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April 20, 2012 from 4pm to 5pm – 260 E. 5th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5T 1H3 Starting this March I will be running monthly community classes to share my love dance. These one hour classes will be jazz lyrical classes for ages 17 and up. No dance experience needed. My hope is… Organized by Sasha Rochon | Type: mount, pleasant, dance, class
April 28, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm – The Rhizome Cafe How do we confront overwhelming social, political, and ecological issues with a sense of agency? Two pairs of young filmmakers explore this question on separate journeys: one kayaking the 900km betwe… Organized by Adam Huggins | Type: mount, pleasant, grandview, woodland, peak, oil, community, engagement, art, activism
May 8, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm – Mount Pleasant Elementary School (in the Library) Dear Neighbours and Community Members, Working with the Mount Pleasant Elementary School, we would like to encourage awareness of our local natural history through painting a mural on the asphalt of… Organized by Rita Wong | Type: main, street, mount, pleasant, community, art, water, blueways
May 31, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Toast Collective Join us for an evening of cheesemaking with David Asher. We'll be making three basic styles of cheese: paneer, yogourt cheese and camembert, an aged rennet cheese. These lessons will provide a solid… Organized by Eat The Rich! Community Kitchen | Type: mount, pleasant
October 27, 2012 from 4pm to 6pm – Art Room, Mount Pleasant Community Centre Neighbourhood Small Grant ProgramGreenest City Fund ProjectTransforming Old Clothes into New FashionFree Workshops Have you ever thought of making your own fashion by changing your old clothes? Just… Organized by carrie zhang | Type: mount, pleasant
April 5, 2013 at 7pm to April 6, 2013 at 2:30am – Beaumont Studios Building Community for the New Planetary Culture Evolver Vancouver is a part of the Evolver Network which has been growing over the past 3 years in 40+ regions worldwide. During those past 3 years we… Organized by Sobey W | Type: mount, pleasant
April 6, 2013 all day – Ukranian Cathedral FRESH MILK FOOD POLITICS CONFERENCE http://www.freshmilkfoodpolitics.com/ Buy Tickets: http://freshmilkfoodpolitics.eventbrite.ca/# Presently, officials in the U.S. and Canada maintain that raw milk… Organized by Home on the Range Organics & The Real Milk Legal Defense Fund | Type: mount, pleasant
May 5, 2013 from 1pm to 3pm – Quebec Manor on East 7th Avenue and Quebec Street. Join us for a trip down memory lane with a Heritage Walk in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver's original suburb. Find out about the urban design principles that shaped the evolution of this historic neighbou… Organized by Lewis Villegas | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, mount, pleasant, community, housing, planning, workshop, tour, walk
May 11, 2013 from 2pm to 3:30pm – Mount Pleasant House Come to one of the following meetings in May to learn more about how to start up a food scraps recycling initiative in your own building, meet like minded folks in your community, and share engagemen… Organized by Cheryn Wong and Murray Mollard | Type: community, meeting, in, mount, pleasant
May 18, 2013 at 11am to May 19, 2013 at 4pm – Cambrian Hall Buy, Sell, Trade - New and Used Vinyl Records (and Vintage Turntables!) 2 DAYS - MAY LONG WEEKEND - VANCOUVER, BC Saturday, May 18th and Sunday, May 19th 2013 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Sat and Sun) @Cambri… Organized by Robert Privett of BadBird Media | Type: mount, pleasant, -, vinyl, record, fair, +, music, fest
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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