Metro Vancouver events on November 2, 2018

Art in the Hall - Watercolours by Wanru Kemp

The Ferry Building Gallery is pleased to showcase original watercolours and prints by Wanru Kemp in the Lower Atrium of the West Vancouver Municipal Hall

North Vancouver | West Vancouver Municipal Hall - Lower Atrium | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Janet Strayer: Flow Exhibition

Flow is a collection of abstract paintings expressing the constantly changing energies of geo-organic life. In this exhibition, Strayer seeks to capture the dynamic energies of land, sea, and sky, evoking landscapes, seascapes, clouds, and space

North Vancouver | District Foyer Gallery – North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: Debbie Tuepah - Salish Sea, J35 Less 1

Debbie Westergaard Tuepah is a Surrey-based visual artist who uses primarily yarn, paint, found, and readymade objects to consider the conceptual and embodied experience of information in relation to contemporary issues and events

North Vancouver | City Atrium Gallery, City of North Vancouver Municipal Hall | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Textile Narratives - Exhibition

Artists and communities have been using textiles to tell stories for thousands of years. Through weaving, repurposing, and stitching, textile prompts us to ask: Why was this made?

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

Syrus Marcus Ware's 2068: Touch Change Exhibition

Beginning 50 years in the future, this new exhibition by Toronto-based artist Syrus Marcus Ware proposes an archive whose ‘holdings’ act as a meeting ground for artists and activists across time and space

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Diwali Gala & Car Give Away 2018

The Times of Canada brings to you its 6th Annual Diwali Gala & Car Give Away 2018

Surrey | Bombay Banquet Hall | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Jane Bunnett & Maqueque

A critically acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter, JEFF MARTIN, has music and melody in his bloodlines. He is an artist that transcends typical musical genres, and his music is somewhat a healer for fans across the globe.

White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Surviving Samsara: Staged Reading and Talkback

Can madness ultimately deliver us from a mad world? This is one of many questions that artist Kagan Goh confronts in Surviving Samsara, a courageous and intimate work that delves deeply into one artist's experience of mental illness

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free

Gravity & Other Myths: Backbone

This international circus hit is a frenetic celebration of human interconnectedness that tests the limits of strength: physical, emotional, individual, and collective

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Show

Touch Change: A conversation between Syrus Marcus Ware and !Kona

Touch Change: A conversation between Syrus Marcus Ware and !Kona

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Inner Sanctuary: 5Rhythms & Embodiment w/ Bettina Rothe & Guests

Often we seek sanctuary in the outside world. We retreat, plan a get away and often simply ignore our need for resourcing. We invite you to seek sanctuary inside yourself: in your cathedral of skin and bones, in your body temple

Vancouver | Russian Hall | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Fabulous First Friday

Join us for Fabulous First Fridays featuring Nick Bubas & the fun seeking seniors of Parkgate for an evening of live music, socializing and dancing. Hosted by Katie & TEAM Fabulous

North Vancouver | Parkgate Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Archives After Hours: Night Life

An adult only glimpse into Surrey's historic nightlife

Surrey | Surrey Archives | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party

Winnipeg Comedy Festival Showcase & Auditions

Vancouver's best up-and-coming comics are showcasing for the organizers of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival live in the Comedy Basement at Goldies on Nov 2nd, auditioning for a chance to perform at the festival and a TV taping

Vancouver | Comedy Basement at Goldies | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

East End Blues & All That Jazz

East End Blues & All That Jazz, is a soul-stirring evening of gospel and blues, jazz and memories, and remarkable historical photos that pays tribute to the life and inspirational contributions of the historic East End Black residential community and the

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. Who will come out on top?

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

Ballet BC: Program 1

The 2018/19 season opens with an evening of riveting works. Following the success of Romeo + Juliet, we bring you returning favourite, Petite Cérémonie, by Medhi Walerski

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

2018 Modulus Festival: Walking in Beauty: a concert-ritual featuring Ensemble Variances

Music on Main’s Modulus Festival! Five days. Great music. This fall, don’t miss what the Georgia Straight calls “a fantastic gift to the city.”

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

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

Maple Ridge | 11944 Haney Place | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre: The Ones We Leave Behind

From the writer of the smash-hit Dirty Old Woman, comes a new play about the redemptive power of human connection

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

The Colorifics at The Heritage Grill

Come on out to New West and dance the night away with us!

New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Dance

The Believers Are But Brothers

A bold one-man show exploring the smoke and mirrors world of online extremism, anonymity, and hate speech

Vancouver | Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Surrey Little Theatre: Beer for Breakfast

A group of middle-aged buddies reunite for a "guys' weekend" in a snowed-in cabin to eat chili, drink beer, and relive the good old days. Despite divorce, unemployment, and a stroke, spirits are high until Jessie, the wife of absent friend Adrian, shows u

Surrey | Surrey Little Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Fused: The Epic Improv Team-up

Join us live at The Heritage Grill's Back Room Theatre (right outside of Columbia Skytrain Station) for New Westminster's premier improv show, where two exciting comedy troupes join up for a massive night of entertainment!

New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Indian Standard Time in concert: Don't be late!

"Indian Standard Time [is] a Surrey-based group of musicians’s musicians that can easily ease you into a trance or get you dancing with their North Indian classical music" Tom Zytaruk, Surrey Now Leader

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

And Evermore Shall Be So

A mystery tinged with a touch of humour

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Farndale Avenue Production of a Christmas Carol

In festive mood, the ladies of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society tackle the classic story of A Christmas Carol

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Arts Club Theatre Company: Sweat

See all sides in this powerful examination of a community that is formed and dissolved amidst the changing landscape of America

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Blind Tiger House Teams: The Beatles is a Pun

We've got a stacked night of improv comedy. Three glorious Blind Tiger House Teams hit the stage on Friday, November 2nd to present to you some amazingly terrific long form improv comedy

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

The Glorious Sons

SOS Tour with guests The Beaches

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Music