Get out and enjoy activities and events in the Tri-Cities during Culture Days, September 29th to October 1st. Culture Days represents the largest-ever collective public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and cultural community in Canada with over 7,500 free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to create, participate and share.
Inspiring greater public participation in arts, culture and heritage, Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam will host over 25 free events.
Tri-Cities Culture Days Weekend
Enter the behind-the-scenes world of artists, creators and historians in the Tri-Cities during Culture Days. The events are fun, creative, family-friendly and free!
Coquitlam’s three days of activities include a celebration of art, music and dance from other cultures, a salmon sculpture scavenger hunt, a variety of hands-on art activities for adults and kids, a ukulele jamboree, and tours of heritage sites.
In Port Coquitlam, you can watch the Canada 150 mosaic mural be unveiled, make some art, get writing tips, and check out a national Terry Fox exhibit.
Port Moody’s activities include a scavenger hunt, hatchery events, a juggling show, a virtual reality demo, Canada 150 mosaic mural tile painting, and more.
The ultimate goal of Culture Days is to make arts, culture and heritage a part of every Canadian’s life, whether by creating, enjoying, supporting or sharing.
Miss604 is proud to be a media partner of the Tri-Cities Culture Days weekend. Stay tuned for more event listings in the coming days.
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Join the celebration of quality craftsmanship while you shop over 150 artists from Vancouver’s own backyard at the 4th annual Etsy: Made in Canada Market.
Etsy: Made in Canada Market
When: Saturday, September 23, 2017 11:00am to 7:00pm
& Sunday, September 24 2017 10:00am to 5:00pm
Where: Rocky Mountaineer Station (1755 Cottrell St, Vancouver)
Tickets: $4 online, $7 at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Half of all ticket sales will be donated to the Enterprising Women Making Art Program run by Atira Women’s Resource Society.
Etsy: Made in Canada Markets will be taking place in nearly 40 cities across the country on Saturday and Vancouver’s event will have two days of shopping, food trucks, and more. The first 50 shoppers each day will also receive swag bags.
Shop accessories, art & design, baby & kids products, bodycare, fashion, food & beverage, home decor, jewelry, paper & stationary.
Browse modern laser cut wood fashion and homeware from Cabin + Cub, lifestyle items from My Cat is People, hand painted personalized mugs from The White Teacup, whimsical children’s jewelry that is created for pretending from Rachel Rainbow, handmade ceramics from Piton Pottery, upcycled block printed tees from True North Trading Post, and much, much more! View a full list of the vendors here »
Enter to Win
I have a $250 gift card for one lucky Miss604 reader to use at the market thanks to Brite Up and Etsy Canada, along with two tickets to the market to do all of their shopping! Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 9:00am on Friday, September 22, 2017. Gift card can only be used on-site at the Etsy Made in Canada Market on Saturday, September 23, 2017 and/or Sunday, September 24, 2017.
Follow Esty Canada on Twitter, hosts Brite Up on Instagram, and the event on Facebook.
Update The winner is Jessica!
One of the best ways to get to know a destination is through its food. What is grown there, what is seasonal, what is lovingly prepared and savoured to the last bite. John and I took a little vacation to Ottawa in late August and through ByWard Market and C’est Bon Cooking, we had an experience that left our hearts, and bellies, full.
ByWard Market
ByWard Market is one of Canada’s oldest and largest public markets, with indoor and outdoor vendors, street entertainment, shopping, dining, and aromas that tickle your nose and make you want to eat everything in your path. It’s the birthplace of the Beavertail, home of the Obama cookie, has an Authors Market with books, hosts 260 stands, and over 500 businesses that are open 363 days a year. It’s Ottawa’s number one attraction!
We met up with Stephanie Siska from C’est Bon Cooking, who hosts gourmet food tours in the area as well as cooking classes. We were doing both that day, first shopping for our local ingredients in the market, then heading off to C’est Bon’s kitchen studio to cook it all up for lunch. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
We landed close to midnight, checking into Ottawa’s Alt Hotel on Slater Street in the wee hours of our next day of travel. After our time at the front desk, we noticed the Altcetera Cafe was still open so we grabbed some snacks to take upstairs.
The decor in the lobby was contemporary yet down home, with everything from a dining room table reminiscent of family dinners when I was young, to tree stump tables, basket chairs, and metal stools at the bar. It was a colourful mix of modern comforts that made me feel like we were staying in a room above a really hip friend’s loft.
Walking back toward the elevators, past the iMac business workstations and the pool table, the honeycomb chalkboard and mirror wall had the week’s events sketched out: Cirque du Soleil, changing of the guard, evening light shows, and Pride. We were in town for a specific reason (to visit the Canadian Museum of History) but we made sure to take advantage of the late August events calendar in the capitol city.
Photo courtesy of Alt Hotel
The rooms are all pretty uniform in size, there are 148 in total, 132 have one queen bed (261 sq ft) and 16 have two queen beds (415 sq ft). John remarked that it was laid out like an IKEA designer’s dream room. Exposed concrete walls, tall ceilings, and what it lacked in square footage it made up for in functionality. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
The following has been contributed by Steffani Cameron, who is in the middle of a 5-year worldwide adventure that she is chronicling at FullNomad.com.
God’s Mountain Estate in Penticton
Last night, I slept in the roofless room at God’s Mountain Estate, and it was among the most magical nights I’ve had.
But you might not like it.
If you’re the sort of lodger who requires little bottles of fancy shampoos and soaps, mints on your pillow with turn-down service, sanitized spaces devoid of personal touches, and staff that cater to your every whim, then God’s Mountain is not the place for you.
If, instead, you favour quirkiness over perfection, love character and eccentricity, rest and relaxation, and a sense of “there’s no other place like this,” then perhaps God’s Mountain will speak to you as loudly it does me.
Proprietor Sarah Allen understands that feeling of “the home I didn’t know I was searching for,” because, over 15 years ago, she turned up the mountain lane to be a guest at this then-unknown variable. Arriving, she discovered this odd-but-stunning Mediterranean-style villa during a not-so-well-planned road trip home to Vancouver, and despite low expectations, fell madly in love. She stayed three more times as a guest before she decided her life’s mission was to find a way to buy it. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
