In the Community

Pride is in full swing this weekend, and the place to be is the Starlight Casino for the Double Down dance party on Friday, Aug. 14 at 9 p.m. Organizers are promising an evening of gay nightclub anthems from the ’80s and ’90s with DJ Miss M.

Hint: There will be rainbows, dancing and drag queens

New Westminster resident Comfort Sam sits on a blanket beside the Moody Park soccer field, talking with Grace Ikwuegbu, who has come out from Port Coquitlam.

On Aug. 8, Irving House will celebrate its 150th birthday with festivities coinciding with a newly written tour for guests. The building is the Lower Mainland’s oldest intact residence, named for riverboat captain William Irving.

Get ready for Pride 2015 at the New Westminster Public Library. Pride 2015 events are happening across the Lower Mainland in July and August with New Westminster celebrating Pride Week from Aug. 8 to 15.

See A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park this weekend. Show time is 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, and there are 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday.

Peggy Thomson has taught countless seniors line dancing over the decades