Friday, March 12
FOOD DEALS
It’s the last weekend for the inaugural Taste of the Tri-Cities, a business campaign organized by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce with the Tri-Local collective to help struggling local eateries during their slowest season. Ending March 19, the Taste includes dine-in and take-out specials from more than 50 restaurants, pubs and cafés in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. Visit tasteofthetricities.com.
Saturday, March 13
QUIET! PLEASE!
To mark the end of their winter reading challenge, Port Moody librarians will host a silent reading party at the library from 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom. Find out what other bookworms are reading and tuck into your latest page turner. A Zoom invite will be sent upon registration; visit calendar.portmoodylibrary.ca.
PAMPER TIME
Learn how to make home bath and body products with the Coquitlam Heritage Society, through its online workshop from 1 to 2 p.m. The instructor will guide participants through Shower Buddies (for congestion relief) and 123 Facial Cleanser (with lavender and oat flour). Supplies will be provided in a kit for participants to collect before the event. To register for the Zoom class, go to coquitlamheritage.ca.
Sunday, March 14
RIPPLE EFFECT
Tour the gallery at PoMoArts (formerly the Port Moody Arts Centre) between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the weekends to see the new exhibit A Mysterious Attraction — an arts-meets-science show that focuses on gravitational, spin and fluid art by Edzy Edzed, Pierre Leichner and Bill Westwell. The display at the facility (2425 St. Johns St.) runs until April 1. Visit pomoarts.ca.
PAINTING CLASS
Vancouver watercolour artist Enda Bardell teaches you how to paint a landscape — with a sky, mountains, land and water — using three primary colours as well a dark, for Port Coquitlam’s Art Focus Artists’ Association’s latest online demonstration. Her video is up for a month via artfocusartistsassociation.com.
