Metro Vancouver events on October 10, 2017
October 10, 2017
Tue
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
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
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
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Hotel Salvation
An Indian comedy full of emotional depth and understated paradox
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:45 pm to 3:45 pm | Film
Freedom Singer
Urban Ink presents a new documentary theatre piece that was inspired by the journey of singer-songwriter Khari Wendell McClelland in retracing his great-grandmother’s steps to escaping slavery in the U.S.
Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Sami Blood
The indigenous Sami of northern Scandinavia have been labelled "inferior" throughout modern history.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Film
A Tribute to Elvis in Concert featuring Pete Paquette and Chris Connor
Back by popular demand! Paquette Productions is proud to announce the return of one of the most successful Elvis shows of the year
Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
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 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
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 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
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
Mom's the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty
A new generation of laughs! From the world-renowned creative team behind the Mom’s the Word series comes a new chapter in their stories of family and fracas.
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI is an Italian pianist and composer. He trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan and under composer Luciano Berio in the early 1980s
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 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
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
The Goblin Market. The Dust Palace (New Zealand)
Eat fruit. Love lust. An adults only, contemporary circus retelling following two sisters, their temptation, sacrifice, and salvation. Delicious circus precariously balanced with gritty performances and candid storytelling
Vancouver | York Theatre | 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
Freedom Singer
Urban Ink presents a new documentary theatre piece that was inspired by the journey of singer-songwriter Khari Wendell McClelland in retracing his great-grandmother’s steps to escaping slavery in the U.S.
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The Workshop
brilliantly conceived drama tackles subjects like joblessness, the spate of recent terrorist attacks, the rise of the far right and religious radicalization, but it does so using tropes found in the most crackling of thrillers
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film