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SUMMARY:*Drop-in \"Spaghetti\" Nights are back! August thru November -
  several more coming up
DESCRIPTION:Sat, Nov 16 near Cypress/13th, hosted by Bina - TB RESCHE
 D.\nFri, Nov 22 near Cornwall/Laburnum, hosted by Ross and Laura Lee.
 \nMon, Nov 25 near York/Larch, hosted by Tiva.\nFalse Creek/others T
 BD.\nShare a free meal w/neighbours, prepared by a neighbour. Last yea
 r, 200 people participated in over a dozen spaghetti nights and at th
 e community-wide celebration. This year we anticipate around 225.\nThi
 s year, a series of several neighbourhood Drop-in \"Spaghetti\" Nights
  (DISN's) will be hosted by Kits Villagers and other VVers around Kits
  and elsewhere on the Westside, followed/preceded by a large community
 -wide DISN celebration at the monthly Kits House potluck at St. Marks
  on Nov 7. Hosts provide the meal, tracking where ingredients come fro
 m, and we'll collate how local our eating habits are and how DISN's ar
 e helping connect neighbours at the community celebration. (They’re 
 called Drop-in “Spaghetti” nights, because many of the ones we've 
 held in past years have involved serving spaghetti, but can involve an
 y foods - e.g., Drop-in Rutabaga Night.)\nOpen to all, DISN's are espe
 cially aimed at neighbours living close to one another (w/in 2-3 block
 s of a host).\nThis time 'round, there's an added emphasis on linking 
 different aspects of our food cycle/local food system, including growi
 ng, processing, preparing, education, and waste management. Free seeds
  will be available from the Kits Village Seed Library for hosts wantin
 g to \"grow their DISN dinner\". In many cases, ingredients will sourc
 ed fresh and locally -- many times from the Kits Village Collaborativ
 e Garden and during the summer from the Thurs Westside Community Food 
 Market at 8th/Vine, where VV tables w/the Seed Library, Plastic Recycl
 ing Depot, and other goodies. And hosts will be encouraged to drop the
 ir packaged waste at the monthly Recycling Depot and their food scraps
  at the Collaborative Garden or at one of our weekly Food Scrap Drop S
 pots.\nIf you live on the Westside and would like to participate in o
 r host a DISN, please RSVP here, send your name and cross-streets to 
 Ross at ross@villagevancouver.ca, or sign-up at the VV table at the We
 stside Community Food Market. (Hosts receive $5 per person to create t
 he meal.)\nThe 1st DISN was hosted by Malin and Dan (near 5th and Vi
 ne) on August 18th, with over 20 neighbours attending.\nThe 2nd \"spa
 ghetti\" night was hosted by Jane and Justin (near 1st and Trafalgar)
  on Tuesday, September 10, with 14 neighbours attending.\nThe 3rd \"
 spaghetti\" night was hosted by Claudia and Mark near 8th and Balsam o
 n Sunday, September 15, with 16 neighbours attending.\nThe 4th spaghet
 ti night was hosted by Russell near 5th/Trafalgar, with 14 neighbours 
 attending.\nThe 5th spaghetti night was hosted by Karly and Marcy near
  1st/Larch, with 8 neighbours attending.\nThe 6th spaghetti night was 
 hosted by hosted by Robyn near Cornwall/Larch, with 12 neighbours att
 ending.\nThe community-wide celebration took place at the monthly Kits
  House potluck at St. Marks on Nov 7 with over 30 neighbours attending
 .\n \nSupported by a Green Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Vancouv
 er Foundation and City of Vancouver, administered by Kits Neighbourho
 od House.\n \n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.or
 g/events/drop-in-spaghetti-nights-are-back-august-thru-november
DTSTART:20130923T010000Z
DTEND:20130923T030000Z
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
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mary Ben
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Clare Cu
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lyle Lex
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="lia tim
 is":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/liatimis
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