for two to the ultimate fashion destination – New York City! For more details, visit: oakridgestyle.com.
