Metro Vancouver events on November 4, 2016

November 4, 2016

Fri

Petro Canada Sport Leadership sportif Conference

The Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif conference (#SLS16) is Canada’s conference for coaches, researchers, sport executives, and administrators.

Richmond | Sheraton Vancouver Airport | 7:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture

MagsWest 2016

The MagsWest 2016 conference will be held on Nov. 3 & 4th at UBC Robson Square. We will have more details, including the schedule of events, later in the fall.

Vancouver | UBC Robson Square | 7:45 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture

Newton Community Walk

Join the Newton Community Walk! Every movement starts with a passionate few that drive change in their neighborhood.

Surrey | McDonalds | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Active Life / Health

PHOTOGraphie Festival 2016

PHOTOGraphie Festival is produced by the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) BC Region and held in conjunction with Fusion 2016.

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Art Exhibition by Philipe Gadenne

Exhibition can be viewed during Richmond Cultural Centre. The work of Philippe Gadenne evokes something that abstract yet wholly representational at the same time.

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

13th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.

Welcome to the 13th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, processions, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, public art, mixed

Vancouver | The Downtown Eastside | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Fire Ball Presented by Inclusion BC

Communities across BC are promoting inclusion and celebrating diversity and bringing awareness to the strengths and abilities of people with intellectual disabilities.

New Westminster | Community Art Space | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival: Industry presents—AIM³ Summit – Session 1

Asians in Comics – Genesis for Future Screenplays

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Film

Exhibition: callresponse

Artist: Christi Belcourt, Maria Hupfield, Ursula Johnson, Tania Willard, Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory and their guest respondents: Isaac Murdoch, Esther Neff, IV Castellanos, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Marcia Crosby, Tanya Tagaq

Vancouver | GruntGallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Impossible Worlds

Award winning Vancouver Island based photographer Lisa Graham established Seadance Photography in 2009 and specializes in underwater portraits with an artistic flair.

New Westminster | The Plaskett Gallery | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival: Industry presents—AIM³ Summit – Session 2

Panel 2 — Asians in Music – In Search of Asian Rockstars in North America

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, 3rd Floor | 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Film

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival: Stranger Than (Science) Fiction

In Toshihiro Soh’s quirky feature CAMEOn’ Me, set in a parallel-universe contemporary Japan, an accident at a chemical factory in Z County, X Prefecture has polluted everything.

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Film

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival: Special Presentation – Youthflix

Short Film Group: Gulf Islands Film and Television School and Short Film Group: Young Moviemakers

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Film

Family Craft Making

Get creative and make crafts with your family at Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre

Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free

NewWorks Dance Allsorts: project20 & Lesley Telford

The first event of our 16/17 Dance Allsorts season will feature a mixed program of contemporary dance, showcasing new works by project20 and Lesley Telford.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Theatre | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Dance

Les Filles du Roi - Concert Presentation

Fugue Theatre invites you to: A workshop presentation of LES FILLES DU ROI By Julie McIsaac & Corey Payette

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Why I Design 2016

Designers talk about what they do and why they’re doing it in Vancouver.

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Lecture

Corbin Union: Inversus Mundi

Miruna Dragan, Jason De Haan, Kris Lindskoog, Warren McLachlan, Karly Mortimer, Jeremy Pavka, Kylie B. Ward: Inversus Mundi

Vancouver | Unit/Pitt Projects | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Exhibition

The Pianist: A Concert Catastrophe

A mix of classical clowning and contemporary circus, this spectacularly catastrophic solo comedy is centered on, in, under, and around the magnificent grand piano.

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival. Doc Spot: Mixed Match

Mixed Match is an important human story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Chantal Kreviazuk - Hard Sail Tour 2016

Chantal returns to the stage in support of her brand new album, Hard Sail, set for release on June 17. This will be Chantal’s sixth studio release, and her first new album in six years.

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

Louisiana Hayride

If you enjoyed any or all of the Louisiana Hayride Live Radio Shows including the Legends of Country & Rockabilly then you'll love the New revised Show with a special tribute to George Jones, Plus 4 uplifting Gospel Songs.

Chilliwack | HUB International Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:10 pm | Show

The Elephant Wrestler

Indian Ink Theatre Company (New Zealand) presented with Diwali Fest

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 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.

North Vancouver | Capilano University | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Theatre

Club Habana: An Evening of Cuban Jazz

The Vancouver Latin Amnerican Cultural Centre presents Club Habana: An Evening of Cuban Jazz, in the Playhouse

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

Comedy Unscripted: Improv with a Twist

Vancouver TheatreSports™ League—you know them, you love them! This world-famous improv company joins us for high-energy comedy.

Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

An Evening with Jim Byrnes and special guest The Pat Chessell Band

Get ready for some soulful blues and Celto-Canadian folk

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:50 pm | Music

Suitcase Stories by Maki Yi

With only her tiny suitcase in tow, Maki leaves her home in South Korea and takes off for Canada, simply because her brother had a map of Toronto.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

Hidden - A Site-Specific Horror Adventure

ITSAZOO presents HIDDEN - a bone-chilling site-specific horror event.

Vancouver | The Wolf and Hound Pub | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

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

Rokia Traoré

Award-winning Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré defies convention and has been blazing new trails in world music for almost twenty years.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre Grosvenor Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

Bakersfield Mist

A Comedy About Discovering Art In Unexpected Places

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable.

Burnaby | Michael J. Fox Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ages of the Moon

Lonesome Moon Productions, with the support of Presentation House Theatre, is proud to present Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Sam Shepard’s affecting, darkly funny and gruffly poignant play, Ages of the Moon.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ballet BC: Program 1

This evening by Ballet BC Resident Choreographer Cayetano Soto, a vibrant voice in contemporary ballet, launches the season with four works that display a unique range of creativity and originality throughout his choreographic career.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Dance

A unique style determined to make you believe the impossible

Do you believe in magic? A unique style determined to make you believe the impossible

Vancouver | Havana Restaurant | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Empire of the Son

Returning after an extended and completely sold out run, Empire of the Son, written by and starring Tetsuro Shigematsu, is the story of two generations of broadcasters and the radio silence between them.

Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Classixx: Faraway Reach Tour With Guests Phantoms and Harriet Brown

From LA, dance music duo on tour to support their latest release “Faraway Reach”.

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music

The Dark Eighties dance party featuring special guests

Dark Eighties DJs playing cult 80s hits, minimal wave, goth, EBM, post punk, new wave + industrial

Vancouver | The Astoria | 9:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music

20th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival. International Spotlight: The Last Smile

Inspired by a book based on true events, noir-style film The Last Smile from Indo-American director Shankey Srinivasan is the compelling story of Kapil...

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 9:45 pm to 11:15 pm | Film

Chuckie StereotypeFridays - Celebrities

Dutch house heavyweight Chuckie makes his highly anticipated return to Celebrities Nightclub for a special edition of #StereotypeFridays on November 5th!

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Diplo Day at Happy Ending Fridays

Happy Ending Fridays pays tribute to & celebrates Diplo's (Mad Decent/Major Lazer) birthday with DJs Geni3, MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, Rico Uno, Yurie & LeChance dropping Diplo hits & remixes in the HEF mix all night Friday

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Latin Nights: Livestock Room at Happy Ending Fridays

We Invite You To LATIN NIGHTS with DJ Tico Martinez Playing Salsa Bachata Merenque & Reggaeton Anthems All Night Long in Fortune Sound Club's Livestock Room

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music