Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week kicks off this weekend with a number of special cask events and fun activities planned for the duration of the festival, which runs until Oct. 11 at various locations and breweries. While tonight’s launch party event at the Pipe Shop is currently sold out, this weekend you can still check out tomorrow’s Beere Brewings 2nd Birthday Bash and an Open Mic Night at Black Kettle Brewing slated for Sunday.
North Vancouver photographer Fernando Lessa, author of Urban Salmon, will take viewers on an incredible photographic journey through the North Shore’s local rivers and watersheds as part of Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre’s One Earth speaker series tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. For more information or to register, visit lynncanyonecologycentre.ca.
If you’re inclined to partake in some civic duty this weekend, the Civic Association of Iranian-Canadians is hosting an all-candidates debate featuring the candidates for the North Vancouver riding tomorrow at Delbrook Community Centre from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
Bring along your four-legged and winged friends to St. Andrew’s United Church in North Vancouver this Sunday at 4 p.m. for the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony. Born in the 12th century, St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and environment – on St. Francis’s feast day, animals are blessed to celebrate his love for all creatures. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.
Check out West Vancouver Community Centre on Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., for the ninth annual PumpkinFest. There’ll be farm animals, old-fashioned games, an artisan market, a home and harvest competition, and much more. Visit the event’s website for more information.
