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January 7 2025 edition: How to eat your way through Tofino

January 7 2025 edition: How to eat your way through Tofino

Plus: It's bye, bye, bye to Justin Trudeau

January 07, 2025

Hey there. We’re a week into 2025, which means we’ve all had a bit of time to give our new year’s resolutions the old college try. (Remember to cancel your gym membership if you’re not going to use it after the free trial!)

If your resolution was to go to more events, then great news: we can help with that. Mosey on over to our Instagram for the chance to win a Theatre or Dance Trio Ticket Package to the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Nothing beats live events—except maybe free live events!

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Associate Editor

— FEATURE —

Five under-the-radar Vancouver bars

Some of the city’s lesser-known watering holes are tucked away behind unmarked doors, down alleyways, or behind false fronts. We’ve rounded up some of Vancouver’s more obscure spots so you can enjoy a Friday night drink somewhere new—or impress your friends with your top-shelf bar knowledge.

— CITY & CULTURE —

The rock ’n’ roll history of Cyclone Taylor Arena

What do the Clash, Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, and Motörhead have in common (aside from being great musicians, of course)? They all played shows at Kerrisdale’s Cyclone Taylor Arena. For our latest print edition, Jesse Donaldson goes deep on what was briefly the city’s Mecca of rock music.

Halfways through the hockey season, the Canucks are looking like an entirely on-brand shitshow
Cheyenne Rouleau, creator of Fat Joke, mulls over how size has become inextricable from worth—and how we can reframe our thinking
Justin Trudeau is going to need a new job very soon
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— ARTS—

Salish Sea Early Music Festival announces 2025 Vancouver lineup

If you’re into music from, say, two to five hundred years ago, you’re in luck: the Salish Sea Early Music Festival is getting ready to baroque.

Snowed In Comedy Tour returns for a hometown show
A heartwarming puppet show is coming to The Cultch
What’s In Your Fridge: Photographer Mike DiPietro from Seasons of East Van

Spellbinding show De glace blurs the boundaries between audience and stage

At the heart of the Norwegian winter, two young girls become friends. Soon, one of them disappears. De glace immerses us into a dreamlike experience, where sound, smoke and light reign supreme.

Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 @ Roundhouse, presented by Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh Festival & Van Kids Fest.

— FOOD —

Where to eat in Tofino

Tofino may have a small population, but it’s got a surprisingly rich culinary scene. Eat your way through the surfing capital of Canada with our handy guide.

Five local bakeries you may not know about
Trying Dry January? Here’s where to find delicious non-alcoholic cocktails

Snakebite Film Festival Penticton, January 30 till February 2, 2025

Snakebite Film Festival Penticton returns January 30th till February 2nd, 2025. 4 days, 9 Films, 2 Galas and one infamous wine tour.

The Film Festival joined forces with Okanagan Society for Independent Filmmakers to Showcase Okanagan Filmmaking within the wildly popular 5 Day Film Challenge.

— ICYMI —

Your ultra-local January horoscopes
Unwind with Vancouver’s best spas
This tiny cinema is showing eye-sized shorts
The concerts you need to know about this month
The St. Lawrence team has a new restaurant in the works
Why you should eat at Baby Dhal

— THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK —

VISUAL ARTS: Deb Chaney’s meditative exhibit The Drishti Experience wraps up. (To January 9 @ Douglas College, New Westminster)

BOOKS: Cali Haan, Thomas Girard, Karzan Mahmood, and Audrey Wolfe appear at a Humour at VPL Writers Showcase. (January 7 @ Vancouver Public Library Central Branch)

MUSIC: Legendary punk band Black Flag swings by on a throwback tour. (January 8 @ Rickshaw Theatre)

FILM: Skyfall gets an orchestral backing. (January 8 to 9 @ Orpheum Theatre)

COMEDY: Bradley Sakawsky’s Pro Comedy gathers eight comedians for a night of laughs. (January 9 @ Underground Comedy Club)

VISUAL ARTS: Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital questions the rural-urban binary. (January 9 to April 13 @ Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery)

Want to know what else is happening in Vancouver? Check out our events listings.

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