1. Discover and connect with some amazing organizations in Greater Vancouver at the 2016 Festival of Volunteers presented by Royal City Centre on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You’ll also be able to enjoy live entertainment and enter to win a $500 shopping spree by completing the Passport to Volunteering. Royal City Centre is located at 610 Sixth St., at the corner of Sixth and Sixth.
2. Meet and mingle with anime illustrators, birders, cellists, comedians, stunt doubles, Zamboni drivers and much more at Resolutionary. Celebrate the first year of Kudoz (a social start-up) with a short Kudoz documentary, live music, surprise performances, appetizers and drinks and hear why New Westminster became the first City of Learning. Resolutionary is on Friday, Jan. 29 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at River Market and is pay-what-you-can. Tickets at www.eventbrite.ca.
3. Check out a triple threat match and a Canadian championship match when ECCW pro wrestling comes to the Sapperton Pensioners Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30. Doors open at 7 p.m. and bell time is 7:30 p.m. General admission is $16 and front row tickets are $20. The hall is at 318 Keary St.
4. Join Julie McIntyre’s printmaking workshop, where families will use basic equipment and ordinary materials around their homes to create professional prints. The ArtStarts free New Impressions workshop is on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at River Market, 810 Quayside Dr. It’s free and pre-registration isn’t necessary.
5. Have your say in how your neighbourhood develops at the workshop taking place on Saturday, Jan. 30. This weekend’s session will consider growth and housing for the Moody Park, Glenbrooke North, Queen’s Park and Brow of the Hill neighbourhoods. It’s taking place on Saturday from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Century House, 620 Eighth St. Call 604-527-4532 to register.
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