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February 18, 2023 to February 20, 2023

Free

Anvil Centre

February 18-20, 2023

Free arts and culture activities throughout the building for families and the community!

Saturday, February 18

Indigenous Cree Medicine Bag

Learn medicine wheel teachings with sage, cedar, sweet grass, tobacco, and willow fungus, from a Cree knowledge keeper. Discover balance within yourself, with others and throughout your surroundings. Make a deer hide medicine bag with your family to hold medicines to strengthen yourselves and your community. In partnership with Spirit of the Children Society. Instructor: Ernie Cardinal.

Anvil Centre
Saturday, February 18
2:30 – 3:30 pm 174482
3:45 – 4:45 pm 174483
Registration Fee: Free

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Monday, February 20

Buffalo Circle
Join S^yowah, founder of Buffalo Heart Medicine Healing Society, for a day celebrating the importance of our relationships with each other. Participate and learn the meaning of family through a unique mixture of indigenous storytelling and interactive activities. S^yowah will teach you the importance of teamwork as you come together to play traditional games and craft your very own corn husk doll. Throughout the day, you will learn important teachings through traditional stories. In collaboration with the New Westminster Museum and Archives.
Anvil Centre, Main Floor
Monday, February 20
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Free: Drop-in

Time	Activity
10:00 am – 11:00 am	Introductions, Welcoming Circle, Smudge
11:15 am – 12:00 pm	Corn Husk Doll/No Face Doll Activity
12:10 pm – 12:30 pm	Interactive Display
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm	Storytelling
1:20 pm – 2:00 pm	Peach Stone Game

Art + Technology LAB Open House

Join our Specialist Instructors for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Art & Technology LAB and learn more about the potential for the public and schools to experiment with art + technology. Stay for a demo that lets you see into the world of 3D scanning, modelling and printing and its potential for creative projects.
Art & Technology LAB (New Media Gallery) – Room 311, 3rd Floor, Anvil Centre
Monday, February 20
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Free: Drop-in

Art Services Drop-in Family Printmaking Workshop

Join us for an interactive, drop-in print workshop on the 4th floor of Anvil Centre. Learn how to use a professional printmaking press while creating colourful and collaborative monoprints with your family.
Anvil Centre, 411 Studio
Monday, February 20
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Free: Drop-in

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Plan Your Trip

Located at the geographical centre of Metro Vancouver in the heart of downtown New Westminster, Anvil Centre is within easy reach of downtown Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and nearby suburbs, YVR and Abbotsford airports and BC Ferries.

By Transit

Anvil Centre is located at 777 Columbia St., and is across the street from the New Westminster SkyTrain station (Eighth St. exit). The New Westminster station is serviced by the SkyTrain Expo and Millennium Lines, and is less than a 30-minute ride from downtown Vancouver.

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By Car

New Westminster is connected to Metro Vancouver’s major highways and arteries via three bridges: the Alex Fraser and Queensborough Bridges (connecting Highway 91 and the East-West Connector), the Pattullo Bridge (connecting Surrey’s King George Boulevard) and the Port Mann Bridge (connecting Highway 1). The South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway 17) also provides a quick, direct route to New Westminster.
By Bike

The scenic 26-km BC Parkway is a multi-use path that roughly parallels the SkyTrain Expo Line, connecting Surrey City Centre, New Westminster, South Burnaby and Vancouver. The BC Parkway passes within a block of Anvil Centre. Bike racks can be found along Columbia St.
Parking

Underground parking
Anvil Centre features three levels of underground parking with 270 stalls. The parkade is accessed off of Eighth Street.

1 hour: $3.25
5 hours: $9.00
10 hours: $15.00

Rates for less than one hour are also available.

Parkade
Parking is also available at two large nearby parkades. Adjacent to Anvil Centre is the Shops at New West multi-level parkade, located at the corner of Eighth Street and Columbia St. The Front Street Parkade, accessed from Fourth and Sixth Streets and just south of Columbia, offers reasonably priced hourly and daily parking rates.

On-street parking
Hourly pay meter parking can be found on the streets in and around Anvil Centre. Please note most meters have time limits.

There is complimentary drop-off/pick-up parking (15min MAX) for all Anvil Centre program on Parking Level 1 (in non-reserved stalls). Please note that complimentarily spaces are not reserved and depend on availability.