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…

The Scout List

The City of Vancouver is currently undertaking a Master Plan and consultation process to guide the long-range redevelopment of Hastings Park and the Pacific National Exhibition. Review concept plans and offer feedback. The Hastings Park/PNE Master Plan Open House is your chance to get involved.
June 10 | 11 am – 7 pm | Hastings and Slocan St.| FREE

Back to the Future is this week’s midnight movie at the Rio Theatre. Because Marty McFly is just that rad…
June 11 | 11:55 pm | Rio Theatre | $10

With all eyes on South Africa ion advance of the FIFA World Cup, Vancity Theatre is showing “Have You Heard From Johannesburg?”: “A decade in the making, Have You Heard actually comprises seven films, totaling more than eight hours, each detailing a different aspect in the international struggle against the white supremacist regime in South Africa…” Find out more…
June 11-15 | Various times | Vancity Theatre | $10

Score of the Week: Nice, Nice, Very Nice is being released vinyl and to mark the occasion Dan Mangan will be playin at Red Cat on Saturday night.  Pretty Sweet.  Thanks Red Cat!
June 12 | Red Cat Records |  8 pm | FREE

Edible Landscaping and gardening are hot ticket events this weekend. “What is edible landscaping? Are back alleys and school grounds potential food production sites? How does a farmers’ market fit into a neighbourhood? Join author Spring Gillard and architect Sean McEwan as we explore Mole Hill, a unique urban housing project in Vancouver’s west end; a neighbourhood that incorporated sustainable agriculture into its planning and design. The Mole Hill project includes the restoration of 26 houses, creation of 170 units of affordable housing, a child-care precinct, community gardens in the back alley and greenlinks. There is also a supportive housing and day care program for persons living with HIV/AIDS. We will then walk by the school gardens at Lord Roberts School on our way to the West End Farmers’ market. Tara McDonald, Executive Director of Vancouver Farmers Markets will give us the low down on this successful market. There will be time afterwards to fill up your cloth shopping bags with farm fresh produce.” To register email: [email protected]
June 12 |  10am – noon | $35

And afterward – once you are suitably inspired by what you’ve seen – you can whip over to Strathcona for an edible gardening workshop. As we mentioned in a previous post here, it’s not too late to turn out a healthy crop of edible goodies in your own backyard this summer. But where to begin? There’s a really cool class going down this weekend that will get you on track.
June 12 | 1 – 4pm | School of Chalk (593 E. Georgia St. (corner of Princess) |  $35 per person

The Vancouver Society of Storytelling presents “We, Our Stories”: the 18th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival. Expect daytime and evening programming featuring local and international artists & storytellers doing their thing, a story potluck buffet, workshops and a ‘Chinatown Wander’.
June 11th & 12th | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | prices vary – info here

World Cup Soccer, woot! Marquees for us include England playing USA on Saturday @11:15am. Can’t wait. We’ll probably be hanging at The Cascade (see their schedule here) or closer to home at Campagnolo.

Little Mountain Gallery comes up with cool/different stuff all the time – this week its Freshcapade: a family friendly event that will see a whole bunch of acts I’ve never heard of (K-Rec, Estea, B-Boy Savage Rock, Volume One, The Groove Bots, and Lyrical Thesis) as well as a performance of “The Knight In Rhyming Armour” (“a hip-hop story adventure of dragonesque proportions”)
June 12th | 2 – 4pm | LMG (26th off Main) | $7 gets you in with a free CD (kids get in free!!!)

The Burnaby Recycling Complex is holding a Saturday open house. There will be free music and food (kinda weird venue for food – but worth a mention just the same).
June 12 |  2 pm | Burnaby Recycling and Yard Waste Depot | FREE

Heritage Vancouver is having another one of their fine walking tours – this one of downtown’s iconic heritage buildings with artist Graham Winter and wonderfully enthusiastic and knowledgeable historian Isaac Vanderhorst (go Issac!). There’s also a exhibit of Winter’s work at the City of Vancouver Archives Gallery that sounds very interesting too. More info…
June 12 | 10 am | The Vancouver Block, 736 Granville Street | $25

If you’re looking to do a little garage sale cruising this weekend – the place to hit is Hawks Avenue in beautiful Strathcona. People save up their knick-knacks, second hand books, kitchen gadgets and unwanted furniture all year for this event – seriously good deals.
June 13 | Duh – Hawks Ave | 9 am – 2pm | FREE to wander

“A proposal has been made to construct a community garden in David Lam Park. The Y.M.C.A. has submitted an application to build an Intercultural Community Garden at the corner of Homer Street and Beach Crescent, northwest of the tennis courts. The garden will be approximately five meters by 30 meters. Because the proposed garden is on park property, it must be formally approved by the Park Board. The approval process involves canvassing community support for the garden. An information table will be set up on June 15, 5pm to 8 pm, in the Roundhouse Centre lobby. Staff and project proponents will on hand to discuss the project.”
June 15 | 5 pm – 8 pm | Roundhouse Community Centre

Or maybe Forensic Pathology is your thing. You are in luck this week, the Vancouver Police Museum is putting on a “workshop for adults exploring how autopsies are performed and how information can be gathered from a body to determine cause of death or solve a crime.” Get the coop here.
June 16 | 6:30 pm | Vancouver Police Museum | $12

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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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