Cool things to do in our community

Today

• Today is World Wildlife Day • Discovery House Recovery Lent Lunch, soup, Cob’s bun and hot drink, $5 ($2 for refills), every Friday in March, St. John Vianney, 361 Wade Ave. W., Penticton, to donate soup, call 250-462-1388

• Medici’s Friday Night Live 2017 season Episode IV in Oliver, 7 p.m., 522 Fairview Road, big music, big fun, for details phone 250-498-2228

• Learning at Lunch, Xertiscaping Tips presented by Paul Rodriguez de la Vega, environmental consultant and designer, noon - 1 p.m., Penticton Public Library and Museum auditorium, free

• Devon Coyotes (roots, rock, blues) performs at The Dream Cafe, 8 p.m., $33 (premium seating), $18 (side seating), www.devoncoyotes, for tickets phone 250-490-9012 or: www.thedreamcafe.ca

• South Main Drop-In Centre presents yoga, 9 a.m., Tai Chi Chuan, 10:30 a.m., Mah Jong intermediate, 12:30 p.m., beginner plus line dance, 1 p.m., novice line dance, 3:15 p.m., Heidelberg Club, 6 p.m., evening dance featuring live music by Jim Ripley, 7:30 p.m.

• Oliver Library presents storytime for children ages 3-5, 10 a.m.

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, fish and chips, 11:30 a.m., Friday Night Dinner, 5:30 p.,m., karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, appy hour, 3 - 6 p.m., karaoke, 7 p.m.

• Bob Kittle, Ch.t,† free† hypnosis relaxation session, South Main Drop In Centre, all welcomed, 1145 a.m. and/or 2:30 p.m.

• Oliver Seniors Centre presents bingo with a loonie pot, 1 p.m., hotdogs, sweets, coffee, 50/50, for additioanl details phone 250-498-2242

• Fraternal Order of Eagles, dinner, 5 - 7 p.m., music with Ken and Mikey, 7 p.m.

• Now on display at the Penticton Museum, 785 Main Street, British Columbia's War, 1914-1918, a traveling exhibit from the Royal British Columbia Museum; Canadian Sikhs in World War I: A Forgotten Story, exhibit courtesy of Naitonal Historic Site, Gur Sikh Temple, Sikh Heritage Museum (Abbotsford)

• Little Bit of Everything No. 9, Penticton and District Community Arts Council is hosting their annual members' exhibition at The Leir House, exhibit runs until March 31

• Now playing at Landmark Cinemas 7: Logan (18A, explicit violence, 137 minutes); Get Out (14A, 104 minutes); Before I Fall (PG, 100 minutes); Ballerina (G, 90 minutes); The Lego Batman Movie (G, 105 minutes)

• Now playing at the Oliver Theatre: The Lego Batman Movie (G, 105 minutes), Friday only; Fifty Shades Dearker (18A, 118 minutes), Saturday - March 7

Saturday, March 4

• Super Super Mega Meat Draw, biggest in the valley, 2:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 97, Oliver, visit: oliverlegion97.ca

• 22nd Annual Home & Reno Show 2017, Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, presented by Canadian Homebuilders’ Association South Okanagan, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., admission is $4

• Kootney International Junior B hockey league playoffs, Kelowna Chiefs at Summerland Steam, 7 p.m. at South Okanagan Events Centre, game 7, if necessary, in best-of-seven conference semi-final

• 5th annual Vertical and Vintages wine weekend with Naramata Bench Wineries tasting event, Apex Mountain Resort, 7-9 p.m., $49 plus taxes, available from www.eventbrite.ca or by phone at 1-877-7772739

• Front Street Art Gallery presents guest artist Janet Bednarczyk, Line, Lights and Living Things, March 3 - 16, opening event with artist, March 4, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Front Street

• The Institutional Church is Dying, a share initative of Oasis United Church, a joint venture of Penticton United Church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, offering a forum where the “myth” is addressed, 9 a.m., Penticton United Church, pre-registering required at punitc@telus.net or by phoning: 250-492-2684

• Silver Screen Scoundrels featuring Brandon Isaak and Keith Picot, The Dream Cafe, 8 p.m., $39 (premium), $24 (wings), doors open at 6 p.m., for tickets: www.thedreamcafe.ca or phone 250-490-9012

• Fraternal Order of Eagles, member appreciation day, burgers, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., eagle races, 4 p.m., tap TV trivia, 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 5

• 22nd Annual Home & Reno Show 2017, Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, presented by Canadian Homebuilders’ Association South Okanagan, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., admission is $4

• Oren Barter performs at Cannery Brewing, 6 - 8 p.m., no cover charge

• Public skating at Oliver Arena, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.

• Cribbage tournament at Oliver Seniors Centre, 10 a.m., registration at 9:30 a.m., $10, lunch included, call 250-498-6453

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40 ladies auxiliary will cater Sports Sunday at the branch, 502 Martin Street

• Fraternal Order of Eagles, president’s breakfast, 8 - 11 a.m., pool torunament, 12:30 p.m., finger food, noon - 4 p.m., meat draw, 4 p.m.

• South Main Drop In Centre R&R Rounders; social dance with your host Emil Sajna, a DJ who has been playing the great dance songs for nearly 50 years, all levels and ages of dancers are invited to dance on Penticton’s largest floor, 7 p.m.

• Oliver Elks Lodge breakfast, 8 a.m., $7 donation, bingo, 1 p.m. (doors open at noon), meat draw, 4 p.m., call 250-498-3808 for additional details

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, Sports Sunday, begins 10:30 a.m., meat draw and 50/50 draws, 2 p.m.

• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, horse races and meat draw, 50/50, hot dogs and smokies, 2 p.m.