Metro Vancouver events on October 9, 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

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

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

Halloween: Pumpkin Express

Delight in the crafts and activities under the tent on the platform, See your child's face light up with pleasure as they design the perfect pumpkin mask and play the Halloween games

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Kids

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

Thanksgiving Toonie Skate

Join us for family-friendly activities and ice skating.

Burnaby | Kensington Recreation Complex | 11:30 am to 3:00 pm | Family

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. BLUE

Being immersed in the worlds of individuals like these is an unforgettable and galvanizing experience. It’s pretty incredible armchair travelling, too!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 12:15 am to 1:40 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Human Flow

This stunningly cinematic documentary, reminiscent of the work of Edward Burtynsky, chronicles the staggering breadth of the global refugee crisis with uncommon insight and empathetic artistry

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. At the End of the Tunnel

An expertly paced caper film with enough twists and turns to keep audiences in a heightened state of suspense

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Paradox

Efficiently sleek actioner… Surprising as often as it is conventional

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 1:30 pm to 3:10 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Chavela

A towering figure in Mexican pop music, Chavela Vargas was both a myth and a cypher.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:15 pm to 4:10 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The Party

a deliciously heightened, caviar-black comedy… played with relish by a dream ensemble

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Thelma

Trier’s movie is a suspenseful mystery, a tender love story, and a terrifying vision of wickedness

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

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

Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker. Missing Link Tour

New York-based Australian producer & musician Nick Murphy has announced Missing Link, a new collection of tracks that bridge the sonic shift between Chet Faker and Nick Murphy

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at the Commodore Ballroom

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian psychedelic rock band that formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Skinner, Eric Moore, and Michael Cavanagh

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Loveless

This is a story of modern Russia whose people are at the mercy of implacable forces, a loveless world like a planet without the full means to support human life

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:15 pm to 11:30 pm | Film