What's Up in Wells

Barkerville's Family Day Weekend Celebrations
2020-02-18 11:00 - 16:00, 2020-02-17 11:00 - 16:00, 2020-02-16 11:00 - 16:00, 2020-02-15 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Barkerville Historic Town & Park, 14301 Hwy 26 E., Barkerville, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Barkerville is excited to announce that its historic main street will re-open for the entire Family Day weekend! Join us for winter exhibits, games, performances, bonfires, and more with some of your favourite historic interpreters. Warm up with a hot meal at the The Barkerville Cafe and Gift Store and get your kicks sliding down Barkerville’s Shamrock Tube Run. C. Strouss & Co., McPherson’s Watchmaker’s Shop, and Mason & Daly General Merchants will be open gives you access to the eclectic selection of old fashioned goods found at five of their stores.
**BARKERVILLE ADMISSION PRICES DURING THE EVENT**
– Adults: $10
– Youth and Seniors: $5
– Children 5 and under: Free
– Family (2 adults and up to four children): $25
**TUBE RUN LIFT PASS PRICES**
– Adults: $16
– Youth: $12
– Children 2-5: Free with paid adult
– Family (2 adults and up to four children): $60
50% OFF TUBE RUN PASSES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH
**SCHEDULE OF EVENTS**
coming soon
**BUS TRANSPORTATION**
Skip the highway driving and enjoy a safe and fun trip to Barkerville on our special event charter bus. Admission to historic main street for the event is included in the price of the bus ticket. Limited tickets available through advance online sales only. Tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/barkerville-historic-town-amp-park-27637565129
**ACCOMMODATIONS**
Barkerville Cottages: 250-994-3332 ex. 0 or https://www.awinfosys.com/das/bv/shared/custom/mdlBooking.asp
The Wells Hotel: 250-994-3427
Mountain Thyme Getaway & Willow River Inn: 250-994-2345
Becker’s Lodge Bowron Lake Adventures Resort: 250-992-8864
The Nest by Island Mountain Arts: 250-994-3466
Hubs Motel & Whitecaps Inn: evolutioncampservices@gmail.com
Troll Ski Resort Accommodations: https://www.trollsnowschool.com/air-bnb-options/
**EXPLORE THE AREA**
Skiing: Troll Ski Resort and Wells and Area Trails Society – WATS
Snowmobiling: Wells Snowmobile Club and Becker’s Lodge Bowron Lake Adventures Resort
Arts: Island Mountain Arts and Sunset Theatre
Food & Fun: Pooley St. Cafe, The Wells Hotel, Jack O Clubs General, and The Bear’s Paw Cafe, Wells, BC

Family Day Long Weekend at Troll Ski Resort
2020-02-18 09:00 - 15:30, 2020-02-17 09:00 - 15:30, 2020-02-16 09:00 - 15:30, 2020-02-15 09:00 - 15:30 | Troll Ski Resort, Barkerville Hwy 27 E., BC, Canada
What a busy weekend of FUN happening at Troll Resort over the Family Day long weekend! Come to enjoy the skiing/boarding, the food, the Demo Day, the Tube Run, the Giant culvert slides set up for the kids… we have everything you need to make the most out of your Family ‘Day’ long weekend. Don’t forget, we will have the Silver Lift open all 3 days giving you easier access to the Silver Bowl!
On Sunday and Monday, Rocky Peak Adventure Gear will be here with a sneak peek at NEXT season’s newest skis! The skis of the future are here for YOU to try! Come visit Brenda & John (who will be set up outside the lodge) and take a run on a fancy new pair of skis! Ask questions. Why ARE those skis suppose to be better than these skis…then see for yourself. Have fun figuring out what skis might be taking you on your next adventures.
On Monday…it is FAMILY DAY!! Troll Resort loves family. Today we will be offering lift passes AND all rentals at HALF DAY RATES. 🙂 The Tube Run (which is free) will be running ALL DAY and the Yellow Lift (Bunny Hill) will also be FREE.
This entire weekend will be a FANTASTIC time to bring the whole family to #trollresort.
For more lift and rental prices visit www.trollresort.com

