Metro Vancouver events on November 23, 2017
November 23, 2017
Thu
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
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
Holiday Watercolour Cards
Paint your own unique watercolour greeting cards using poinsettia, holly and berries as your festive still life subjects
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Visual Arts
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
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Classical Concert Series: La Modestine
Our popular Classical Concert Series continues year-round, and features fine performances by renowned performers every Thursday morning
West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Music
Vancouver Christmas Market
A beloved holiday tradition for locals and visitors alike, the 8th Annual Vancouver Christmas Market returns to its expansive seaside home at Jack Poole Plaza
Vancouver | Vancouver Christmas Market | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Women Against MS Luncheon
The Women Against MS Luncheon is an annual networking event in support of one of Canada’s leading health charities, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Vancouver | Fairmont Hotel | 11:30 am to 2:30 pm | Business / Finance
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
Christmas at Canada Place
Capture the spirit of the season at Canada Place! Join us in celebrating the 30th annual Christmas at Canada Place presented by the Port of Vancouver
Vancouver | Canada Place | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Family
SFU Puppy Therapy - Burnaby Campus
Add some self-care into your study routine and make time for an afternoon of canine cuddles
Burnaby | Simon Fraser University | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals
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
Julie Lebel & Shay Kuebler at Dance In Vancouver
Tricoter re-creates the spirit of a knitting circle. The dance winds and unwinds through and around the public who are arranged in the round. Yarn is integrated into the choreography and weaves an architecture that links public and place to the dancer
Vancouver | SFU Woodwards Atrium | 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm | Dance | Free
Raven Spirit Dance Hosts: IndigeDIV
IndigeDIV is an Indigenous led dance and conversation series hosted by Raven Spirit Dance Society congruent with the The Dance Centre's biennial Dance in Vancouver (DIV)
Vancouver | Vancouver International Film Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Dance | Free
Tanya Lukin Linklater Keynote + Meaningful Engagement: IndigeDIV
IndigeDIV is a dance and conversation series held on Indigenous Creative Territory. Keynote with Tanya Lukin Linklater
Vancouver | Vancouver International Film Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Performing Arts
Kurios 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 | 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Show
27th Annual Festival of Trees
Looking for a way to promote your business during the Christmas rush? Want a fun, team-building activity for your co-workers? Ready to kick off the holiday season with a festive event?
Langley | Newlands Golf & Country Club | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Party
Beyond the Blues: Hidden Depression in Children & Youth
The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre brings you our Pinwheel Education Series event to acknowledge Beyond the Blues Education Days which is to learn more about what mental health actually looks like
Vancouver | The Chan Centre Auditorium Child & Family Research Institute Building | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
DIY Protest Craft Workshop
Prepare for the trenches and front lines of your next street protest with our three craft workshop stations. Guaranteed to have you primed for your next social justice assembly, march or protest
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Cosmic Nights: Science of Science Fiction
Which came first? The science or the science fiction? Quite often they inspire each other and tonight we'll explore the real science between finding extraterrestrial worlds, and the potential for finding life!
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
23 Make it pop! Quiz – Nerd Alert
The battle lines are drawn! It’s time for Make it pop! Quiz - Nerd Alert. This month it’s revenge of the nerds and we’re looking to find the biggest geeks
Vancouver | The Railway | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show | Free
Princess Nokia at Celebrities - 2 Shows
A force to be reckoned with in the New York hip-hop scene, Harlem native Princess Nokia joins us on Thursday, November 23rd for an all ages early show & a 19+ late show
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Arch Enemy and Trivium
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup, from Halmstad, formed in 1996
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
A Better Man: Actions Matter
Join Reel Causes for the Vancouver Premiere of the NFB’s gripping documentary "A Better Man" in support of We Can BC and Battered Women’s Support Services
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Film
Disney On Ice: Follow Your Heart
Follow your heart straight to adventure at Disney On Ice!
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Winona Wilde Album Release
Live in the WISE Lounge presents Winona Wilde.
Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
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
Musica in casa with Katz, Bélanger & Smith
Musica in casa - A series of intimate house concerts in support of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's fundraising efforts
Vancouver | West Point Grey | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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
Mockingjay: The Musical - A Hunger Games Musical
Good things come in threes... even angst filled dystopian musicals with kicky pop tunes. Mockingjay: The Musical concludes the adventures of Katniss Everdeen as she joins the rebels of District 13 in taking down President Snow and the Capitol
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Little Mermaid - The pantomime
Young Calypso is obsessed with the world above the waves. This causes problems in the undersea world ruled by the sea witch Ursula, especially since Calypso is a mermaid.
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Action At a Distance
A special Celebrate Canada 150+ event, this performance will take place at Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
The Story of My Life: The Broadway Musical
The Story of My Life is a musical with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, and a book by Brian Hill and will be told concert style with minimal props, sets, or lighting
Vancouver | Canadian Music Centre in BC | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
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
Hrajme Pikle presented by Theatre Around the Corner
Theatre Around the Corner invites you to a “world premiere” of the original play (by Nora Linhart) "Game On!" with the original music, lyrics and songs (by Jirka Vanourek)
Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 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
Sleeping Beauty
The classic fairytale comes to life as a brand new, fun for all ages, non-traditional pantomime!
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
School Contemporary Arts Faculty Series: Henry Daniel - nómadas
Henry Daniel's latest work, nómadas is an audio/video installation and live performance that takes inspiration from the current large-scale movements of bodies across international spaces
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
A charming, almost-magical tapestry of the joys and perils of romance, set in one night in a small town in Maine
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
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 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
JFL Northwest Presents Drew Lynch
Drew Lynch is a stand-up comedian known for his severe stutter. He appeared on the tenth season of America's Got Talent and finished in second place
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
The New Conformity
An award winning theatrical social commentary packed with high level circus skills. Smashing the audience’s preconceptions of the juggling arts, The New Conformity uses juggling as the background of a touching story with engaging silent characters and lau
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
The Shipment
SpeakEasy Theatre presents the West Coast Canadian premiere of Young Jean Lee’s provocative play; The Shipment
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
The Society for the Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius
First up is the world premiere production of The Society for the Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius—our commissioned adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus by two-time Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Colleen Murphy
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
In Circulation
Enjoy the dance works of Company 605. In Circulation is a mixed program of Company 605’s current repertoire, consisting of excerpts from two recent full-length works, Albatross and Vital Few, as well as the premiere of a brand new short piece
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Dance Centre presents the 11th biennial Dance In Vancouver. Ziyian Kwan - dumb instrument Dance + Meredith Kalaman
The 11th biennial Dance In Vancouver celebrates the energy and innovation of our contemporary dance scene: join us for four days of performances, showcasing some of British Columbia’s most exciting companies and artists
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
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
Honky Tonk Angels
A musical comedy by the creator of Always...Patsy Cline. First Impressions Theatre’s production of Honky Tonk Angels will be a welcome chance to hear this repertory, up close and real personal!
North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 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