Metro Vancouver events on October 11, 2018

Kevin Schmidt - exhibition

Kevin Schmidt is a British Columbia–based artist whose multidisciplinary practice embodies the do-it-yourself sensibilities of an amateur inventor

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

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? - exhibition

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? is an exhibition that presents the performance art and ongoing collaborations of Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin

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

4th Annual Scarecrow Festival

Art's Nursery's 4th Annual Scarecrow Festival is a fun, family-friendly community event in support of three local charities: OWL (Orphaned Wildlife) Rehab Society, Inclusion Langley Society, and The Versatiles

Surrey | Art's Nursery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Diwali in B.C.

An annual multicultural, multi-disciplinary, inclusive festival which aims to showcase artists from diverse backgrounds and different abilities to celebrate the festival of lights during the annual Indian New Year

Vancouver | Various venues across British Columbia | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival

EXchanges Series: Voice & Movement Workshop with Gabriel Dharmoo

Learn the art of voice and sound through an immersive workshop with diverse Montreal-based voice artist Gabriel Dharmoo

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Workshop

The 20th Vancouver International Improv Festival

The 20th Vancouver International Improv Festival (VIIF) runs October 10-13th on Granville Island and beyond!

Vancouver | 610 E. 13th Avenue | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival 2018 BY The Rio Theatre

VIFF continued to expand the frame by presenting an expansive Films+ program giving filmmakers, musicians and audiences a chance to be inspired by some of the world’s leading creators. We can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

Studio Showing: Joe Ink

Artist-in-Residence: Joe Laughlin/Joe Ink

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Girl Rising - Vancouver

One special day. Six Canadian cities. 600 Canadian women. One thought-provoking documentary. One powerful global movement to empower 130 million girls

Vancouver | Settlement Building | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Woodward's Community Singers Fall 2018 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Shaping Vancouver 2018: Change in Living Communities - False Creek South

Shaping Vancouver 2018: Contested Places Conversation #2: Change in Living Communities - False Creek South

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

Fusion Ensemble: A Course for Intermediate Level Musicians

This course will offer unique opportunities to musicians and singers to expand the horizons of your art forms

Vancouver | VSO School of Music | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

Cirque du Soleil - CORTEO

The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Cayla Brooke - Journey to Divalicious

Take a Journey to Divalicious with talented Vancouver singer Cayla Brooke!

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

The Piano Teacher

Erin, a concert pianist, hasn’t touched a piano since her husband died. As Elaine, a piano teacher, gently reacquaints Erin with her instrument, other life changes follow. A simple update to Erin’s home, for instance, brings the unexpected companionship o

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Upintheair Theatre: A Brief History of Human Extinction

There’s something alive outside the facility, and it would very much like to come in..

Vancouver | Historic Theatrehttp: | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets

Nick Lowe: English singer-songwriter, musician and producer, his new 4 song EP “Tokyo Bay”​ ​features Los Straitjackets as his backing band

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Navratri Festival 2018

Are you ready for NAVRATRI 2018? It's that time of the year that we all wait for! Join us at Crystal at York in Surrey, BC for authentic garba and raas, delicious and free Gujarati food and the most fun you will have this year!

Surrey | Crystal At York | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Testosterone

A funny, fearless, and spectacle-filled exploration of identity, masculinity, and digging deep to find the person within

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Diwali in BC: SACHA - A Vancouver Guldusta

A Vancouver Guldasta is an examination of common experience, identifying home, and processing trauma

Vancouver | Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

Vagabond Players: The Haunting of Hill House

Cut off from the outside world by its remote location and shunned by all who know its forbidding and sinister reputation, Hill House has remained empty and silent except for the daily visits of its grumbling caretaker, Mrs. Dudley

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

I Know What I Saw

A party. An argument. A fight. A tragedy. Everybody’s sure of what they saw, but nobody’s really sure of what happened. This fall’s Risky Nights offering looks at the idea of truth, and examines how each person’s biases and assumptions colour their worldv

Vancouver | Studio 58 Langara College | 8:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

GroundUp feat. Flow - A Tribute to Sade

Flow is a tribute band of Vancouver musicians Krystle Dos Santos, Richard Craven, Terry Williams, Michael Aihoshi. and Emerson Tanaka

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 9:30 pm to 0:30 am | Music