Metro Vancouver events on October 8, 2016
October 8, 2016
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3rd Annual Table Tennis Tournament
Grab your table tennis racket and compete in the 3rd Annual Table Tennis Tournament in Cloverdale
Surrey | Cloverdale Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports
Farmers’ Market: Trout Lake
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Trout Lake | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver
We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.
North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
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
Farm Gate Sale
Jjoin us at Loutet Farm every Saturday to support our social enterprise, pick up your farm-fresh produce from our neighbourhood farmers, and meet your neighbours!
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
Prince & Princess Party 3-6yrs
Calling all Princes & Princesses! Take part in themed games, crafts, story time, and an opportunity to decorate your own cookie/cupcake.
Vancouver | Kerrisdale Community Centre | 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Kids
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 | 11:00 am to 1:00 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
Prince & Princess Party 3-6yrs
Calling all Princes & Princesses! Take part in themed games, crafts, story time, and an opportunity to decorate your own cookie/cupcake.
Vancouver | Kerrisdale Community Centre | 12:45 am to 2:00 pm | Kids
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
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Guided Nature Walks. Redwood Park
Get to know Surrey's nature parks through a series of free guided walks this October!
Surrey | Redwood Park | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
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 | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Theatre
The Flick
A Close-Up On Three Cinema Misfits
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 5:15 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Theatre
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 | 3:00 pm to 5:10 pm | Theatre
Afro RC Competition Round 4
RWD rear tires will be restricted to 2 Bro's Hobbies flat tires. Prizes will be sponsored by Team-TETSUJIN RC Drift Lounge and Afro's RC CLUB
New Westminster | Afro's RC CLUB | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports
The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Series: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night
Silly spoof of the classic Hollywood ‘old, dark, house’ thrillers
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre
The Vancouver Police Museum: Red Light Rendezvous
Take a walk on the West Coast's wild side with The Vancouver Police Museum's Sins of the City tours.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum, Chinatown, Railtown | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
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 | 4:00 pm to 5:45 pm | Show
ClanAnderson's 2nd Annual "Laugh for a Cure"
Come join the Anderson's for a night of comedy and music at their 2nd annual ClanAnderson's "Laugh for a Cure"!
New Westminster | The Columbia | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Starry Night Family Evening by Science World
Join us for an evening of star gazing with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC).
Vancouver | Science World | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Family | 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
Blueprint 19 Year Anniversary
The annual Blueprint Anniversary – aka the #BP19YR – celebrates nineteen years strong during the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, including another massive birthday party!
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Show
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
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
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
Blueprint 19 Year Anniversary Afterparty with Mystery Guests
The Blueprint 19 Year Anniversary aka the #BP19YR heads over after the PNE massive for the official afterparty once again at Celebrities Nightclub, featuring an all-star line up of MYSTERY GUESTS until 4AM!!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 4:00 am | Music
Deep Down Inside Saturdays at M.I.A.
M.I.A. goes Deep Down Inside every Saturday in Gastown with world renown deejay & producer talent supported by a rotating roster of local Vancouver resident DDI selectors.
Vancouver | M.I.A. | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music