Metro Vancouver events on November 21, 2017

St. Paul’s Hospital Continuing Medical Education Conference for Primary Care Physicians

This annual conference in primary care medicine provides an opportunity to refresh your knowledge about, and enthusiasm for, primary care medicine

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture

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

Anonymous Art Show 2017 at the CityScape Community Art Space

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council & CityScape Community Art Space are very excited to announce the 13th Annual “Anonymous Art Show”

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Alchemy of Group Facilitation

Finding meaningful and enduring solutions to real-life problems demands engagement with multiple interests across many lines of difference

Vancouver | SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture

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

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

Crimson: Modern Culture through Artists’ Eyes

In collaboration with the Battle of the Brush, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden presents Crimson: Modern Culture through Artists’ Eyes, a two-phrase exhibition that shows the collective work of sixteen Vancouver-based artists

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 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

Dundarave Festival of Lights 2017 at Dundarave Park

The annual Dundarave Festival of Lights kicks off with on November 18th

West Vancouver | Dundarave Park | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

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

25toLife Presents: Carnival for a Cause

Carnival for a Cause will be an exciting event full of interactive games, prizes, and refreshments. It will be hosted at SFU Burnaby’s Convocation Mall on November 21st from 12pm-4pm and all proceeds will go directly to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Burnaby | SFU Burnaby | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Open Learning Week

Explore how SFU Vancouver is transforming the landscape of urban education through cutting-edge research, social innovation and contemporary arts

Vancouver | SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre | 12:00 am to 7:00 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

Empty Homes Tax information session

Learn how to make your declaration. If you own a home in Vancouver, you are required to make an Empty Homes Tax property status declaration by February 2, 2018.

Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 12:15 am to 1:15 pm | Business / Finance | Free

Sink Or Swim

An evening of song and story with Beverley Elliott from ABC Television’s hit series Once Upon a Time. Beverley Elliott last graced the Gateway Studio in 2015 with her smash hit cabaret show …didn’t see that coming.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre

Casual Saturdays: The Improv Drop-In by Instant Theatre

Join our amazing faculty and cast members for the Casual Saturdays Drop-in workshop! If you're a beginner or intermediate improvisational performer and looking for more rehearsal opportunities, our Casual Saturdays workshop is for you!

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop

Open house Alexander Street Bikeway

Drop into an open house to meet with project staff, learn about the recommended design options and provide your feedback

Vancouver | Vancouver Japanese Language School | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health

ExpoPlaza Latina 2017: Women in the Americas: Leading the Path to Innovation and Entrepreneurship

We are glad to present our next ExpoPlaza Latina event: “Women in the Americas: Leading the path to innovation and entrepreneurship (3rd Edition)”. The seminar is going to take place on November 21st in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver | 550 Burrard Street - Suite 2900 | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Autism Research Fundraising Dinner Pairing

Club Ilia and Central City Brewing are raising funds for Autism Research at SFU! Join us for a special partnered dinner pairing

Burnaby | Club Ilia | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Comor Buy NIght

It's that time of year again!!! As you all know, this season is going to be unreal. Cypress opens tomorrow, and Whistler is getting dumped on.

North Vancouver | 1445 Main St | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Active Life / Health

The Entrepreneurial Artist - Digital Marketing Essentials

Digital Marketing Essentials – a broad stroke overview of the elements involved to maximize your digital marketing efforts

Vancouver | Carousel Theatre for Young People | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Business / Finance

Death From Above with guests The Beaches

Death from Above is a Canadian punk rock duo from Toronto, Ontario. Death From Above have announced that their third full-length album Outrage!

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

Golden Ears Writers

If your artistic medium is the written word, join Golden Ears Writers for a series of adult events and workshops designed to build and nurture our local writing community

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free

Magical Evening of Dance & Illusions with OSLEN

Hosted by 溫哥華河石亞洲娛樂 River Rock Asian Entertainment

Surrey | Elements Casino | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Speaking of Dance Conversations: Marshall McLuhan and the Global Village: What effect is globalization having on the arts in Van

Free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it within culture and society. Speaking of Dance is a platform for everyone to share and develop their observation and interpretation of dance

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

First produced by the Firehall in the ‘90’s, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth, will make you laugh and cry as Taylor creates the story of the impact of the 60’s scoop-up of native children on one family.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Jazz @ the Smith

"Minemoto, Danderfer & Coon" Join us for a cabaret-style evening of contemporary Canadian jazz music

North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Pi's AGM and Cocktail Party!

Come join Pi on November 21st for a quick AGM followed by great conversations, snacks and sensational cocktails! We're heading back to our friends at The Emerald, and you know their cocktails just can't be beat!

Vancouver | The Emerald | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Sing Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – December 1963

Sing... Dig Down by MUSE in East Van & Kitsilano and December 1963 (Oh What A Night!) by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons in North Van!

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Coming Up for Air at the Kay Meek Centre

Written by Orwell in 1938 and published in 1939, Coming Up for Air captures pre-war anxiety, tension between nostalgia and progress and deals with similar political and societal themes of Orwell’s masterwork 1984

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Debaters

Part standup, part quiz show and part comedy competition, this long running CBC Radio audience favourite is always hilarious

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

Assemblée générale annuelle

Notre saison 2016-2017 a été riche en défis et succès, et il est maintenant temps pour nous de vous en présenter le bilan.

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Satellites

This play is a dark comedy about betrayal and loneliness in a city that has started to lose its identity, where characters orbit each other looking for connection and ultimately, love

Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Sink Or Swim By Beverley Elliott

An evening of song and story with Beverley Elliott from ABC Television’s hit series Once Upon a Time. Beverley Elliott last graced the Gateway Studio in 2015 with her smash hit cabaret show …didn’t see that coming.

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

Coco Love: Live

Coco Love Alcorn and her band are coming back to the Rio Theatre in Vancouver! They’ll be joined on stage by 6 local choirs over the 2 nights

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 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

Kid Cudi - Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ Tour

American recording artist Kid Cudi takes the stage at the PNE Forum on November 21. Kid Cudi has released six solo albums to date. His current tour features his latest album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Improvisando! And Friends

Improvisando! and Friends invite you to a night of Music, Improv and Comedy. Our special guests are "Channel Moonbeam Improv Sing-Song Learning Storytime"

Vancouver | XYYVR | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy | Free

Studio 58 presents: Wilderness

Wilderness is an innovative new multimedia theatre piece that explores our collective search for connection and hope, as families grapple with the extraordinary pressures and complexities that accompany ‘coming of age’ in the 21st Century

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities by Cirque du Soleil

Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. Suddenly, the visible becomes invisible, perspectives are transformed, and the world is literally turned upsi

Vancouver | Concord Pacific Place | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show