Just in time for Remembrance Day, visit the North Vancouver City Library tonight between 7 and 8:30 p.m. for a short film and presentation, entitled Gambare: Experiences of Japanese Canadians, about the history of Canadians of Japanese descent prior to and during the Second World War.
This is your last weekend to check out Such Stuff As Dreams at the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver. The exhibition, which showcases the dreamy and surreal works of Bowen Island painter Andrea Klann, will feature more than a dozen paintings that explore her interest in conjuring up worlds that toe the line between the imagined and the real. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Lynn Valley Lions Club Society and Lynn Valley Centre present the first annual Sip & Savour event tomorrow from 7 to 10 p.m. at Lynn Valley Centre, where local wines, brews and food will be enjoyed in honour of the community following the outpouring of support that occurred after the Mountain Village fire last summer. Proceeds from the event, which cost $25, are earmarked for a community emergency fund.
Stop by the West Vancouver United Church tomorrow for its annual Fall Flea Market between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be a large selection of women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, books, records, toys, games, sporting goods, hardware, electrical, home decor, jewelry, kitchen and more available.
For those of you who loved the recent municipal elections and are pining for more political action, you won’t want to miss the electoral reform debate hosted by the Canadian Iranian Foundation this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre. North Shore MLAs Bowinn Ma and Jane Thornthwaite will spar back and forth on first-past-the-post versus proportional representation. Admission is free.
