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

PNE throws 100 candles on the cake…

Owen Lightly serves up one last summer feast at Sunwolf…

The legendary Rich Hope is playing a free nooner at CBC on Thursday  (today).

And Feast of Fields kicks off in the Okanagan. It’s a pretty sweet event. See you there.

There’s an ArtQuake planned for tonight at the WISE hall between Commercial and Victoria. ArtQuake is “an art/music event held in the Greater Vancouver area and is focused on young artists who pursue their art and their passion. Often these artists do not receive the opportunity to impact their community or exhibit their art. ArtQuake provides these artists with a venue, a purpose, and an audience.” Be there.
August 19 | 7pm | WISE Hall | $5

Hit the Biltmore Wednesday night for the Mind Your Bidness Live Auction and Dance Party, “…a one-of-a-kind massive hot auction” in support of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and Canadian independent filmmakers.
August 25 | Doors at 8pm, auction at 9 – 10 pm | $5 at the door

Don’t miss this Mystery Kitchen Tour in support of the Canadian Chefs Congress. A veritable who’s who of Vancouver’s top chefs will be cooking, but we can’t say exactly who. Guaranteed good times.
August 22 | 6:30pm | Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts | Details

The Agassiz Slow Food Cycle Tour is a great way to see the country, get a work out, and get in some eats at the same time! “Come to Agassiz (6 km from Harrison Hot Springs) on Saturday, August 21st to participate in a self-guided bicycle ride following the popular Circle Farm Tour. Embark on a leisurely cycle & learn more about local food production. The self-guided tour begins at the Fall Fair Grounds in Agassiz where you’ll receive a map you can follow to the various farm locations. There are ten stops on the route through the tranquil rural area of Agassiz-Harrison Mills & you can take the tour as fast or as slow as you would like.” Details here.

Beekeeper Clelie Murray-Chevrier will be at the Strathcona Gardens on August 21st to facilitate a discussion about urban beekeeping. This is your chance to find out more about what it takes to keep bees in the city. Email Clelie for more information: [email protected]
August 21 |  9 am – 1 pm | Strathcona Community Garden | FREE AND AWESOME

There will be nourishing green tea flowing at the Means of Production Garden this weekend. There will also be live music from the Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra, and a biodiversity tour. Find out more…
August 22 |  3-6 pm | E. 6th and St. Catherines| FREE

Join Heritage Vancouver on a in informative walking tour of the West End. Isaac Vanderhorst, Heritage Vancouver Board Member and Museum educator will lead the tour. Issac knows his stuff, so jump on board while tickets are still available.
August  21| 10 am | Meet in front of the Manhattan Apartments, 784 Thurlow St. (at Robson)|

Oh my, Wooden Sky and Yukon Blonde Play The Biltmore. A killer show for sure.
Doors at 8 pm | $14 try Zulu

The exhibition Twenty + Change: Emerging Canadian Design Practices is on at Emily Carr right now and it’s pretty cool. 21 up-and-coming architectural, landscape architecture and urban design firms strut their stuff in a show that re-imagines urban infrastructure, proposes new models for public space and housing, and takes a look at the the unique relationship between the single-family house and surrounding green spaces. Scout fave EVOKE will be there, in good company with local firms like McFarlane Green Biggar and Marko Simic. Inspiring, most probably.
Ongoing until Sept 13 and worth a peek | Emily Carr University | FREE

Catch the Arthur Erickson House & Garden Foundation tours. Find out how here.

Under The Volcano Festival Of Art & Social Change goes down at Cates Park in North Van. Veda Hille will be there, and she’s awesome.

CiTR and Badbird present the Main Street Vinyl & Arts Fair, where vinyl junkies can score new and used records as well as crafts and trinkets made by local designers. Music by CiTR DJ Luke Meat.
August 22 |  12-6 pm | Planet Bingo, 3rd floor (2655)| FREE

Does a grey sky make you think about catching a flick? I Am Love is screening at Fifth Ave. Rumour has it this movie is pretty kick-ass. Its antithesis, Piranha 3D, is playing at the Rio. Mao’s Last Dancer and Max Manus are playing at the Hollywood. ($8 Double Bill) and Eat Drink Man Woman is playing in Vanier Park on Monday night. Rain might have stopped, but expect soggy grass and plan accordingly.
August 23 | 9pm | Vanier Park | 100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, 9PM, FREE – more information.

If you’re feeling crafty, Blim’s Yuriko Iga teaches a screenprint ceramic class this week. Throw your own designs onto a ceramic tile or, if you’re not terrifically inspired, Blim can hook you up with a design. Learn to print using actual glazes. All materials provided.
August 23 | 6 – 9 PM | $60

Get your weekly shopping done at a farmers market this week. Don’t take them for granted – Farmers Market be vanishing before your eyes as the Autumn rolls in. There are many locations to choose from and each market has a unique line-up of vendors. Here’s a quick round-up of good places to buy locally grown produce from good people!

East Side: Saturday | 9am – 2pm | Trout Lake | FREE
West End:  Saturday | 9am – 2pm | 1100 Block of Comox | FREE
Dundarave (West Van)  Saturday | 9am – 2pm | Between 24 & 25 on Marine
Kits: Sunday | 10am – 2pm | Parking Lot of Kits Community Centre | FREE
DTES: Wednesday | 3pm – 7pm | Thornton Park | FREE
UBC Farm Market: Saturday  | 9-1 | UBC Farm

Next week

There are a limited number of tickets available for a walking tour: Explore Hippie Kitsilano.
Wander through Kitsilano with Heritage Vancouver’s first President, Michael Kluckner. Michael explains how the original Kitsilano of a century ago became a rooming-house area ready-made for the hippie invasion of the 1960’s and how it evolved into the activist community of the early 70s.
August 28 | 10 am | Meet at Kits House at 7th and Vine (tour ends at 4th and Vine)| $15

Feast of Fields is one of the best events of the summer. Don’t miss this one – well worth the ($85) money – good food, good drink and good people. Feast of Fields events tend to sell out, so don’t sit on it too long. Highlight: Look for James Iranzad and his secret ___ truck (details on Scout soon).
Feast of Fields | August 29 | Wellbrook Winery, 4626 88th Street, Delta

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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 in beautiful Strathcona 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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