70s Dance Par-tay
2020-02-16 22:00 - 2020-02-17 02:00 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
Hey Friends!
We had so much fun at the 80s Dance Party last weekend that we’re doing it all again for Family Day Weekend, but this time with the fabulous tunes and attire of the 1970s.
Break out your bell bottoms, crawl out of Archie’s Bunker, run your fingers through your shag hair and shag carpet, split your pad and book it over to the Sunset to get down and boogie.
Get looking through those 70s threads and send us your favourite far-out tunes for our 70s playlist.
Come and join us on Sunday, February 16th from 8PM ’till late.
Admission is free, but small donations for heating the building will be greatly appreciated!
See you at The Sunset!
(House-broken Pet Rocks are welcome.)

Film: The Princess Bride
2020-02-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
“As you wish.”
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya.
You killed my father; prepare to die!”
“Inconceivable!”
Rotten Tomatoes Consensus: “A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh.”
Fun Fact 1: Wallace Shawn, who plays Vizzini in the film, also voices Rex for the Toy Story movies. A playwright and multi Obie Award-winner, Shawn is also known for writing and starring in My Dinner with Andre.
Fun Fact 2: As a child, Andre the Giant (not the same Andre from Dinner With™) used to receive rides to elementary school in his native France from existential playwright Samuel Beckett.
[Thanks, Wikipedia:] The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel The Princess Bride, it tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck.
Rated PG • Running Time is 1 hour & 38 minutes
TICKETS
Adult: $8
Children 12 & under: $5
All tickets payable at door. We accept credit/debit cards with tap feature for payments via Square.

Unvalentine My Heart
2020-02-14 18:30 - 2020-02-15 02:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Everything Anti Valentine’s Day 🖤🖤🖤
Drink specials & piñatas
Come drink and smash stuff cuz that’s always romantic 🖤🖤🖤

Casualties Of The Heart, A Night Of Comedy
2020-02-14 16:00 - 2020-02-15 02:00 | Jack O’ Club Restaurant & Pub, 12383 Hwy 27 E., Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
In love?…. Broken hearted?…. First date?
We have the Valentine’s Event for you!!
Dinner 4:00pm – 8:00pm (kid friendly)
Show 8:00pm (perhaps we leave the kiddos at home for this)
Dinner Features for $22.00 include;
Top Sirloin Steak and Prawns served with Baked Potato and Roasted Veggies.
Stuffed Chicken with Hollandaise served with Rice Pilaf Roasted Veggies.
The full regular Menu will also be available

Wells-Barkerville School Building Public Meeting
2020-02-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
Are you interested in the future of the Wells-Barkerville School Building?
Everyone is welcome to come and see a Public Presentation at the Sunset Theatre Monday February 3rd at 7pm.
Hosted by the Wells-Barkerville Community School Ad Hoc Committee.

Super Bowl 2020 at the Wells Hotel
2020-02-02 15:00 - 18:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Super Bowl Sunday!!! Pub will be open at 3!!! Food service 3:30!!! Pizza & Wings, chilli & Brisket … bacon caesars on drink special 🍺🍻🍺 see you then

Jack O Club's Annual Polar Bear Dip
2020-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Jack O’ Club Restaurant & Pub, 12383 Hwy 27 E., Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
It’s the time of year everyone has been waiting for!!! Join us at the Jack O Club’s Lake for the Annual Polar Bear Dip. Event starts at 12:00pm with the Dip commencing at 1:00pm. The Jack O Club’s Pub & Restaurant will be prepared to warm you up immediately after with great food & drink specials.
Disclaimer – Please be advised this event is at your own risk. The Jack O Club’s General is not responsible for any injuries.

