Metro Vancouver events on November 8, 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

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

Circle Craft Market 2017

Generations of locals and visitors have attended and enjoyed a Market where they come face to face with fine BC and Canadian artisans and their work

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Market

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

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

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

Gentle Yoga - Fall

Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body

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

Exhibition: Worlds of Wonders

Worlds of Wonder is an exhibition that will be held at the Deer Lake Art Gallery featuring the works of Nancie Green, Lynne Fahnestalk

Burnaby | Deer Lake Gallery | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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. Aventa Ensemble

Victoria’s Aventa Ensemble is recognized as one of Canada’s finest musical ambassadors

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

Surrey Celebrates Canada 150. Garden Light Festival at Bear Creek Park

Come on out for some free family entertainment! The trails and the trees will be illuminated for two nights this year.

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Victoria Symphony

Don’t miss a rare Vancouver appearance by the incredible Victoria Symphony when they perform a craft-curated program of contemporary music from around the world

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

Book Launch: Hunting the Northern Character by Tony Penikett

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the North, whether student or scholar, northern or southerner, concerned citizen or policy maker

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Books

LIT: 2017 Culture Crawl Preview Exhibit

To celebrate this year's Crawl, the Eastside Culture Crawl Society is mounting a multi-venue salon-style exhibition titled LIT at the Arts Factory, Cultch, Firehall Arts Centre and Alternative Creations Gallery

Vancouver | The Cultch | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

LIT: 2017 Culture Crawl Preview Exhibit - Alternative Creations Gallery

To celebrate this year's Crawl, the Eastside Culture Crawl Society is mounting a multi-venue salon-style exhibition titled LIT at the Arts Factory, Cultch, Firehall Arts Centre and Alternative Creations Gallery

Vancouver | Alternative Creations Gallery | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

LIT: 2017 Culture Crawl Preview Exhibit at Firehall Arts Centre

To celebrate this year's Crawl, the Eastside Culture Crawl Society is mounting a multi-venue salon-style exhibition titled LIT at the Arts Factory, Cultch, Firehall Arts Centre and Alternative Creations Gallery

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

Annisquam Peace at Boston Pizza Grandview

Paint Nite is invading bars and restaurants near you with everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. We’ll guide you and your friends through two lively hours of creativity, drinking, and laughing ‘til your cheeks hur

Vancouver | Grandview Boston Pizza | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Visual Arts

Great Herbal Gifts for the Holidays

Looking for that perfect homemade gift from the garden? Join Claire for an evening of discovering gift ideas for everyone on your list!

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop

Children of Bodom - 20 Years Down & Dirty

Children of Bodom is a Finnish extreme metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho, Janne Wirman, Henkka Seppälä, Jaska Raatikainen and Daniel Freyberg

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

When recalling Link Wray’s shivering guitar classic, “Rumble,” Martin Scorsese marvels, “It is the sound of that guitar . . . the aggression

North Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Floral Art Show and Open House

Enjoy a display of floral art at The Capilano Flower Arranging Club's Open House

North Vancouver | Delbrook Community Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Sea Level Rise - The Big Picture

Sea Level Rise and what it means to coastal BC and Metro Vancouver featuring Angela Danyluk, City of Vancouver

Vancouver | SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Two Views from the Sylvia

Two Views from the Sylvia is an exciting new musical theatre show comprised of two original one-act plays about The Sylvia Hotel

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:15 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

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

Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles

Annerin Productions and Jeff Parry Promotions bring you the show that you never got to see The Beatles perform.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

2018 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Ski Show 1

The Rio Theatre is happy be one of the hosting venues for The Vancouver International Mountain Festival again this year. Sylvain Saudan, extreme skiing pioneer and “Skier of the Impossible” joins VIMFF for a special evening with films and discussions of h

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Film

2018 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Reel Rock 12

This November, get ready for climbing’s greatest stories, stars, and sends. Reel Rock 12 premieres five new short films that will deliver heart-thumping action, big laughs, and pure inspiration

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Film

ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Closing Concert: a kind of magic. Music for Solo Piano

Join us for the ISCM World New Music Days 2017 closing concert and hear four of Canada’s greatest musical talents on one stage

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Vancouver international Mountain Film Festival: Fall Speaker Series

The Vancouver international Mountain Film Festival returns with epic tales of extreme endurance and adventure

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

King Charles III By Mike Bartlett

The Jovial Political Satire - Long Live The King?

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Theatre

Wives and Daughters by Jacqueline Firkins

Wives and Daughters, a charming romp of love convoluted by hidden desires and expectations, showcases our uber-talented BFA Actors and their design colleagues from the BFA Theatre Design and Production programs

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

Sink or Swim

If you liked the 2014 Pick of Vancouver Fringe …didn’t see that coming, you’ll love the prequel, Sink or Swim. Singer, actress, and singular talent Beverley Elliott (Once Upon A Time) is thrilled to be back with brand new stories and songs

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Mayday: Life WORLD Tour. 五月天 [人生無限公司] 北美巡迴 - 溫哥華

Mayday, is a Taiwanese band that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, Ashin, Monster and Stone, Masa and Guan You

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

House Party - An Open Improv Jam

Instant Theatre proudly presents House Party! An open improv jam where students, performers, and brand new audience members can perform together!

Vancouver | Instant Studio | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party | Free

Theater Crossing Presents: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Watch as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull “respectable” life in 1888 Victorian London, creates a formula to unleash his inner bestial nature, transforming him into the brutish but oddly compassionate Edward Hyde

Vancouver | Kitsilano Neighbourhood House | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh

Brothers Coleman and Valene can’t seem to co-exist without sudden outbreaks of violence over the pettiest concerns

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