Have a pet? Bring it to a pet blessing service at All Saints Anglican Church (7405 Royal Oak Ave.) on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. All pets and their owners are welcome. If you’re bringing a snake or another unusual pet, please call 604-433-0815 or email [email protected]. Refreshments for both the pets and the owners will be provided. Donations are welcome.
Take in some art on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Deer Lake Gallery. A new exhibit, Horror Vacui, is on now until Oct. 28. It features mixed-media work by artists Mallory Donen, Julie Epp and Kendra Schellenberg. In visual art, horror vacui is filling the entire surface of a space with detail. The exhibition will include a collaborative mural that will be painted/drawn directly onto a wall in the gallery. Mediums include painting, drawing, sculpture and digital art. The gallery, at 6584 Deer Lake Ave., is open on Saturdays from noon till 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free.
Head to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Oct. 8 for Opera on a Sunday Afternoon. It’s all part of the four-concert series produced by the Burnaby Lyric Opera, which celebrates the operatic talent of emerging professional and semi-professional opera singers in B.C. The show is at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased at tickets.shadboltcentre.com. The Shadbolt is at 6450 Deer Lake Ave.
Attend a body movement workshop at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre on Saturday, Oct. 7 between 2 and 4 p.m. The class explores breath and movement as practices of resilience, providing more inner balance and awareness of the world around us. The pay-what-you-can event is open to all people of all body types and ethnic/cultural backgrounds. Participants are asked to wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle. To register and for more information, visit tinyurl.com/NikkeiWorkshop.
Just a reminder that this weekend is Thanksgiving. The City of Burnaby is hosting a Thanksgiving toonie skate on Monday, Oct. 9 at Kensington Recreation Complex, 6159 Curtis St. It’s all happening between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fee is $2 and includes a helmet and skates.
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