BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:113814 DTSTAMP:20260428T011724Z SUMMARY:*The West End Food Festival DESCRIPTION:We've got a fun weekend of activities planned at Gordon Ne ighbourhood House from Sept 18-22. Come join us to celebrate, explore and learn about food!\nThank you to our presenting sponsor: Vancity Cr edit Union (WE Branch), and to our partners in the event: Village Vanc ouver, The WE Neighbourhood Food Network, The Office of Spencer Chandr a Herbert, WE MLA, The Attic Thrift Store and Homesteader's Emporium. The schedule of events is:\nThurs, Sept. 18th\nCommunity Lunch 12:00- 1:00 pm\nCost: $5.00\nBrews and Chews 7-10 pm\nA WE Pop-up Pub Night w ill highlight craft beer and food pairings and feature local DJ Teysha n spinning 90s hip-hop \nCost: $10\nFri, Sept 19th\nButchery Basics 2- 4 pm\nBreaking down a whole chicken into retail cuts is a fast, easy w ay to save $. \nSuggested Donation: $5\nBackyard Chickens 101 (for kid s and others!) 3:30-5:30 pm\nLearn the basics of keeping chickens in t his kid and family friendly workshop.\nSuggested Donation: $5\nNative Edibles 6:30-8:30 pm\nCome out and learn about edible plants that call our region home. Lori Snyder from the Metis Nation will discuss how t o identify and harvest wild, edible, and medicinal plants in an ethica l way.\nSuggested Donation: $5\nSat, Sept 20\nFarmers Market Tours 10 am\nJoin local nutritionist Lisa Halliwell and WE MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert for a tour of your Farmers’ Market!\nCost: Free\nThe Supperm obile 10 am\nGordon House’s Suppermobile program works to mitigate p hysical and financial access barriers to fresh, healthy produce. Pleas e call 604 683-2554 for more details.\nHealthy Eating 1-3 pm\nDiscover how affordable and delicious meals can be with a few pointers from ou r local nutritionist. \nSuggested Donation: $5\nHomemade Mozzarella 1- 3 pm Join Rick Havlak from Homesteader’s Emporium to learn how to ma ke fresh cow’s milk mozzarella at home, with a few, simple ingredien ts and tools. \nSuggested Donation: $5\nFamily Movie Night: Ratatouill e 6:30-9 pm\nJoin other WE families for popcorn and a Saturday night s creening of Ratatouille. Everyone's invited to come dressed up as mice in pajamas to cheer for Remy, the little rat with big culinary ambiti ons. \nCost: By Donation\nSun, Sept 21, 2014\nCommunity Potluck and Fo od Assets Showcase, 12:00-2:00 pm Try new foods, make new friends, and learn about your community's food assets at the GNH finger-food potlu ck. Please bring shareable finger foods that can be eaten w/out cutler y.\nCost: Free\nUrban Farming Initiatives Tour 2-4 pm\nJoin local urb an farmers Susanna Millar and Nathan Saade on a tour of 4 urban farmin g sites in the WE. Space is limited, register soon!\nCost: By Donation \nMon, Sept 22\nCreative Playtime Goes to the Farm 9 am-12:30 pm\nJoin us on a trip to WESTHAM ISLAND HERB FARM. We will learn about farming , veggies, and the animals that live on the farm. Each child will also get to pick a pumpkin to take home from the pumpkin patch. Space is l imited, please sign up soon!\nCost: $10/ Adults, $6/ kids\nA Place at the Table Screening and Discussion 6-9 pm\nFifty million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is c oming from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of 3 people struggling wit h food insecurity. A facilitated discussion will follow\nCost: By Dona tion\n\n\nIf you'd like to opt out of event invitations or other types of messages from the Village Vancouver website visit your email setti ngs page here:http://www.villagevancouver.ca/profiles/profile/emailSet tings.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/event s/the-west-end-food-festival DTSTART:20140918T190000Z DTEND:20140923T040000Z CATEGORIES:west, end, food, festival LOCATION:West End WEBSITE:https://www.facebook.com/events/592897080820299/ URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/592897080820299/ CONTACT:604 683 2554 ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Christie":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/And rewChristie ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2051095413?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Sarah Lo ne":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/SarahLone ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="VV Event s":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VVEvents ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Village Vancouver":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VillageVancouver ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Andrew C hristie":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/AndrewChristie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael Reinhold":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MichaelReinhold END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR