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April 27
All-candidates meeting, hosted by SC Alternative School, Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, 10:30am
April 27
Girls Night Out with auctions and prizes, fundraiser for Gibsons branch of SC Healthcare Auxiliary, Gibsons Legion Hall, 7pm, $25
April 27
Spoken poetry event with poets John Pass and Philip Jagger, Sechelt Library, 7-8:30pm
April 28
SC Labour Council hosts “A worker’s day of mourning”, Dougall Park, Gibsons 11am
April 28
Dinner music with Jim Taylor, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm, tips for the musician
April 28
Artesia coffee house featuring pianist Anna Lumiere and
son Noah Ord on accordion,
‘Gemini’ Val and Julie Rutter on piano, the Lynn Urquhart Band
with Sacha Fassaert, Gord Birtch & Michael Munro, and poet Danika Dinsmore with Barry Taylor on percussion, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm,
$10
April 28-30
Driftwood Theatre School presents “The Glass Slipper”, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 1pm, adults $15, youth $10
April 29
April Tools wooden boat-building and paddling challenge, government wharf, Madeira Park, 10am-4pm, races start 2pm, spectators free, team of four $160
April 29
Giant garage sale, Pender Harbour Legion, Madeira Park, 10am-4pm
April 29
Gibsons Garden Club annual plant and bake sale, Gibsons Community Centre parking lot, 10am-1pm
April 29
Coast Salish weaving workshop, makeup for snowed-in February workshop, SC Museum, Gibsons, 10am-4pm, $65 or $85, register at 604-886-8232
April 29
Spring plant sale, Sechelt Band Hall, 11am-4pm
April 29
Coding workshop for girls 8-12, by SC Tech Hub, Capilano University, Sechelt, 1-4pm, $20, parents free, register at share-there.com
April 29
Local musicians perform in a musical celebration of Canada’s 150th, Gibsons Public Library, 1-3pm, free
April 29
Grand opening, Gibsons Public Market, 2-4pm
April 29
Rotary annual wine and art festival, Gibsons Public Market, 6:30-9:30pm, $45
April 29
Richard Borthwick Austin performs the poetry of Gerald Manley Hopkins, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, by donation
April 29
Trivia night, St. Bart’s Church, Gibsons, 7-9pm, $20 for team of four
April 29
Jane Mortifee and Sound Eclectic choir, fundraiser for Better at Home, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, $25, share-there.com
April 29
Dance to Creek Big Band with vocalist Chrystal Spence,
fundraiser for Syrian family sponsorship, Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, 7:30-10:30pm, $20
April 29
Dance with Playback and auction, 50-50 draw, fundraiser for several causes, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $15
April 29
Dance with Funktete, featuring Karen Graves, Anna Lumiere, Budge Schachte and Regan Haydun, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10
April 30
“Paint an owl” party, fundraiser for SC Hospice Society, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, noon-2:30pm, $25 plus $10 at the door
April 30
Walkathon fundraiser for Special Olympics, Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, 1:30pm
April 30
Public forum on privatization of seniors’ care, with speakers Andrew Longhurst and Edith Machattie, Sechelt Band Hall, 2-4pm
May 1
An education all candidates meeting, sponsored by the school district and its teachers and employees, Elphinstone Secondary, Gibsons, 5:30-6:30pm
May 1
DVD and talk by Victoria Maxwell, mental health advocate with bi-polar, Sechelt Library, 7-8:30pm, free, register at 604-885-3260
May 2
Mental health workshop on healing through journaling with Violette Clark, Sechelt Library, 11am-12:30pm, free, register at 604-885-3260
May 2
Mental health talk and reading with Michael Mann, Richard Austin and Hugh Macaulay, Sechelt Library, 1:30-3pm, free, register at 604-885-3260
May 3
Cancer care workshop, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 10am-3pm, free, register at 604-734-7125
May 3
Mental Cases, seven minutes to talk/read about mental health, top floor of Gibsons Cinema, 7-9:30pm, 604-885-8041
May 4
Mental health workshop and talk with the VCH mental health team, Sechelt Library, 10:30am-noon, free, register at 604-885-3260
May 4
Talk and reading, “two voices of mental health” with Patricia Hetherington and Weegee
Sachtjen, Sechelt Library, 7-9pm, free, register at
604-885-3260
