CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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May 13, Tue :: Cowichan 2008 Spirit Pole. If you've ever wanted to carve a totem pole, this is your chance. Live entertainment, cultural displays, official ceremonies and the chance to meet a master carver. 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Squamish Adventure Centre.
May 13, Tue :: Squamish Arts Council AGM. 7:00 pm. SAC Building in Cleveland Park.
May 14, Wed :: North Vancouver Outdoor School Community Information Session. Informal evening. 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Conference Centre Entrance (yellow gate). 1600 Paradise Valley Road, Brackendale.
May 14, Wed :: SORCA Mountain Bike Toonie. Approximately 1 hour XC mountain bike race followed by sponsored dinner and festivities. Suitable for all competitive riders. Must be SORCA or GRMBA member. Visit website for more info, times, and start lines. www.sorca.ca
May 14, Wed :: Reel Wednesday. The Company of Strangers. (2000, 62 min) The Company of Strangers is one of the most successful features in NFB history. It’s fiction, but told with the unscripted honesty of a documentary, charming, cheerful and poignant. A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Eight women, average age 71, are stranded at a deserted farmhouse. They have only their wits, memories and some roasted frog legs to sustain them. Through the long wait the women share their inner most thoughts and feelings, turning the crisis into a magical occasion full of humour and spirit. Squamish Adventure Centre. National Film Board. $7.00. 7:00 pm. Come early, seating is limited.
May 15-17 :: Squamish Nights LIve performed by Between Shifts Theatre Selected Saturday Night Live skits. Directed by Liz Gruber. Adults only, $12.00. 8:00 pm. Eagle Eye Theatre.
May 17, Sat :: Squamish Farmers Market Opening Day. Food, produce, artisans, entertainment. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Cleveland & Victoria
May 17, Sat :: SORCA Loonie Mountain Bike Race sponsored by Mutual Construction. Geared to kids 12 to 18 years old, these events are aimed at providing a fun and challenging race lasting approximately 1 hour. Racers will be categorized according to ability, not age. Sponsored snacks and beverages served after the races. Contact Mike Nelson for times and course info youth@sorca.ca
May 17, Sat :: BAG School of Art: First Workshop - Drawing Classes! A workshop about seeing because drawing is about seeing – and believing what you see! Instructor, Dorte Froslev. This is not a workshop in techniques or self expression, but if you draw a little or a lot (or not at all as yet!) and would like to improve, this should knock some frustration out of the process. $80.00 includes lunch and materials. For more info, or to register: 604 898 3333. Brackendale Art Gallery, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
May 17, Sat :: A special event! Songs of the Salish Sea with Valdy, Kathy Stack and Graham Wardrop. Islands have individual cultures, sometimes unintended, always unique. They get celebrated in the Songs of the Salish Sea, now in its 3rd Season. Three songwriters are remounting their 2006 touring format visiting several BC Islands and the Republic of Brackendale!
Fisher-poet Kathy Stack of Saltspring Island. Guitarist, singer/songwriter Graham Wardrop, from Christchurch, NZ. Fellow Saltspringer Valdy, a folksinger. Kathy sang on a Valdy recording in LA. Valdy has toured both islands of New Zealand with Graham. Individually each singer is fine entertainment. Collectively, the three are a fine blend and perform for the infectious joy of doing it! 8 pm Tickets are $20 S/S $15 At BAG and Mostly Books
May 17, Sat :: Karen Lee Batten. Tix $10. Ocean Port Hotel and Pub. www.karen-lee.com
May 17, Sat :: The Hair Farmers. Voted Whistler's best musicians in 2006. Grateful Greg and Guitar Doug are back. Yeehaww! Cover $5. Doors 9:00 pm. Howe Sound Brew Pub.
May 18, Sun :: Squamish Off Road Cycling Association (SORCS) Trail Maintenance Day. We'll be working on Recycle. Meet 10:00 am. Bring hiking boots or work boots, grubby clothes, work gloves, lunch, water, raingear and a hat if needed. A minimum of 3 hours gets your name in the volley box, but the hardcore keep digging 5 or more hours. It’s fun and very rewarding! www.sorca.ca for more info or contact trails@sorca.ca.
