Yay! It's a long weekend! Kind of feeling burnt out recently so looking forward to this weekend! Have a great one!

Friday, October 11, 2013

Rainbow Warrior
Fri & Sat 10am - 6pm
North Vancouver - Burrard Dry Dock Pier (beside Lonsdale Quay)
Come and personally visit Greenpeace's fabled ship for a free group tour and an opportunity to meet the captain and crew! The ship will be calling on ports exclusively in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island. This is an incredible ship tour that promises to be fun and interesting for all ages!

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Annual UBC Farm Harvest Festival
9am
UBC Farm, 3461 Ross Dr  Vancouver 
Celebrate another season of bountiful, beautiful produce with us!  Enter the pumpkin carving contest, learn to save seeds, create some fall art, enjoy a harvest-themed chef demo and stock up on autumnal eats for your Thanksgiving dinners.

Arc'teryx Vancouver Store Grand Opening
10am
2033 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
We invite you to stop in during the grand-opening weekend to say hi and have a look at the full Fall/Winter 2013 collection. The new Vancouver store joins our growing list of Arc'teryx brand stores, including Montreal and Seattle, and you can find out more details about each location at their individual sites.

Homelessness Action Week art show
10am - 3pm
Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus, Atrium, 250 West Pender St, enter from Hamilton Street
Part of Homelessness Action Week 2013. Out of the Rain: A week-long art exhibit. Art works and painted umbrellas created and donated by many of Vancouver’s established artists, alongside works by homeless, at-risk and recently-housed artists.

Homelessness Action Week Eastside Stride
10am - 6:30pm
Meet at Union Gospel Mission lobby, 601 East Hastings, Vancouver
The Eastside Stride is a Homelessness Action Week (HAW) project available from October 12 to 20 to anyone who wants to know more about the Downtown Eastside (DTES), past and present. The two-hour walking tour, developed by UGM in partnership with Mission Possible and with support from the City of Vancouver and numerous local service providers, not only builds awareness and promotes education within Greater Vancouver, it gives employment to local residents in an empowering and dignified manner. Reserve a spot on the Union Gospel Mission website.

Rainbow Warrior
Fri & Sat 10am - 6pm
North Vancouver - Burrard Dry Dock Pier (beside Lonsdale Quay)
Come and personally visit Greenpeace's fabled ship for a free group tour and an opportunity to meet the captain and crew! The ship will be calling on ports exclusively in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island. This is an incredible ship tour that promises to be fun and interesting for all ages!

Paper Saver Workshop 
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre, 990 West 59th Avenue
Part of the month long Sustenance Festival. In this workshop offered by Village Vancouver, Joy Jolie will share with participants the most practical tips and techniques for reducing paper use and paper waste in the home and office. We explore alternatives to using paper for sharing information, keeping your home clean, minimizing paper use for hygiene and other common areas of paper consumption.

New People / First Peoples: Food Sharings Harmonizing Dance, Art, Music, and Ritual - by donation
2pm - 4pm   
Britannia Community Centre, Upstairs Canuck Family Education Centre 1655 William St
Part of the month long Sustenance Festival. Join us in this unique exploration of indigenous perspectives on sustenance and food security through dance, music, art and ritual. Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts along with artist Bert Monterona and First Nations Raven Spirit Dance together with the Grandview Woodland Food Connection host an interactive dance workshop and dialogue exploring our human relationship to food and nature along with a sharing and making of indigenous traditional dishes.  Suggested donation $10 - $15

South Vancouver Community Harvest Potluck
2pm - 4pm   
Nancy Styles Hall, 5988 Nanaimo St  
Part of the month long Sustenance Festival. Bring a dish to share and join the South Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Network for a community meal. Sample nibbles from our Tasting Kitchen, enjoy live music and activities, and purchase affordable veggies + fruit at our mobile market. Everyone welcome!

Sunday, October 13, 2013

World Indigenous Day
Noon - 4 pm   
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver 
World Indigenous Day is an event celebrating the beauty of Indigenous culture, bringing people from all communities together in the hopes of building relationships, and acknowledging our pride and diversity. This 2013 being the year of Reconciliation, we hope to celebrate with the public our shared understanding and awareness of history is paramount to both the indigenous and local communities. Our community partners are an inspiring reminder of the amazing event that can happen when we work together. With an afternoon of workshops, panel discussions, traditional foods, music and cultural dance, drumming and much more. Now in its second year, the World Indigenous Day Celebration has joined forces again with the Sustenance Festival.

Documentary Film Screening at Wesbook Village
4pm
Wesbrook Welcome Centre, 3378 Wesbrook Mall
Documentaries are better than ever these days. As an educated, critically-thinking community, we think that's a very good thing. So we've decided to screen them, every second Sunday of each month. This month, we're watching Micheal Moore's Sicko, a close look at the American healthcare system.

Monday, October 14, 2013 - Thanksgiving Day

Granville Island Turkey Trot - $60
8:30am
Granville Island
10k run/walk/stroll to raise money for Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The Turkey Trot is not your average run. Our goal is to make the run an EXPERIENCE. We want to raise the level of organization, volunteer involvement, accurate and timely information, gourmet food, and level of excitement so that the Turkey Trot is a run to remember for the ages!