Living

Miruna Carmen Bufu, 9, Brooksbank elementary Art teacher: Paul Clarke Favourite art: paintings of nature Favourite artist: Emily Carr Her teacher writes: Miruna delights us with juicy details about the lives of famous artists.

For a period of nearly six months in 2012, I eliminated meat from my diet. It was neither a political statement nor a health-related decision; I simply wondered if I could do it.

Edible Gardening: Join Emily Jubenvill of Edible Garden Project to learn the basics of planning, planting, and tending to a vegetable garden, whether it is in the backyard or on the balcony Thursday, July 31, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Readers theatre camp Children ages eight and up who love performing and stories are invited to attend this fun camp every Wednesday in July and August, 2-4 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Free.

A bowl of plump, luscious B.C. blueberries is a joy to behold and an even bigger joy to eat. While they're wonderful eaten fresh with yogurt or on top of cereal, no other berry lends itself so perfectly to baking.

Sheila Waite and Gordon Penlington welcome drop-in dancers to the Tuesday morning daytime dance ballroom program at Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre. The class is held weekly from 10 to 11 a.m. Drop-in: $2. silverharbourcentre.com

Gary Wharton, from the Spokane, Wash. area, puts on a bonsai workshop for members of the West Coast Bonsai Society in North Vancouver July 19. Those in attendance learned about trimming junipers.

Twisted Mat Yoga Studio instructor and managing partner Jenny Darychuk leads youngsters Bryce Menzies-Stewart, Nevaeh Darychuk and Addison Gray through some poses.

North Vancouver’s Saajin Mann gets some tips from Vancouver Canucks player Daniel Sedin.

Event co-chairwoman Anita York and guest speaker Gloria Nahanee, of the Squamish Nation, invite community members to World Hepatitis Day, Monday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Vancouver Art Gallery.