Friday, April 28
DISNEY JR.
About 20 students enrolled in the Moving Mirror Productions after-school program will present the company’s first show. Aladdin Jr. rolls out tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody). Tickets at $16.50 are available via eventbrite.ca.
NEW ART
Vancouver artists Derek Gillingham, Larissa Blokhuis and Carol McQuaid open their mixed media and print displays at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.) with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.
LIVE TUNES
Folk musician and singer-songwriter David Lowe is the guest at the Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse, which meets from 7 to 10 p.m. in The Gathering Place (1100-2253 Leigh Sq., behind Port Coquitlam city hall). Admission is $5 with proceeds supporting the Port Moody hospice. Visit crossroadshospicesociety.com.
COMEDY NIGHT
Share a laugh with stand-up comedians at Laff Past Eight, a showcase at Port Moody’s Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St.) featuring Al Hassam, Kicky Zipzak, Molly Stewart, Jari Wilkman, Angelica Senger and host Jerome DeLuca. Dinner is at 7 p.m. with the event an hour later. Tickets are $30 plus tax. Call 604-937-0998 or email [email protected].
CANADA 150
Support community theatre as Coquitlam’s Stage 43 presents the comedy Bingo, the last show in the society’s Canada 150 series called L’oh’L. It runs at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. (also, May 3 to 6). Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
Saturday, April 29
VOTE EARLY
Tri-City adults unable to make it out on general voting day, May 9, can cast their ballot in advance today and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bring your white Elections BC card that you received in the mail. Call 1-800-661-8683 or visit elections.bc.ca.
WHEEL GOOD
Coquitlam Town Centre Park (off Pinetree Way) is the site of the annual International Scooter Association’s North American Qualifier. More than 200 competitors are taking part with the winner advancing to the world finals. The event runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit isascoot.com.
EMPTIES NEEDED
Take your empty bottles and cans to the Scout Hall at Blue Mountain Park (off Veterans Way, Coquitlam) for the 5th Coquitlam Scouts bottle drive. Visit 5thcoquitlamscouts.com.
MENTAL HEALTH
Gleneagle secondary (1195 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam) hosts a youth mental wellness fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with speakers every hour, workshops and activities — as well as free food. Visit sd43.bc.ca/school/gleneagle.
FIGHT HUNGER
Drop off non-perishable food or cash donations to Coquitlam’s Envision Financial (Sunwood Square branch at 3025 Lougheed Hwy.) for the credit union’s Spring into Action! campaign. The drive runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served and prizes will be handed out. Visit envisionfinancial.ca.
ALL THAT JAZZ
Coquitlam singer-songwriter Jennifer Hayes returns to Port Moody’s Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St.) for another performance with Miles Black and Jodi Proznick. Tickets for dinner and the concert are $30 plus tax. Call 604-937-0998 or visit gallerybistroportmoody.com.
CHA CHA
Spend the night dancing to salsa music under the disco ball in the Evergreen Cultural Centre rehearsal hall (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). The event runs 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Entry is $10 and parking is free. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.
Sunday, April 30
OUT FOR A RUN
Lace up your sneakers for the family-fun Daffodil Dash at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park from 9 a.m. to noon. Proceeds from the fundraiser support the Canadian Cancer Society. Register at cancer.ca/daffodildash or email [email protected].
SOAR CAMP
The Chimo and Hyde Creek Girl Guides are raising funds to attend the SOAR camp, with a bottle drive at Kilmer elementary (1575 Knappen St., Port Coquitlam) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
BYE WINTER
This is the last Port Moody Winters Farmer Market for the season so take time to talk to the vendors and buy their goods, at the PoMo recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit makebakegrow.com.
FISH, HUNT
Tour the facilities owned by the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club, which hosts an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its site (5000 Harper Rd., Coquitlam). Call 604-942-9772 or visit pcdhfc.com.
DOGWOOD COMEDY
The Dogwood Drama Club presents Lynn Brittney’s play, Lathered Up, at 1:30 p.m. at Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Tickets are $5. Call 604-927-6098.
RED AND WHITE
Come out to see the results of last November’s tulip bulb planting by the 13th Eagle Mountain Guides and the 10th Coquitlam Beaver and Cub Scouts. The youth, along with the city of Coquitlam’s Park Spark Team, dug in 1,000 red and white tulip bulbs donated by a P.E.I. firm to mark the country’s 150th year. The celebration runs 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Blue Mountain Park (corner of King Albert Avenue and Veterans Way, Coquitlam).
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