Friday, March 28, 2014

UBC Bookstore's New Release Party
Friday 28 Vancouver: 9:30 - 5:30pm
Saturday 29 Vancouver: 11 - 5pm
UBC Bookstore, 6200 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC
The UBC Bookstore in Vancouver will celebrate its new space and look in March and April, while the Okanagan also celebrates the Bookstore's new look. Mar28: Join UBC students and campus partners in bringing you activities around the 'word' theme. Music, bands and dance, a huge FREE pastry breakfast with coffee, food throughout the day, authors, and not to be missed, great deals on clothing and gifts. Mar29: Family activities including face-painting, balloon twisting, giant games and readings from children's books. Enjoy a FREE pastry breakfast with coffee in partnership with Starbucks and Food Services followed by Fair Trade pancakes in partnership with Engineers Without Borders. FREE MEC injury prevention running clinic.

Vancouver International Auto Show - $15
Friday: 12pm - 10pm
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, BC 1055 Canada Place
The Vancouver International Auto Show is Canada’s third largest Auto Show, and one of Western North America’s premier automotive exhibition events.

Starbucks Coffee Tasting
2pm - 3pm 
Friday, March 28: Pike Place Roast     
Saturday, March 29: Starbucks® Tribute Blend
Starbucks Stores
Join us in store this week for a coffee tasting Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 2-3pm and find your perfect roast. Are you light & bright like Blonde Roast? Balanced like Medium Roast? Or bold like our Dark Roast? Join us in celebrating our collective passion for coffee. #coffeelove

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Fresh, local, organic foods & crafts. 60+ vendors, hot food, music! Rain or Shine!

Spade to Spoon - $5
10am - 4pm
Lord Strathcona Elementary, 593 East Pender Street
Get inspired to grow a little. This homegrown event will introduce you to some local people and resources that can help you build a better garden as well as add some real deliciousness to your table.  Peter Ladner will talk on The Urban Food Revolution (and book signing).  Entertainment: Movies including Meet your Local Urban Farmer and Truck Farm  Demonstrations include: growing your own mushrooms, a composting workshop with Homesteaders Emporium, marvellous microgreens (healthy and fun), how to make a self watering container, and all about honey.

Eastside Artisan's Market
10am - 5pm
Woodward's Atrium 111 W Hastings St Vancouver, BC
On March 29th, come join us to see the Woodward’s Atrium transform into a hive of handmade & locally produced goods! Vancouver’s popular modern day flea market, The Eastside Flea, comes together with the spirited Eastside Artists Company to bring you a phenomenal collection of over 65 local artisans, artists and craftsmen in the heart of the city!

Vancouver International Auto Show - $15
Friday: 12pm - 10pm
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, BC 1055 Canada Place
The Vancouver International Auto Show is Canada’s third largest Auto Show, and one of Western North America’s premier automotive exhibition events.

Bakers Dozen
11 am - 3pm
River District Centre, 8683 Kerr Street, Vancouver
Baker’s Dozen is an indoors baked goods market hosted by River District Centre.  For all five Sundays in March, 13 local bakers will have the opportunity to sell their delicious creations down by the river!  Best of all, admission is FREE!

UBC Bookstore's New Release Party
Friday 28 Vancouver: 9:30 - 5:30pm
Saturday 29 Vancouver: 11 - 5pm
UBC Bookstore, 6200 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC
The UBC Bookstore in Vancouver will celebrate its new space and look in March and April, while the Okanagan also celebrates the Bookstore's new look. Mar28: Join UBC students and campus partners in bringing you activities around the 'word' theme. Music, bands and dance, a huge FREE pastry breakfast with coffee, food throughout the day, authors, and not to be missed, great deals on clothing and gifts. Mar29: Family activities including face-painting, balloon twisting, giant games and readings from children's books. Enjoy a FREE pastry breakfast with coffee in partnership with Starbucks and Food Services followed by Fair Trade pancakes in partnership with Engineers Without Borders. FREE MEC injury prevention running clinic.

