Metro Vancouver events on September 15, 2016
September 15, 2016
Thu
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
Farmers’ Market: Granville Island
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Triangle Square | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
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
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Necklace of HOpe: Walk Series from HOpe Centre
Necklace of HOpe, is a 45 min walk from HOpe Centre, towards Brand Blvd and up towards 19th Street, back down through Grand Blvd, and along 15th Street, back to the HOpe Centre.
North Vancouver | Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Plays Well With Others
A continuation of the equity and inclusion conversations happening in the theatre community, “Plays Well with Others” provides theatre artists, producers, and administrators from any/all lived experiences a space to foster inclusive practices that target
Vancouver | Vancouver International Fringe Festival | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Festival
Vetta Chamber Music: Beethoven!
This all Beethoven concert features Vancouver’s best chamber musicians performing much loved sonatas and the famous “Ghost” Trio.
Vancouver | West Point Grey United Church | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
And the Monkey Flips the Switch
‘And the Monkey Flips the Switch’ is a pop-up art and fashion show that marks the first solo exhibition of emerging artist Anthony Joseph, as he showcases a series of black and white oil paintings.
Vancouver | Makeshift Spaces Ltd. | 5:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: William vs The World
The epic adventure of a geek and his cactus who just want to be left alone.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as Fuck!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 6:45 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:45 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hollow Twin and Skye Wallace - 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
People, Parks, and Dogs: Trout Lake small group meeting
Register for a small group meeting to discuss, learn more, and provide feedback about People, Parks, and Dogs, a strategy for sharing Vancouver's parks.
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre, Lakewood Room | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Leading From Beside: Exhibition Opening & Keynote Speaker
Exhibition Opening and Keynote speaker Luca Silvestrini, Protein (UK)
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
The Embroidered Cancer Comic
The Embroidered Cancer Comic is an artist’s look at love and prostate cancer.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 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
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
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: Marrow
Two estranged sisters—a witchcraft historian and a bulimia survivor—delve into their conflicted past. Fiercely divided, they attempt to reconcile their differences. But a secret connects them in a way they never imagined.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Rosanna Terracciano
Rosanna Terracciano. Lauded for her experimental approach to flamenco, Terracciano fuses traditional & contemporary dance with short film.
Vancouver | Centro Flamenco | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
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 | Festival
Nirvanish
Nirvanish is a tribute to Nirvana that strives to replicate the audio integrity of Nirvana's recorded work while capturing the electric fury that the group was known for on stage.
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:15 pm to 9:45 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 | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:45 pm to 10:00 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 | 9:40 pm to 10:40 pm | Festival
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 | 9:45 pm to 10:45 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 | 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 10:15 pm to 11:05 pm | Festival
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 | 10:15 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 10:20 pm to 11:20 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 | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 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
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 | 10:45 pm to 11:55 pm | Family