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October 20
Community Futures presents Michael Shuman on local development, Chatelech Secondary theatre, 6:45pm, $15
October 20
Four National Film Board shorts on “visions of home” and a talk about Habitat for Humanity, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 7-8:30pm, free
October 20
Creative in the Creek, hosted by David Roche with Vanessa Schroeder, Kendra Shand Band and Rick O’Neill, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30pm, by donation
October 21
DJ night with Mandai and Michael Red & Holagram, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $15
October 21-23
Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, more 130 studios and galleries from Langdale to Earl’s Cove, 10am-5pm, www.sunshinecoastartcrawl.com
October 22
Halfmoon Bay apple festival, Coopers Green Park, 9am-4pm
October 22
Charlotte and Matt Diamond concerts, School of Music, Madeira Park, 11:30 am & 1:30pm, Adults $15, children $10
October 22
Talk on self-publishing by Bodhi Drope, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 2-4:30pm
October 22
Harvest gala on Roaring Twenties theme with five-course dinner and wine, fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, Sunshine Coast Golf Club, Roberts Creek, 5pm, $100, 604-885-6773
October 22
Gibsons Chamber of Commerce presents talk by Shelley McDade, chair of SC Economic Development Organization, Gibsons Curling Club lounge, 6-8pm, members free, non-members $10
October 22
Auto Jansz, Rose Kirchner and the You-Hauls perform original roots music, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30pm, $10-$15
October 22
Dance with Born in the Barn, Gibsons Legion lounge, 8pm, members $5, guests $10
October 22
Caravan of Creeps circus sideshow with music by Blackberry Wood, Gibsons Legion Hall, 8pm, $25, costumes encouraged
October 23
The Coast Team’s pumpkin party, trading pumpkins to carve for food bank donation, Persephone Beer Farm, Gibsons, 1-4:30pm
October 23
Talk/reflection by Buddhist monk Venerable Ajahn Tiradhammo, Botanical Garden, West Sechelt, 2-6pm, donations accepted. 604-885-6735
October 24
Burger and beer fundraiser for Ugandan orphanage, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5-9pm, $25
October 26
Fixed link open house, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 4-8pm
October 26
Open mic with PJ Reece, five minutes for writers to read their work, the Arts Building, Lower Gibsons, 7-9pm
October 27
Fixed link open house, Gibsons Garden Hotel, 10am-2pm
October 28
Gala celebrating winners of SC Volunteer Centre 2016 volunteer awards, Roberts Creek Hall, 7pm, $10
October 29
Halfmoon Bay business and entrepreneur show, Halfmoon Bay Elementary School, 9:30am-2:30pm, 604-551-8461
October 29
Masquerade ball with three-course dinner, Sarah Wray Hall, Garden Bay, 5:30pm,
$35
October 29
Modern Terror and Street Sweeper, Roberts Creek Legion, 7pm, members $8, guests $10
October 29
Creek Big Band with Lynne Dickson, Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7:30-10:30pm, members $10, others $15
October 29
Halloween dance with Playback, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10
October 29
Artesia coffee house with musical duos Anna Green and Ken Dunn, Lea Kirstein and Reenie Perkovic, Charlotte Wrinch and Budge Schachte, plus poetry by Ross Harry, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10
October 29
Halloween with Bonnie Kilroe’s Divas, prizes for celebrity costumes, Sechelt Legion, 8pm, $20
October 29
Halloween dance with Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne and costume prizes, Pender Harbour Community Hall, 8pm, $25
October 29
Literary reading by Vancouver author Janie Chang, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, by donation
October 29
Electro Zombie Sound Clash, Roberts Creek Hall, 9pm, $20
October 29-30
Being still and mindful instruction for ages 5-12, Self Realization Meditation Healing Centre, Halfmoon Bay, 9:30-10:15am, $5 each day
October 30
Five-K run, costumes encouraged, PaceSetter Athletic, 103-622 Hough Rd., Gibsons, 10am, $5
October 30
Blue Line Trio, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5-8pm
October 31
Haunted Lantern tours through Lower Gibsons with the Driftwood Players, SC Museum, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, by donation
October 31
Halloween fireworks by Pender Harbour fire dept., Seafarer’s Millennium Park, Madeira Park, 6pm
October 31
SC Film Society presents “Let the Right One In”, Swedish vampire movie, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, members $5, others $9
