Metro Vancouver events on October 12, 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

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

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

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

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

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Sami Blood

The indigenous Sami of northern Scandinavia have been labelled "inferior" throughout modern history.

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 11:15 am to 1:15 pm | Film

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

Discover Dance! Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Our popular noon series offers informative and inspiring shows by BC-based dance companies which combine performance, question-and-answer sessions with the artists, and sometimes even audience participation

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Dance

Chigiri-e Paper Art: ‘Fall’ in Love

Chigiri-e is a Japanese art form using pieces of hand-dyed washi paper to create beautiful and detailed images

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts

October Book Club Meeting

Join us for coffee, snacks and literary chat as the Coquitlam Heritage Historical Book Cub meets to discuss The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free

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

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Garden Store: Family Friend

Family Friend achieves an exquisite balance between comedy and drama

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:45 pm to 5:45 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

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Holy Air

A winningly satiric comedy that’s as tenderhearted as it is sly...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 4:00 pm to 5:20 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Dina

Alternately comic and tragic and best when it’s both at once, Dina humanizes a world of people who were only dehumanized because we allowed them to be

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. King of Peking

A must-see gem of a comedy… King of Peking is set in China’s capital 20 years ago, in the summer of 1997, just as the mainland was reunited with Hong Kong

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 6:15 pm to 7:50 pm | Film

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 | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:45 pm to 8:10 pm | Film

Barkley Night in Canada, An Evening with Gary Robbins and Ethan Newberry

World Premiere of Ethan Newberry’s Barkley film, followed by Q&A.

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Pampered Networking

The golf course isn’t the only place to do business in a casual setting. The new spot to network with colleagues and clients is the spa!

Surrey | Drift Away Medi Spa | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo

The 4th annual Vancouver Halloween Parade and Expo brings you four days of arts, cosplay, comics, anime, films and games plus a grand Halloween parade of your favorite superheroes and super naturals!

Vancouver | UBC Robson Square | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: Ramada Stage

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: Steam Whistle Cabaret Stage

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:30 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

Burton Cummings – Up Close and Alone

Burton Lorne Cummings, OC OM is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Burton is the former lead singer and keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 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

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

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

Viva - Bright Young Theatre and Aenigma Theatre

A contemporary ode to unconditional love. Viva follows two strangers, Alice and Graeme, whose lives become intertwined over the course of one night in Las Vegas

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim

Set at the turn of the last century in Sweden, A Little Night Music interweaves a tangled web of former and current lovers. A Little Night Music is full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

R.L Grime

Blue Print Live Presents RL Grime Nova Tour

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

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

The Dance Centre presents Compañia Sharon Fridman

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Compañia Sharon Fridman - Hasta Dónde…? + All Ways

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

唱遊中日韓歌唱比賽 Explore China, Japan & Korea Singing Contest

Singers of Chinese, Japanese or Korean songs are invited to join the singing contest. The winner in each language category will have a chance to travel to China, Japan or Korea. All finalists will perform on stage with a live orchestra at the River Rock S

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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. 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 | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: OK TINDER - With International Guests!

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

#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

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 | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 9:30 pm to 11:50 pm | Film