Metro Vancouver events on November 8, 2016

November 8, 2016

Tue

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

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

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

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 | 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

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.

Burnaby | James Cowan Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Theatre

Composers and Cocktails

Join Nicole Lizée - Music on Main’s Composer In Residence, Vincent Ho, and Jocelyn Morlock for an hour of conversation and cocktails.

Vancouver | The Post at 750 | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music | Free

Miss Shakespeare

The Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Musical TheatreWorks, is proud to produce and present the award-winning Miss Shakespeare

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

VPL - Contact! Unload

VPL presents: Contact! Unload A Film/Theatre Presentation of the Lived Experience of Returning Canadian Veterans.

Vancouver | The Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free

Andra Day Live In Vancouver

Cassandra Monique "Andra" Batie, known professionally as Andra Day, is an American singer and songwriter from San Diego, California who is currently signed to Warner Bros. Records.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Bakersfield Mist

A Comedy About Discovering Art In Unexpected Places

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

2016 Modulus Festival. Doublespeak

Vancouver’s cutting edge chamber ensemble, Standing Wave is comprised of a sextet of virtuosic players bringing an audaciously intimate aesthetic to the most complex and groundbreaking music.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Performance Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

All Hell is Breaking Loose, Honey

Performed by four male dancers, choreographer Frédérick Gravel attempts to deconstruct the stereotypes of the typical North American male, from T-shirts, beer, and baseball to violence, confusion, and mood swings.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Dance

Kiiara: low kii and savage af tour with guests Cruel Youth & Lill Aaron

Electronic pop music singer-songwriter from Chicago, on tour to support her latest EP release “low kii savage”

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Ms. Lauryn Hill - The MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling! Concert Series

Singer, songwriter, rapper and producer Ms. Lauryn Hill returns to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

心情金曲歌唱大賽2016 Solid Gold Singing Contest

Solid Gold Singing Contest 2016 is also one of this year’s CHMB AM1320 43th Anniversary Celebration events. The SGSC Alumni singers and special guests will perform in the show.

Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

US Election Night: Hillary vs. Donald Live at the Rio Theatre

It's Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the Ultimate Showcase Showdown: The 2016 US Presidential Election.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Show | Free