Place des Arts’ Youth Arts Council invites teens ages 13 to 17 to Art After Dark: Galaxy Edition! At this free night of the arts, you and your friends can explore your artistic and creative interests through a variety of casual arts activities. In addition to making art, find your way out of the escape room, and enjoy free snacks, drinks and music! Art After Dark is an awesome way to spend a Saturday night chilling with your squad.
The GrapeJuice Wine Auction for Big Sisters is coming up on May 2nd at Weissach Vancouver. Featuring hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction of fine wines, and wine tasting stations, you can pick up some rare wine finds while raising much needed funds for Big Sisters.
GrapeJuice – Vikaash Prasad Photography
GrapeJuice Wine Auction for Big Sisters
Where: Weissach Vancouver (1757 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver) When: Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm Tickets: Available online now for $125.
With social pressures for girls and youth at an all-time high, mentoring matters now more than ever. In its 12th year, the annual GrapeJuice event champions mentorship through an exclusive wine auction and tasting. Join founding sponsors McNeill Nakamoto Recruitment Group and MLA Canada to bid on unique and exclusive wines from around the world.
GrapeJuice – Vikaash Prasad Photography
Top 5 Reasons to Attend GrapeJuice
1. Wine Silent Auction Bid on your favourite rare wine finds from around the world. They’re exclusive, delicious, and unique wines to add to your collection.
2. Wine Tasting Stations Sip on some of the best wines in the city. It’s included in the purchase of your ticket and they’re pouring all night.
3. Networking Network with over 200 of Vancouver’s top business professionals.
4. Hors d’Oeuvres Cocktails & Canapés is preparing a delightful selection of delicious hors d’oeuvres that complement your wine.
5. Make a Difference According to UBC research, more than a quarter of Lower Mainland children in grade four have a low level of well-being. This leads to a lack of social, emotional, and physical health. Big Sisters is part of the solution and all proceeds support our mentoring programs.
Big Sisters is committed to enhancing the confidence, self-esteem and well-being of female, transgender, and non-binary youth through supportive relationships with mentors.
There’s nothing like farm-fresh produce and artisanal goodies, grown, baked, and made right in our own backyard – so to speak. This season there are farmers markets in all corners of our region, offering up the very best (and tastiest) local goods. Here are just a few located in and around Metro Vancouver:
Surrey Farmers Markets
Surrey Urban Farmers Market Dates: June 15 to October 5, 2019 – Wednesdays Location: North Surrey Recreation Centre Plaza at 10275 City Parkway Features: Vendors and live entertainment weekly
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by Rebecca BollwittDisclosure: Sponsored Post — Sponsored by the Burnaby Festival of Learning and SFU Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.
The Burnaby Festival of Learning (May 4-11, 2019) features a week-long series of free events for individuals, families and young (and not so young) learners, all designed to fulfill your desire to #LearnGrowThrive. Programming includes Arts & Culture, Sustainability, Science & Tech events as well as Health & Wellness:
Where: Burnaby Public Library, Bob Prittie Metrotown, 2nd floor, Multipurpose Space (6100 Willingdon Ave)
When: Saturday, May 11, 2019 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Presented by Kimberley Wong and Burnaby Public Library. Join Kimberley Wong as she digs into her experiences navigating through climate action and sustainability, queerness, and her Chinese Canadian identity through artful storytelling. Limited spots, register online »
It’s that time of year! Even though there were plenty of April showers, Metro Vancouver’s lawn watering regulations will come into effect on Wednesday, May 1, and remain in place until October 15, in a concerted effort to conserve treated drinking water during the hot and dry summer months.
The Stage 1 regulations are being activated as part of Metro Vancouver’s Drinking Water Conservation Plan. Residents can water their lawn two mornings per week while watering trees, shrubs and flowers is limited to mornings only when using a sprinkler. An hour of rain or watering per week is all your lawn needs to remain healthy.
Metro Vancouver’s drinking water supply relies on snowpack, as well as cumulative precipitation to bolster the water levels in the three reservoirs that supply our drinking water.
Recent snowpack surveys conducted in the Capilano, Seymour and Coquitlam watersheds in early April 2019 show snowpack levels are slightly lower than average for this time of year, but reservoir levels are expected to reach 100 per cent by June. Metro Vancouver’s three alpine lakes — Palisade, Burwell, and Loch Lomond – which are used as reserves for the Capilano and Seymour reservoirs in late summer, are also anticipated to be at full capacity by early summer.
Although the region’s population continues to grow, overall water demand has historically remained relatively steady, generally offset by conservation measures. However, overall consumption is increasing gradually as the effect of the rate of population growth on water demands begins to exceed the per capita water use reductions.
Metro Vancouver Lawn Watering Regulations 2019
Local governments throughout Metro Vancouver enforce the lawn watering restrictions through local bylaw regulations.
STAGE 1 RESIDENTIAL LAWN WATERING ALLOWED:
Even-numbered addresses Wednesday, Saturday mornings 4:00am to 9:00am
Odd-numbered addresses Thursday, Sunday mornings 4:00am to 9:00am
Watering trees, shrubs and flowers is permitted any day, from 4:00am to 9:00am if using a sprinkler, or any time if hand watering or using drip irrigation. All hoses must have an automatic shut-off device.
STAGE 1 NON-RESIDENTIAL LAWN WATERING ALLOWED:
Even-numbered addresses: Monday mornings, 1:00am to 6:00am and Friday mornings, 4:00am to 9:00am
Odd-numbered addresses: Tuesday mornings, 1:00am to 6:00am and Friday mornings, 4:00am to 9:00am
Watering trees, shrubs and flowers is permitted any day, from 1 am to 9 am if using a sprinkler, or any time if hand watering or using drip irrigation. All hoses must have an automatic shut-off device.
