Weekend events

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Posted November 7, 2014 7:31 pm.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – This weekend is packed with fun events that will satisfy just about everyone.

The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour hits the Lower Mainland this weekend. Stop by Bill Copeland Arena in Burnaby for all the fun.

The 26th annual Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is on until the13th at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas.

Ballet BC presents No. 29 Saturday night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Check out the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival on Saturday at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Circus Fest wraps up this weekend at various venues around Vancouver.

The Canadian Franchise Show is on this weekend at the Convention Centre.

Shop the Block Kits is on for the month.

The Shop Theatre presents Hamlet this weekend.

This weekend at the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby located at 6688 Southoaks Cres. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the Japanese Craft and Bake Fair. On Sunday, as an added bonus, there will be video interviews from internment camp survivors from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The videos are part of a new educational training tool for teachers.

UBC’s Museum of Anthropology presents the Taiwanese Puppetry Festival this weekend.

The Trains 2014 32nd annual Model Railway Exhibition is on this weekend at the Cameron Rec Centre in Burnaby.

UBC’s Centre for Asian Studies presents the 2014 China Tibetan Culture Week at various venues around Vancouver.

The 12th annual Baby & Family Fair is on this weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

David Suzuki brings his Blue Dot Tour to the Orpheum Sunday night.

Variety’s Children’s Charity Market and Auction is on Sunday at the Bayshore downtown.

Check out the Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors, on until January 11th at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Visit the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC for Backyard Biodiversity where you can read, write, draw and discover BC’s nature through the stories and illustrations of BC authors and artists.

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