If your 2015 resolutions include keeping the kids busy, expanding your knowledge or trying out some new places around town, you’re in luck. Here are The Record’s Top Five (or More) Things to do This Weekend for Jan. 9 to 11.
1. Learn more about those new gadgets you got for Christmas at the Tech Toys Jump Start session taking place at the New Westminster Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. During this drop-in session, you’ll get some help getting started with your tablet, phone, e-reader – or other gadgets. Staff will be on hand to show you how to download the library app, borrow e-books, audiobooks and e-magazines and access newspapers online.
2. Take the kiddies to The Stage New Westminster, which is offering free trials of its classes on Sunday, Jan. 11. The classes usually fill up – so act fast. Free classes for stage baby, stage toddler (16 to 35 months), stage season (three to five years) and stage world (five to seven years) are being offered on Sunday. To reserve your spot or get times, visit www.thestagenewwest.ca.
3. Enjoy appy hour at Wild Rice market bistro, where you’ll find tasty appetizers and some beverages on special. Appy hour runs from 3 to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.wildrice
bc.ca or drop by River Market at 810 Quayside Dr.
4. Learn about an important moment in New Westminster’s South Asian community’s history during the Mewa Singh presentation at Anvil Centre. Cultural researcher Naveen Girn will be using archival sources to explore the labour, immigration, independence and spy networks that led up to Mewa Singh’s hanging 100 years ago. Intrigued? Check out the free presentation on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 417 on the fourth floor of Anvil Centre, at 777 Columbia St.
5. Start the new year with a laugh when Patrick Maliha headlines at Lafflines Comedy Club on Friday, Jan. 9 at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 10 at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Lafflines is located in the Columbia Theatre at 530 Columbia St. For more information and tickets, visit www.lafflines.com.
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– compiled by staff reporter Theresa McManus
