Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. As the year progresses we will follow the public heath orders. We plan to introduce more programs and bring back events that we have all enjoyed in the past, when it is safe to do so. We are full of hope and promise for a good year.For all Provincial Health Order updates: https://www.coquitlam.ca/291/Updates-on-Coronavirus-COVID-19 [https://www.coquitlam.ca/291/Updates-on-Coronavirus-COVID-19]
Hours of Operation:
Dogwood Pavilion Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 8:15 p.m. (We are happy to add two more evenings to our operating hours.) Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m.– 4:15 p.m. Sunday Closed Glen Pine Pavilion Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
TO REGISTER:
Sign up online at www.coquitlam.ca/registration [http://www.coquitlam.ca/registration]
Call the Registration Line at 604-927-4386
Register in-person at the Pavilions during operating hours
What’s Happening at Dogwood
Ukulele Beginner Learn chords and strums, working towards a set of songs by the end of the course. Please bring your own ukulele. No experience required.
Date: Tuesdays, Jan 11 – Feb 15
Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Dogwood Pavilion
Cost: $54.00
Course ID: 74472
Lapidary Introduction Lapidary is the art of forming stones and minerals into decorative items. Gain a basic foundation in the cutting and polishing of semiprecious materials. Additional $10 fee payable to instructor at the first class to cover materials. For ages 50+.
Date: Wednesdays, Jan 12 – Feb 9
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Dogwood Pavilion
Cost $35.00
Course ID: 76599
Lettering BeginnerLearn to hand draw a new font each week. From 3-D block lettering to bubble letters to cursive script, turn simple letters into works of art with step-by-step instruction. Participants required to purchase their own supplies.
Date: Saturday, January 15 – February 19
Time: 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost: $55.20
Course ID: 74532
Drawing Portraits Learn techniques in creating your own portrait drawings. Participants required to purchase their own supplies.
Date: Wednesday, January 12 – February 16
Time: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost: $69.00
Course ID: 75328
Lettering Intermediate Further enhance your skills at hand drawing new fonts each week. From 3-D block lettering to bubble letters to cursive script, turn simple letters into works of art with step-by-step instruction. Supply list in registration notes.
Date: Saturday, January 15 – February 19
Time: 11:00 am – 12 noon
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost: $55.20
Course ID: 74534
Belly Dance BeginnerThis middle eastern dance increases your core balance and flexibility, tones your abs and improves posture. Learn the basic techniques, movements and shimmies.
Date: Wednesday, January 12 – February 16
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost $45.30
Course ID: 75158Wednesday Movie Matinees at DogwoodFollowing the current PHO room capacity is 12 people. January
12
Blue Bayou (2021), 1h 52m R Drama
Antonio LeBlanc is a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou. He's married to the love of his life, Kathy, and raising his beloved stepdaughter, Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must soon confront the ghosts of his past after learning that he could be deported from the only country he's ever called home.
January
19
Maiden (2018) 1h 37m Documentary/Sport, PG
Starring Tracy Edwards, Jeni Mundy, Mikaela Von Koskull | The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
What’s Happening at Glen Pine
Intermediate Belly Dance Build on the skills and techniques learned in Belly Dance. Experience total body conditioning, and improve your posture and flexibility while learning more advanced moves.
Date: Tuesday, January 11 – February 15
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $45.30
Course ID: 73780 NEW Beginner Spanish Hola! Learn basic words, phrases and sentences to be able to converse and write with others in travel, business or at home. This program is designed for a beginner with no previous experience.
Date: Wednesday January 12 – February 16
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $42.00
Course ID: 73939NEW Winter Crafts Workshop 'Tis the season of decorating your home and gift giving. Come to our Winter Crafts Workshop to make some wintery-themed decor for your house, or seasonal gifts for friends. From wreaths to candle holders, garlands to centerpieces, the possibilities are endless. You may be asked to provide some simple everyday items, like an empty can or jar, yourself. No previous arts and crafts experience required!Date: Thursday, January 13 – February 17
Time: 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $63.00
Course ID:75496Lecture Series: Dr. Cousineau - Thinking About ThinkingIn this course, Dr. Douglas Cousineau will outline the many ways that thinking goes wrong, especially through metaphors and cognitive biases. He will also provide ways to encourage positive and accurate thinking.
Date: Thursday January 13 – February 17
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $42.00
Course ID: 73890 NEW Beginner Drawing This course focuses on the fundamentals of drawing. Through black and white drawings, we will work on emphasizing the rendering of mood, expression, landscape and more. We will also focus on developing skills that allow our drawings to flourish. Projects will have lots of personal freedom as the emphasis will be one the skills learnt in class. Participants required to bring their own supplies.
