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April 20
Creative in the Creek, hosted by David Roche and Siobhan Brown, with poetry by Richard Borthwick Austin and Mike Oswald, earth-based music with Natalia Wilhelm, singer-guitarist Bobby Roadhouse and “Captain Ampersand”, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30pm by donation
April 21
All candidates provincial election “green forum”, presented by SC Conservation Assoc. and Alliance4Democracy, Roberts Creek Hall, 7-9pm
April 22
Mountain Grind obstacle race, Lions Park, Pender Harbour, 9am, $99, mountaingrind.ca
April 22
Kayak demo day, presented by Sunshine Kayaking, Molly’s Lane, Gibsons Landing, 9am-4pm
April 22
Plant and bake sale by Roberts Creek branch of SC Healthcare Auxiliary, behind Roberts Creek library, 11am-4pm
April 22
Earth Day festival with music, food and workshops, Roberts Creek Pier, noon-5pm (Opening meditation at Roberts Creek Hall 10am)
April 22
Presentation by 10 clay artists, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2:30-3:30pm, by donation
April 22
“Opening a door to Syria”, educational fundraiser with Keith Maxwell and Jack Pope, and middle eastern refreshments, Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, 3-5pm, $10
April 22
Novelist Joan Haggerty reads from her latest, “The Dancehall Years”, set on Bowen Island, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, by donation
April 22
Taurean Tunez with djs, fundraiser for fire victims Carrie Lee and Scully Stanway, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, $20
April 22
Steve Hinton band, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10
April 23
Popsicle stick bridge building contest, Sechelt Indian Band Hall, noon-5pm, free to spectators, $5 bridge kit at Gibsons Building Supplies
April 23
Charlotte Wrinch plays, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 2-4pm, by donation
April 23
Coast Recital Society presents The Purcell Project: soprano Karina Gauvin and Les Boréades baroque orchestra, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 2:30pm, $25, students $10
April 23
Spring meet up of @SCtechhub, for those working in tech, Mission Point House, Davis Bay, 3-5pm
April 23
SC Community Orchestra Association presents “Old World, New World” with violinist Simon Gidora, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7pm, (6:30pm pre-concert chat with Maestra Edette Gagne), $20, students $10
April 24
SC Film Society presents “Welcome to the Sticks”, highest-grossing French film ever, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, members $5, others $9
April 24
Sechelt Garden Club speaker Laurie Creak on gardening in China and the effect of Buddhism, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, non-members $5
April 25
Gwen Odermatt from Langley’s Petals and Butterflies Farm Nursery on how to attract birds and bees to your garden, SC Botanical Garden, West Sechelt, 7pm, members $15, non-members $20
April 26
Tuesday Talks presents Laura Walker on the Ocean Avenue community garden, Sechelt Library, 1:30-3pm
April 26
Sechelt author Andrew Scott presents a new edition of his book, “The Promise of
Paradise: Utopian Communities in British Columbia”, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7:30pm, free
April 26
All-candidates meeting, hosted by Pender Harbour Advisory Council, Pender Harbour Community Hall, 6:30-9:30pm
April 26
First of four Wednesday classes in hula dancing, 625 Glen Rd., Gibsons, 7-8:30pm, $60, 604-886-9737
April 27
All-candidates meeting, hosted by SC Alternative School, Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, 10:30am
April 27
Spoken poetry event with poets John Pass and Philip Jagger, Sechelt Library, 7pm
April 29
Art Show, Crafts and Plants Sale at the Pender Harbour Community Hall 10am-3pm. Tables for rent. Call Marlene at 604-883-9900 or Muriel at 604-883-2609
