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Thursday, February 27
“Spin In”, bring your wheel and potluck lunch to share, FibreWorks Studio, Madeira Park, 10am-4pm
Galactic Glow lantern festival, with food and music, fundraiser for PAC, Cedar Grove Elementary, Gibsons, 5-8pm
Local author Heige S. Boehm reads from her book “Secrets in the Shadows”, Gibsons Public Library, 7:30pm
Friday, February 28
Drinks for the future hears from Ian McLatchie of Protect Public Health Care – SC, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 5-6:30pm
Musical duo Shine entertains at business excellence awards dinner, presented by Coast chambers of commerce, Blue Ocean Golf Club, Sechelt, 5:45-10pm
Standing with the Wet’suwet’en, an evening of film, education and music, The Kube, Gibsons, 6-9pm
Youth D&D night, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7:30pm
Karaoke night, Gibsons Legion, 7pm
Artesia Coffee House with guitarist Bradley Wells, Bits of String Trio, poet Shelley Harrison Rae and Sh-Boom with special guest Maddy Webber, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30-9:30pm
The Modelos, rock ‘n’ roll cowboy surfers, Roberts Creek Legion, 8pm
Domenique’s School of Dance presents “Ephemere”, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm
Friday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, Mar. 1
SD46 Musical Theatre Ensemble presents the musical “Newsies”, Chatelech Secondary, Fri. & Sat. 7pm, Sun. 2pm, share-there.com
Saturday, February 29
Brenna Fynes demonstrates how to brew kombucha, presented by One Straw Society, The Arts Building, Gibsons, 10am-noon, programs@onestraw.ca
Meet Vancouver author and illustrator Christine Leist and doodle with her, for kids 5-10, Gibsons Public Library, 11:30am-12:30pm,
Repair Cafe, Gibsons Public Library, 1-5pm
SC Film Society presents “The Guilty”, a Danish thriller about a police officer’s real-time race to save a kidnapped woman, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 2pm
Meet Vancouver author and illustrator Christine Leist and doodle with her, for kids 5-10, Sechelt Public Library, 2:30-3:30pm, registration required 604-885-3260
Third birthday party for Tapworks, with Grant Olsen at 2:30pm and Sam Pulpo at 9pm, Gibsons
Charlotte Wrinch entertains, Gibsons Public Market, 2:30-4:30pm
Grant Olsen, Backeddy Pub, Egmont, 6:30pm
Brent Mason house concert, Roberts Creek, 7pm, call 604-740-8094 for location
Astrocolor, five-piece jazz and funk band centered on a DJ, and DJ Sugar, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, share-there.com
Lorne Jones Band, Gibsons Legion, 8pm
Zonolite, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 8pm
Sunday, March 1
Jessica Silvey leads cedar basket weaving workshop, Sarah Wray Hall, Garden Bay, 10am-3pm, must pre-register at www.penderharbourheritage.ca
Sunday blues jam hosted by Jim Foster, Clubhouse Restaurant at Pender Harbour Golf Club, 2-6pm, by donation
Céilí (Irish social gathering) honouring the life and work of poet John O’Donohue, Chaster House, Bonniebrook Beach, 3-6pm, followed by a potluck and moving meditation, michael@welloflight.com
Monday, March 2
Lauryn Oates of Canadian Women in Afghanistan addresses the Canadian Federation of University Women, Sechelt Public Library, 5-7pm, rsvp to cfuwsc.org
Monday, Mar. 2 – Tuesday, Mar. 3
SC Film Society presents “The Guilty”, a Danish thriller about a police officer’s real-time race to save a kidnapped woman, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm
Wednesday March 4
TraC board member Nick Smith presents on cycling in Medellin, Colombia, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7pm
Thursday, March 5
Free workshop on writing about your work, Arts Centre, 2-4pm, pre-register at sunshinecoastartscouncil.com
Thursday, March 5 – Saturday, March 7
SD46 Musical Theatre Ensemble presents the musical “Newsies”, Chatelech Secondary, Thurs.& Fri. 7pm, Sat. 2pm & 7pm, share-there.com
Saturday, March 7
First day of weekend women’s songwriting workshop, Soundgarden Retreat Centre, Roberts Creek, 9:30am-4:30pm, 604-562-9773
Great big garage sale, Holy Family Catholic Church, West Sechelt, 10am-2pm
Early Years Fair with face painting and petting zoo, for children birth-5yrs and their families, Early Years Centre, 5538 Shorncliffe Ave.,
Sechelt, 10am-1:30pm
Permaculture workshop, presented by One Straw Society, Roberts Creek Community School, 10am-12:30pm
First day of weekend beginners oil painting workshop, 1495 Henderson Ave., Roberts Creek, 10am-3pm, carolynndoan.com
Pawsitivly Pender Harbour, with cupcakes and no-flee flea market, fundraiser for SPCA, Elderdog and Gibsons Wildlife, Earthfair Store,
Madeira Park, 11am-3pm
Bellows and Strings, Noah Ord and Anna Lumiere, Gibsons Public Market, 2:30-4:30pm
Vagina Monologues, fundraiser for SC Community Services, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 3pm and 7:30pm
Opening reception for exhibit by Carylann Loeppky, The Kube, Gibsons, 6-9pm
Trivia night, fundraiser for St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, Seniors Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, register teams at 604-838-2663
Rosie & the Riveters, folk-pop anthems, High Beam Dreams, Gibsons, 7-9:30pm
House concert with Jennifer Scott, Rene Worst and Steve Giltrow, Roberts Creek, location at 604-740-0963
Literary Readings on the Coast presents novelist Kathy Page, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm
Half Cut & the Slackers, Gibsons Legion, 8pm
Rumours Burlesque, Roberts Creek Hall, 8-11:30pm, boudoirrougeburlesque@gmail.com
Sunday, March 8
International Women’s Day potluck lunch with speaker Donna Thomas, sponsored by SC Labour Council, 1:30-3:30pm
Sunday blues jam hosted by Peter Van Trio, Clubhouse Restaurant at Pender Harbour Golf Club, 2-6pm, by donation
Carlos del Junco and the Blues Mongrels, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 2pm, 604-740-5825
Jazz vespers with Moss Trio (Anna Lumiere, Graham Ord and Aristazabal Hawkes), St, Hilda’s Anglican Church, 4-5pm
