Metro Vancouver events on November 3, 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 | North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Temporary Exhibit: Turf Wars

Turf Wars: 30 years of Vancouver’s Gang Crime Unit and its in-depth crime syndicate investigations

Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

Sunshine Frère: cache cache Exhibition

Vancouver-based artist Sunshine Frère’s captivating solo exhibition cache cache invites visitors embrace the fading present and explore the dark uncertainty of the future

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Botanical Illustration

Learn how to draw plants from an aesthetic and botanical perspective while improving your observation and artistic skills

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

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. WolfGANG

From November 2-8, 2017, Canada welcomes the world as Vancouver hosts the ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Music with a wild side. Get ready to hear the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s musicians in a whole new way

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Music

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

Exhibition: Andrew Dadson

The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Driftwood Percussion

From November 2-8, 2017, Canada welcomes the world as Vancouver hosts the ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Experience the Roundhouse’s Exhibition Hall as never before with the premiere performance by Vancouver’s newest ensemble

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free

Genre Workout by Instant Theatre

Explore the world of genre at Instant Theatre, with a new and different genre work out every month! Expand your skills and knowledge of tropes and forms as our instructors take you through a four hour workshop intensive

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

CINQ À SEPT

Cinq à Sept \ sank-ah-set \ a french term for a social gathering that takes place after work and before dinner with great art, music, food, drink and you.

Burnaby | Deer Lake Gallery | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music | Free

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Bozzini Quartet

Witness one of Canada’s hottest musical exports. Bozzini Quartet is known for showing us “what’s next.”

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2017

Celebrating Diversity in Film. 21st Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film

Prohibition

Enjoy a shot of beer with a splash of history at the Steveston Interurban Tram. Surround yourself with live jazz music while tasting a selection of beers from the Britannia Brewing Company and nibbling on light refreshments

Richmond | Steveston Interurban Tram Building | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | History

Odesza - 2017 A Moment Apart Tour, With Special Guests: Sofi Tukker, Kasbo

Odesza is an American electronic music duo from Seattle consisting of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight. The group was formed in 2012 shortly before Mills and Knight graduated from Western Washington University

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Friday Night Dance

Drop-in Lessons and Practice Dances at The ACT Arts Centre. These dances are a fun way to learn new dance styles or practice what you’ve already learned, see old friends and make new ones

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Fabulous First Friday

You are invited to join our fabulous friends and neighbours for an evening of live music, socializing and fun!

North Vancouver | Parkgate Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Stylus Fantasticus - Virtuoso flights of Fancy from the 17th Century

The fantastic style is… the most free and unrestrained method of composing… bound to nothing, neither to words nor melodic subject. It was to display genius and to teach the hidden design of harmony…

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

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

Port Coquitlam | Terry Fox Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Vancouver New Music String Orchestra & Vancouver Electronic Ensemble

Progressive and outstanding new music. This concert, led by visionary composer/conductor Giorgio Magnanensi, runs the gamut from the beauty of acoustic strings to the edginess of new electronics

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vancouver New Music presents New Works for String Orchestra + VEE

This fall, we welcome the world to Vancouver for ISCM World New Music Days 2017! As part of the celebration, VNM presents a selection of recent works for string orchestra by four composers, representing four different countries

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Orfeo ed Euridice

One of Gluck's most beloved works, this exquisite opera explores the power of music and love in our lives

Vancouver | UBC Old Auditorium | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera

B3 For Bunny: From New York, Akiko Tsuruga feat. Joe Magnarelli

The legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith describes her this way: "Akiko's playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world. Akiko is here to stay."

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Music

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

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Dial M for Murder

This play, which inspired the classic Alfred Hitchcock film starring Grace Kelly, weaves an ever tightening web of danger and deception

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Gino Vannelli

Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli first made a name for himself in the ‘70’s after moving from his native Montreal to Los Angeles where he signed with A&M Records.

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

Ballet BC Presents: Program 1

We open this season with an evening of visual storytelling by two celebrated dance artists: Choreographer Cayetano Soto and Johan Inger

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance

Honour’: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan. Dipti Mehta (New York)

Honour’: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan is a testament to the humanity and lives of sex workers; a mother’s plea for her daughter’s life and her honour; a story of the struggles of an unlikely family.

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts

Canada, It’s Complicated

Canada, It’s Complicated is a dynamic, innovative new production created by Mary Walsh

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

Missing - A World Premiere Chamber Opera

Missing is the latest commission by City Opera Vancouver. Set in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, it is a story of two young women, one indigenous and one white

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera

Jesus Christ Superstar

URP is thrilled to return with an all new production of this Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice classic. The energy and excitement of a rock concert will combine with the drama of Christ’s final days as only URP could do

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Performing Arts

Roadside Vigil

It’s been 15 years since the tragic and untimely death of Vivian’s sister Kate at the age of 17. Both Vivian and their mother, Reagan, are deeply haunted by these memories.

North Vancouver | The Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles are a Canadian electronic music group formed in 2006 in Toronto, Ontario by founding members songwriter/producer Ethan Kath and songwriter/vocalist Alice Glass. Current band members consist of Ethan Kath and Edith Frances

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 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

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

Clue-Less: The Improvised Murder Mystery!

Mrs.Peacock in the pantry with poison. Mr.Black in the Billiards room with a blunderbass. Miss Scarlett in the scullery with a scalpel. Six suspects. Seven rooms. Eight weapons. No Clue. Help us solve a murder and catch the perpatrator...it could be you

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Live at the Bolt: The Fever Cabaret

The Fever Cabaret will conjure a theatrical atmosphere that seduces and intoxicates

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Join us for a great time “again” as we remount Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in November! Most of your favourites will be back!

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Show

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

King Charles III By Mike Bartlett

The Jovial Political Satire - Long Live The King?

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Roozbeh Nematollahi live in Vancouver

Roozbeh Nematollahi one of the best pop singer of Iran will perform his best hits live in Vancouver for the first time in a Canadian tour

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

6LACK

Ricardo Valdez Valentine, better known by his stage name 6LACK, is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his single "PRBLMS", which was released in June 2016

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

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

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

Soulmen

Here come the “SoulMen” and “Double Overtime”. A super high energy tribute act to - Soul - Rock & Roll - Rhythm & Blues - the Blues Brothers - and so much more. The calibre of the musicians means that they can really play anything

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

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Riot & Lori Freedman

John Korsrud’s musical response to the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot promises to be an uncompromising look at mob mentality, privilege, and culpability. Merging video footage and high energy music, Riot seeks to immerse one into the incomprehensible

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:15 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Fistful of Kicks : An Improvised Kung-Fu Spectacular

Join us for Fistful of Kicks, our improvised kung fu spectacular! Mashing up all of your favourite martial arts movies of yesteryear, this show will bring you all of the hard hitting fight scenes together with our signature epic storytelling for one hellu

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

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