PUBLIC ART SCAVENGER HUNTS TRI-CITIES GET UP CLOSE WITH CULTURE Spot the Salmon Sculpture Twelve salmon sculptures were recently installed SEPT. 29 – OCT. 1 throughout as a legacy public art project for the Coquitlam 125 anniversary This is the 8th annual Culture Days celebration weekend celebration. Discover and visit all 12 where thousands of artists, individuals, organizations locations, answer questions, and enter to and communities from across Canada host over 7,500 win some awesome prizes! Join in the free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the fun, discover Coquitlam, learn about public to create, participate and share. public art, and maybe find some pop-up prizes along the way. Participation details at The cities of Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam coquitlam.ca/culturedays will join 900 participating communities in celebrating Culture Days as we offer over 25 free events from Sept. Port Moody Scavenger Hunt 29 to Oct. 1. Follow the clues through the City of Try something new! The Tri-Cities Culture Days Port Moody on our second annual weekend presents a unique interactive opportunity Scavenger Hunt! You’ll see our that invites the public to roll up their sleeves as they public art collection, and some are welcomed to enter the behind-the-scenes world great historical sites along the way. of artists, creators and historians. The events are fun, We’ll have riddles for you to solve, creative, family-friendly and free! Through Culture and you could win some great Days, we are committed to reaching the goal of having Port Moody swag. Grab a group all Canadians in every community share their love of of friends and sign up today at culture and making it a daily habit. portmoody.ca/culturedays for registration details.

A Guide to Celebrating Arts in Culture in Port Moody, Coquitlam & Port Coquitlam CULTURE!

Create Participate Share CultureDays.ca

National Partner National Broadcast National Communications National Creative Federal Government Partner Partner Partner Support

Provincial and Territorial Partners

An agency of the Government of Ontario Un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario (YOUR CITY) (YOUR

COQUITLAM PUBLIC LIBRARY, CITY CENTRE MACKIN HOUSE 1169 PINETREE WAY, COQUITLAM 1116 BRUNETTE AVE., COQUITLAM coqlibrary.ca coquitlamheritage.ca SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. Celebrating Diversity – Canada 150 Coquitlam Heritage Tours Join us as we honour our diverse community and enjoy art, Join us for the last weekend of our interactive exhibit: A Man’s World. music and dance, including Chinese, Farsi, Indian and Korean You’ll learn about prohibition, WW1, Fraser Mills, grooming practices of performances. Local immigrants will share stories of their the Edwardian Era and more. Enjoy snacks and treats from a century- journeys of discovery to their new home and there will be old recipe and have fun taking part in our heritage craft making activities for the whole family. Refreshments served. All welcome. activities. SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. DOGWOOD PAVILION Walking Tour & Mackin House Tour 1655 WINSLOW AVE., COQUITLAM On Sunday, we’ll be offering a walking tour of historic Maillardville. coquitlam.ca/signmeup Learn why the French-Canadian pioneers settled in this area, and how this neighbourhood got its name. Tour group leaves Heritage Square at FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. 11 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. Drawing with Water-Soluble Pencils Interactive drawing workshop hosted by local artist Tammy Pilon. Learn about the world of drawing with water-soluble pencils and PINETREE COMMUNITY CENTRE CULTURE!(XXXX) OFhow toFREE turn your drawing intoEVENTS a beautiful watercolour. Free. HAPPENING Pre- 1260 PINETREE WAY, COQUITLAM IN (YOUR CITY)! registration required (program number 602169); space is limited. cutiecircle.com INSERT HEADLINE HERE SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 9 A.M –12 P.M. DOGWOOD PAVILION PARKING LOT Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree Insert event details624 POIRIERhere ST., COQUITLAM Sponsored by Pinetree Community Centre makebakegrow.com Join the fun and discover a new instrument as you learn to play a song on the ukulele in just five minutes! We will have ukuleles on hand for SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 9 A.M. – 1 P.M. curious aspiring musicians to try. Come and play with a fresh-off-the- Coquitlam Farmers Market factory-floor Populele, a smart ukulele that helps ukesters learn new Stroll through the market to visit with local farmers and artisans! songs. Better yet, bring your uke and attend an open jam. Our weekly farmers market runs every Sunday from May-October

