Friday, July 13
SQUAWK
Bring the kids to see Pigeon and his friends in a theatrical show at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) from 11 a.m. to noon. Visit portmoody.ca.
CYCLING RACES
Downtown Port Coquitlam will shut to traffic starting at 1:45 p.m. for the third annual PoCo Grand Prix, a cycling competition — sponsored in part by The Tri-City News — involving more than 150 professional and elite riders from around the world. The first event kicks off at 3:15 p.m. but there’ll be lots of activities and entertainment happening around city hall during the day including live music from the Giggle Dam. Volunteers are needed. Visit pocograndprix.ca to help or to view the program and parking.
ART SHOWS
Tour the galleries at the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. Johns St.) to admire the new art exhibits that opened this week. The displays — From Where We Stand, Pescaderia and Etre Fleur Bleue — end Aug. 19. Visit pomoarts.ca.
TO MARKET
The Market at Brewers Row, held in the parking lot of the Port Moody Station Museum (2734 Murray St.), is open for shopping from 6 to 10 p.m. Visit marketatbrewersrow.com.
JAZZ IN THE PARK
The Beauty Shop Dolls launch the city of Coquitlam’s Summer Concert Series at the TD Community Plaza at Coquitlam Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way) at 7 p.m. They’ll be followed at 8:15 p.m. by the headliners, The Hummingbird Brigade led by James Danderfer. Visit coquitlam.ca.
MOVIE NIGHT
Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins star in Maudie, a flick based on the life of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis screened in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 plus a $5 annual membership to the Port Moody Film Society. Visit pmfilm.ca.
LIVE MUSIC
The Burying Ground, a blues-jazz-country-folk group featuring Woody Forster, Devora Laye, Wynston Minckler and Clara Rose, performs at the Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St., Port Moody) at 8 p.m.; a dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Visit gallerybistroportmoody.com.
Saturday, July 14
WEEDS BE GONE
Wear sturdy footwear, a sunhat and gloves for the invasive plant control work party with the Friends of DeBoville Slough and the city of Coquitlam. From 9 a.m. to noon, Japanese knotweed will be tackled starting on the north side of the slough. Tools supplied. Visit fodbs.org.
NEIGHBOURHOOD MEET
The Glenayre neighbourhood in Port Moody celebrates 60 years with a picnic at the community centre (492 Glencoe Dr.) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the cake cuts at 1 p.m. Visit myglenayre.ca.
GET THE VIBE
Etienne Siew and the PoCo Youth Music Project take to the bandshell at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside Port Coquitlam city hall) for the second instalment of the city’s Village Vibe summer series, from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.
MERENGUE LESSON
Let Latin dance instructors Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler show you the steps to merengue at their weekly Hot Salsa Dance Zone class, held in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 8 p.m. Then, at 9 p.m., join the party to boogie the night away, until 12:30 a.m. Entry is $10. No partner or experience is needed. Call 604-725-4654 or visit hotsalsadancezone.com.
Sunday, July 15
EAT, DRINK LOCAL
Check out the vendors and farmers selling their products in the parking lot of Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam) for the weekly farmers’ market, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit makebakegrow.com.
WATER SAFETY
The city of Coquitlam’s Eagle Ridge Pool (2689 Guildford Way, Coquitlam) will have a class on drowning prevention from 1 to 4 p.m.; regular admission rates apply. Visit coquitlam.ca.
ESTUARY CLASS
Learn about the Mossom Creek hatchery operations from manager Neil Laffra and co-founder Rod MacVicar at noon then hear about the state of estuaries from Erin Pettit at the first Summer Series of Sunday Talks at the hatchery (12 Mossom Creek Dr., Port Moody) at 1:30 p.m. Visit mossomcreek.org.
SQUARE TUNES
Shanranjeet Singh Mand and Cassius Khan perform for the city of Port Coquitlam’s Music in the Square, at the bandshell in Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside city hall) from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.
MR. PIANO MAN
Dutch recording artist Eric-Jan Overbeek — aka Mr. Boogie Woogie — graces the PCT Performance Stage at Rocky Point Park (2800-block of Murray Street, Port Moody) for the second of this season’s Summer Sundays Concerts — a series sponsored in part by The Tri-City News. Visit summersundays.ca.
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