1. Enjoy a night of a cappella fun when Quayside Voices bring their new show to 100 Braid Street Studios on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. QV: Mixed Tape Vol. 4 features a wide range of pop music and a guest performance by the McRoberts Chamber Choir. Tickets are available at www.quaysidevoices.com.
2. Get your hands dirty when work on the Glenbrook ravine restoration project returns on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Folks of all ages are invited to attend. Meet at the Glenbrook Amenities Hall at 10 a.m., or follow the trail and you’ll find the volunteers.
3. Commemorate the lives of workers killed or injured on the job at a ceremony co-hosted by the New Westminster and District Labour Council and the City of New Westminster. The annual ceremony is being held on Saturday, April 28 at 11 a.m. at Westminster Pier Park – near the W.
4. Pop into the Plaskett Gallery at Massey Theatre for A Journey with Watercolor, the latest exhibit featuring works by Shameen Khan. The exhibit runs until April 30 at the Plaskett Gallery, 735 Eighth Ave. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. and during performances at the Massey Theatre. (There is still time to catch Royal City Musical Theatre’s production of Cabaret, which is on at Massey Theatre until April 29; info and tickets at www.royalcitymusicaltheatre.com.)
5. Get creative for a good cause at Hammer Time!, a pop-up fundraiser for the Spare Parts Adventure Society, which puts on pop-up playground events for local kids in New West. At the fundraiser, taking place on Friday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at River Market, adults will be able to use spare parts and their imaginations to make creations (and win prizes) and take part in a silent auction. Tickets are $20 and available at eventbrite.com (search for Hammer Time). Info on the Spare Parts Adventure page on Facebook.
6. Attend the opening of TRACE, the new exhibition at the New Media Gallery, on Friday, April 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and an artist talk on 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Trace runs at the new Media Gallery until July 1. Anvil Centre is at 777 Columbia St.
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