May 19, Mon :: Squamish BMX, First GATE PRACTICE night. 'Gate Practice' is what we call a quick, informal track event, where you get to use the gate, and practice your starts and your skills. Come out, with your 2008 ABA Membership and $2 entry. Everyone welcome! 5:00 pm. Squamish BMX Track (Brennan Park)
May 21, Wed :: Reel Wednesday. Dead in the Water. (2006, 52 min) There's a problem with the world's water supply. One person in four doesn't have access to clean drinking water. Many governments lack either the resources or the will to provide this essential commodity to their citizens. In recent years, a number of powerful companies have spotted this crisis and seen a business opportunity. From the deserts of California to the streets of Soweto, and in several thousand other cities and towns throughout the world, often with the involvement of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, these corporations have attempted to privatize what many consider a public trust. Dead in the Water investigates the results of these efforts at privatization in several key locations, and chronicles what many see as the first in a wave of battles in the years to come. Squamish Adventure Centre. National Film Board. $7.00. 7:00 pm. Come early, seating is limited.
May 21 & 22, Wed & Thu :: Creative Memories Workshops 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Wed. 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thu. Bring a lunch, I will provide the drinks. Pick up a new catalog, shows all the deadlines for retiring products (Sept 09). Please email or phone me to reserve a seat. Frankie. Your life. Your story. Your way. 604-89410219. fergi2@shaw.ca.
May 22 - Jun 6 :: Screening Mammography Program. for women 40-79. Call for appointment. 1 800 663 9203
May 22-24 :: Squamish Nights LIve performed by Between Shifts Theatre Selected Saturday Night Live skits. Directed by Liz Gruber. Adults only, $12.00. 8:00 pm. Eagle Eye Theatre.
May 23, Fri :: Squamish Pipe Band Fundraiser. Silent auction and $10 Beer and Burger. Grizzly Bar & Grill
May 24, Sat :: Spring Bazaar. Clowns, face painting, balloons, dunk tank, bouncy castle, arts & craft tables, baked gods, concession. Best Chili Contest - Judging at noon. Call for vendors - table rentals $15 each. Call 604 892 5166. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. Totem Hall
May 24, Sat :: SORCA Loonie Mountain Bike Race sponsored by Tantalus Bike Shop. Geared to kids 12 to 18 years old, these events are aimed at providing a fun and challenging race lasting approximately 1 hour. Racers will be categorized according to ability, not age. Sponsored snacks and beverages served after the races. Contact Mike Nelson for times and course info youth@sorca.ca
May 24, Sat :: Two Triathlons in Whistler. Whistler Kids of Steel Youth Tri, and Whistler Tri A Tri. whistlertriclub.ca/
May 24, Sat :: The Supper Show . St. John's Youth Group is hosting a Parish Spaghetti dinner and Variety Show in the church hall, 5:30pm Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will go to the St. John's Relay for Life team "Vox Ephebus" Coffee, tea and juice will be provided but feel free to bring your own wine!
May 24, Sat :: Jedi Knight Circle, California Bay HipHop group. Optimus Rhymes, Cosmic & Malenko, featuring Frenzilla with special guests ... Ocean Port Hotel and pub.
