Eats
Nicli Antica Pizzeria is offering up three craft beer and pizza pairing dinners through the month of May, starting with one on May 13. For this first dinner, they’ll be pairing up with local brewery Parallel 49. The hand-crafted Neopolitan-style pizzas will be paired with brews that showcase and compliment the pizza’s flavour profiles. The dinners will start at 8:30 p.m. and will feature four different pizzas plus dessert and a beer from the featured brewery, costing only $45 per person.
Beats
The Astoria is bringing back The Dark Eighties, a night to indulge in your love of The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Siouxie and the Banshees. DJs Nikki Nevver, Virginia Frazer, Szam Findlay will be spinning all night long, unearthing the inner 80s goth in you. There’s no cover, and drinks are named after your favourite heartthrobs, including a shooter called Morrissey’s Tears. There’s also a pool table and pinball games!
Theats
The Troika Collective presents Chernobyl: The Opera, coming to Carousel Theatre Studio and running from May 14–19. The piece for cello, accordion, guitar and voice focuses on the nuclear reactor disaster at Chernobyl in the Ukraine in the late 20th century. Composer Elliot Vaughn has created a hauntingly beautiful backdrop for the stories of survivors of the meltdown of the nuclear reactor, as well as those who have chosen to resettle in the region following the disaster, despite the health risks. The text is taken from a collection of interviews and sung by an ensemble of seven vocalists. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com or at the door.
Elites
SAD Mag presents MAD MAD WORLD, a tribute to new wave and electro-pop. The dance party is taking place at the Remington Gallery, and will be headed up by local musicians and artists, including The Kingsgate Chorus, City of Glass, and a DJ set by Phil Intile of Mode Moderne. Next door, The Gam will be showing a sneak preview of the artwork from the next issue of SAD Mag. Hint: several bands were given disposable cameras to bring on tour.
Treats
Every Thursday and Saturday Forbidden Vancouver offers a Prohibition City tour, taking guests along a tour of historical Vancouver and mapping out the rise and fall of the prohibition. Part of the tour are respectable hotels that were once illegal drinking dens and the alleyways where the blind pigs once hid. You’ll hear stories about Vancouver’s prohibition-era mayor, L.D. Taylor, showgirls, and the most successful rum runner. The prohibition laws, while short-lived (only lasting until 1921) were so strict that bootlegging and speakeasies stuck around until the 1950s. Sign up for a tour at forbiddenvancouver.ca
