Thursday, August 29, 2013

Playing at the Clova from August 30 to September 5, 2013

Playing at the Clova this week from August 30th to September 5th is:

7pm - Turbo

8:55pm - Monsters University

Last show lets out around 10:30pm. Admission is $8 or $15 for 2 people. Add $4 for each extra person in your group.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Amazing Race Cloverdale 2013

The Clova Theatre is holding The Amazing Race Cloverdale on Sunday September 1, 2013 starting at 2pm. Teams must be between 4 and 6 people with at least one adult in the group.

Start at the parking lot behind the Clova to receive the first clue and figure out which business to go to. When you arrive at that location you get your next clue. There are prizes for the first 3 teams to finish plus participation prizes for everyone else.

Cost is $5 for children up to 12 years and $10 for over 13 and adults.

Email clovacinema@telus.net to sign up.



Playing at the Clova August 23 to August 29, 2013

Playing at the Clova this week from Friday August 23 to the 29th is:

7pm - The Smurfs 2

9pm - Grown Ups 2

Last show lets up around 10:40pm. Admission is $8, stay for one or both movies. For 2 people admission is $15 and add $4 for each extra person in your group.



Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Playing at the Clova from August 9 to 22, 2013

This week at the Clova from Friday August 9 to the 22nd is:

7pm - Planes

Movie lets out around 8:30pm. Seeing as how this movie is premiering everywhere on Friday, the Clova's agreement is to play for at least 2 weeks without a second feature. Admission is $8 or $15 for 2 people. Add $4 for each extra person in your group.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Fraser Downs Barn Tours and Open House August 10, 2013

Fraser Downs is having an open house in the barn area on Saturday, August 10, 2013 from 9:30am to 2pm.

The backstretch area is located at 17740 - 62 Ave in Cloverdale. Take 176th Street, turn east down 62nd Avenue. There's traffic lights there and the Cloverdale Rec Centre is on the corner. Drive down until you see the red barns on the right side of the road. The left side is also a red barn, the Agriplex, and has nothing to do with Fraser Downs, but its probably easier to park in their parking lot and walk across the street.

The open house has tours of the barn area given by some of the people who work with the Standardbred racehorses. There is a free lunch as well.

Even though it says the open house/barn tours start at 9:30am I would say arrive later on. They are holding qualifying races on Saturday morning for the coming racing season that starts on August 17 and I don't think they'll be finished that early. The barn area will be a fluster of activity with horse, sulky, driver teams going back and forth to the track and the various barn workers getting their work done. The barn tours won't start until its safe for people to be moving around those areas. We've arrived as late as 11am in the past and the barn tours were just getting ready to start. Take a tour and learn what goes into getting a horse ready to race.

As for the free lunch, last year it was hot dogs on a BBQ. Previous years its been put together your own sandwiches and salads. No notice what the lunch will be this year.



Cloverdale Blueberry Festival August 10, 2013

The annual Cloverdale Blueberry Festival is on again for its 10th year on August 10, 2013 from 9am to 4pm. 176th Street and 176A Street will be closed from approximately 58A Avenue to Highway 10.

The Show 'n' Shine will be mostly on 176th Street featuring antique and custom cars, trucks, and motorcycles. There will be entertainers set up on a stage across from Hawthorne Square - on 176th Street between 57th and 58th Avenues - performing all day. There'll be a blueberry pie eating contest at 10am and 11am. There's an art festival taking place at the Surrey Museum (56A Avenue between 176A and 177B Street) with entertainers performing throughout the day here too. The Cloverdale Lions Club will be selling blueberry pancakes in Hawthorne Square from 8am to 10:30am and vendors will be set up on 56A Avenue and 176th Street.

Just walk around downtown Cloverdale and you'll see everything.

As for parking, seeing as how the old Cloverdale Mall is fenced off, try parking in the Cloverdale Legion's parking lot on 57th Avenue between the Cloverdale Bypass and 176th Street. There is public parking lots just off 56A Avenue in the alley behind 176th Street near the firehall behind 57th Avenue. Other public parking lots are on 176A Street but they might be blocked off to traffic due to festivities. Look for parking on the residential streets 177B Street and on the avenues between 176A Street and 177B.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Playing at the Clova from August 2 to 8, 2013

Playing this week at the Clova:

7pm - White House Down

9:25pm - Now You See Me

Last show lets out at 11:20pm. Admission is $8, stay for one or both movies. For 2 people admission is $15. Add $4 for each extra person in your group.