in the Dogwood Pavilion Parking Lot. Enjoy live music, free crafts for kids, and meet the people in your community! PLACE DES ARTS 1120 BRUNETTE AVE., COQUITLAM placedesarts.ca EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE 1205 PINETREE WAY, COQUITLAM SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M. evergreenculturalcentre.ca Special Fibre Arts Demonstration Join fibre artist Catherine Dumaine as she hosts a special fibre arts SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 12 – 2 P.M. activity for students of all ages. Make Your Ticket to the Show Visit the Art Gallery from 12 – 1:45 p.m., grab a variety of art SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M. materials and fire up your imagination to design a ticket to see Family Day “Canada 150: The Show” in the Studio Theatre. Then, make your way Family Day at PdA is designed to actively engage families in learning to the theatre for 2 p.m., show your ticket to the usher and enjoy the about art in a fun, interactive and informal environment. Start with show. a tour of three gallery exhibitions, then get creative with exhibition- Note: The art activity will take place from 12 – 2 p.m.; show starts at 2 related workshops. Take inspiration from Barbara Mitchell and p.m. Latecomers will not be admitted. Limited to 100 participants. create your own mixed media paintings using newspaper and paints, use metal scraps and lights to mock up your own lamp or industrial portrait, and use simple materials to create and customize GLEN PINE PAVILION your own hand-made fidget spinner! 1200 GLEN PINE COURT, COQUITLAM coquitlam.ca/glenpine SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 3 – 5:30 P.M. Glen Pine Culture Days Open House Hands-on interactive activities with the Glen Pine 50 Plus Society groups and clubs. Take the chance to explore different options for fun, entertainment and social interaction in our multicultural community for the 50 plus. Full Itinerary will be made available online and at the facility.

CultureDays.ca #culturedays

National Partner National Broadcast National Media National Outdoor Media Partner Partner Partner

Insert your Insert your sponsor logo here sponsor logo here

National Communications National Creative Federal Government Partner Partner Support Insert your Insert your sponsor logo here sponsor logo here SOCIÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE MAILLARDVILLE NOONS CREEK FISH HATCHERY 942 B BRUNETTE AVE., COQUITLAM 300 IOCO RD., PORT MOODY maillardville.com noonscreek.org FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 6 – 8 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 & SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. Special Book Club Port Moody Welcome Post Project This is a French speaking event Witness celebrated Squamish First Nation artist, James Harry, carve a The book club is a wonderful occasion to get together and share beautiful piece of ancient yellow cedar into the ‘Port Moody Welcome our taste for literature. Let’s share words, thoughts, sweets and Post’. Learn about his tools and traditional practice of carving. Listen fun! to Coast Salish stories and learn the symbolisms of the animals being SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 2 – 4 P.M. carved into the post. Take a guided tour through the surrounding A Great Afternoon of Geocaching forest and see our indigenous garden. This is an English and French speaking event Discover the secret caches hidden in Maillardville. Download the MOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY Geocaching app and begin the treasure hunt! This is family-friendly AND EDUCATION CENTRE event. NORTH END OF MOSSOM CREEK DR., PORT MOODY mossomcreek.org MICHAEL WRIGHT ART GALLERY, SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 11 A.M. – 2 P.M. THE GATHERING PLACE Salmon Sunday at Mossom Creek 2253 LEIGH SQUARE, PORT COQUITLAM Come to a magical creekside place deep in a beautiful forest that cutiecircle.com offers photo ops galore! SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1 – 4 P.M. Enjoy salmon hatchery tours and feed young coho. Visit our nature Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree centre and join us for refreshments on the patio. We’ll surprise you Sponsored by Leigh Square Community Arts Village with stories and videos of the many wildlife creatures captured on Join the fun and discover a new instrument as you learn to play our nature cams. Delight in our native vegetation teaching garden a song on the ukulele in just five minutes! We will have ukuleles and check our green roof. Learn about local native plants and their on hand for curious aspiring musicians to try. Come and play with historic uses on guided explorations at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. a fresh-off-the-factory-floor Populele, a smart ukulele that helps ukesters learn new songs. Better yet, bring your uke and attend an PORT MOODY ARTS CENTRE open jam. 2425 ST. JOHNS ST., PORT MOODY pomoarts.ca THE OUTLET SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1 – 3 P.M. 2248 MCALLISTER AVE., PORT COQUITLAM Art 4 Life Exhibition SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 12 – 3 P.M. Join us for the opening event of Art 4 Life as Culture Days kicks Family Art Drop-In @ Leigh Square off four weeks of family fun in the gallery. Art 4 Life offers a portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare fun, interactive arts experience for the young and the young at Bring the whole family and create a memorable art piece that heart. It features artwork that is meant to inspire and engage represents your family. Activity led by our fabulous art staff. young people while raising opportunities for active participation, Supplies and light refreshments included. Other Culture Days discussion, cultural awareness and lessons on art appreciation. events on-site with the PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives and The benefits of an arts education affect every area of life and we the Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree. want it to be a lifelong journey. In 2017 we are partnering with SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 9:30 A.M. – 5 P.M. Port Moody Rock & Gem Club and Tri-Cities Literacy Committee Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada to add new features involving science, technology and literacy. pocoheritage.org SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1 – 3 P.M. Come to the museum to see a unique exhibition, which Literacy & Art commemorates the 35th anniversary of Terry Fox’s heroic tricitiesliteracy.ca Marathon of Hope. In the very building that housed the PoCo Post Office that delivered thousands of letters of support to Terry, In collaboration with the Port Moody Arts Centre, we will create an write and decorate your own postcard for display. art project that incorporates literacy to demonstrate how literacy is ingrained in all that we do. TERRY FOX LIBRARY SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1 – 4 P.M. 2470 MARY HILL RD., PORT COQUITLAM Blackberry Artists Gift Shop clubrunner.ca/portcoquitlam blackberrygiftshop.ca SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 12 – 4 P.M. Group work on display by local artists. Mediums Dictionary Project include wool, wood, fabric, glass, clay, paintings, The Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam will be showcasing the jewelry and photography. importance of the use of a dictionary. The benefits in the club’s free distribution of an Usborne Dictionary to all grade 4 students in Port Coquitlam includes promoting the importance of literacy and showcasing how culture and history have changed by the evolving improvement in the dictionary.

