Metro Vancouver events on November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018

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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

Veronica Roth: Lost Stories Found

Veronica Roth is best known for her watercolour, ink, and chalk mixed media paintings on vintage and antique paper

North Vancouver | 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 8:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Holiday Pizza Making Parties

Tis the season to celebrate with friends, family & coworkers. We have two great holiday menu options

Vancouver | Rocky Mountain Flatbread | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

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

Woodward's Community Singers Fall 2018 Workshops

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

Vancouver | 312 Main St. | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Light Festival at Bear Creek Park

More Lights & More Nights! This year, the Light Festival at Bear Creek Park will run for seven nights and will feature thousands more lights!

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Philosopher's Cafe

SFU Philosopher's Cafe is your chance to discuss philosophical issues with members of your community

Richmond | Steveston Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Salish Singing & Drumming Fall 2018 Workshops

Learn traditional Salish social songs, drumming and dance with instructor Russell Wallace. Workshops are free and open to everyone!

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

Monsters

Miscellaneous Productions presents: Vancouver premiere of Monsters preceded by the world premiere of The Ghosts of Productions Past

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | 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

Justin Timberlake - The Man Of The Woods Tour

Justin Randall Timberlake is an American actor, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Born and raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Jake's Gift

Jake’s Gift is a surprisingly funny drama that tells the story of a Canadian WW2 veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France, for the 60th Anniversary of D-Day

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

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 | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports Ski Movie

VASS runs skiing and snowboarding programs for persons with a disability at Grouse, Seymour and Cypress Mountains making the mountain experience accessible to all

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

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

Global Dance Connections series: The Dance Centre presents WArd/waRD-Ann Van den Broek. The Black Piece

Elegant and seductive; reassuring and comforting; frightening and sinister. The many qualities of the colour black are examined in Dutch-Flemish choreographer Ann Van den Broek’s thrillingly audacious The Black Piece

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 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

Ashanti Enterprises Inc presents: Razor

Razor: Directed by TJ Dawe

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

SmallWaR

We find ourselves inside the room of a dying frontline soldier who, together with the nurse, looks back at his life and the why and wherefore of warmongering

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Diwali in BC: Bombay Black By Anosh Irani

The lives of an Indian exotic dancer and her embittered mother are altered when a blind stranger visits them. Poetic, mythic, and brave, Anosh Irani’s 2006 multiple Dora Award-winning Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

Gallant - Too Good To Be Tour w/ Cautious Clay

Christopher Gallant, better known as Gallant, is an American singer and songwriter from Columbia, Maryland, signed to Mind of a Genius Records and Warner Bros

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

2018 Solid Gold Singing Contest

Since 1999, CHMB AM1320’s “Solid Gold Singing Contest” has become one of CHMB’s signature events. This event is heavily promoted by CHMB as one of their key annual events and the contest has discovered many new local singing talents

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic

Every week we feature a diverse array of stand-up comedians and other comedic performers, from here in Vancouver, and all over the world! Come on down and watch a marathon of hilarity every Thursday, or do a set yourself

Vancouver | Comedy Basement at Goldies | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy | Free

Comedy Night Presented by Yuk Yuk's

Join us for an evening of laughter with Comedy Night at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, presented by Yuk Yuk’s

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Wall To Wall Comedy

Simon King and Sam Tonning present Wall to Wall Comedy at the Wallflower!

Vancouver | The Wallflower | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Reuben and the Dark with guests nêhiyawak

Calgary's Reuben and the Dark is a collection of five multi-instrumentalists and vocalists led by Reuben Bullock. The group makes chilling, emotive folk and soul driven by dark, introspective lyrics that explore the duality of misery and joy

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music