Whether it’s live theatre, live music, pulling weeds or discovering the salmon spawning right in our back yard, there is plenty of fun to keep the whole family busy this weekend.
Friday, Oct. 21
FREE SWIM
Take a dip, for free, at the City Centre Aquatic Complex on Pinetree Way at this evening’s Westminster Savings free swim from 7 to 9 p.m.
BARE BONES CAMPING
Stage 43 comes back to the Evergreen Cultural Centre for a second weekend of the Bare Bear Bones, a quirky story about a couple hoping to rekindle some romance in their marriage by visiting a favourite old campground, only to discover it’s now an “alternative lifestyle” destination. Hilarity ensues, of course. Tickets are at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
Saturday, Oct. 22
FREE FAMILY FLICK
Feel like seeing a free movie? Cineplex Community Day means free family-friendly movies across B.C. this morning, with proceeds from concession sales benefiting Cineplex’s national charitable partner, WE. The film line-up includes The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out, Zootopia and more. Doors open at Silvercity Coquitlam at 8:30 a.m. and movies begin between 9 and 10 a.m.
BIG RIPPERS
The Rotary Club of Port Moody hosts an invasive species removal event at Shoreline Park from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No experience necessary; instructions, tools, gloves and snacks will be provided. Dress for the weather and bring your own water bottle. Meet at the Noons Creek Hatchery (300 Ioco Rd.). Registration is limited to the first 100 volunteers; contact [email protected].
DISCO DANDIYA
The Gujarati Society of B.C. hosts Disco Dandiya, an evening of high-energy Bollywood tunes and loads of dancing that’s fun for the whole family. The event features free dandiya rentals, free parking and free coatcheck. Transit users can go to Braid Station for a free shuttle bus to and from the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam until 1 a.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door, kids 13 and under are free, available at 604-291-9070.
GET UNCORKED
It’s an evening that’s all about B.C. wines and delicious food from local restaurants and caterers. The BC Uncorked Food & Wine Festival at PoMo’s Heritage Woods secondary, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., gives you a chance to sample wines from 50 B.C. wineries while supporting the Ride to Conquer Cancer, prizes, silent auction and wine wall. Tickets are $60 at www.bcuncorked.com.
Sunday, Oct. 23
SALMON COME HOME
Welcome the salmon home to Hoy/Scott Creek at this free family event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hoy Creek Fish Hatchery. Activities include children’s crafts and activities, salmon presentations, spawning salmon viewing, music, food, prize fishing pond, face painting and much more. The hatchery is in Hoy Creek Park, behind the City Centre Aquatic Complex at Pinetree and Guildford ways. Visit www.hoyscottcreeks.org for more info.
SONGS OF B.C.
Head to PoMo’s Gallery Bistro to hear singer/songwriter John McLachlan, whose songs weave stories of B.C.’s past, its people and places from a more than 30-year music career. Tickets for the set menu dinner (7 p.m.) and concert (8 p.m.) are $30; call 604-937-0998 to reserve (Saturday night’s show sold out quickly).
FAMILY ALBUM
As siblings and fellow singer/songwriters, Matthew Barber and Jill Barber always knew they’d make an album together. They grew up outside Toronto in the 1990s sharing a left-handed guitar and a tremendous passion for music and, after following different paths, have come together for an album of old family tales. The Evergreen Cultural Centre show is at 7:30 p.m. Ticket are $37/$32/$16 at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 604-927-6555.
