Friday, Dec. 9
HOLIDAY WREATH
You can make a holiday wreath with tree clippings, pinecones and decorative materials supplied by the City of Port Coquitlam. The workshop takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. in The Outlet at Leigh Square (behind PoCo City Hall). The cost is $25 per person.
MORE: portcoquitlam.ca/register
SILVER BELLS
Members of the CA Church will sing Christmas carols during the Lights at Lafarge celebrations from 5 to 9 p.m. at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way).
MORE: coquitlam.ca/parkspark
COUNTRY LADY
Nashville, Tenn., resident Lisa Brokop, a Canadian Country Music Award winner, delivers a Classic Country Christmas show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 7:30 p.m. — a follow-up to her successful run of Legendary Ladies of Country. Hear such tunes as “Oh Holy Night,” “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” and “Christmas Times A Comin’.” Tickets are $35/$32/$16.
MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca
CHORALE MUSIC
Listen to Christmas tunes at the Coquitlam Chorale’s winter concerts at the Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship (1160 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam). Once Upon a December is tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. The 65-member adult choir is under the artistic direction of Justin Maller with Lorna Yeates at the piano. The Chorale’s new choir, Concordia, will also make its debut performance at the annual Christmas show. Tickets are $25/$20/$10.
MORE: coquitlamchorale.com
ICE HOCKEY
Cheer on the Coquitlam Express as they battle Victoria at the Palace at Poirier: the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). The puck drops at 7 p.m.
MORE: coquitlamexpress.ca
COFFEEHOUSE
5 on a String is the name of the headliner for the Crossroads Coffeehouse, a fundraiser for the Crossroads Hospice Society, taking place in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square (next to Port Coquitlam City Hall). The open mic starts at 7:30 p.m. while the main act is on at 8:50 p.m. Admission is $5.
MORE: facebook.com/CrossroadsHospiceCoffeehouse
TRUFFLES ANYONE?
The Truffle Hunters is the next showing by the Port Moody Film Society, which screens the Italian movie about the white Alba truffle in the Inlet Theatre (inside Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Dr.) at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 plus a $5 annual society membership. Cash or cheque only. Masks are recommended during the show.
MORE: pmfilm.ca
Saturday, Dec. 10
SANTA IN PORT MOODY!
Take the family to the Outpost (3001 St. Johns St., Port Moody) to have a photo with Santa Claus and sip on hot chocolate — for a cause. From 1 to 3 p.m., Santa will pose for pictures for a donation for the SHARE Family and Community Services Society. Visitors can also shop for holiday gifts from the following vendors: Tallu & Co., Olive the Best, Elderberry Floral and For The Seconds. Timbertain Coffee Roasters will be on site. Santa returns to the Outpost on Dec. 17 at the same times. The event is hosted by Marcon.
MORE: outpost.ca
UGLY SWEATER RUN
Don your nastiest garb for the 5K Ugly Christmas Sweater Dash, a fundraiser by the Now That’s Ugly society that starts at 3 p.m. at Spirit Park in Anmore. Proceeds support the ACT 2 Child and Family Services.
REGISTER: raceroster.com/events/2022/64959/the-original-ugly-christmas-sweater-dash
DOGWOOD DRAMA
Sue Davey is directing the show Hooked on Christmas Stories, a Dogwood Drama Club production that runs at 1:30 p.m. today, as well as on Dec. 13 and 14. Tickets are $10 at the gift shop in the 50-Plus centre (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam).
MORE: 604-931-5243
LYIN’ EYES
The Eagles tribute band Eagle Eyes will perform at 3:30 p.m. in the Inlet Theatre (inside Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Dr.) as part of a fundraiser for the Summer Sundays concert series at Rocky Point Park. Tickets are $40.
MORE: summersundays.ca
MASCOT NIGHT
Take the family to Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way) where, from 5 to 9 p.m., the city’s Park Spark team will host a mascot night as part of the Lights at Lafarge festivities. Locate hidden mascots around the lake in this fun hunt. Admission is free.
MORE: coquitlam.ca/parkspark
TWELVE DAYS
The Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble — better known as PSWE — plays at its home base at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) for a Christmas concert called The Twelve Days of Christmas, starting at 7:30 p.m. Songs on the program include “Still, Still, Still,” an Austrian carol arranged by Norman Luboff; “Lux Aurumque” by Eric Whitacre; and “Greensleeves” (What Child Is This?) by Alfred Reed. Tickets are $20/$15/$12.
MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca
PANTHER ACTION
Catch the Port Moody Panthers junior hockey team as it faces North Vancouver at the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m.
MORE: portmoodypanthers.com
Sunday, Dec. 11
ART SHOWS
It’s the last week to see two exhibits at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam): Stitched Together, a fibre art and mixed media show by Robin Fischer, Karen Johnson and Karlie Norrish McChesney, is in the Leonore Peyton Salon; and Industrial Remnants, also a mixed media display, hangs in the Mezzanine Gallery.
MORE: placedesarts.ca
WINTER WIND
The Port Coquitlam-based Choral Connections presents seasonal favourites in Blow Thou Winter Wind at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam) at 2 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. at the facility next to Terry Fox Secondary. Tickets are $25 via brownpapertickets.com.
MORE: choralconnections.ca
COOL YULE
Singers with the Coastal Sound Music Academy honour the holiday spirit with shows at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way) at 4 p.m. — with kids, junior and children’s choirs — and at 7:30 p.m. — with De Coro, youth and children’s choirs.
