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🗞 New West Local News - Learn Floral Design + Grow Your Own Mushrooms

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🗣 English Conversation Circles at the Welcome Centre – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

👶 Babytime (0-12 months) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

🍼 Baby Social (0-23 months) – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🙋 Douglas College 2026 Volunteer Fair – 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

📝 Resume Clinic with BCNSP – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

🍅 New West Farmers Market – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

🎙 Rock Room Karaoke Nights at The Legion – 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

📚 Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

🎙 Georgie's Local Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🎭 Howe Sound New West Bingpot! Thursday Trivia – 7:00 PM

❓ Steel & Oak Thursday Trivia Night – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎭 Vagabond Players Presents Things My Mother Taught Me – 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

🎙 The Terminal Pub Colossal Thursdays Karaoke – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎤 Notorious Grey Fox Open Mic Jam – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🗣 Spanish Parent Support Circle (registered group) – 12:00 PM

👶 Babytime (0-12 months) – 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM

🍼 Baby Social (0-23 months) – 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

🗣 English Conversation Circles – Friday Sessions – 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🎨 BYOB Paint Night – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎲 Friendsday Night Board Games – 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hitmix Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎙 Howe Sound New West Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

👻 The Ghosts of New Westminster at Hyack Square – 7:00 PM

🎸 Sip n’ Strum Fridays at Mechanics of Music – 7:00 PM

🎲 Georgie’s Local Hot Bitch Rock & Roll Bingo – 7:00 PM

🧘 Healing Sound Bath at Yoga at the Quay – 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

👱‍♀ The Weight of Hair | Artist Talk + Reception – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🍸 Cocktails and Conjuring at the Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎙 Weekly Karaoke Every Friday – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🎭 Murder For two at Anvil Theatre – 7:30 PM

🎙 Notorious Grey Fox Karaoke Friday Nights – 9:00 PM until Close

🗣 Spanish Conversation Drop-in – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🌱 Glenbrook Ravine Stewardship Event – 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

👩‍🚒 New Westminster Fire & Rescue Services Open House – 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

🗣 English Conversation Circles – 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

🧑‍🎨 Cultural Crawl Kids' Art Workshop with Lee Chin – 11:00 AM

🎃 2026 All Hallows’ Eve Craft Market – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

🎨 New West Cultural Crawl 2026 – 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

🚢 Samson V Museum – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🌿 Nature to Art - Create your own herbarium – 2:30 PM

🚲 Youth Cycle Express: $2 Drop-in for Youth Ages 13 - 18 – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

🏀 Rwandan community Hoops – 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM

🎶 Live Music Saturday's at the Flapper Lounge – 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

🎸 Live Music Saturday at the Legion Branch 2 – 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM

📖 Talk on Crows and Ravens by June Hunter – 7:00 PM

🎭 Murder For two at Anvil Theatre – 7:30 PM

🎭 Vagabond Players Presents Things My Mother Taught Me – 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

🎸 Ed, Salve and Friends at the Terminal Pub – 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM

🎶 Saturday Night Live Music at The Terminal Pub – 9:00 PM

🎙 Karaoke Saturdays at Kelly & Carlos O’Bryan’s – 9:00 PM to 12:30 AM

🎶 Georgies After Dark at Georgies Local – 9:30 PM

🕹 Fighting Game Night – Phantom Alley

Love flowers, creativity and making something beautiful with your own hands? Douglas College is bringing hands-on floral design to New Westminster, giving budding creatives, future floral professionals and anyone looking to explore a new skill the chance to learn by doing.

Delivered in partnership with Queen’s Park Florist, a local New Westminster floral business, the program combines practical instruction with plenty of time to get creative. Over five hands-on Saturdays, participants will explore floral foundations, bouquets, wearable florals and larger-scale designs while working with fresh flowers and seasonal materials.

And there’s plenty to take home! Flowers, materials and a toolkit are included, and participants will create 10+ floral arrangements to enjoy beyond the classroom.

No previous floral design experience is needed, making the program welcoming for beginners. The convenient New Westminster location is also close to SkyTrain.

As an added bonus, participants can request $200 off the full program by email.

🌷 Learn, Create & Bloom—Explore the Program!

Ever wondered what it takes to grow your own gourmet mushrooms? Now’s your chance to get your hands dirty and give it a try! The New West Farmers Market is hosting a fun, beginner-friendly mushroom cultivation workshop on October 8, led by Puria of Asahi Mushrooms, a local farmers market vendor.

Participants will get a behind-the-scenes introduction to the basics of mushroom cultivation before jumping into the hands-on fun. You’ll learn how the growing process works, then get to inoculate your very own pre-sterilized mushroom grow bag and discover how to care for it at home as your mushrooms develop.

No previous growing experience is needed, and all materials are provided. Best of all, you won’t leave empty-handed—you’ll take home your own inoculated grow bag, supplies and instructions to continue your mushroom-growing adventure.

It’s a fun way to learn something new, connect with a local grower and turn a little patience and care into your own homegrown harvest. 🍄

🍄 Grab Your Tickets & Get Growing!

The guessing from last week is officially closed — but don’t worry…West-tin is already hiding somewhere new! 👀

🎁 This week’s prize (October 1 - October 7):
Win Gift Card to Dan’s Legacy from Dan’s Legacy.

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Thanks to Dynamic Health & Fitness and Fuel Hut for sponsoring

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⏳ It heard September left some unfinished business. 📝

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