Discovery Passages Events

OCTOBER 27th to NOVEMBER 2nd

Monday, October 27^th        

• Wanderlust Film Series at the Campbell River Library. Whether you’re a travel hound or home bound, this eclectic variety of Travel Themed Films is designed to inspire and delight. Monday evening at 6pm: “The Life Aquatic”. More info at 250-287-3655. 
• Hypnotist Vance Romane brings his stop smoking seminar to the Anchor Inn & Suites at 7pm. Advance tickets are $79 (1-888-222-6608) or at the door (6:15pm), $115. For more info visit www.VanceRomane.com 
• Hudson’s Farm is Open daily in October, 11:30am-5pm; come pick your special pumpkin and other thanksgiving vegetables, too! 3205 North Island Highway. 
• The Pumpkin Patch at Shamrock Farm is open every day in October, 10am-5pm, U-pick pumpkins, corn/hay maze, hay rides, spooky pumpkin barn, witches brew café, evening events, pumpkin contests, bonfire pit, sweet treats and tricks, pumpkin pie, hot chocolate, spiced apple cider – it’s all available! Call 250-339-0477 for more information.

Tuesday, October 28^th

• Balance Equestrian Centre is hosting a Play Day horse show at 4pm. Spectators are welcome to come see our riders compete and have fun on horseback! 2105 Shetland Road. Call 250-202-310 for details or visit www.BalanceEquestrian.ca 
• CR Fall Festival of Film: The Grand Seduction; visit www.tidemarktheatre.com for tickets and information. Proceeds go back to the community. $12 at the door. 
• Open Studio: Life Drawing. This is a non-instructional program designed for those who wish to practice their figure drawing skills. Bring along your drawing/painting materials and the gallery will provide the art model! Tuesdays from 6:30-9pm until November 11th. Drop in for $12.50 (GST included). Call 250-287-2261 for more information.

Wednesday, October 29^th

• Halloween Fun Swim at Strathcona Gardens. Dive in for a night of frightful family fun with games, prizes and the floating skeleton game! Just $2 which includes admission to our haunted house: 6:30-8pm. 250-287-9234 
• Rivercity Players present Noises Off, “the funniest farce ever written” by Michael Frayn. Tickets are $20, available at Impressions Custom Framing (250-286-1612), CR Laundromat (250-286-662) and Comfort Zone Foods (250-923-3973). Warning of occasional coarse language. Runs October 29^th, 30^th, November 1^st, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th and 8^th at 7:30pm with one matinee at 2pm on November 2^nd. Presented at Rivercity Stage at 1080 Hemlock Street. 
• The Downtown Campbell River BIA presents the Downtown Pumpkin Walk! Follow the pumpkins along Shoppers Row & Tyee Plaza between October 29th & 31st – Everyone is invited to come see the decorated stores and carved pumpkins.

Thursday, October 30^th

• Rivercity Players present “Noises Off”, 7:30pm. 

Friday, October 31^st  

• Calling all goblins, superheroes, princesses & witches! You are invited to creep through Downtown & pick up goodies from participating businesses as the BIA Pumpkin Walk wraps up with a Halloween Night ‘Trick or Treat’ between 4:30pm and 6:30pm. 
• Halloween Party at the Royal Coachman. Great live music featuring “Mother Earth” and prizes for costumes! 6pm, 250-286-0231; www.theroyalcoachmaninn.com 
• Halloween Party at the Quinnie. Get dressed to scare and dance the night away to great, live music. Prizes and pumpkin carving! 250-287-1828; www.quinsamhotel.com 
• Halloween Party at Heriot Bay Inn on Quadra Island. Costume Party with Prizes! Featuring a travelling-caravan ruckus of alt-country-gypsy-circus music, Blackberry Wood. A not to be missed dance party - $10 at the door. 250-28-3322; www.heriotbayinn.com

Saturday, November 1^st

• A comedic, one-woman “tour de force” entitled Til' Death: the Six Wives of Henry VIII will bring to life all the messy details in this highly acclaimed Monster Theatre production, 7:30pm at the Quadra Community Centre stage. Equal parts comedy, tragedy and reality TV show, “Til’ Death” has captured the attention of audiences across the country. Advance tickets are $15, available at the Music Plant in Campbell River and at Impressions or Works of H’Art on Quadra. 
• It’s “a guaranteed party!” at the Tidemark Theatre with The Rocky Horror Picture Show up on the big screen. Lots of people will dress up (there is a costume contest before the show!); there will be props and dancing and all around audience participation. 8am-10pm, $35; 250-287-PINK 
• Interactive comedy dinner show fundraiser for the CR Genealogy Society, 5pm at the Maritime Heritage Centre. Music by Kin-fo and catering by the Royal Coachman. Tickets ($40) available at the Maritime Heritage Centre or the Genealogy Society Library. 
• Rivercity Players present “Noises Off”, 7:30pm.  
• Super Saturday drop-in art at the Art Gallery: Name Logo. Taking your own name, create a logo using a range of different materials. 1-3pm, 250-287-2261. 
• Painting & Potters Show (Christmas Bazaar) at the Community Centre gym and upstairs lounge. Includes a silent auction of donated items, plus knitting, quilts, crafts, baked goods and much more. Concession available to raise money for Specialized Recreation programs. Funds from the bazaar go to support 50+ Active Living programs. Free admission, 10am-1pm; 250-286-1161. 
• 8^th Annual Pumpkin Smash in the Parking lot of Strathcona Gardens, hosted by the Campbell River Compost Education Centre. Have a smashing good time while helping to keep tons of organic waste out of the landfill. Pumpkins will be turned into rich compost instead of ghoulish waste. 250-287-1625. Runs Saturday and Sunday. 
• St Peter’s Anglican Church Book Sale, 9am-3pm at 228 South Dogwood Street.

Sunday, November 2^nd     Daylight Savings: Fall Back!

• Trevor Cole and Bill McDonald would like to invite you to an Art show of their work: acrylic & watercolour paintings as well as custom wood turning and carving. 1-4pm at 3709 Shoreline Drive. 
• 8^th Annual Pumpkin Smash in the Parking lot of Strathcona Gardens; 250-287-1625. 
• Rivercity Players present “Noises Off”, 2pm matinee.

UPCOMING

November 4th – Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at the Tidemark Theatre

November 7^th – The Comedy Assassins: Killer Stand-Up Comedy at Thunderbird Hall; 20-923-8151

November 8^th – Hospital Foundation’s annual Dinner & Dance ft. The Timebenders!

November 8^th – Holiday Pottery Sale & Show at the Sportsplex

November 8^th – Freeman & Hill free Folk Music Concert

November 8^th – Remembrance Day Talk at the Museum with Catherine Gilbert; 250-287-3103

November 11^th – Remembrance Day

November 13^th – Campbell River Art Gallery’s Annual Artisans’ Market opens! 250-287-2261

November 14^th – The Third Course Wine Festival at North Island College; 250-923-9708

November 15^th & 16^th – CR Judo Club’s Christmas Craft Fair