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Thursday, March 12
SC Film Society presents Best Picture Oscar winner “Parasite”, an impoverished Korean family insinuates themselves into a wealthy family, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 2pm
Dinner music with Bonar, Entre Deux Mers Bistro, Sechelt, 5-8pm
Opening reception for exhibit of “sustainable goods”, redecor + design, Sechelt, 5-8pm
Presentation on syiyaya Reconciliation Movement, with “world cafe” discussion, Gibsons Public Library, 6:30-9pm, rsvp to scsyiyaya@gmail.com
Friday, March 13
Burger and beer fundraiser for local scouts, with kid’s option, music by Jim Taylor, Roberts Creek Legion, 5-9pm
SC astronomy club presents UBC astronomy professor Harvey Richer on being an observational astronomer, Sechelt Public Library, 7pm
Coffee House with singers David Jones, Michelle Morand and Lori Carmichael, and the Lynne Urquhart Band, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:30-9:30pm
Dance with DJ Teflo, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 8-11:30pm
Saturday, March 14
Seedy Saturday, speakers, workshops and vendors, Roberts Creek Community School (9:30am-3pm) and RC Masonic Hall (10am-4pm) with gardening books for sale at the RC Library (9:30am-2pm), onestraw.ca
Flair on the Coast cancer support group is addressed by ophthalmologist Dr. Philip Kraukamp, Rockwood Centre, Sechelt, 10am-noon
50th anniversary one-day sale, Coast Raven Design Studio, Davis Bay, 10am-5pm
Free seminar on taxes in retirement, Capilano University, Sechelt, 10:30am-noon or 1:30-3pm,
Repair Cafe, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 11am-4pm
St. Paddy’s bash with Irish pub menu (12:30-5pm), Grant Olsen (2:30pm), Nick Farrer (7pm) and DJ Cronneloctopus (9pm), Leo’s Tapas and Grill, Gibsons
Opening reception for Young People’s Art Show, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm
Millar-Bowie Band entertains, Gibsons Public Market, 2:30-4:30pm
Launch party for addition of vintage apparel sales, The Kube, Gibsons, 6-9pm
Joel Fafard live, the Roberts Creek singer in the midst of an international tour, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm
Dance with DJ Techno Artist Akhentek, Gibsons Legion, 8pm
Comedy show with Ed Hill, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 8pm
Mud Bay Band, Roberts Creek Legion, 8:30pm
Sunday, March 15
Travel sketching class with Hiroshi Shimazaki, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 9am-4pm, register at 604-886-0531
Sunday Film Series presents “The Price of Everything” about the art world, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 10:30am, 604-885-5412
Off the Page playreading presents “How Things Have Changed”, set in Gibsonsfive years in the future, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 1-3pm
Opening reception for exhibit by Iranian artist Mehran Modarres Sadeghi, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 2-4pm
Sunday blues jam hosted by Simon Paradis, with Walter Martella, Clubhouse Restaurant at Pender Harbour Golf Club, 2-6pm, by donation
Vespersong sings Choral Evensong, St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, Sechelt, 5pm
Bob Ross (video) painting party, with in-house help from Alex Wenztel, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 7pm
Monday, Mar. 16 – Tuesday, Mar. 17
SC Film Society presents Best Picture Oscar winner “Parasite”, an impoverished Korean family insinuates themselves into a wealthy family, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm
Tuesday, March 17
St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Skinny Jimmy and the Houndog Barker, Pender Harbour Legion, 11am-8pm
Lunch and learn with Jessica Hugh of Catalyst Marketing on using social media, presented by Gibsons Chamber of Commerce, Sunnycrest
Mall, Gibsons, 11:30am-1pm
Official launch of solar panel array, Seniors Activity Centre, Sechelt, 1:30pm
Andrew Teal, who helped clean up after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, will talk about spill response readiness to the Pender Harbour Wildlife Society, Christ the Redeemer Church, Madeira Park, 7pm
Wednesday, March 18
“Marine detective” Jackie Hildering, of the Marine Education and Research Society, talk on oceans, sponsored by the Sonntag marine centre, Gibsons Public Market, 7pm