May 24, Sat :: Jamatonics. Come to the Brewpub and check out this amazing local group!!! They have been shining at Open Mike Night!!! 10:00 pm start. Howe Sound Inn and Brew Pub
May 25, Sun :: First Single Point BMX RACE of the season. Join us for the first race of the season. Entry $7 (includes 3 motos). Bring your 2008 ABA Membership Card or sign up at registration. M&M Meats will have the BBQ fired up. We will also have a table set up with Squamish BMX Racing Club apparel: t-shirts, ball caps, long sleeved shirts, and hard race plates. 10:00 am registration. Squamsih BMX Park (Brennan Park). www.squamishbmx.com
May 25, Sun :: Intuition Development. Train your Intuition to be On Demand!. Identify intuition and the way it speaks to you. Get confident with accessing clear answers from your higher-self. Develop the skill of psychometry. Learn to read oracle cards with intuition. Get a clearer direction of the path ahead for yourself and others. Facilitator: Krista Hoffs Intuitive. www.kristajane.com 604 698 5404. Ticket Information: Must pre register by calling or emailing. $111+ gst. 10:00 am - 4.30 pm Cedar Lodge, Paradise Valley
May 25, Sun :: The 17th Annual Whistler Valley Trail Run www.whistlervalleytrailrun.org
May 28, Wed :: SORCA Mountain Bike Toonie. Approximately 1 hour XC mountain bike race followed by sponsored dinner and festivities. Suitable for all competitive riders. Must be SORCA or GRMBA member. Visit website for more info, times, and start lines. www.sorca.ca
May 28, Wed :: Reel Wednesday - Two Films. Spirit Doctors. (2005, 42 min). Spirit Doctors enters into the shrouded world of Mary and Ed Louie, two Native spirit doctors who have, for more than fifty years, been committed to the age-old practices that keep them accountable to the spirit world, the elders and Mother Earth. From the lush Similkameen valley of the interior to the cityscapes of Vancouver, British Columbia, Burke reveals a beautiful way of life rarely seen and explore the on going debate around the ethics of documenting such sacred ceremonial knowledge. Animated Short - Come Again in Spring. ( 12 min)
Come Again in Spring is a gental tale about mortality the works in sublimianal ways. Can we negotiate our time on earth? How does each one of us reconcile our mortal fate? A lyrical look, exquisitely animated, at a reality as old as humanity, as young as today. Squamish Adventure Centre. National Film Board. $7.00. 7:00 pm. Come early, seating is limited.
May 28, Wed :: Stand-Up Comedy Night. Grizzly Bar and Grill (behind Sea to Sky Hotel).
May 31 - Jun 1 :: The Rat Race. Mountain Bike Race on the sunshine coast. Cross Country Saturday, Downhill Sunday. www.ratrace2.com
May 31, Sat :: Beyond Valleycliffe Of the Dolls, Squamish. www.cynicalsunshine.com
May 31, Sat :: DJ Riddim plays BVOD Afterbash. Come to the Brewpub and get down with DJ Riddim. Beyond the Valleycliffe of the Dolls Hardcores will still be rocking well into the night! Come join the merriment and shenanigans!!!! Door by Donations. Howe Sound Brew Pub.
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June1, Sun :: 39th Annual North Vancouver Outdoor School Open House. Re-kindle your old memories and add new experiences at this nationally recognized environmental and experiential center. Come find out what is happening at the salmon hatchery, farm and Coast Salish Bighouse. This free family event is a chance to explore a school that runs unique environmental and cultural programs in a spectacular park-like setting. There will be an opportunity to try making paper, canoeing, archery and face painting. Go for a relaxing walk through the forest to admire the 1,000 year old cedar trees. Special events include a silent auction, First Nations activities like bannock making and salmon fry releases. Pack a picnic lunch to bring along or purchase lunch at the concession. Healthy lunches, snacks and refreshing beverages are provided by our professional kitchen staff, and can be enjoyed in our dining facilities or while walking around the grounds.NVOS baked goods such as our famous granola, cookies and fudge are also packaged for you to enjoy, or to share as gifts. Come and enjoy the day at the North Vancouver Outdoor School. www.nvos.ca. 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. 2170 Paradise Valley Rd. Brackendale
Jun 1, Sun :: Squamish Off Road Cycling Association (SORCS) Trail Maintenance Day. We'll be working on the bridge on Skookum. Meet 10:00 am. Bring hiking boots or work boots, grubby clothes, work gloves, lunch, water, raingear and a hat if needed. A minimum of 3 hours gets your name in the volley box, but the hardcore keep digging 5 or more hours. It’s fun and very rewarding! www.sorca.ca for more info or contact trails@sorca.ca.
