BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:103748 DTSTAMP:20260428T024543Z SUMMARY:*Drop-in \"Spaghetti\" Nights are back! August thru November - next one Oct 23 DESCRIPTION:Next spaghetti night near Cornwall and Vine-- Wed, Oct 23 hosted by Robyn and Nick.  \nShare a free meal w/neighbours, prepare d by a neighbour. Last year, almost 200 people participated in over a dozen spaghetti nights and at the community-wide celebration. This yea r we anticipate the number will be close to 250.\nThis year, a series of several neighbourhood Drop-in \"Spaghetti\" Nights (DISN's) will b e hosted by Kits Villagers and other VVers around Kits and elsewhere o n the Westside, followed by a large community-wide DISN celebration a t the monthly Kits House potluck at St. Marks on Nov 7. Hosts provide the meal, tracking where ingredients come from, and we'll collate how local our eating habits are and how DISN's are helping connect neighbo urs at the community celebration. (They’re called Drop-in “Spaghet ti” nights, because many of the ones we've held in past years have i nvolved serving spaghetti, but can involve any foods - e.g., Drop-in R utabaga Night.)\nOpen to all, DISN's are especially aimed at neighbour s living close to one another (w/in 2-3 blocks of a host).\nThis time 'round, there's an added emphasis on linking different aspects of our food cycle/local food system, including growing, processing, preparing , education, and waste management. Free seeds will be available from t he Kits Village Seed Library for hosts wanting to \"grow their DISN di nner\". In many cases, ingredients will sourced fresh and locally -- o ft times from the Kits Village Collaborative Garden and the Thurs West side Community Food Market at 8th/Vine, where VV tables w/the Seed Lib rary, Plastic Recycling Depot, and other goodies. And hosts will be en couraged to drop their packaged waste at the monthly Recycling Depot a nd their food scraps at the Collaborative Garden or at one of our week ly Food Scrap Drop Spots.\nIf you live on the Westside and would like to participate or host a DISN, please RSVP here, send your name and c ross-streets to Ross at ross@villagevancouver.ca, or sign-up at the VV table at the Westside Community Food Market. (Hosts receive $5 per pe rson to create the meal.)\nThe 1st DISN was hosted by Malin and Dan  (near 5th and Vine) on August 18th, with over 20 neighbours attending .\nThe 2nd \"spaghetti\" night was hosted by Jane and Justin (near 1s t and Trafalgar) on Tuesday, September 10, with 14 neighbours attendi ng.\nThe 3rd \"spaghetti\" night was hosted by Claudia and Mark near 8th and Balsam on Sunday, September 15, with 16 neighbours attending.\ nThe 4th evening: 5th and Trafalgar hosted by Russell on Sept 23 with 14 neighbours attending.\nThe 5th evening: 1st and Larch hosted by  Karly and Marcy on Sept 26th  with 8 neighbours attending.\nTimes v ary, but they're frequently from 6-8 pm.\nSupported by a Green Neighbo urhood Small Grant from the Vancouver Foundation and the City of Vanco uver, administered by Kits Neighbourhood House.\n \n\nFor more inform ation visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/drop-in-spaghetti-night s-are-back-august-thru-november-next-one-1 DTSTART:20131024T013000Z DTEND:20131024T033000Z CATEGORIES:"kits village", westside, fairview, dunbar, "pt. grey", "ar butus ridge", "drop-in spaghetti night", food, fun, "meet your neighbo urs", "food cycle", "local food system" LOCATION:Kits and other Westside neighbourhoods WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:ross@villagevancouver.ca ORGANIZER:Laura Lee Coles, Malin Hansen, Ross Moster, various hosts, K its Village, and Village Vancouver ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Randy Ch atterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR