Metro Vancouver events on September 14, 2016

Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference

The premier conference in North America for walking and cycling professionals

Vancouver | The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | 8:00 am to 4:54 pm | Lecture

State of the Practice: Leading from Beside

State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Picasso: The Artist and His Muses

Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts

Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things

Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet

A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.

Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

Farm Gate Sale

In need of mid-week fresh veggies?

North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market

Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck

Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne

In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch

Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up

Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation

Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret

Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.

Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie

After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

Literary Pub Trivia Night with Word Vancouver!

We had so much fun last time, we're doing it again! The metaphors have been sharpened. The plots are thickening. The pens have been thrown down...

Vancouver | Sunset Grill Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)

Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Generation Hot: Program A

Generation Hot is a group of fiercely courageous young artists responding to the climate crisis through new performances.

Vancouver | Anderson Street | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:10 pm | Family

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Jody Glenham and the Dreamers and Adrian Glynn - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar

Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!

Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation

Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.

Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk

Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.

Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical

Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:15 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical

Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f**k up.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival

Bard on the Beach: Pericles

This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.

Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank

World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:35 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo

Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher

A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:45 pm to 8:55 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann

From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.

Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo

Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential

Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Co.ERASGA presents Collected, Traces and Still Here

Co.ERASGA’s 16th season presents the company’s newest ensemble creation choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino.

Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis with guest

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music

Atmosphere: Freshwater Fly Fishermen Tour

Atmosphere Freshwater Fly Fishermen Tour with guests Brother Ali, Plain Ole Bill, Last Word and deM atlas

Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk

Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.

Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival

Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play

Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.

Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough

In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Bajo La Influencia by Toque Flamenco

This esteemed Vancouver flamenco troupe (regular performers at Kino Café) will share an eclectic, tongue-in-cheek twist on traditional flamenco palos (song forms).

Vancouver | Centro Flamenco studio | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

The Escapist Music

The Roxy Cabaret Presents: The Escapist Music with special guest Deceptive Resolutions

Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters

Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.

Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 9:15 pm to 10:13 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine

Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall

Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker

The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.

Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 10:15 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance

From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 10:45 pm to 11:45 pm | Festival