FEE FI FO FUN
Beware rampaging trolls, a fire-breathing dragon and a dismembered Rumplestiltskin when riding the Stanley Park Ghost Train through this years Scary Fairy Tales. The train runs nightly from October 5 to 31, 6pm to 10pm Sunday to Thursday, 6pm to 11pm Fridays and Saturdays, and a $5 matinee from 11am to 3pm every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Families can enjoy activities such as face painting, crafts, pumpkin patch and haunted castle in the surrounding courtyard. There are also movie nights at 7pm Sundays (Mirror Mirror) and Thursdays (The Princess Bride). The Ghost Train is fully covered so riders ride the fright line rain or shine. Tickets are $6.25 (for ages two to 18, and seniors) and $9.82 (adults) and there is free parking available. or604-257-8531
30th Anniversary of Rambo First Blood
While some moviegoers like to remember the town of Hope as the backdrop for the Colin Firth movie Hope Springs, this weekend the picturesque town is going all out for Rambo. Thirty years ago, Sylvester Stallone looked as rugged as the terrain when he filmed First Blood there. Stallone fans from around the world will congregate in Hope from October 5 to 8 to celebrate the films anniversary. The street festival will feature a 40-foot screen right on top of a key filming location, a look-alike contest and a Saturday visit from Vancouver-based actor Stephen Chang, who played the Vietanamese commander who captured and tortured Rambo in First Blood. Did you know that the word Rambo has made it into the Oxford dictionary? It means an exceptionally tough, aggressive man.
Take the Eastside Stride on Thanksgiving
Vancouvers warm, dry weather has shattered a 116-year-old record for August and September. And while September might be on the books, the sun is still expected to stick around for the next seven to 10 days, setting up an unseasonably warm Thanksgiving Day on Oct. 8. If youre looking for ways to get outdoors and in the community, check out the Eastside Stride, a Homelessness Action Week project available from October 8 to 14 to anyone who wants to know more about the Downtown Eastside, past and present. The two-hour walking tour, developed by Union Gospel Mission in partnership with Mission Possible, Youth Unlimited, and with support from the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and numerous local service providers, not only builds awareness and promotes education within Greater Vancouver; it gives employment to local residents in an empowering and dignified manner. [See FRESH SHEET for meal details]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Art/Book Fair
The first annual Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Art/Book Fair presents a series of free events from Oct. 5 to 7. This event, the only of its kind on the West Coast, will feature a curated selection of books, magazines and printed ephemera by more than 70 local, national and international publishers, and conversations and performances by local and international publishers, artists, graphic designers and writers at the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Art Gallery (750 Hornby). Swing by the reception Friday at 8pm at Project Space (222 E. Georgia) to meet the exhibitors and take in the launch of Wandering Art Metropole Publications and Ephemera Archive: Part 2, featuring a selection of materials from Torontos Art Metropole archive, on until November 18.
