1. Take action to improve the health of your local watershed by taking part in Evergreen’s Uncover Your Creeks event in lower Hume Park, where you will help monitor water quality, remove invasive species and replace them with native plants. It’s taking place on Sunday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon. Evergreen will provide the training, tools, gloves and snacks, but you’ll need to wear weather-appropriate clothing and closed-toe shoes and bring a water bottle or coffee mug. Info: [email protected].
2. Check out Fused: The Epic Improv Team-up when two comedy troupes join forces for a night of entertainment at the Heritage Grill’s backroom on Friday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. The Radical and special guests, You, Me & Him, will each perform their own solo improv showcases and come together for a jam “of epic proportions” at the end of the night. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and show is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance online (Eventbrite.ca – search for Fused) or $10 cash at the door.
3. Pop into the New Westminster Museum in Anvil Centre for the Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City exhibit, which looks at the city’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories. The museum, at 777 Columbia St., is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is by donation.
4. Hit the dance floor at the Union Jack Public House and Carvery when Randy Friskie and The Memphis Mana perform on Friday and Saturday night. The Union Jack is at 525 Seventh St.
5. Get some laughs at Lafflines Comedy Club, when comedian Damonde Tschritter headlines on Friday (9:30 p.m. show) and Saturday (8 and 10:30 p.m. shows.) Info and tickets at www.thecolumbia.net/lafflinescomedyclub. The Columbia theatre is at 530 Columbia St.
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