At last we can look forward to the sun and the long days of summer. The latest issue of the Renfrew-Collingwood Community News gets you out and about to connect with your neighbours and community.
Do you have a local story to tell or an event to share? We’d love to hear about it! Email rccnews-editorial@cnh.bc.ca.
The deadline for the July 2024 issue is June 10.
We welcome story submissions from 300 to 400 words long. Accompanying photos must be high resolution in a jpg file at least 1 MB large and include a photo caption and the name of the photographer.
Time to get out and about in the spring sun. Take in the latest issue of the Renfrew-Collingwood Community News to find out all the great things happening in the neighbourhood.
Beaver and Dodge Lodge art installation by Still Moon Arts
They, They, & It: Reflections on Trans Identity – new exhibit at the Italian Cultural Centre until July 5
Collingwood Corner: Connaught School, now Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Consider acupuncture for seasonal allergies
Crow’s Nest – free little art gallery on the edge of Renfrew Ravine
Read On! Victoria and Victoria Day
Grandview-Collingwood Branch 179 legion updates
Do you have a local story to tell or an event to share? We’d love to hear about it! Email rccnews-editorial@cnh.bc.ca.
The deadline for the June 2024 issue is May 10.
We welcome story submissions from 300 to 400 words long. Accompanying photos must be high resolution in a jpg file at least 1 MB large and include a photo caption and the name of the photographer.
Still Moon spring events coming up. Visit StillMoonArts.ca for details and to register. Photos by Still Moon staff and volunteers
Still Moon inspires vibrant and connected communities through art and nature. Spring is the perfect season to invite fresh new growth, joy and experiences of life.
Visit StillMoonArts.ca to RSVP for these blossoming events and experiences.
Gardeners’ Gatherings
A series of work parties at Renfrew-Collingwood’s local dye garden. Participants will work together to tend the garden, ask questions and experiment with natural dyeing. Bring an instrument if you play.
April 13, May 7 and 11, June 11, July 27, August 6 and 24, September 7, October 12 and 19
Various times
Colour Me Local Dye Garden (3958 Renfrew Street, Vancouver)
Dine and Twine: Community Art Gathering and AGM
An evening of food, art-making and community. Elect new board members while enjoying delicious vegetarian chilli and work together to twine daylily leaves to create the hair for Water Woman, a magnificent giant puppet Still Moon is co-creating with community.
Wednesday, April 17
6:30 to 8:30 pm (AGM at 7 pm)
Slocan Hall (2750 East 29th Avenue, Vancouver) or Zoom (by request)
Beaver Pondering Lodging Completion Celebration
Celebrate the completion of our living-willow sculpture, converse with project artists, listen to guest speaker Bob Baker and enjoy fried beaver tails and hot chocolate.
A week-long work party to plaster the local cob shed with minerals and pigments from the dye garden! Enjoy vegan chilli and unleash your creativity on our community-built structure.
April 23 to 27
Various times
Colour Me Local Dye Garden (3958 Renfrew Street, Vancouver)
Youth Connect: 2024 Spring Cohort
Learn about the Still Creek watershed, remove invasive plants, weave with willow, create art with natural materials and make new friendships in the neighbourhood.
April 23, April 27, May 7, May 11, May 15
Various times
Various locations within Renfrew-Collingwood
Our Water Conversation: Stories and Natural Dyes
Still Moon at Connect Fest
Listen to water stories from guest speakers Lori Snyder and the Quantum Care Team, Masa Kateb and Eda Ertan, then share your own water memories and stories during an intercultural dialogue. Use this as inspiration to co-create scales for Water Woman’s dress with natural dyes. Join in the creation of this giant puppet celebrating our water hopes and dreams.
Sunday, April 28
4:30 to 7:30 pm
Edmonds Community Centre (7433 Edmonds Street, Burnaby)
May Day Mending
With EartHand Gleaner’s Society
Mend your garments and extend their life with patches, strengthening stitches or invisible mends. Enjoy herbal tea and learn new textile mending techniques.
Wednesday, May 1
4 to 8 pm
Slocan Hall (2750 East 29th Avenue, Vancouver)
The folks at Still Moon Arts can’t wait to experience spring with you.
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