Metro Vancouver events on October 6, 2017

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

Pushing Boundaries

This biennial exhibition showcases and celebrates contemporary local, national and international First Nations artists

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 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

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

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

Drawing Nature

This three-part workshop is for everyone who finds inspiration in nature, and wants to improve their ability to capture the beauty or the detail through drawing

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts

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

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The Queen of Spain

Thinking of all the sexy, vivacious, liberating movies that Spain produces, it’s hard to imagine how Franco kept a lid on the country for so long.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm | Film

Halloween: L’il Haunters at Potter’s House of Horrors

Thrills n chills.. scares, bewares n evil glares.. and fun for the whole family!

Surrey | Potter’s House | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

2017 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: The Four Arts

When the colours of the leaves turn from lush green to shades of gold, you know it is time to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden!

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Vice, Dice, and Opium Pipes. Sins of the City Walking Tour

The Vancouver Police Museum's tour takes you on a sinful journey into Vancouver's sinful past. Explore the early vices of our city's citizens, from saloon to brothels, racial tensions turned bloody, gambling dens, and city wide corruption

Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | History

Reclaiming our Womb with Candace Hill (Brown Bear Woman)

We are at a critical time in our human story. It's been told by many teachers spanning the globe, that the time has come to reconnect with the sacredness of the feminine, in order to go forward in healing ourselves and our relationship with all creation,

Surrey | Aboriginal Head Start Preschool | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Harvest Haus 2017! The Duelling Arts

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. Bad Genius

Ceaselessly entertaining… a relentless, high-octane caper.

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 6:30 pm to 1:00 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Faces Places

If Faces Places is Agnès Varda’s last film, it’s a profoundly moving and absolutely essential farewell…Funny, life-affirming, and altogether wonderful

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Film

Fright Nights

Don’t come alone! It’s our favourite time of fear. Experience the freaky, terrifying and much less cheerful doppelganger of Playland, Fright Nights, select nights October 6 through 31

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

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

An Evening with The Rat Pack

The legendary Rat Pack lived and died the high life of booze, broads and bright lights, always projecting a sense of detachment and serenity

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

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 | Theatre

54-40

54-40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver, British Columbia, who take their name from the slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!,...

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Friday Night Live

Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Marinella & Antonis Remos Live in Vancouver

The time has arrived! Greek Concerts West is proud to present Marinella & Antonis Remos Live in Vancouver on October 6, 2017! This show will be a mixture of modern and classic music

Vancouver | Hellenic Community of Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

VSO Pops: Terra & Beyond, with Chris Hadfield and Danny Michel

Share Colonel Chris Hadfield’s viewpoint “Beyond the Terra,” with music and inspiring images from the International Space Station. As a special guest, Chris welcomes singer/songwriter Danny Michel

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

Trio Da Kali

Caravan launches its 18th season with sublime and powerful music from Mali, co-presented with the Rogue Folk Club. Trio Da Kali is a group of outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali

Vancouver | St. James Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Lost Souls of Gastown - Vancouver Walking Tour

The Lost Souls of Gastown is a Gothic Theatre Adventure, based on Vancouver's earliest and darkest history. Please do not expect a conventional walking tour or a ghost tour

Vancouver | Starting in Cathedral Square, Richards at Dunsmuir | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Set in Victorian England, Bram Stoker’s immortal tale is re-told with sisters Mina and Lucy awaiting their heart’s desires, while Mina’s fiancé visits the mysterious Dracula’s castle, and Renfield howls for her master from Bedlam asylum...

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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 | 8:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Theatre

Thanks for Giving By Kevin Loring

Premiere Granville Island Stage. Comedy with lots to chew on

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

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

Hyperlink

Hyperlink is the act of jumping from space to space, always exploring new territory but often not staying still for long enough to truly connect. Does our crafted online persona match who we are in real life?

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

TheatreSports™ - Laugh Til Your Face Hurts

Razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of players are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Pop Junkies

The Pop Junkies are well known on the West Coast as both a wildly entertaining band with a huge repertoire…

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free

Spirit Cool

Always Live. Armed with only an acoustic guitar, Spirit is one of the most multi-talented, entertaining, intriguing and captivating one-person performers of original, new Top 40, Pop, and classic songs.

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free

Gorgon City - Celebrities

Exploring innovative approaches to deep, crossover club music, Gorgon City presents ‘Kingdom’ at StereotypeFridays!

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

Foolish - Every Friday at The Biltmore Cabaret

Every third Friday at The Biltmore Cabaret Platinum era hip hop and r&b (96-09’)

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Ok Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy

Our 17+ show is 60 minutes of fast-paced, no-holds-barred comedy looking at the good, bad and the laughable of Vancouver’s dating scene

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 0:15 am | Show