Metro Vancouver events on October 7, 2016
October 7, 2016
Fri
Keith Langergraber: Betrayal at Babylon
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the new art exhibit from Keith Langergraber.
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Visual Arts
UnBecoming, An Annotated Exhibition
Artist Elizabeth MacKenzie presents a new series of large-scale, drawing-based digital prints investigating the problematics of self-portraiture, along with two additional installations that annotate her creative process within the development of this wor
North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Works from Suzo Hickey: A Small Dominion
A solo exhibition of new paintings by Suzo Hickey.
Vancouver | The Cultch Gallery | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
If not for dreams: The 9th annual Oppenheimer Park community art show
A showcase of artwork from the Oppenheimer Park community that features painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, carving, textile, mixed media and video works.
Vancouver | Gallery Gachet | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts
Harvest Haus
Harvest Haus - a gluttonous and gratifying mini Munich festival on the Plaza of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Food / Wine
The Signature of All Things
Join us in the Garden’s Discovery Room for the opening of a month-long exhibition of original artwork created by the Open Book Art Collective and inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel, The Signature of All Things.
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
2 Free Dance + Poetry Workshops for Immigrant & Refugee Youth (October to December, 2016)
DANCE + POETRY WORKSHOPS: Choose a 10-week workshop
Vancouver | ISS of BC Welcome Centre | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free
UBC Women's Thunderbirds vs NSGSC Women's Renegades
As a kick off to the NSGSC 30th Annual Thanksgiving Tournament, please come out and cheer on the UBC Women's Thunderbirds (2015 CIS National Champions) vs our very own NSGSC Women's Renegades (Provincial Champions in 2015).
North Vancouver | Carson Graham Secondary | 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Sports
2016 EAT! Vancouver. An intimate evening with Chef Michael Smith
Spend a fun filled evening with chef Michael as he shares his personal stories and serves you special tastes from his new cookbook, Real Food Real Good.
Vancouver | Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Food / Wine
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
SWEET: Nightmare on Quebec St
Your senses could play tricks on you at this event just for high school students.
Vancouver | Science World | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra: 2016-2017 Season Opening Concert
Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Award-Winning Canadian Conductor: Ken Hsieh and Piano Soloists: Linda Ruan
Burnaby | Michael J. Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
PNE: Fright Nights
Western Canada’s Scariest Haunt. It’s our favourite time of fear. Experience the freaky, terrifying and much less cheerful doppelganger of Playland, Fright Nights, select nights through October 31.
Vancouver | The Playland | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card - Winner Takes All
VTSL ups the ante with its own improvised election - who's going to win it... will it be the joker?
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
Friday Night Live
Lynn Valley's only improv comedy variety show is perfect for all ages.
North Vancouver | Lynn Valley Community Room | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Series: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night
A silly spoof on the ‘old, dark house’ Hollywood movies that gets you into the ‘spirit’ of the thing—goosebumps and all—just in time for Hallowe'en! Suitable for older children
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Vagabond Players Presents: Body and Soul
Written by Vagabond Players very own Elizabeth Elwood, this world premiere of Body and Soul is set in a heritage home in the Queen’s Park area of New Westminster!
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Helen & Edgar
A story of Savannah told by celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:35 pm | Theatre
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Five actors play over 40 comical characters, filling the stage with suspects, allies, and heirs in this zany whodunit based on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
The Flick
A Close-Up On Three Cinema Misfits
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 11:15 pm | Theatre
Ten Times Two: The Eternal Courtship
A Dramatic Comedy By David Belke. A time travelling tale of unrequited love ten times, for two people
North Vancouver | Deep Cove Shaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Free Youth Swim
First Friday of each month from 8-10pm is a Free Swim time for youth (11-18 yrs).
Vancouver | Britannia Community Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Kids | Free
Studio 58/Langara College presents: Angels In America
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 1993, Angels In America has become a seminal work of the North American canon.
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Theatre
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
VSO Pops: Return to the Cotton Club
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops series presents - Return to the Cotton Club with Vancouver favourite Byron Stripling. Jeff Tyzik conducts.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Show
Motherload
Returning after a wildly successful 2015 run, Motherload is an intimate account of parenting in the modern age. Four prominent Canadian theatre artists and mothers bare their personal stories about what it takes to be a member of the world’s biggest club.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Boys Noize
Techno heavyweight Boys Noize hits Celebrities Nightclub Friday, October 7th for the Blueprint 19 Year Anniversary!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music