Jun 1, Sun :: Grassroots Jam at the BAG. Join local musicians for an evening of music. Everyone welcome! 7:30 - 10:00 pm. Brackendale Art Gallery
June 5, Thu :: Squamish Chamber's 6th Annual Golf Tournament. For sponsorship opportunities and info call Victoria 604 815 4990 or email admin@squamishchamber.com. Registration opens 1:00 pm. Caddy Auction 2:00 pm. Tournament start 2:30 pm. Dinner, Auction & Awards, 7:00 pm. Squamish Valley Golf & Country Club.
Jun 6-7, Fri-Sat :: Country Weekend with Appaloosa. Ocean Port Hotel & Pub.
Jun 7, Sat :: Squamish Youth Resource Centre Open House. The Squamish Youth Resource Centre is an integral part of the Squamish community, providing a safe place for youth 13-19 to hang out, with trained youth workers available to offer resources, referrals and a judgment-free atmosphere. We invite you to attend our open house, listen to live entertainment, chow down on free hot dogs and hamburgers and discover what the SYRC is all about. Madeleine Somerville 604-892-2207
youth.centre@sscs.ca FREE 12:00 - 9:00 pm. Building next to skate park downtown.
Jun 7, Sat :: The Squamish Historical Society Celebrates BC 150. Not only will we be handing out the prizes for best photos and stories, but we’ll be hosting an Antique Road Show fundraiser with museum collection appraiser Alan Bowen on hand to give us the low down on our antiques and collectables from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. Also, we’ll be airing historical films in the theatre as well. More information to follow as we draw closer to the date. Anyone who would like to be involved in volunteering that day please let us know. Noon until 6pm Squamish Adventure Centre
Jun 7, Sat :: Wassabi Collective. Critically acclaimed as one of Canadas best live independent bands. For over five years, they have enthralled audiences from coast to coast with their dynamic, explorative jams and eclectic soul satisfying sound Off Centre Magazine Dec 2005, Kelowna,BC. Tix in advance $20. Available first two weeks of May at Howe Sound Inn front desk and Trinity Romance Shop.
Jun 8, Sun :: Estuary Bird Count. The count takes between 4 and 6 hours depending on weather and number of birds present. Count results are tallied at the Brew Pub over lunch. Count leaders are local birders. They normally have spotting scopes. Counts occur monthly, usually the second Sunday of the month, but if there is a holiday it’s changed to either the first or third Sunday. Both novice and experienced birders are welcome. Confirm www.naturesquamish.ca 7:00 am. Howe Sound Inn.
Jun 13, Fri. Pump Track. Pre-test Friday. The Pump Track, brought to Squamish by Endless Biking of the North Shore. Come downtown to ride the pump track and learn new skills. Too much fun! Must sign a waiver and be signed by an adult if you are under 18. Starting 5:30, downtown Squamish. Listen to the pedal powered dj, partake in bike limbo and try the Pump Track. Jun 13, Fri :: Funny Bike Races. Pre-Test Friday. Make a group of four, sign up and try your skills in the relay race! The racers will have to race on foot to get the best bike, then continue to ride that bike back and forth on Cleveland, making this a hilarious race to watch and participate in. The team that wins advances to the semi and then the finals. Prizes for the winner and most sportpersonlike team. Open to teams of all ages! More details at sign up! Please fill out our on-line waiver so we know who is participating. Sign up at 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Races start at 6:00 pm. Helmets mandatory. Cleveland Ave., Downtown Squamish.
Jun 13, Fri :: Bike Poker. Pre-Test Friday. Do you have room for Lady Luck on your bike? Be a part of this years 5 card poker run. Join the scramble as you roll to various businesses downtown to collect a card and meet up to see whose hand is the best. Helmets mandatory. Time limit enforced. Sign up at 6:00 pm. Poker run begins at 7:00, or shortly after funny races. Great prizes for best hand. Cleveland Ave.
Jun 13, Fri :: Coolest Bike Contest. Pre-test Friday. Is your bike ultra cool, esoteric and just a little bit different? Good! Enter you and your bike in the contest, parade it down Cleveland in front of the respectable judges and you may just win a prize! All ages welcome….freakiness and weirdness encouraged. Leave your $5000.00 mountain bike at home! 8:00 pm. Cleveland Ave.
