Community calendar: Langley’s late-August events and ongoing groups

Langley’s late-August calendar begins Aug. 20 with A&W’s Burgers to Beat MS fundraiser, which will donate $2 from every Teen Burger sold to MS Canada. Play Society will stage Ride the Cyclone at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 to 22 at Chief Sepass Theatre in Fort Langley; tickets start at $20 through eventbrite.ca. The Blackberry Bakeoff runs noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 20 at Derek Doubleday Arboretum, 21211 Fraser Hwy., with free admission, children’s activities, music, a $5 barbecue and blackberry-treat sampling and voting.

Langley Township’s free Family Fun Night is scheduled for Aug. 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Josette Dandurand Park, 20143 82 Ave. Raphael House will mark its fifth anniversary with a family event at Douglas Park from 3 to 7 p.m. that day. On Aug. 22, CARES Cat Shelter will hold an adoption event at Langley PetSmart from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; applications are available through carescatshelter.ca.

Also Aug. 22, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks will offer a free drop-in program on invasive species at Campbell Valley Regional Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., led by Kwantlen elder Karen Gabriel. A wetland watercolour workshop follows from 1 to 3 p.m. and requires advance registration. Downtown Langley’s Fork and Finger food festival will offer restaurant samples, demonstrations, music and prizes, while Douglas Park hosts the 55th Heritage Classic Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Gruesome Twosome run at Aldergrove Regional Park offers one-, 11- and 22-kilometre distances in support of BabyGoRound.

The Fort Langley Car Show is Aug. 23 at the Fort Langley National Historic Site orchard, with proceeds for the Langley Food Bank. Free outdoor films include Wild Robot at the Langley Events Centre on Aug. 23, The Goonies at Josette Dandurand Northeast Latimer Park on Aug. 25, and Zootopia 2 at Noel Booth Park on Aug. 29. Willowbrook Shopping Centre continues its free Summer in the Courtyard programming until Aug. 28.

The calendar also lists recurring options including lawn bowling, farmers markets, choirs, bands, caregiver and peer-support groups, volunteer opportunities, chess, paddling, seniors’ groups, quilting, dance and music groups. Contact details, registration information and schedules are available from the listed organizers and websites.