what to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | July 9, 2009
This weekend is all about community and heritage. Plus we’ve ventured even farther afield than usual. And hopefully the sun will shine upon it all.
The Farm Team Puppet Show – Vancouver Public Library
Thursday, July 9th, 11 am, Fraserview Library Branch, 1950 Argyle Drive & Friday, July 10th, 3:30 pm, West Point Grey Branch, 4480 W. 10 Avenue, Vancouver
The library’s Renaissance Puppetry Troupe is back with their fun show based on Linda Bailey’s The Farm Team. Best for kids from four to nine: vancouver.ca
Mindfully Feeding our Babies
Saturday, July 11th, 10 am – Noon, Robson Capers Whole Foods Market, 1675 Robson Street & Friday, July 10th, 2 pm – 4 pm, Cambie Whole Foods Market, 510 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver
How you feed your baby is as important as what you feed them and dietitian and family counselor Victoria Pawlowski will show you how to grow a good eater at these popular seminars:. Pre-register for Robson event by emailing Zachery.longboy@wholefoods.com and Cambie event by emailing vanessa.pratt@wholefoods.com: www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Science World: PJ Party
Friday, July 10th, 6:30 pm – 10 pm, Science World, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver
Science World’s popular PJ Parties are back and this summer they’re all about exploring your fears including creepy crawlies, guillotines and monsters. Be sure to bring your teddy and register in advance, as they often sold old last year: www.scienceworld.ca
Camp Moomba Yogathon & Blissfest
Saturday, July 11th, 9:30 am – 2 pm, UBC Thunderbird Stadium, 6288 Stadium Road, Vancouver
All this bliss is in support of children impacted by HIV/AIDS and in addition to lots of yoga and a big marketplace, there’s a great Kids Korner with button making, hoola hooping, crafts, storytelling, children’s yoga (of course) and lots more. But be sure to pre register: www.campmoombayogathon.com
Marpole Summerfest 2009
Saturday, July 11th, 10 am – 3 pm, Granville Street between 63rd & 71st Avenues, Vancouver
Marpole is celebrating their community with sidewalk sales, merchant promotions, musicians, balloons, face-painting, magic shows, bouncy castle and a class car Show ‘n Shine at the Safeway parking lot and lots more fun: www.marpoleonline.com
Mountain View Cemetery Open House
Saturday, July 11th, 11 am – 3 pm, 39th & Fraser, Vancouver
Get ready to ramble. The cemetery will be a perfect place to take a tour this Saturday with joss paper demonstrations from Dr.Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, tours and more. Plus you can check out the newly created columbaria and water features. Bring a picnic and enjoy it by the fountain: vancouver.ca
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Saturday, July 11th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, St. Andrew’s Park and St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Avenue, North Vancouver
Bring your teddy and take part in an afternoon of activities, games, good and fun for all ages. The event is free and it’s also a fundraiser for community outreach programs sponsored by St Andrew’s United Church and the City of North Vancouver: www.st-andrews-united.ca
Science World: Beard of Bees
Saturday, July 11th & Sunday, July 12th, Noon, 1 pm & 3 pm, Centre Stage, Science World, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver
If you’re not up for wearing a colony of 3000 honeybees on your face then you can just watch courageous volunteers who will carry three pounds of bees on their chins. Hmmm, we think we’d just be watching: www.scienceworld.ca
Rockin’ in the Park
Saturday, July 11th, Noon – 3 pm, Coal Harbour Community Centre, 480 Broughton Street, Vancouver
This free celebration is all about family. In addition to bouncy castles, arts & crafts, face painting and balloons there’ll be a performance by local and beloved children’s entertainer Chris Hamilton. And it all happens rain or shine: vancouver.ca
Hotdogs for Heritage
Sunday, July 12th, 11 am – 3 pm, 1550 Angus Drive, Vancouver
This all ages backyard BBQ is a fundraiser for the Vancouver Heritage Foundation and it’ll include an architectural salvage sale, silent auction, prizes, a kids activity tent, live entertainment and of course, free hotdogs. Entry is by donation: www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org
Explore Sundays – Ben Franklin
Sunday, July 12th, Noon – 4 pm, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vanier Park, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver
Every once in awhile the museum opens up a part of the museum not normally available to the public, and this time you can take a peek inside the submersible Ben Franklin and learn about its mission to study the Gulf Stream and its connection to manned space flight: www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
15th Annual Alice in Wonderland Festival
Sunday, July 12th, 1 pm – 5 pm, Trout Lake, John Hendry Park, 15th and Victoria, Vancouver