80s Dance Party Extravaganza!
2020-01-31 20:00 - 2020-02-01 02:00 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
Let’s celebrate the end of the first month of the Roaring 20s with an ’80s Dance Part-ay Extravaganza!
Dust off your 80s attire, get that hairspray bottle back in action and come and join us for a fun filled night of dancing, popcorn, snacks, drinks and general fun fun fun! Maybe we’ll even get a Photo-Booth going!
WHEN: Friday, January 31st from 8PM ’till 2AM.
WHERE: Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley Street, Wells, BC
WHY: Because 80s music rocks and you need to DANCE!
Like everything in the 80s, from clothing, cars, interest rates, milk-based cocktails and music, everybody took the regular vaganza™ that marks an ordinary decade and added an excessive extra™ to it.
Come celebrate with us, awash in the synth-driven-artificial warmth that the shallowest decade of the 20th century has to offer!
Rip-stop oversize nylon parachute pants and mullets are most welcome.
Admission is Free! Drinks are not 🙂

Shadow Trap: The Legend of Simon Gunanoot
2020-01-26 15:00 - 16:30 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
January 26, 3:00pm @ The Sunset Theatre in Wells, BC
Please join us after the 2020 Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run for a complimentary screening of the locally shot short film SHADOW TRAP, based on the legend of Simon Gunanoot, a Gitxsan businessman-turned-outlaw.
Followed by a Q&A with the producer-director, one of the lead actors (Brendan Bailey) and two of Simon Gunanoot’s descendants!

Tiny Home Building Course
2020-01-25 - 2020-01-27
$299 – TWO DAY DESIGN WORKSHOP
This workshop offers you a great way to ramp up your tiny house journey by providing you with all of the design inspiration and information you need to start designing your own tiny home.
Day 1 ~ Design
~ Introduction, who are we? Tiny House overview
~ Design principles (permaculture and architecture)
~ Floor layout, tips and tricks
~ Tiny house decisions (know yourself)
~ Designing your own Tiny House
Day 2 ~ Build Process
~ Construction process (building and engineering)
~ Legalities, Zoning & Codes
~ Planning, managing, scheduling & budgeting
~ Design exercises
Tiny Healthy Homes is a design/build company that specializes in providing non-toxic solutions which benefit the homes’ occupants, the environment and the community.
It is internationally recognized for sustainable design and has built over 30 small homes, from CSA-A277 backyard units to CSA-Z240/Z241 and permit-approved dwellings and alterations.
www.tinyhealthyhomes.com

Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run
2020-01-24 - 2020-01-27
The Dog Sled Mail Run is a historical event that is fun for the whole family. Come and enjoy all that a Cariboo winter has to offer! For details about the weekend, check out our website http://dogsledmailrun.ca/
**SCHEDULE OF EVENTS**
Friday, January 24th
9:00 am – Swearing in of mail carriers at the Quesnel Post Office
11:00 am – Stage #1 of the mail run, the Umiti Pit Loop – meet the mushers and their dogs.
Saturday, January 25th
11:00 am – Stage #2 of the mail run, Troll to Hyde Lake Loop
2:00 pm – Musher’s sport and other activities
5:00 pm – Social, dinner, and awards at Troll Ski Resort
Sunday, January 26th
11:00 am – Stage #3 of the mail run, Barkerville to Wells.
12:00 pm – the Barkerville Dash – watch participants arrive on the main street of Barkerville Historic Town & Park around 12:15 pm
2:00 pm – awards and wind-up at the Jack O Clubs General
3:00 pm – Free Film Screening – Shadow Trap: The Legend of Simon Gunanoot at the Sunset Theatre
**SEND MAIL BY DOGSLED**
Order envelopes online or purchase and drop them off by January 23rd at:
– Rocky’s – Bouchie Lake
– Shoppers Drug Mart, Quesnel
– Canada Post Office, Reid Street, Quesnel
– Four Rivers Coop, Quesnel
– Jack ‘O Clubs General Store and Post Office – Wells
– Total Pet, Quesnel
– Barkerville Historic Town & Park Visitor Centre

Ali McCormick's Birthday Bash
2020-01-23 20:00 - 2020-01-24 01:00 | Jack O’ Club Restaurant & Pub, 12383 Hwy 27 E., Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
From Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, wilderness wordsmith Ali McCormick has traveled her one-woman show for folk music appreciators young & old alike over the past decade.
Her last National album release tour in 2018 led her through the Cariboo and facilitated an extended stop along the way in Wells BC.
Currently enjoying creative respite from the road the Jack O Club’s welcomes the opportunity to host Ali’s Annual Birthday Bash on Thursday, January 23rd 2020.
Come help Ali ring in her 34th!!! Ali will be performing a 45 minute set you will definitely not want to miss. If you aren’t familiar with her music you can look her up here.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjN0VopadyR_yhQyhYaOXVw
https://open.spotify.com/artist/636aEF28sEHdvGlxwfHwPu

