Clubs & pubs
cafenara: Acoustic jams every second and fourth Monday 7 p.m. Everyone welcome to join in or just enjoy the music. Jan. 31.
THORNHILL PUB: Free pool Wed. and Sun., karaoke night Thurs. Karen Ljungh will provide musical entertainment every Fri. and Sat. night at 8:30 p.m. Shuttle service: if you need a ride, we’ll be glad to accommodate you.
LEGION Branch 13: Meat draws every Sat. afternoon.
GEORGE’S PUB: Free pool Thurs. Free poker Sun. 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Wed. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Live weekend entertainment. Tickets on sale before and at the door. Jan. 21, 22 Accelerators: Jan. 28, 29 Rumour Red; Feb. 4, 5, 11, 12 Sound Collision. Shuttle service: if you need a ride, we’ll be glad to accommodate you.
spirit nightclub: proudly presents DJ Steve Little playing top 40 nightly. Thurs. to Sat. open 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Cinema
matthew’s magnificent movies presents The Expendables for free movie night at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Stepping Stones Centre. Barney Ross leads the Expendables, a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. The team of mercenaries heads to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. Donations accepted. Free popcorn, pop $1.
Music
the terrace concert Society kicks off the new year with April Verch in Concert at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre at 8 p.m. January 27. Verch is a dynamic Canadian fiddler, singer and stepdancer. With her band, she plays a traditional and original repertoire that is deeply rooted in the style she grew up with in the Ottawa Valley. Tickets at George Little House.
The Terrace Concert Society presents Spring Breakup, the unlikely marriage of Yukon singer-songwriter Kim Barlow and Mathias Kom of The Burning Hell, at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. This banjo and ukulele duo writes tiny, happy songs about the inevitable end of love. Spring Breakup is a brand new band with very old hearts. Tickets available at George Little House.
Theatre
Be sure to check out Terrace Little Theatre’s dinner theatre production, Roy Teed’s western comedy, The Rutabaga Ranger Rides Again Jan. 28, 29, Feb. 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19 at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club. Birdie owns a very successful saloon, but realizes that something’s missing in her life: a man. But who will she choose in a town full of layabouts and barrel-scrapings? B. Bertram “Bighorn” Smith owns all the other saloons in town and sets his sights on Birdie’s saloon, deciding to acquire it through romance, much to the dismay of town constable Ackers and Birdie’s bar girls, Blanche, Mona, and Peaches, who will be unemployed if Smith’s plan succeeds. In an attempt to thwart Smith’s plans, they try to give him some competition, but complications arise and hilarity ensues. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets at Uniglobe Travel.
Visual Arts
kitimat museum and Archives presents “The Living North – Where I Live: The Art of Summer Breeze” until Feb. 5. About her artwork, Breeze says “If I had one word to describe my art it would be ‘colourful,’ I love colour and the emotions it can inspire. I like to say that I paint landscapes as portraits, concentrating on the perfect imperfections, which are in essence, nature. When I look at nature I not only see the beauty of its surface, but more importantly I see the overlooked beauty of the shapes and lines and colours that, when added together, create works of art.” The museum is open Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Etc.
The R.E.M. Lee Theatre is sponsoring a free four-hour technician’s workshop for people who may be interesting in volunteering at the theatre and working with the shows presented at the venue 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Basic sound and lighting principles will be covered as will hands-on experience with microphones, consoles, follow spots and headsets. Coffee and donuts provided. You must pre-register. Call Karla at 635-2101 and leave a message.
