The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.

The Scout List is our carefully considered first rate list of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours…

1. The Drive to Resilience: Envisioning the Future of Commercial Drive
March 26 | 10am – 3pm | WISE Hall | FREE | Find out more…

2. Make your way to Artspeak on Carrall across from the Irish Heather this Friday night for the opening of Alex Morrison’s exhibition “Making Beer too Expensive” – an exhibit that comments on the “heritage district” of Gastown – specifically the renewal of Carrall Street – within a cyclical history.
March 26 | Artspeak | 233 Carrall Street | FREE | Find out more…

3. Jason Collett, Zeus and Bahamas at the Biltmore on Saturday night. It’s gonna be a good one.
March 26 | 9:30 (which really means 11 pm) | Biltmore | $15 (try Zulu) | Find out more…

4. Get yourself over to Renfrew Park for Seedy Saturday.
Mar 27 | 11 am – 2 pm | Renfrew Park Community Centre | FREE | Find out more…Earth Hour

5. Turn you lights out for Earth Hour.
Mar 27 | 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Earth Hour | FREE – and good Karma to boot

6.Take in the Green Urban Living lecture at the Light House Sustainable Building Centre.
March 27 | 2 pm | Light House Sustainable Building Centre (2060 Pine) | $5 | Find out more…

7.Portobello West fashion and art market ‘Season Opener’.
March 27 & 28 | 12pm to 6pm | Rocky Mountaineer Station (1755 Cottrell) | $2 | Find out more…

8. Catch a Vancouver Institute Lecture at UBC. This month: The Writer and Human Rights with Erna Paris.
March 27 | 8:15 | Woodward Building, UBC | FREE | Find out more…

9. Oh, how I’ve been waiting for my chance to make my way to the Baker’s Market!
March 27 | 11 am – 3 pm | 408 East Kent Avenue South, Back door #115 | Find out more…

10. Italian Ladies Club Bake Sale at the Italian Cultural Centre.
March 28 | 12 – 5 pm | Room 5 – Italian Cultural Centre | FREE | Find out more..

11. Blim Monthly Community Market offers a monthly fix of locally made trinkets and goodies.
March 28 | 11 am – 4pm | Heritage Hall | By donation | Find out more…

12. Check out the Gone Baby Gone show (works by Edward McKeever) at the Little Mountain Gallery. Looks solid.
March 28 | 6:30 pm | Little Mountain Gallery | FREE | Find out more…

13. Do Not Adjust Your Set: CBC Vancouver TV in 1960: “CBC’s Vancouver archivist Colin Preston will introduce a typical day’s programming from that era, compressed into about an hour and a half.”
March 28 | 1:30 & 4:30 | Vancity Theatre | $10 | Find out more…

14. Build a Garden: A new Community Garden wants to take root in Strathcona – all hands on deck.
March 30 | 9am – 5 pm | 420 Hawkes Ave (behind the Rice Block Building) | FREE (bring some cool seed)

15. Chill out with a night of Jazz at Heritage Hall – Karin Plato plays on Wednesday night.
March 31 | 7:30 | Heritage Hall | $22 | Find out more…

16. Zero, Zip, Zilch, Nada: Much Ado About Nothing? A lecture about, er, nothing at VPL.
March 31 | 12 noon | VPL (Alice MacKay Room) | FREE | Find out more (about nothing)…

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Michelle Sproule grew up in Kitsilano and attended Bond University in Australia and the University of Victoria before receiving her graduate degree in Library Sciences from The University of Toronto. She lives by the beach in Vancouver and enjoys wandering aimlessly through the city’s shops and streets with her best friend – a beat up, sticky, grimy, and uncooperative camera.

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