Metro Vancouver events on October 7, 2016

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