Noodle Box Grand Opening
12pm - 5pm
Noodle Box, 2511 Main Street, Vancouver BC
GRAND OPENING: FREE Noodle Boxes (donations encouraged) and TONS of Community Spirit!  Mount Pleasant’s Noodle Box‘s Grand Opening  event – benefiting the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House – means the SW corner of Main Street and East Broadway will be buzzing. HELP OUT! All donations received benefit the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. Limit one free box per customer; offer only applicable to stir fry.

Starbucks Coffee Tasting
2pm - 3pm 
Friday, March 28: Pike Place Roast     
Saturday, March 29: Starbucks® Tribute Blend
Starbucks Stores
Join us in store this week for a coffee tasting Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 2-3pm and find your perfect roast. Are you light & bright like Blonde Roast? Balanced like Medium Roast? Or bold like our Dark Roast? Join us in celebrating our collective passion for coffee. #coffeelove

Great Bear Vancouver - by donation
6pm - 10pm
UBC Ross Beaty Lecture Theater, (Room 1013) Earth Sciences Bldg, 
2207 Main Mall Vancouver, BC
The UBC Surf Club presents:  Protecting the Great Bear:  Ethics, Ecology, and the Economic imperative of Grizzly Conservation   Raincoast and our supporters have acquired the commercial trophy hunting rights in over 28,000 km2 of BC's Great Bear Rainforest (GBR). We now stand poised to complete the job. View an exclusive photo essay by renowned nature photographer, Brad Hill, and join a discussion with Raincoast's Brian Falconer about how this compelling conservation initiative could protect coastal grizzly bears and other large carnivores throughout the entire GBR. Enter our event raffle for a chance to win wildlife prints from Brad Hill, Raincoast books and DVD's, and more!

Hawkers Market 1 Year Anniversary - $10
6pm -12am 
East Van Studios, 870 East Cordova, Vancouver
Come celebrate the Hawkers Market first year anniversary of invigorating local food culture and entrepreneurship with us on March 29th 2014.  Eat Electric Jelly Doughnuts One Night Only!  @ the "Do It Urself" doughnut bar! Hawkers Market is a monthly recurring underground evening food marketplace in Vancouver. We support local vibrant food entrepreneurs and give them a place to conduct pop up food stalls (or hawker stands) to sell their food or products. They are chefs, artisans and dreamers and they know their food! Expect a diverse selection of things to eat at the market and take home to try. The market acts as a dining, shopping and social experience.

Earth Hour
8:30pm - 9:30pm
Everywhere
Earth Hour, an annual global event hosted by the World Wildlife Fund and supported provincially by BC Hydro, encourages individuals to show their support for the fight against climate change. Join the city and switch off your lights for an hour!

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Vancouver International Auto Show - $15
Friday: 12pm - 10pm
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, BC 1055 Canada Place
The Vancouver International Auto Show is Canada’s third largest Auto Show, and one of Western North America’s premier automotive exhibition events.

RevScene 14th Annual Spring Meet
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Spanish Banks, Vancouver, British Columbia  
The RS Spring Meet is back and bigger than ever. You’ve been waiting all Winter to showcase your latest rides and mods – What better way than the RS Spring Meet. For fourteen years, this has been a family-friendly event and it definitely won’t disappoint. Show up and be ready to see some great cars, bikes and friendly faces! All are welcome. This is an open club event; we only ask that you bring your best behaviour and smile!  Note: There will be FOOD TRUCKS – So bring your appetite!

Blim Market - by donation
12–6 PM
Heritage Hall (Main St. × 15th Ave.)
Spring is here! Refresh your home and closet with curious knick-knacks and some unique gifts for those spring babies at the first Blim community market of the year. Mark your calendars for the Blim Market on Sunday, March 30 from 12 to 6 PM at the Main St. Heritage Hall.  This month, the Blim Market will feature:      Handmade accessories, jewellery, vintage, pottery, cards, gifts, baked goods, gourmet chocolates, sweets and more from 50 local vendors     Hot food by in-house cook Open Sesame     Two free raffle draws for dog surprises at 2 PM & 4 PM