PORT MOODY CIVIC CENTRE TRI-CITIES POTTERS RESIDENTIAL GARDEN 100 NEWPORT DR., PORT MOODY 2214 ST. GEORGE ST., PORT MOODY portmoody.ca/culturedays tricitypotters.com SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 6 – 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 & SUNDAY, OCT. 1, 11 A.M. – 5 P.M. Artist in Residence Finale An Intro to Ceramics from Start to Finish Held in the Inlet Theatre This event will encourage the public to see, touch, and admire clay making in all its Artist in Residence Ryan Mellors is an internationally different stages. There will be demonstrations of throwing on the wheel, hand- renowned contemporary juggler who has been building and finishing. Finished objects will also be available for you to discuss, working on a whole new set of tricks and techniques admire, and purchase if you wish. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience during his residency at Rocky Point Park. Joined on the feel of creating with clay if they wish. All this will take place in the beautiful stage by several other local talents, this will be a garden of a local clay artist. showcase of some of the best new material that he has been developing for the past year. SPATIAL ART STUDIO SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 12 – 4 P.M. C-2415 CLARKE ST., PORT MOODY A Virtual Tour of Rocky Point Park spatialartstudio.com Held in the Parkview Room (2nd floor) FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 11 A.M. – 5 P.M. Have you had the chance to experience Virtual Reality? SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. Stop in for a short demo of a new interactive VR Spatial Art Studio experience showcasing the history of Rocky Point Park, Experience the challenge and joy of hand-made ceramic art and more. Within SPATIAL and get the chance to try out some state-of-the-art lies the working ceramic studio of artist Ysabella Choung, a space where she also offers hardware to explore Port Moody with Google Earth VR open studio, classes, community events, and handmade artwork from local artists. and the HTC Vive. Explanations and demos available for the public to enjoy.

THANK YOU TO OUR CULTURE DAYS PARTNERS

CULTURE! Local Partner

Media Producion This guide to Culture Days is Premiere Partner Partner the result of the collaborative efforts of the Coquitlam Heritage Society,Create Participate Evergreen Share CultureDays.ca Cultural

National Partner National Broadcast National Communications National Creative Federal Government Centre, LeighPartner SquarePartner CommunityPartner Support Provincial Government Provincial Partner Arts Village, Place des Arts, Support Provincial and Territorial Partners PoCo Heritage Museum and

An agency of the Government of Ontario Un organismeArchives, du gouvernement de l’Ontario Port Moody Arts Centre and Société francophone de National Partner Maillardville, with the support of the cities of Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam.

On behalf of each organization National National National Outdoor Broadcast Media Media Partner and the communities we serve Partner Partner through our activities and programs, we acknowledge the many volunteers, donors,

sponsors and funders who National National Federal Communications Creative Government support the arts and culture Partner Partner Support through Culture Days and throughout the year.