1. Head to Sapperton for the 2016 Sapperton Day Street Festival, taking place in the 400 block of East Columbia Street from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event gets started with a pancake breakfast at 10 a.m. and is followed by entertainment, kids’ activities, food vendors, a marketplace with vendors, a silent auction and more.
2. Party like it’s 1891 at St. Barnabas Church, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a neighbourhood fair on Saturday, June 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festivities include food and drinks, children’s activities including crafts and a bouncy castle, historic tours of the church, entertainment, a photo booth, a bake sale and cake walk, and a yoga class. St. Barnabas is located at 1010 Fifth Ave.
3. Check out the Bucket List Festival at Anvil Centre, where you’ll learn how to live life to the fullest by enjoying an uplifting day of information about issues to be considered as you plan for the future, resources and prizes. Tickets are $25 (plus a service charge) and include lunch and coffee breaks. The Crossroads Hospice Society is presenting the event that takes place on Saturday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
4. Enjoy the Vagabond Players’ production of Calendar Girls, now on stage at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. The play runs Thursdays to Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., until June 26. For tickets go to www.vagabondplayers.ca/tickets or 604-521-0412.
5. Get out and vote. The New Westminster School District is having a byelection to fill a vacancy on the board of education, and two candidates are vying for your votes. Voting takes place at locations around the city on Saturday, June 11.
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