Wells Community Bingo
2020-01-09 08:00 - 21:00 | Ray Davis Room, Wells Community Hall, 4269 Sanders Ave, Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Come to the Ray Davis room in the Community Hall (back entrance) for a fun evening of bingo with some great prizes! Doors open at 6:30, games start at 7:00. $2 for the first card and $1 for each additional card.

Pancake Breakfast
2020-01-07 08:00 - 17:00
This Thursday, January 9th from 8-9 am. (by donation). Come out and enjoy great food and conversation, hosted by our students.

New Years Sweet & Simple
2019-12-31 20:00 - 2020-01-01 02:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Take a Sweet simple step into 2020 with the Wells Pub
Fill out a resolution & put it into our time capsule for the end of the year.
Let something from this past year burn away with a simple goodbye
Kissing kit … receive the perfect lil bag to make your midnight kiss sweet as can be. Have a glass of champagne to toast your wish, and a Photo booth to capture the evening in style.

The Sunset Cabaret - NYE Edition
2019-12-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Sunset Theatre, 2357 Pooley St., Wells, BC, v0k2r0, Canada
The Sunset Cabaret is a long-standing tradition at the Sunset Theatre, inspired by the coffee houses of the 1960s and the popular Theatrical Happenings of the 1970s. IMA used to host periodical Coffee Houses, inviting anyone and everyone to participate in an evening of sharing creative stories, songs, poetry, dance, film, whatever was your fancy. Since re-opening its doors in 2006, there have been 44 Sunset Cabarets, hosting 100s of artists from Wells, Barkerville or just driving through town. Intended to be a fundraiser for the Sunset Theatre, the Cabarets have become a tradition over the years.
The Sunset Cabarets were hosted by our beloved Tim Sutherland who gathered the group together to create a raucous and memorable evening. The baton has been passed to Stu Cawood and James Douglas who give of their time to carry on this tradition, bringing together the community in laughter and song.
All ages are welcome, however extreme, over-the-top, risque content is typical. Course language and adult themes are often featured.
Doors open @ 7:30PM • Show starts at 8PM
NB • Adult content

NYE 2020 at the Jack
2019-12-31 16:30 - 2020-01-01 16:30 | Jack O’ Club Restaurant & Pub, 12383 Hwy 27 E., Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Ring in the New Year of 2020 1920’s Style.
Dinner: 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm by reservation only. Four entree choices. $30
NYE Cabaret at the Sunset Theatre 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Dance party: 10:00 pm – 3:00 am. Costume prizes, live DJ, custom drinks! $8

Holiday Hangover Party
2019-12-26 16:00 - 20:00 | Royal Canadian Legion Branch #128, 3948 Gold Quartz Drive, Wells, V0K2R0
Mark your calendars for Dec 26th and spread the word! Everyone welcome 🧡 feel free to contact Carrie Chard by PM for any details.

Wells-Barkerville School Christmas Concert
2019-12-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Wells-Barkerville Community School, Wells, BC, Canada
Please join us for the Wells-Barkerville School Christmas Concert in the school gymnasium. Everyone welcome!

Barkerville's Old Fashioned Victorian Christmas
2019-12-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-12-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Barkerville Historic Town & Park, 14301 Hwy 26 E., Barkerville, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Enjoy sleigh rides, warm refreshments, delicious home baking in the Wendle House, decorated displays, shopping, caroling, and other seasonal activities. Schedule and event details at http://www.barkerville.ca/victorianchristmas/

7th Annual Wells Christmas Craft and Bake Sale
2019-12-17 09:00 - 17:00 | Wells Curling Club, 3860 Ski Hill Road, Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Local crafting and baking. Sign up sheet located at the Jack O’ Clubs General or contact Christine Brooks at 250-994-2328. Table rental is $5.
