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Spaces Still Available for ‘Hand Eye’ Pottery Classes in Chinatown

Photo via Hand Eye Design Ceramics website

Good news: there are still a couple of spots available for two Fall pottery classes at Chinatown’s Hand Eye Design Ceramics Studios. Kicking off this Monday (September 17th) is a course on Hand Building that covers both functional and sculptural objects. It’s open to all skill levels. Alternatively, if capping off the week at the pottery wheel seems more your speed, consider the Friday night Wheel Throwing class, starting on September 21st. Both are eight weeks long, which means two whole months of hands-on learning and creating to get you through the grey days. Add to that one awesome instructor – internationally renown ceramic artist and studio owner James Kemp – and you really can’t go wrong! The total cost per course (before taxes) is $265, including materials. Hurry over to the studio’s website for more information on how to register.

Hand Eye Design Ceramics
Neighbourhood: Chinatown
201-739 Gore Ave.
778-898-3414

Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.