Inside Vancouver
Best of Vancouver 2011: Evening Activities
By Ayden Fabien Férdeline and Neal Giannone and Darcy Smith and the Editors published Feb 16, 2011
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Got a spare evening? Fill it with an experience from this catalogue of activities in a Vancouver just waiting to be discovered
An All-Access Pass
Throughout the school year, UBC students perform their own compositions and the work of classical masters at the Roy Barnett Recital Hall at UBC, free of charge. Get a glimpse of future artists in this ongoing series of grad recitals. And be sure to have a glass of wine with Miss A, a recital fixture who attends every performance in the gusto of her Sunday best. (She's even got a Facebook fan page.) 604-822-0182. Music.ubc.ca
Eat Local (Really Local)
Get a taste of Aboriginal cuisine at VCC's student-run Wild Salmon restaurant, open May through August. This dine-dining room offers up starters for $4, mains for $9, and desserts for $3. Try anything with oolichan oil, a nutritious, über-British Columbian delicacy. 250 W. Pender St., 604-443-8352. Vcc.ca
A Night of Erickson
Rent the Baldwin House for a private dinner party. The Arthur Erickson-designed gem sits alone on Burnaby's pristine Deer Lake. Downstairs there's room for a dozen to dine together. $325 per night in the high season or $1,500 for a whole week. Be sure to book months in advance. Blog.conservancy.bc.ca
