August 27th, 2009 @ 11:50am (PT) by Rebecca Bollwitt
With the smell of the PNE‘s mini donuts wafting through the air and with kiddies scooping up all the latest Trapper KeepersTM, you just know summer is coming to an end. On the bright side, there’s still so much going on around town that consist of both indoor and outdoor activities. Here is this week’s Link Fest for activities this weekend.
August 28, 2009
The YVR Photowalk Group meets for a nighttime photowalk. There will be a nacho tweetup at Two Parrots ahead of time.
August 29, 2009
Free hugs by donation courtesy of Kraft at the Vancouver Aquarium on Saturday from 11:00am until 4:00pm. For each hug given, Kraft will donate a jar of peanut butter to the Greater Vancouver Foodbank Society.
The Gathering Place’s annual block party from 12:00pm – 5:00pm. BBQ lunch, games, music, and watermelon at 609 Helmcken St.
Kerrisdale Days starting at noon and running all weekend.
On the horizon…
Twestival Vancouver is happening September 12th. Tickets will be on sale within the next few days.
I’ll be speaking at the Crave Vancouver coffee chat on September 14th.
Launch Party 8 is September 16th.
Sad Mag launch party on September 17th.
Chor Leoni is hosting a fundraising event on September 24th.
Vancouver Film and Television Forum is launching September 29th.
The Surrey Economic Summit is October 6th featuring former British PM, Tony Blair.
Should you know of any other events happening around town this weekend, please feel free to leave a comment and I can add it to the list.
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There’s also a Tweetup at the Two Parrots pub prior to the photowalk. That’s where a lot of the photowalk people will be starting from.
That photo is pretty stellar
@Duane, added!
@BlogTrot, thanks – I took that just a few weeks ago when we drove back from Whistler… the long way
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in partnership with Cafe Etico is fusing pop culture & social change:
Justice Rocks Festival at Strathcona Park (at Hawks & Venables) 2 pm to 8 pm, Saturday, August 29
Live performances featuring: Jess Hill – Cris Derksen – BMP – Humans – The Beautifuls – Greenbelt Collective
The Heard – Razza – Five Alarm Funk
Plus skate demos, bike parking, free tune-ups, silk screening, prizes, food, dunk tank and more!
It’s so funny that mini-donuts are associated with the PNE in Vancouver. We have the same association here in Toronto for our CNE, they were even talking about it on the radio this morning.
What is the lucky charity of choice for Twestival Vancouver?