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 agenda 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…

GIGS

R&B Beer have dropped a keg of cold beer off at Zulu Records to give away to all vinyl heads who want to hang out and celebrate the wax. Yes, it’s Vinyl Appreciation Night! “The turntables are open for requests, and we serve the free beer! Best of all – All LPS & 7″ – New, Used and Collectors are all on sale!”
Friday, October 7 | 7pm – 9pm | Zulu Records (1972 W 4)

There’s a gig on at Antisocial on Saturday night. Check it.

The Waldorf throws down with a multi-room party on Thanksgiving Sunday.
Sunday, October Oct 9 | Waldorf Hotel | $15

Foster The People play the Commodore on Monday night. Once at 7pm and then again at 10.

St. Vincent will also be at the Commodore. She rolls in from Manhattan on Wednesday night. Zulu might have some tickets left.

ART

Relative Value, a show of photographs by Gary Warren Hubbs, is on at the 221A Gallery in Gastown. It’s curated by Cayley Malos and has an interesting premise: “As our economy struggles with recession, publicly traded self-storage companies have made steady gains for its investors through 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. An industry that once depended solely on things like deaths in a family, separations/divorces and moves, has now become a viable and strategic solution for today’s living conditions where we are expected to obtain beyond our means and needs. Through photographs and scale models, Hubbs examines the ubiquitous quality of the self-storage unit.”
Opening Reception: Friday October 7 | 8 pm | 221A Artist Run Centre (221 E Georgia)

Alison Lily and Carla Dearman have a show opening at the Ayden Gallery.
Friday, October 7 | 7pm-11pm | Ayden Gallery (88 W Pender) 2nd Floor International Village

Andrea Tucker has a show at Blim. She’s exhibiting ink and watercolour paintings. Worth a ride to Chinatown. Get a taste of what to expect here.
Now through October 29 | 7pm | Blim (115 E. Pender)

The design pop-up at the Cutty Contemporary Art Gallery is still on for another week – make good use of this time to drop in and check out the New Design British Columbia exhibition that showcases “contemporary, multi-disciplinary work from BC’s emerging design community. This exhibition will explore regional ideas in furniture, lighting, ceramics, outdoor apparel, and the principles of object making.” Looks like some sleek stuff. Love the look of the Mario Sabljak chair and the Nathan Martell light!
Now – October 16 | 564 Beatty | Free

The Martin Creed show down at the Rennie Gallery is coming to a close. Don’t miss your chance to walk in a room full of pink balloons. Like ikea when you were a kid (bummer no slide).
Rennie Collection | 51 E Pender 

Artist Meghan Paterson is having a sale and we’re stoked. She’s setting up at the Red Flag Design Studio in East Van where she is flogging new, old, and never before shown paintings at wholesale prices. Hell yeah. Not familiar with Meghan’s work? Check out the sweet video that Catalog Gallery pulled together for her show with them earlier this year.
Friday, October 14 | 6-11pm | 318 Industrial Ave |
Saturday, October 15 | 11am-3pm | 318 Industrial Ave |

GLUTTONY

What are long weekends for, if not for extra eating?

Tableau Bistro making a Thanksgiving dinner that you can take home. Executive Chef Marc-André Choquette can hook you up with dinner for 4, 8 or 12. More here.

Irish Heather is serving one up on the Long Table (Roasted Turkey, Onion Stuffing & Cranberry Chutney with a Blood Alley Bitter). Sunday is sold out, but there are still a few spots open for Monday night.

Have brunch at The Waldorf for crying-out-loud. It’s a truly rewarding experience. Gobble up traditional Mexican dishes and including hotcakes, huevos rancheros and chilaquiles.

And don’t forget the Baker’s Market, Saturdays from 11am to 3pm. Hook yourself up with artisanal breads, scones, pain au chocolate, macaroons, madeleines, cupcakes, marshmallows, chocolates and the like. Take your own containers and bags. Find out more here.
Saturday, October 1 | 11am–3pm | Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre, 7646 Prince Albert (2 blocks East of Fraser @ 60th)

Eek! Our Farmers Markets will soon start to disappear. Don’t miss out! Grab locally grown produce from good people at your neighbourhood farmer’s market now!
Trout Lake Farmers Market | Saturday | 9am-2pm | Trout Lake | Free
Kitsilano Farmers Market | Sunday | 10am – 2pm | 2690 Larch @ 10th | Free
West End Farmers Market | Saturday | 9am-2pm | 1100 Block Comox | Free
Thornton Park | Wednesday | 3pm – 7pm | Main Street Station at Terminal | Free
Dundarave (West Van) Saturday | 9am – 2pm | Between 24 & 25 on Marine
Oak Street Market | Wednesday | 3-7pm | Oak @ 49th (Unitarian Church) | Free
Westside Pocket Markets | Thursdays | 3-7pm | Kits Neighborhood House, 2325 W 7 | Free
UBC Farm | Saturdays | 9-12pm | UBC Farm – 6182 South Campus Road

It’s Perogy Night! Join the crowd gathering at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral off of Main St. and load your plate up with old-school Ukrainian perogies handmade by church volunteers. A “regular dinner” consisting of 6 perogies, 2 cabbage rolls, sauerkraut or salad and Ukrainian sausage costs just $12. If you’re looking for something a little lighter, borscht served with rye bread is only $3.50.
Friday, October 7 | 5-8pm | Holy Trinity Ukrainian Cathedral | 154 E 10th | $3.50 – $15

There is no longer any reason to feel guilty about indulging in Oktoberfest in months clearly not intended to be party to such debauchery. It’s finally October and therefore you are entitled, encouraged – even expected – to guzzle German pints at The Alpen Club. They do it terrifyingly right. “Real Oktoberfest by Real Germans.” Details here.
October 7 & 8  | 7pm | Vancouver Alpen Club (4875 Victoria) | $30

Tickets for the Clayoquot Oyster Festival (November 17, 18, 19) have gone on sale. Think about it, storm watching, Tofino Brewery beer, fresh oysters. This is a seriously fantastic event and well worth making advance arrangements for. Think about it more over here.

NATURE

Hit Stanley Park on Thursday – Sunday nights (until the end of October) to follow along on a 30-minute lantern-lit Creatures of the Night walk with the Stanley Park Ecology Society staff. “An educational and thrilling look at elusive wildlife in Stanley Park.” Man, who knows what you’ll see. For information: 604-718-6522 or [email protected]
Friday October 7 – 31 | 6:30-9pm | $4

Yeah, it’s wet out. Don’t be a wuss. Pull on some rain gear and get a hike in. We suggest a few hours on the trails at Lighthouse Park followed by a chicken pesto sandwich (best sandwich in Canada?) and a slice of pumpkin pie at Savary Island Pie Co. on Marine Drive in West Van. Don’t feel like tackling the bridge? Head out to the Endowment Lands for a bit of fresh air, maybe even take the stairs down to Wreck Beach, and then grab a bowl of pasta at La Ghianda.

UBC Apple Festival is fast approaching. $4 will get you a wait in a line-up of fellow apple lovers keen to taste the 60 varieties of new and heritage apples, freshly sliced. But don’t worry, apple people are super friendly, so you’re good. This is an awesome event and Scout makes a point of going every year. Follow the big red apple signs out to UBC for Apple Fest.
Saturday + Sunday October 15, 16 | 11am – 4pm | UBC Botanical Gardens (6804 SW Marine) | Details.

The Sustenance Festival begins this week. There will be an Art Exhibition, “Celebrating 125 Years of Food & Agriculture in the City of Vancouver”, workshops, talks, demonstrations and, of course, food. Don’t miss it. What could be better than a festival that celebrates food and the art it inspires? Find out all about it here.
October 8-19 |Various times | Roundhouse Community Centre (Yaletown) 181 Roundhouse Mews

One of the coolest-sounding gigs at the Sustenance Festival (there are many) is the Our Neighbourhoods, Our Food workshop that focuses on Building More Food Secure Neighborhoods. “Community groups from across Vancouver get together at the Roundhouse this weekend to share way in which they are (and you could) make neighbourhoods more resilient, neighbourly and food secure. Presenting groups will include recipients of the 2010 Greenest City Neighborhood grants, and others! Food Jeopardy, courtesy of The Downtown Eastside Kitchen Tables Project! From community potlucks and mobile produce markets to bulk buying clubs, it’s a bumper crop of great ideas.”
Wednesday, October 12 | 5:30pm – 8:00pm | Roundhouse Community Centre (Yaletown) 181 Roundhouse Mews

TRINKETS

Head to the magical, subterranean caverns of the Biltmore Cabaret this Sunday and browse hand-picked vintage like you’ve never seen before. “Gypsy Market vendors have cleared the way through the withered and decayed to bring you a wealth of inspiration and treasure.” Over 25 vintage pickers, collectors, stylists, designers, and retailers are setting up to flog their very best vintage clothing, accessories, shoes, designer and jewellery (and who knows what else). Booze and music too. Hot damn!
Sunday, October 9 | 11am – 5pm | Biltmore Cabaret | $2

A new shipment of A.P.C is in at Eugene Choo. Word is that Main Street’s coolest clothing store has “eleven boxes of sweaters, boots, dresses and coats. Just in time for crisp fall nights.”

Finally, be sure to take some time over the weekend to think about the things going on that you have to be thankful for. You don’t have to get sappy about it, but a pause now and then is a good idea. Enjoy the holiday. Be kind. Be careful.

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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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