OUT ‘N’ ABOUT

Must See Events of the Week!

The Peak of Christmas Grouse Mountain Presently – December 24 There is nothing more wonderful than witnessing the joy on a child’s face at Christmas! Why not enjoy a wonderful family day out at Grouse Mountain this year, where the atmosphere of Christmas will lift your spirits and have you singing along with the choir before you know it! Meet Santa, have you photo take with Dancer and Vixen, take a sleigh-ride through the alpine forest and go for a wonderfully fun skate on the 8,000 square foot mountaintop Ice Skating Pond! Click here for more information.   Leo The Cultch December 4 – 15 The Cultch has never failed to bring joy to those who attend shows in their atmospheric theatre in East Vancouver. This week, Leo comes to town, a show where the laws of gravity are non-existent as German acrobat and theatre performer Tobias Wegner astounds audiences with his one man show. Following shows around the globe it has won The Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe festival among others and is definitely worth a visit! Purchase tickets here.   Luminescence Vancouver Aquarium Showing until January 22, 2013 Brighten up those long winter days by taking a trip to Vancouver Aquarium, where you can witness the amazing world of fluorescent and bioluminescent light that exists deep beneath the ocean. Through educational, captivating shows and interactive exhibits, you will learn why and how aquatic animals like anemones, jelly fish and corals glow like they do beneath the deep blue sea! Click here for more information.   The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Pacific Theatre  December 8 – 15 CS Lewis’s fantasy classic comes to Vancouver. Four young children discover a hidden door in a wardrobe, to a magical wintery kingdom following a game of hide and seek. Twenty years after defeating the evil ice queen who reigned over the mysterious land, Peter and Lucy go back to the room where their adventure began all that time ago. Purchase tickets here.