With all the rain we've had this week we've got our fingers crossed for a bit of sun to enjoy a nature walk or a Riverview tree tour. And if it's more rain, well, there's the film festival, a magic show and plenty more to keep everyone busy.
TODAY: Friday, March 15
JELLY BEAN DANCE
Enjoy a night of fun-filled activities, including door prizes, carnival games, a professional DJ and supervision for children in Grades 4 to 6 at the Jelly Bean Dance at the Hyde Creek recreation centre (1370 Laurier Ave., PoCo). Tickets are $8, available at the Hyde Creek or PoCo recreation centres.
FILM FESTIVAL
It's the weekend local film buffs have been waiting for - the 13th annual Port Moody Canadian Film Festival, which kicked off Thursday with a gala reception and continues through to Sunday night. The selected films are a carefully selected cross-section of great movies, including tonight's Liverpool (a coat-check attendant lands in a criminal intrigue plot after returning an unclaimed coat to its owner) at 7 p.m. and All that you Possess (a university professor withdrawing from life has a chance encounter with the daughter he's never met) at 9:30 p.m. Saturday's line-up offers the Sarah Polley flick Take this Waltz at 7 p.m. and Blood Pressure (a woman living a ho-hum life receive a mysterious series of letters that lead her in a surprising direction - to herself) at 9:30 p.m. The festival closes with David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis at 7 p.m. Sunday, followed by a wrap party. Tickets (cash/cheque only) are available at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.) on festival nights starting at 6 p.m. Visit www.pmfilm.ca for full details.
MOOSE & MAGIC
Award-winning magicians Matthew Johnson, Christopher Taylor and Trevor and Lorena Watters have joined forces to create Moose in a Top Hat, an uproariously funny show of magic tricks, illusions, mystery and more. They're playing at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate, PoCo) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at www.mooseinatophat.com or 604-375-6270.
Saturday, March 16
GOT BOOKS?
Weed out your book collection and help out the library at the Friends of the Coquitlam Public Library book drive, taking place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way). Volunteers will be collecting used books, DVDs and CDs in good condition and if you bring 10 books you'll get a freebie at the Friends' book sale in May. Email [email protected] for more details.
HEY THERE, HERONS
Welcome the magnificent Great Blue Heron on a free nature walk at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam, where they're gathering on the fields for mating season. Bring a set of binoculars, if you have them, to get a better look at the lovely birds. Meet in front of the community gardens at the end of Colony Farm Road (off Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam). Call the Colony Park Farm Association at 604-520-6442 for info.
Sunday, March 17
FABULOUS MR. FOXWORTHY
The beloved Mr. Foxworthy brings to life the children's classic Peter Pan: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Grow Up at Coquitlam's Royal Canadian Legion Hall (1025 Ridgeway Ave.). Tri-City families can choose from three presentations at noon, 2:30 or 5 p.m. For details and tickets, visit www.mrfoxworthy.com.
TREE TOURS
Leaf buds are swelling and colouring up and the crocuses are blooming under the Camperdown Elms, creating blankets of white and purple, with a few splashes of yellow - a sure sign that the grey days of winter are soon to be a thing of the past. Come and experience this awakening of nature at the first Tree Tour of the 2013 season, hosted by the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society. The walk starts from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young building at 1 p.m. Visit www.rhcs.org for a site map or call 604-290-9910 for further info.
ART RECEPTION
Works by artist Pierre Coupey are on display at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) in a show titled Cutting Out the Tongue: Selected Work 1976-2012; Coupey will be talking about the exhibit at ECC from 3 to 4 p.m., followed by an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. To see photos of Coupey's colourful abstract paintings, visit www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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