Metro Vancouver events on November 6, 2017

American College of Veterinary Pathologists 2017 Annual Meeting

The American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) invite you to attend the 2017 Concurrent Annual Meeting! This meeting will be held November 4-8 at the Vancouver Convention Centre

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Business / Finance

Canadian Cancer Research Conference 2017

The Canadian Cancer Research Conference brings together the Canadian cancer research community for an agenda spanning the research spectrum

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

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

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

Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City

A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 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

Yin Yoga and Meditation

Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on stimulating the connective tissues of the body with the intention of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Turning Point Ensemble

How do we find honour in struggle? This world premiere performance from Vancouver composer Rita Ueda and librettist Rodney Robertson will present Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea as you’ve never heard it before

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Music

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Event and memory. Music for Solo Instruments

How do composers transform the beautifully simple voice of a solo instrument?

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Ladies Paint Nite!

Paint Nite Vancouver is coming back to Grandview Boston Pizza! Paint a beautiful picture over delicious cocktails & delectable food with friends. No need to be nervous about your artistic talents, as no experience is necessary!

Vancouver | Grandview Boston Pizza | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Food / Wine

Rio Grind Film Festival: Dead Shack (Filmmakers in Attendance!)

On a weekend getaway at a rundown cottage in the woods, a 14-year-old teen, his best friend, and his best friend’s older sister must work together to save their hard-partying parents from their predatory person in the cabin next to them

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Café Scientifique - Antibiotic Awareness: Do Bugs Need Drugs?

Antibiotic Awareness: Do Bugs Need Drugs? Join us for discussion and dessert as we explore the latest research and developments with professionals working to address the concerns of antibiotic resistance

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Canucks vs. Red Wings at Rogers Arena

Vancouver Canucks vs. Detroit Red Wings

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Ensemble contemporain de Montreal (ECM+) & Turning Point Ensemble

Exclusive to ISCM2017, two of Canada’s top ensembles share the stage for a concert of music from around the world

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Masterworks Diamond: The Dream of Gerontius

Elgar’s massive but deeply personal work, based on a Victorian poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman,

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Music

Sean Conroy - The World's Smallest Giant 2017 Tour

Member of UCB flagship show Asssscat for over 20 years, and multi-disciplined comedy tour-de-force, Sean Conroy (Conan, Comedy Central) performs a blistering set of stand-up at the Fox Cabaret

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Sinister Cinema Series: Lost Solace (Filmmakers in Attendance!)

Lost Solace (Chris Scheuerman, 2017 / 106 mins / 18A) After taking a new form of ecstasy, a psychopath goes through a mind-bending trip that makes him to feel and question his morality for the first time.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film