Can you believe we’re already half-way through September? This weekend enjoy the best of the Fringe Festival and the launch of several fall attractions, markets, runs, parties and more! Browse the full Metro Vancouver event list below:

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

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

Friday, September 15, 2017
Slurpee Day in Support of WE
Acis & Galatea: A Gender Liberation Opera
Richmond Night Market
Shipyards Night Market North Vancouver
Pacific Theatre Presents: The Christians
Vancouver Fringe Festival: A David Lynch Wet Dream
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Throne
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Almost a Stepmom
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Just Not That Woman
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Figmentally
The Sound of Music at the QE Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Slumber Here
Westward Music Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
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Science World presents the 2017 Around the Dome Science Festival starting Saturday, September 16th and running until Sunday, October 1st. The month-long event series kicks off with the Community Science Celebration weekend that includes a free day on Sunday, September 17th, thanks to support long-standing partner, BC Hydro.

Free Day at Science World

What: Science Festival Free Day
When: Sunday, September 17, 2017 from 10:00am to 6:00pm
Where: Science World (1455 Quebec St, Vancouver)

The Community Science Celebration will include eye-popping science shows, demonstrations, challenges and an opportunity to meet people in the community doing cool science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) every day. Many of Science World’s community partners will be on hand to answer questions and show participants what’s new in the community.

Around the Dome Science Festival

September 16 & 17, 2017
Vancouver Community Science Celebration Weekend

September 18, 2017
Everything We Don’t Know About The Universe Explained

September 19, 2017
Cafe Scientifique: A Look At The Role Of Art In Science

September 20, 2017
Wonder Speakers Series

September 21, 2017
Teachers’ Night Out

September 22, 2017
Science World at the Big Little Science Centre

September 22 to 29, 2017
ACEC 2016 Awards for Engineering Excellence Display

September 23, 2017
What is Data Science?

September 23, 2017
Kamloops Community Science Celebration

September 24, 2017
Food Literacy Day

September 24, 2017
Cider Making Workshop

September 25, 2017
KPU Science World Speaker Series

September 27, 2017
Nerd Nite: Fractions And Ratios And Proportions, Oh My!

September 29, 2017
Starry Night Party

September 30 & October 1, 2017
First Responders Weekend

For more information about the Around the Dome Science Festival (#vanscifest) follow Science World on Facebook and Twitter.

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.

Spirit Ridge at Nk’Mip in Osoyoos

Spirit Ridge at Nk’Mip invited me to stay as a base for my explorations in the Osoyoos-Oliver wine region, so naturally I said “Heck, yeah!” With a great apartment complete with balcony and barbeque, I overlooked the vineyard for three nights and that’s a beautiful thing.

As a giant estate, Spirit Ridge has much to offer. Hiking trails abound, horse-riding opportunities exist, golf is nearby, and wine-tasting is on premises. Mica Restaurant offers great meals, and the sunset patio gives you a chance to enjoy the late-afternoon sun moving over the Nk’Mip Desert.

Well-appointed suites with space for two to four people make it a perfect stay for families and friends enjoying a getaway from the big city. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Kokoro Dance, one of Canada’s pre-eminent butoh dance companies, unveils its provocative, new work Embryotrophic Cavatina at the end of this month at the Roundhouse.

Kokoro Dance’s Embryotrophic Cavatina

When: September 20 to 23 and 26 to 29, 2017 at 8:00pm
Where: Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
Tickets: Available now online or by calling (604) 662-4966

Photo by Chris Randle

Over the decades, the Vancouver dance company, known for its ground breaking mix of Japanese butoh and Western contemporary dance, has premiered over 190 works and produced more than 1000 performances.

Choreographed by Kokoro Dance Co-Directors & award-winning dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, the company’s latest full-length butoh work, which has been 20 years in the making, is set to the heartrending but uplifting music of acclaimed Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner.

The duo have never strayed from their mandate to re-define the meaning of Canadian culture through teaching, producing, and performing new dance theatre with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration and cross-cultural exploration.

In Embryotrophic Cavatina, four dancers will strip themselves bare – literally and figuratively – in breathless motion and stillness, embodying the rawness of humanity, while transcending all superficial layers of persona and ego in true butoh style.

Win Tickets

I have a pair of tickets to give away to the opening night performance on September 20th. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, September 18, 2017.

Update The winner is F.T!

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.

Old Vines Restaurant at Quail’s Gate Winery

Quail’s Gate Winery is one of the Okanagan’s early upstarts, and now it’s a grand old dame. On the scene for 61 years, they have been delivering solid wines for three decades.

Quail’s Gate’s Old Vines Restaurant is also a long-standing, high-delivering player in the BC wines foodie scene. In fact, in 2016, more than 275,000 verified patrons through Open Table ranked Old Vines as one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants – a well-earned achievement.

Here’s something you might not know: Many restaurants operating under the guise of being a “winery restaurant” in BC are business arrangements between independent restauranteurs and winery brass, with the latter providing the former with space and a marketing hook. This isn’t a bad thing – it results in some spectacular unions in places like Terrafina at Hester Creek and Vanilla Pod at Poplar Grove.

But there’s something to be said for the relationship that blooms under steady in-house management and that interconnectivity between the kitchen and what grows on the land.

That’s what you get when dining with Quail’s Gate’s Old Vines Restaurant, where they’ve had the same chef for over a decade, and where the family that owns Quail’s Gate, the Stewarts, pride themselves on their culinary output playing partner to their wines.

I’ve known about that love of this region’s land that’s embraced at Quail’s Gate since I first dined there in 2009. Until this year, I’ve only had their cheese plate, because the view is stunning and the wine is lovely, and because cheese! It’s become a special place for my aunt and me.

So, naturally, when I learned I would be writing about Okanagan cheeses for a cheese magazine, I contacted Old Vines. They invited my aunt and me for a lovely lunch, so I was quite excited to experience my beloved Old Vines with their guiding hand. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