Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 — 9:54am PDT

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The 13th annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival is coming up on September 26th. This lantern festival draws thousands of community members from the local Renfrew-Collingwood area for an evening of music, festivities and lantern installations.

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Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival

Where Slocan Park (2750 E 29th Ave) and Renfrew Park (2929 E 22nd Ave)
When Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 4:00pm to 7:30pm, and 7:30pm to 8:30pm

This is a family friendly festival runs starts with the Harvest Fair at Slocan Park featuring music, food and a lantern parade at 7:30pm down to the second location at Renfrew Park. At Renfrew Park you will find the Renfrew Ravine lit up with lanterns and special installations. RSVP to the event on Facebook for the latest information and updates.

The Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival is presented by the Still Moon Arts Society, which inspires vibrant and connected communities by creating artistic experiences and nurturing a passion for nature. Connect with Still Moon on Twitter and Facebook.

Dunbar Village Harvest Festival

Add a Comment by Rebecca Bollwitt Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 — 8:30am PDT

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The Dunbar Village Business Association is hosting its annual Harvest Festival on September 19th with family-friendly entertainment, games, and activities for all. I’ve heard that a must-see is the Vancouver Rabbit Agility Club demos as well!

Dunbar Village Harvest Festival

Where: Between West 26th & West 30th on Dunbar
When: Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
Tickets: No tickets required, free. RSVP to the event on Facebook for updates.

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Stop by to check out fitness classes, live music, bouncy castles, bubble sumo wrestling, and carnival games. There will also be giveaways and sidewalk sales from the businesses that make up the thriving Dunbar community. Cotton candy, helium balloons and an old-fashioned fire truck will add to the spirit of the day. Children’s entertainer Jenny Wright will be on stage, as will the Toy Story characters Woody and company. Whisky Minstrels or Tatiana Speed & Her Band will also entertain along with acoustic guitar favourites Rogue Messengers.

Stong’s Market is providing a dunk tank and barbecue with proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society, while proceeds from Shoppers Drug Mart’s sidewalk sale benefit Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of BC Foundation.

A pop-up art installation called the Working Holiday Still Life Harvest Project will feature artists Elisa Yon, Leah Weinstein, and Jaspal Marwah from the Artists in Communities Residency, sponsored by the Dunbar Community Centre/Vancouver Park Board. Visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to contribute to the installation and they’ll go to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.

Follow the Dunbar Village BIA on Twitter and Facebook for more information.

Upcycling in Stanley Park

Add a Comment by Guest Author Saturday, September 12th, 2015 — 10:14am PDT

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SPESLogoFourLine This post has been contributed by Sam Cousins, Stewardship Coordinator with Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End a decade ago and I have been a member for three years. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their news, events, and work so I have created “SPES Saturday” where they contribute and share stories with my audience once a month.

Upcycling in Stanley Park

Art and science are taking conservation to a new level in Stanley Park. With the help of environmental artist Sharon Kallis, the Stanley Park Ecology Society’s (“SPES”) volunteer Eco Stewards are restoring a damaged bank along North Creek in Stanley Park.

Eroded site along North Creek (Photo: Sharon Kallis)

North Creek is an ephemeral stream that flows into Beaver Lake. It supports a number of species of insects and amphibians that are threatened by the erosion of tread material (gravel, wood-chips and soil) from the adjacent North Creek trail.

To stabilize the creek banks and prevent erosion and sedimentation in the stream, Sharon Kallis is reusing Himalayan blackberry stems as fencing material, English ivy vines woven into bio-netting for bank stabilisation, and yellow flag iris leaves as mulch for planting. Normally, these invasive plants would be removed and discarded as waste. Sharon has other plans for them.

Volunteers weave a wattle fence
from blackberry vines. (Photo: Sharon Kallis)

For the last few weeks, Stanley Park Ecology Society volunteers braved blackberry thorns to harvest the needed stems.

The team has just completed making the fences using the old traditional method of wattling. These fences are intended to block off and decommission trails and discourage people from walking down to the creek – one of the primary causes of the erosion.

The fences will also help protect the planting that is happening this fall. The planting and the addition of woody debris will help to stabilise the area and enhance the natural habitat for the species that call North Creek their home.

English ivy vines
“crocheted” into bionets (Photo:SPES)

The final phase of the North Creek project will be happening in October with the installation of “bio-netting” woven from invasive English ivy.

Laid upon the eroded slopes, these organic nets help stabilize newly planted native species while the yellow flag iris mulch protects and nourishes the roots.

This project would not have been possible without significant volunteer support. A big thank you goes out to SPES’ intrepid volunteers for braving the dirt, scratches and weather to make this project a continuing success.

The work at North Creek is part of the larger Creative Upcycling in Stanley Park project. Funding for this project is provided by:

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Robson Community Fair

Add a Comment by Rebecca Bollwitt Friday, September 11th, 2015 — 11:14am PDT

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This month marks my 10 year anniversary of being a West End resident and I have to say, in my completely biased opinion, it’s Vancouver’s best neighbourhood. You can check out just a slice of what makes the West End great this weekend at the Robson Community Fair.

What 2nd Annual Robson Community Fair
Where 1600 Block of Robson Street in Vancouver
When Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 10:00am to 4:00pm

RobsonFair This event brings together businesses and community groups for a sidewalk sale and customer appreciation event. The West End BIA is also coordinating entertainment and activities:

The Cardero Stage will feature some of Vancouver’s best up-and-coming talent including Isaak Salomon, Gabe and the Oh Yeah’s, The Response, Monika Schwartzman and Hint of Lime.

Vancouver en Francais will host Film en Ville, a film-inspired city scavenger hunt starting and ending at the Robson Community Fair. To register your team, please visit their website.

Whole Foods Market Robson is planning a Whole Kids Foundation fundraising event in their parking lot (1675 Robson Street) from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

The WE Arts Art Market will feature handcrafted items from local artisans and live collage painting. Single Line Theatre are debuting their “Verse & Verve” video series, a showcase of the West End’s creative community made possible through Neighbourhood Small Grants.

For all of this information and more, follow the West End BIA on Twitter and Facebook.

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt Thursday, September 10th, 2015 — 2:29pm PDT

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Fringe Festival, farmers markets, barbecues blazing, and a walk for the kitties. There’s quite the mix of events taking place this weekend and if you’re looking for something off the concrete path, check out my ever-expanding hiking section.

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Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green below.

Friday, September 11, 2015
Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show Opening Reception
Hot Art Wet City: Receipt
Live Music at Trees Coffee
Hecklevision!: Bad Movies We Love
Meet-the-Artists & Musical Celebration of Nature in Art
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Oh the Humanity & Other Good Intentions by Will Eno
Step Into Tomorrow x FRFTC Fundraiser
Top Drop Vancouver
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Dating for Dumb Heads
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My First Sony
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Eurydice
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs Singh & Me
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The OC Musical
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Shake the Sheets! by Mack Gordon
Artists for Conservation: Art Expo & Gala
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival

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