Here's what's on in the Tri-Cities for Saturday, April 6, 2024:
Up the Creek
TRiO Race Series hosts the annual Up the Creek 5k and 10k runs from the Hyde Creek Recreation Centre in Port Coquitlam (1379 Laurier Ave.) from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The event supports KidSport. Entry is $45.
REGISTER: trioevents.ca
Home show
Get renovation ideas at the Tri-City Spring Home Show, on today from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Admission and parking are free.
MORE: homeshowtime.com
Repair it
Port Coquitlam Rotarians are back at the city works yard (1737 Broadway St.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help Tri-City residents fix their household items such as broken clocks and bikes, and ripped clothing. Donations are appreciated.
CALL: 604-927-5496
Market your book
Marie MacKay will teach you how to get your book on the shelves, at a talk from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Terry Fox Library (inside Port Coquitlam Community Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave.). The in-person and Zoom presentation is courtesy of the Tri-City Wordsmiths.
MORE: tri-citywordsmiths.ca
Love, Cora
The band Dr. Strangelove will be heating up the dance floor at 7 p.m. at Site B in Port Moody (3012 Murray St.) to help raise funds for the Love, Cora Program. Operated by the Lumara Society and named after a six-year-old girl who died in a boating accident in 2018, the program aims to provide care packages to families after the sudden and unexpected loss of a child.
MORE: Eventbrite.ca
Legion music
The band Vinyl performs at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 263 in Coquitlam (1025 Ridgeway Ave.) at 7 p.m.
MORE: rclegion263.ca
Laughing Matters
Stand-up comedians are lined up to perform at the 6th annual Comedy Night Gala to benefit the Gaby Davis Foundation. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. show in the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody (100 Newport Dr.). Tickets at $55 include appetizers and dessert. No tickets will be sold at the door. The event is for adults only.
TICKETS: gabydavisfoundation.com
First Nations
Hear the Indigenous music and performances from Kym Gouchie, Naomi Kavka and Ian Olmstead at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam (1205 Pinetree Way) at 7:30 p.m. Gouchie’s ancestral roots are with the Lheidli T’enneh, Cree and Secwépemc Nations. Tickets are $37/$34/$16.
MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca
Salsa party
Get your dancing shoes on and groove to the Latin beats at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 133 in Port Coquitlam (2675 Shaughnessy St.). A beginners’ lesson to learn the Salsa moves is at 8 p.m.; the dance party is from 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $15 at the door.
MORE: salsadancezone.com/events
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