PARTIES
Saturday – 8-10pm If you haven’t checked out Sad Mag yet (www.sadmag.ca), your quarterly Main St. arts & culture magazine, do it now and get out to celebrate their one year anniversary at a fundraiser hosted by CBC Radio 3’s Lana Gay @ The Cultch, 1895 Venables St, $18 More info on the stage and nighttime antics: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118882898166992

MUSIC
Thursday – 7pm; Live Studio Session w. Haley Sales @ the Chan Centre for Performing Arts, UBC – She grew up on an organic blueberry farm on Vancouver Island, surrounded by Tibetan monks, and comes dutifully to record a CBC Radio 2 Live series from her new album, When the Bird Became a Book. Sit in and chill-out as they roll it live, all ages! Tix: http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110044F7AE2BC03F?brand=chan

FASHION
Sunday – 12-4pm; It’s Frock swap 5.0 – bring in your barely-worns on Saturday, and pick up someone else’s newbie’s on Sunday at a studio full of clothes, refreshments, sustainable shopping; say farewell to your never-worn-threads @ Box Studios, 1622 Franklin St. www.frockswap.ca

ART
Vancouver Art Gallery – The Everyday: http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_everything_everyday.html

The Museum of Vancouver – Home Grown is a photographic exploration of local food production and sustainable farming in Vancouver and the surrounding region. In photo-journalistic style, 39 stunning images by photographer, Brian Harris, contain a call-to-action for individuals and communities to reclaim control of local food systems and to think carefully about the ethics of food consumption decisions that are made everyday. It runs until January 2nd.

Vancouver Film Festival, from Sept 30 – Oct 15: http://www.viff.org/festival/films-schedule

–By Shelley Budd