Date: Thursday, January 13 – February 17
Time: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $41.40
Course ID: 74050
NEW Learn to Play Poker Learn how to play this fun and social game of strategy, skill and chance.
Date: Friday, January 14 – February 18
Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $31.50
Course ID: 74100 Theologian’s Café: Religious Tolerance In a religiously diverse society such as ours, religious tolerance is considered to be a civic virtue and perhaps even a necessity. But what does it mean to be tolerant of another person’s religion? And is “tolerance” the ultimate virtue in this context? Do you think the world would be a better place if everyone believed the same things you do? You will have a chance both to air your views and to listen to those of others on religious, spiritual and related topics. Participants from all religious affiliations (and those without one) are welcome to this non-denominational Café.The moderator for the program is John Slattery, a former Philosopher’s Café moderator at Dogwood Pavilion. He has degrees in Physics, Philosophy, Education and a Certificate in Theological Studies. He has also taken courses in mediation at the Justice Institute.Date: Monday, January 17
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: Free
Course ID: 76769
Friday Flicks Movies
January
14
A Quiet Passion (2016), 2 hr 5 mins
Rated PG-13 – Biography, Drama Unconventional, yet iconic - Emily Dickinson was truly a woman before her time. Deeply tormented by gender disparities and her own feelings of insecurity, the American poet fought eternally to find her place in life, withdrawing entirely from social life after a crisis of faith. Through her beautiful, poetic work, Emily (Cynthia Nixon) narrates her adult life in Massachusetts, taking the audience on an emotional journey.
January 21
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017), 1 hr 45 mins
Rated R – Biography, Drama, Romance Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters | Based on Peter Turner's memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner and the eccentric Academy Award¨-winning actress Gloria Grahame in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
Pavilion Food Services
Our kitchens are now open at both pavilions. Check out the weekly menu for hot lunch options. Baked goodies, hot and cold beverages, soup and sandwiches are available daily.
Tea Garden (Dogwood) Open Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Volunteer Dependent)Boulevard Café (Dogwood) Open for lunch Monday to Friday 10:30 a.m. - 1p.m. Weekly menu (PDF) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/12cTwI38elTmCqsB14Ff0rPT7yOLnco6o/view] Lemon Tree Café (Glen Pine) Open Monday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Weekly Menu (PDF) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k7xLMQycwXcF0kELd85ObZs6Zy17yyGd/view]
Activity Groups and Clubs
At Glen Pine:
Sign up online at www.coquitlam.ca/registration [http://www.coquitlam.ca/registration]
Call the Registration Line at 604-927-4386
Register in-person during operating hours
At Dogwood:
At Dogwood Pavilion, Activity Groups are managed by the Dogwood Senior Society. To Join an Activity Group or for more information:
Contact the Activity Group Leader in advance of attendance.
Contact information, https://dogwood50plus.com/ [https://dogwood50plus.com/] or contact the Dogwood Pavilion front desk 604-927-6098.
Coming up…
Creating Art Collages Personalize your own colourful art collages using a mixture of materials and supplies. Participants required to purchase their own supplies.
Date: February 23
Time: 9 am – 11:30 am
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost: $57.50
Course ID: 75329
Evergreen Tunnel Reveals Geological History Drilling done in preparation of the Evergreen Line Tunnel unexpectedly discovered a buried fjord filled with sediments deposited during three ice ages. Lionel Jackson, Adjunct Professor of SFU's Department of Earth Sciences, studied cores from this drilling. He will talk about what the sediments in the drilling cores reveal about the geological history of our local area including several inundations by the sea, burial by glaciers and vanished forests. Presenter: Lionel E. Jackson Jr. PhD., P.Geo., FGAC
Date: Tuesday, January 25
Time: 10:00 am – 12 noon
Location: Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Avenue)
Cost: Free – must pre-register
Course ID: 77384
Beginner Hand Lettered Patterns In this beginners workshop, students will learn how to enhance hand lettered words with colourful designs or patterns that can be used for posters, quotes or pretty lettering for greeting cards or gift items. Students have the option to work with pre-made templates and there will be at least three different styles of lettering to work with in class. The materials needed are common and easy to find for purchase, or you may already have them at home.
Date: Thursday, January 20
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: $9.20
Course ID: 73953
Pension and Tax Options This workshop outlines the potential pension benefits that may occur if a couple enters into involuntary separation, and the rules that govern tax allowances for caregivers and disabled persons. We will review the procedures and forms you need to apply for these allowances. Presented by a senior volunteer from COSCO – Seniors Health and Wellness Institute.
Date: Monday, January 24
Time: 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt)
Cost: Free
Course ID: 74076
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