Metro Vancouver events on October 5, 2017
October 5, 2017
Thu
Marisa Mary Myrah - Exhibition
Lost Birds and Small Things focuses on endangered songbirds and their habitat in Canada and abroad. Concerned about today’s social and environmental landscape, this series is a contemporary commentary and concern for the loss of species in a natural world
North Vancouver | District Foyer Gallery | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free
Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum
The sustainability focused Kids Gallery is all about fun. Check out the latest theme: food!
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | Free
Healthy Kids Fair
Parents with their children,come and take part in free activities at Edmonds Community Centre!
Burnaby | Edmonds Community Centre | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Family | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Richmond Celebrates Canada 150. Eternal Return: Exhibition and Public Programs
The exhibition “Eternal Return”, guest curated by independent curator Sunshine Frère, incorporates the work of five artists – Barb Choit, Kevin Day, Lucien Durey, Alanna Ho, and Anchi Lin
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Planning New West: A History and Future of Urban Development in New Westminster
The museum’s latest exhibition explores why the city is shaped the way it is; the grand visionary plans and the reality of what happened
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms, especially calligraphy, hold across the many unique cultures of Asia
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Tania Willard: dissimulation
This exhibition presents multidisciplinary work by artist/curator Tania Willard (Secwépemc Nation), alongside her collaborators Gabrielle Hill, Peter Morin, her family, home community and Secwépemc lands and territories
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Emily Carr: Into the Forest
The Vancouver Art Gallery is home to the finest collection of Emily Carr works in the world. While we are fortunate to have major works from throughout her career, the Gallery’s collection is particularly rich in her forest paintings from the 1930s
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Works by Vicky Earle
Inspired by plant species found at the Bloedel Conservatory, “Duets” is a visual exploration of unique symbiotic relationships unfolding every day in rainforests around the world
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rebecca Chaperon - Cave Paintings. Exhibition
Rebecca Chaperon’s paintings act as a means of storytelling, where surreal landscapes populated by mysterious figures meet flat geometry, with emotive undercurrents.
North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Home: Grown
Home: Grown is a retrospective of Hilary Morris 30 years of painting in Vancouver, reflecting on its transformations and how the city has shaped, and been shaped by, its many communities
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Painting Fall with Watercolour
Take a trip through painting, finding inspiration in the vibrant colours of fall foliage, blooms, and even squash in our fall series
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts
Downtown Farmers Market
The Downtown Farmers Market runs every Thursday, June 1 to October 5 on the Queen Elizabeth Plaza. Fresh produce and great food trucks!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Diwali @ the Vancouver Central Library
Celebrate the sights and sounds of Diwali at an exciting music and dance performance. This event will feature colourful, fast-paced Indian dance performances to celebrate the 14th Annual Diwali Fest
Vancouver | Central Library | 12:30 am to 1:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Vazante
Shot in moody monochrome and steeped in the erotics of oppression, Daniela Thomas’s film joins the small canon of great movies taking slavery as a subject
Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm | Film
Tea & Trumpets: Ludwig van Beethoven
The opening concert of the Tea & Trumpets series features the music of one of the greatest of the great composers, Ludwig van Beethoven, and stories from the life of this tortured genius
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Music
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The King's Choice
Chronicling the nerve-racking days before and after the Norwegian monarch King Haakon VII made the decision to resist the invading German army during WWII
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:30 pm to 5:40 pm | Film
Harvest Haus 2017! Grand Opening
Vancouver’s largest Volksfest returns this autumn for its fourth and most largest year yet! Held under the Festzelte next to BC Place, Harvest Haus brings folklore from the 1st century to the Great White North.
Vancouver | Sole Food Street Farms | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Food / Wine
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Una mujer fantástica
Ravishing… represents a huge leap in terms of trans narratives onscreen, but by any standard, it’s a powerful drama of a woman whose suffering never dims her determination to keep moving forward
Vancouver | The Centre for Performing Arts | 6:15 pm to 7:55 pm | Film
Sea Level Rise and the International Response - Policy Action
In this lecture hosted by SFU, explore policy options for sea level rise. Featuring Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, for the Kinds of the Netherlands
Vancouver | SFU Harbour Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. La Tenerezza
This story of love and anger comes from one of Italy’s greatest living directors.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
The Weeknd: Starboy World Tour Phase Two
The Weeknd With Special Guests French Montana & Nav. Grammy Award®-winning and multi-platinum selling music artist The Weeknd has announced a second leg to his critically acclaimed Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Improv Wars – The Laugh Jedi
Our improvised Star Wars parody highlights the parallels between the skills of an improviser and those of a Jedi
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Angels in America: Perestroika
A masterpiece of love and redemption. Witness the soaring conclusion to the acclaimed play that asks us what we do for those we love.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Theatre
Thanks for Giving By Kevin Loring
Premiere Granville Island Stage. Comedy with lots to chew on
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hound of the Baskervilles is probably Sherlock Holmes’ greatest mystery, but in this version COMEDY rules the day as three amazingly, talented actors – plus one wandering fireplace
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Max - All Ages at Fortune Sound
Max kicks of his Meteor Tour Thursday October 5th at Fortune Sound Club with special guest Rozes for an all ages early show.
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Bring On Tomorrow Co presents 13 the Musical!
13 is an original musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
1 Hour Photo
1 Hour Photo is the story of Mas Yamamoto, a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century.
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors
A gleefully twisted, out of this world cult classic hit musical!
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Nick Offerman: Full Bush Tour
Humourist Nick Offerman returns with a collection of his sawdusty musings on survival in the wild, living with enthusiasm, and most importantly, the cultivation of fulsome body hair
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Chavela
A towering figure in Mexican pop music, Chavela Vargas was both a myth and a cypher.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:00 pm to 10:40 pm | Film
#NoFilter – The LOL of TMI
Our improvisers delve into our over-shared digital world. From Snapchat to Instagram, Weibo to Facebook and everything in between
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Show
Flosstradamus - In Hi-Def Tour: Vancouver bp20yr
Flosstradamus - In Hi-Def Tour at Celebrities Nightclub with Support from Dunham b2b Juan Ton b2b Dr.Seiz b2b Quartez + Tails
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music