Jun 13, Fri :: Pre Test Carb Load. Pre-test Friday. Get your carb load before the race and meet up with some old friends. The Howe Sound Inn and Brew Pub will be offering a wonderful spread of food to meet your caloric requirements before the race, or hey, even if you are not racing, join in the feast. The dinner will be served from 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Cost $10 plus GST and tip. Come to the meal and enter your name in a draw for a free Gearjammer 2008 entry. Draw @ 9pm. Howe Sound Inn.
Jun 13, Fri :: Brew Pub Blowout – Arthur Funkarelli. The official preparty! Ok! for those of you racing...go home! or stop into the pub for pint, BUT for those who do not have to get up early, you may as well enjoy the talented and high energy band from Nelson BC, Arthur Funkarelli (check em out at arthurfunkarelli/myspace.com) which will be performing at the Brew Pub. Arthur Funkarelli is one of Western Canada's premier independent rock bands. Specializing in high-energy punk, soul and ska originals and boasting dueling frontmen held apart nightly by a saxophonist known only as "The Beast", Funkarelli is a sight to behold. Dj Riddim will also be making sure the night is full of great beats to keep you moving. Stay later and there is a ridiculous amount of prizes to be handed out and a raffle for the Grand prize of Entry to all THREE - Orecrusher, Gearjammer and the Test Bike races for 2009. Do not miss this event. Howe Sound Inn.
Jun 14, Sat :: Test of Metal. www.testofmetal.com
Jun 14, Sat :: Nearly Neil Live. Grizzly Bar and Grill.
Jun 15, Sun :: Fathers Day (King for a Day) "Come Explore" with Dad on Father's Day treat him like a King. Take Dad on a Underground mining tour that he won't soon forget. Yukon Dan will be here to teach you how to pan for gold. Dad and 1 child visit free. See website for more. www.bcmuseumofmining.org
Jun 18, Wed :: SORCA Mountain Bike Toonie. Approximately 1 hour XC mountain bike race followed by sponsored dinner and festivities. Suitable for all competitive riders. Must be SORCA or GRMBA member. Visit website for more info, times, and start lines. www.sorca.ca
Jun 20-21, Fri-Sat :: Captivating - Church on 99 Women's Conference presented by King's Daughters. Guest speakers Monica Prescott, Helen Burns, Tina Currie. Seating is limited, register today. kingsdaughters@churchon99.ca 604 815 4573
Jun 21, Sat :: SERF Summer Solstice 2008. Local bands will be playing on the side stage from 12-3 and the mainstage will will begin at 3:00 until 12:00 consisting of 5 exciting bands including Alpha Yaya Diallo, Hey Rosetta, Black Swade, Five Alarm Funk and Kostaman. Early bird tickes will soon be on sale for $20.00, after May 31st the tickets will be $25.00./ Children 12 and under get in free. For more info www.serfmusicfestival.com.Jun 21, Sat :: Annual Garden Tour. Deadline for submissions is May 12, 2008 For more information check our website at www.squamishgardeners.com
Jun 22, Sun :: SORCA Downhill Trail Maintenance Day. 10:00 am. Grin 'n' Holler. www.sorca.ca for info or email dh@sorca.ca
Jun 22, Sat :: Comfortably Numb Trail Race, Whistler. www.comfortablynumb.ca 25k
Jun 25, Wed :: Stand-Up Comedy Night. Grizzly Bar and Grill.
Jun 28, Sat :: SORCA Loonie Mountain Bike Race sponsored by Garibaldi Budget Inn. Geared to kids 12 to 18 years old, these events are aimed at providing a fun and challenging race lasting approximately 1 hour. Racers will be categorized according to ability, not age. Sponsored snacks and beverages served after the races. Contact Mike Nelson for times and course info youth@sorca.ca
June 28 - July 4 :: BC Bike Race
Jun 29, Sun :: SORCA Downhill Trail Maintenance Day. 10:00 am. Powersmart www.sorca.ca for info or email dh@sorca.ca
