Friday, Nov. 3
POPPY PAINT
From 3 to 7 p.m. today, join the city of Coquitlam Park Spark team and volunteers as they paint red poppies around the cenotaph at Blue Mountain Park, along Veterans Way. The project continues Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Visit coquitlam.ca/parkspark.
OPENING NIGHT
The Coquitlam-based Align Entertainment theatre company remounts Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Michael J. Fox Theatre (7373 MacPherson Ave., Burnaby) from Nov. 3 to 19. Directed by Port Coquitlam's Chad Matchette, the musical features his wife, Erin, and daughter, Emily, as well as Tri-City talent Nicholas Bradbury, Mark Turpin, Aaron Stewart, Joanna Kovats and Jillian Perkins — with choreography by Melissa Turpin, also of Coquitlam. Visit alignentertainment.ca.
ELEMENTARY!
Arthur Conan Doyle's famous mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles, comes to life this weekend at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam) thanks to the Royal Canadian Theatre Company. Sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, the spoof runs at 7:30 p.m. plus a Saturday matinee at 3:30 p.m. For tickets starting at $8, call 1-800-838-3006 or visit baskervilles.brownpapertickets.com.
GOLDEN YEAR
Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay at 8 p.m. officially opens the annual show and sale by the Port Moody Art Association, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year. Dozens of original art from PMAA members are up for grabs in the PoMo recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.) tonight as well as Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit portmoodyartassociation.com.
GIGGLE NIGHT
Coquitlam stand-up artists Alison Ogilvie and Nic Enright-Morin are at Lafflines (530 Columbia St., New Westminster) for an 8 p.m. show titled The Mother of All Comedy Shows. Tickets at $15 are via eventbrite.ca.
SALSA TONIGHT
It's salsa and Latin dance night in the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Join the lesson with Alberto and Teresa at 8 p.m. before the dance floor heats up from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Free parking or take the Evergreen Extension to Lafarge Lake-Douglas. Admission is $10. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.
WINE, BEER
The bi-annual Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival at Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club (3251 Plateau Blvd., Coquitlam) opens tonight at 7 p.m. and continues Saturday at noon. The inaugural Tri-City International Wine and Food Fest is on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Partial proceeds support the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Visit westcoastexperiences.com.
Saturday, Nov. 4
CULTURAL MEET
Arts, cultural and heritage leaders — as well as guests — gather at Coquitlam city hall (3000 Guildford Way) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to hear from speakers and brainstorm during the municipality's first Cultural Summit — one of 10 action items in the Coquitlam Arts and Culture Strategic Plan adopted by city council this year. The cost is $25 per person. Call 604-927-6952 or email [email protected].
FALL BAZAAR
Load up on handmade goods in the hall at the St. John's the Apostle Church (2208 St. Johns St., Port Moody) from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit stja.ca.
CRAFT FAIR
Terry Fox secondary (1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam) has free admission to its fall sale, happening 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations to the after grad are welcome. Call 604-941-5401.
HOMESTAYS
Friendship Force Metro Vancouver meets in the Nancy Bennett Room of the Coquitlam Public Library (575 Poirier St., Coquitlam) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to talk about homestay opportunities. New members welcome. Visit friendshipforcevancouver.ca.
LIVING LIBRARY
Coquitlam Public Library has several "nation builders" on hand to talk about their livelihood, as part of a Canada 150 event at the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 604-937-4157 to register.
DANCE LESSONS
Get your dance shoes on and learn some basic steps for upcoming holiday events. Staff at Arthur Murray Dance Studio (212-1090 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam, by Ikea) offer a free social from 6 to 7:30 p.m. during its open house. Call 604-544-5008 or visit dancecoquitlam.ca.
WINDS AT ECC
The Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which calls the Evergreen Cultural Centre home, will be at the Coquitlam venue (1205 Pinetree Way) for an 8 p.m. performance titled Atmosphere that will include Karel Husa's composition Apotheosis of this Earth. Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
BANJO PICKING
Juno award-winning bassist Russell Sholberg will be at the Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St., Port Moody) for a bluegrass show with Coquitlam banjoist Devon Wells and flat pick virtuoso Chris Russell on guitar. The 8 p.m. concert at $25 includes dinner at 7 p.m. Call 604-937-0998 or visit gallerybistroportmoody.com.
Sunday, Nov. 5
LEST WE FORGET
Check out military historian Guy Black's Veterans Week display at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.) featuring original artwork from students at Moody elementary and the Evelia Espinosa Art Studio. The exhibit is up until Remembrance Day, Nov. 11. Visit portmoody.ca.
CREATIVE CAFE
Drive up to the lodge at Minnekhada regional park (4455 Oliver Rd., Coquitlam) for the Creative Cafe finale featuring Mike's open mic, Gayle Arnold, Dragana Hajduk and Katherine Gonzalez, from 1 to 4 p.m. Visit minnekhada.ca.
THE MOODYS
Jacqueline Gresko talks about what it would have been like for Mary Moody to live and raise her seven children in New Westminster, in the mid-1800s. Her lecture at the Port Moody Station Museum (2734 Murray St.), at 2 p.m., coincides with the facility's exhibit by Hilary Letwin, titled Meeting the Moodys. Call 604-939-1648 or visit portmoodymuseum.org.
INDIAN CELEBRATION
Diwali in BC, a new initiative by Rohit Chokhani, lands at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) with classical, Bollywood and contemporary dance performances and music at 6 p.m. Call the box office at 604--927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
