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Filed Under Events | April 16, 2009
In honour of Earth Day which is coming up on the 22nd, this weekend is seriously green. You can plant a tree, go fishing, recycle, compost and lots, lots more. And remember, it’s the Sun Run on Sunday, so you’ll want to plan any driving accordingly.
Sustainable Fashion Show
Thursday, April 16th, 3:30 pm, Babyeats, 143-1233 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
Babyeats is teaming with Dream Designs to showcase local mums and kids strutting their stuff in cool clothes from Katvig, Minymo, Redfish Kids Clothing, Po Po’s Ponchoes and lots more. RSVP by email to hello@babyeats.ca or phone 604.980.3287: www.babyeats.ca
Earth Day Celebrations around BC
ongoing to April 26th, various times and locations
BC is be buzzing with Earth Day with everything from Surrey’s big Earth Day Celebration (see more info in Farther Afield) at Bear Creek Park on the 18th to Earth Day events at Capers and Whole Foods. We have included a few highlights, but there are just too many to list, so check their website to see how you can celebrate chez you: www.earthday.ca
Earth Day Vancouver 2009
Saturday, April 18th, 11 am – 4 pm, west side of Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver
No garden? No worries! Dig in at this family-friendly event -Evergreen’s 9th Annual Earth Day – helping plant 4,000 trees in the park. To keep your planting energy high there’ll be live music, a day-long drum circle, hands-on activities, First Nations storytelling, fantastic food and more. No planting experience required and tools and gloves will be provided. And if you can get there by bus or bike you’ll be even greener: www.evergreen.ca
Children’s Literary Hour: BC Book & Magazine Week
Saturday, April 18th, Noon – 1 pm, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Part of the day-long Wordsconnect Book and Magazine Fair, this event is aimed at kids from six to nine and includes readings by Christopher Millin, publisher and managing editor of children’s magazine Crow Toes Quarterly, Christopher Aslan, the author of Lily and Lucy’s Shadow, Tiffany Stone, author of Baaaad Animals and Bruce McBay, co-author of Nannycatch Chronicles: www.bcbookandmagazineweek.com
The Secret World of Og
Ongoing April 18th – 30th, 2 pm and 7 pm (Fridays and Saturdays),Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright Street on Granville Island, Vancouver
We have to admit we’re rather excited about this show, as Og was one of our childhood faves, so we can’t wait to catch the theatrical version of the story of four siblings in search of their missing baby brother who descend into a murky subterranean country, where they discover a secret world inhabited by mysterious green creatures whose language of choice is…”Og!” Recommended for kids of five and up: www.giculturalsociety.org
Garbage-Munchers: VanDusen Family Program
Sunday, April 19th, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm & 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, VanDusen Botanical Gardens, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver
Kids from four to 11 will get a lesson in helping the environment, discovering how worms turn your food scraps into compost, plus they’ll get to make their own soda bottle composter to bring home. Be sure to register in advance by emailing familyprograms@vandusen.org or calling 604.718.5898: vancouver.ca/parks/parks/vandusen
Flyin’ Bob: Articulate Nonsense
Sunday, April 19th, 2 pm, Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
Flyin’ Bob, a self-described professional idiot and highly skilled goofball, takes you on a visit to the one man three ring circus in his mind! Audience participation is definitely required: www.centennialtheatre.com
Kerrisdale Play Palace
pre-season opening from April 21st through May 7th, various days, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm, Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena,5670 East Boulevard, Vancouver
The Kerrisdale Play Palace is a great answer to what to do on a rainy day with your tots. Fully stocked with fun bouncy castles, slides, toys and cars, it tends to be a bit rambunctious but still lots of fun: vancouver.ca
Farther Afield:
Earth Day at the Greater Vancouver Zoo
Saturday, April 18th, 9 am – 4 pm, Greater Vancouver Zoo, 5048 – 264th Street, Aldergrove
Kids can learn how to help the environment and save the animals. And their parents can bring along used cell phones for recycling to help save wildlife habitats: www.gvzoo.com
Surrey Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 18th, 11 am – 3 pm, Bear Creek Park, 13750 – 88th Ave), Surrey
Celebrate Earth Day with live music, story times, face painting, costume parades and more. You can pick up native plants for your garden and stock up on local produce at a mini farmers market. And Surrey will be getting residents engaged with their natural environment right through to World Ocean Day on June 7th: www.surrey.ca
BCAA Child Car Seat Checks
Saturday, April 18th & Tuesday, April 21st, various times BCAA Centres in Burnaby (April 18th) & North Delta (April 21st)
Installing your child’s car seat correctly is key to safety, so if you’d like a second opinion on how it’s installed make an appointment to have an expert take a good look: www.tsfbcaa.com
Goodbye Chums 2009
Sunday, April 19th, 11 am – 3 pm, Bell-Irving Hatchery, Kanaka Creek Regional Park, Maple Ridge
The Bell-Irving Hatchery is an important resource for watershed stewardship and here’s you chance to learn how to reduce your impact on local salmon species and live more sustainably. Plus you get to release salmon fry into the creek: www.keeps.org
Earth Day 2009 – Cambie Community Cleanup
Saturday, April 18th, Noon – 3 pm, 12800 Cambie Road, Richmond
Help the earth and East Richmond’s beautiful parkland by cleaning up litter, cutting invasive species and graffiti removal. There’ll be a trash-free celebration at day’s end with cake: www.earthday.ca
Watershed Creek Fish Release
Sunday, April 19th, Noon – 2 pm, Watershed Park (follow the posted fish signs from the parking lot to the fish release area), 11600 Kittson Parkway, North Delta
Little kids will love carefully pouring buckets of chum fry, some 25,000 of them, into the creek, and returning again and again to see if any of their fish have made their way home again: www.corp.delta.bc.ca
Delta Earth Week
Sunday, April 19th – Friday, April 24th, various times and locations
Delta will be hopping with green events including an Earth Week Open House at the Municipal Hall, a litterless lunch challenge and operation clean sweep. We have pulled out a few highlights, but there are just too many to list, so check their website to see how you families, schools and businesses can celebrate: www.corp.delta.bc.ca
After School Marine Invertebrate Discovery
Wednesday, April 22nd, 3:30 pm – 4:30pm, White Rock Museum and Archives 14970 Marine Drive, White Rock
Touch and see the Seaquarium and learn about the fascinating lives of marine invertebrates. Plus check out the “Bounty of Boundary Bay” exhibit. Be sure to preregister by calling: 604.536.6050: www.birdsonthebay.ca
And we wanted to remind you to always call or visit the website for event info before you head out just in case any changes have been made since we posted it. And of course, have fun!
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