You’ll think you’ve gone down the rabbit hole when you drop in on Trout Lake, or should we say, Wonderland. It will be alive with Lewis Carroll characters, a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, the Queen of Hearts’ castle and more. Come in costume or get made up at their Imagination Station. Please note: if the weather’s inclement the event will be postponed until July 19th: www.aliceinwonderlandfestival.com
Fire Hall Open House at Firehalls #19, #20 & #22
Sunday, July 12th, 1 pm – 3 pm, #19 – Point Grey, 4396 West 12th Avenue, #20 – Vicotoria, 5402 Victoria Drive & #22 – Marpole, 1005 W. 59th Avenue, Vancouver
The Firehalls are opening their doors for their annual open houses again so here’s your chance to check out your local firefighters, learn more about what they do and talk fire and safety: vancouver.ca/fire
The Making Place
Sunday, July 12th, Noon – 4 pm, Vancouver Art Gallery, In the Gallery, 4th floor, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver
On the second and fourth Sunday of every month the VAG offers hands-on workshop featuring collaborative and independent activities for kids: www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
Sandcastle Competition
Wednesday, July 15th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, Cates Park, 4141 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver
Unfortunately the fact that there’s a sandcastle competition is all the info we could find. So if you know more please send us the details and we’ll add it to the site before next Wednesday: www.northvanrec.com
Farther Afield:
2009 Tour de Delta
Friday, July 10th – Sunday, July 12th, times vary, start Line: 84 Avenue and 114 Street, North Delta
We must admit it’s a bit hard to figure out what’s going on from their site, but we do know that on Friday the 10th there is a Purple Pirate Parade at 5:45 pm (gather ahead of time at 5:30 pm) followed by lots of fun kids activities and there’ll also be family bike ride and breakfast on Saturday: www.tourdedelta.com
Steamfest ’09 : with the Royal Hudson Steam Locomotive & More
Saturday, July 11th & Sunday, July 12th, 9 am – 5 pm, West Coast Railway Heritage Park, 39645 Government Rd., Squamish
If you’re traveling up to Whistler for the Children’s Festival why not stop and check out this celebration of the West Coast Railway Heritage Park. Not only will the Royal Hudson be on hand, but there’ll be lots more steam exhibitions around the park: www.wcra.org
26th Annual Whistler Children’s Art Festival
Saturday, July 11th & Sunday, July 12th, 10 am – 4 pm, Whistler Creekside, Whistler
Okay, this is a little farther afield than normal, but this is the 26th annual Whistler Children’s Fest and there’ll be art, workshops, music, acrobatics, theatre, dance and fun for kids from three to 13. You can also catch Charlotte Diamond, Will Stroet, Art Napoleon, Inner Ring Circus, Cheondoong Korean Drummers, The Bhangra Footedge Dancers and more there: www.whistlerartscouncil.com
Richmond City Centre Celebration
Saturday, July 11th, 11 am – 5 pm, Minoru Park Oval, 7171 Granville Avenue, Richmond
With a focus on healthy living, community and environment, this family event includes activities and fun for everyone with a parade, food fair, kids zone, arts & crafts and more: tourismrichmond.com
Fair in the Square
Saturday, July 11th & Sunday, July 12th, Noon – 4 pm, Carre Heritage Square, 1120 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam
Celebrating the heritage of Maillardville and Coquitlam, Fair in the Square is a community arts festival and this year they’ll be re-enacting the community picnics at Booth Farm, a summer highlight from the early 1900′s. There’ll be heritage activities, carnival games and live entertainment: fairinthesquare.ca
Caribbean Street Festival
Saturday, July 11th, Noon – 9 pm, downtown core of Maple Ridge on 224th Street & the Peace Park
Maple Ridge will be celebrating the sun with this festival packed with live Caribbean bands, colourful costumes, dancing, arts & crafts and delicious food. Plus you could win a trip to the – you guessed it – Caribbean: www.caribbeanfest.ca
Pioneer Fair
Saturday, July 11th, Noon – 4 pm, Historic Stewart Farm, 13723 Crescent Road, Surrey
Dressup as a pioneer and enjoy a summer afternoon on the farm including hand-churned ice cream, live music, blacksmith demos, traditional sports and game and tours: www.surrey.ca
Falconry Show
Sunday, July 12th, 11 am – 4 pm, Terra Nova Rural Park, 2431 Westminster Highway, Richmond
Fascinating falconry demos will take place at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm thanks to the Pacific Northewest Raptors: www.richmond.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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I noticed the renfest isn’t listed. It’s happening July 17, 18 & 19. Check out the webpage address I just left.
Hey Chris – can you add the url? We do our best to find everything that’s going on around town, but there’s so much that inevitably something gets lost in translation!