Metro Vancouver events on October 18, 2016

2016 Creative City Summit

Welcome local and national delegates to Surrey for the 2016 Creative City Summit

Surrey | Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Taste of Yaletown 2016

We are proud to bring you the 12th year of the tastes, treats, sips and sights of Yaletown with the Taste of Yaletown festival.

Vancouver | Yaletown | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

The Vancouver Writers Fest. City Dwellers:First Nations and the Urban Experience

Lisa Charleyboy loved two things when she was growing up: fashion and books.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. The Hidden Life of Trees

A walk in the woods will never be the same once you have heard Peter Wohlleben,author of The Hidden Life of Trees.The professional forester from Germany has already sold millions of books in Europe, sharing revelatory information about our forests.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Performing Arts

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Illustrated Imaginations

Faith Erin Hicks worked in the animation industry for several years before altering the path of her career to write and draw comics full time in 2008.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Performing Arts

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Creatures, Kids and Community

Settle in for storytime spanning fantasy, whimsy and legend. In Alice Kuipers’ book, twins Violet and Victor work together, sometimes grudgingly, to write an extraordinary tale starring an evil witch on the loose in a fairytale kingdom.

Vancouver | Revue Stage | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Festival

Gordon Food Service TradeShows - Trade only

Come out and explore industry trends, discover new products, network with other foodservice operators and learn time saving techniques that you can put to work right away.

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Show

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

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Nowhere to Grow But Up

We all have to grow up, but it’s not often easy. Four authors present their views on the challenges teens face.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Paving the Way

It’s never too soon for children to learn that they have the power to make a difference. Nor is it ever too soon for them to discover their capacity for resilience.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Worlds Upside Down

We learn by example how to be good members of society, but what happens when those setting the example fall down on the job?

Vancouver | Revue Stage | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival

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

Kwantlen St. Farmers Market

The Kwantlen St. Farmers Market offers all the goodness of a farmers market, with live entertainment, kids workshops, artisan foods and crafts, food trucks and chef demos using the freshest local produce.

Richmond | Kwantlen St. Farmers Market, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free

The Vancouver Writers Fest. An Intimate Evening with Emma Donoghue

Irish-born Canadian Emma Donoghue became a household name internationally with the publication of her seventh novel, Room.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest: Searching for the Source

Happy people to whom nothing happens are generally not the focus for novelists. Meet three authors whose characters grapple with abandonment, secret pasts, loneliness, shameful national history and reconciliation.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest: Remembering Ellen Seligman

Even in Ellen Seligman’s final weeks before her death in March, she was editing the novels of Michael Helm and Steven Price.

Vancouver | Revue Stage | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. The Return: Hisham Matar in Conversation with Bill Richardson

Hisham Matar burst onto the international literary scene with his first novel In the Country of Men.

Vancouver | Improv Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

Garden Light Festival at Bear Creek Park

Join us for the 5th annual Light Festival at Bear Creek Park Garden

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Mamahood: Turn & Face the Strange

The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present Nicolle Nattrass’ brilliant one-woman show Mamahood: turn and face the strange

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

首屆國際多元文化藝術節慈善晚會 The First Global Multiculturalism Charity Gala. Multi-culture Night

首屆國際多元文化藝術節慈善晚會

Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

The Flick

A Close-Up On Three Cinema Misfits

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Theatre

A Tribute to Elvis in Concert

Paquette Productions is proud to present the most anticipated Elvis event of the year, “A Tribute to Elvis in Concert" featuring two of the worlds most coveted Elvis Tribute Artists known today sharing the stage together for the first time in BC

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Reel Rock 11

The REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the best climbing and adventure films of the year to audiences around the world.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Film

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Grand Openings: The Alma Lee Opening Night Event

It’s a comment on the state of writing in this country that half of the featured authors in Grand Openings have chosen Canada as home.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival

Piya Behrupiya (Twelfth Night)

The Cultch and Diwali Fest have partnered to present the Canadian premiere of Piya Behrupiya (Twelfth Night)

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:20 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.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

Fight Night

Looking south and feeling frustrated? Fight Night’s your chance to blow off some steam just days before the US election… Five contenders. Five rounds. Your vote. Only one will survive.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:25 pm | Theatre

Friends of Chamber Music: Israeli Chamber Project

The Friends of Chamber Music are thrilled to present a first visit by the Israeli Chamber Project, with an exciting and varied programme.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Vancouver Writers Fest: Dystopian Dreams

There seems to be no end to the variations of worlds-gone-wrong that we can dream up.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. The Lights of Pointe-Noire: Alain Mabanckou in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel

CBC Radio interviewer Eleanor Wachtel is famous for bringing some of the world’s most talented and thought-provoking authors to our attention.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Lit Up (1): David Denby in conversation with Stephen Quinn

In a world where texting and tweeting hold sway, can screen-obsessed teens be turned on to serious reading? What are the ingredients for building a lifelong love of reading?

Vancouver | Revue Stage | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Writers Fest. Shakespeare and Cervantes: Reimagining the Masters

This year is the joint 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, yet their work transcends centuries.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival