Metro Vancouver events on November 22, 2018

Gender Equality - Overcoming Biases in the Workplace

How can we build better communities for everyone? Where are the seats of power to create change? This conference will inspire women to move into key leadership roles and drive the conversation to overcome workplace biases

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 8:00 am to 3:00 pm | Lecture

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

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

Vancouver Christmas Market

A beloved holiday tradition for locals and visitors alike, the Vancouver Christmas Market returns to its expansive seaside home at Jack Poole Plaza (home of the Olympic Cauldron)

Vancouver | Vancouver Christmas Market | 11:30 am to 9:30 pm | Family

The Dance Centre Discover Dance: Dancers of Damelahamid

Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous dance company from the Northwest Coast of BC, with a rich history of masked dance which inspires compelling performances

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Dance

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 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

Truth and Reconciliation Through the Arts

In this engaging information sharing and networking session, discover ways to authentically and respectfully explore Indigenous art forms in your practice and with your students

Vancouver | 843 Seymour St | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Workshop

Fall Family Fun Nights in South Surrey

Enjoy free activities with your family on Thursday nights at South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre

Surrey | South Surrey Recreation Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Family | Free

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

Opening & Sale. Annual Anonymous Art Show

North Van Arts’ annual exhibition fundraiser is back! Support the arts in your community and be the first in line to buy original artwork by emerging and established artists at our opening event

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show | 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

Fandom Feud - Disney! (Season Finale)

Fandom Feud is a monthly game show event that pits 2 randomly drawn teams against each other, in a battle of pop-culture popular answers!

New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Disney On Ice: Dare To Dream

Celebrate what’s possible as the adventures of five daring Disney heroines spark the courage inside us all at Disney On Ice presents Dare To Dream!

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

FVGSS: A Musical Theatre Society. Peter Pan the Panto

Come fly away to Neverland with Peter Pan and Wendy

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Barra MacNeils East Coast Christmas

By popular demand, Canada's first family of Celtic music will visit Vancouver to begin their 2018 coast-to-coast tour of seasonal magic

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 0:00 am | Music

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

The festive Pride and Prejudice follow-up

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Blind Date

Starring Tess Degenstein. One actor. One audience member. One blind date.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 0:00 am | Theatre

Akram Khan Company: Chotto Desh

Akram Khan’s Chotto Desh (‘small homeland’ in Bangladeshi) takes a storybook view of Khan’s childhood, growing up under the stern eye of his authoritarian father

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

An Exit 22 Production: Sense and Sensibility

In this new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, two very different sisters—Marianne, free-spirited and romantic, and Elinor, sensible and reserved—find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Mortified by Amy Rutherford

Framed with a highly theatrical metaphor Mortified explores youth and influence, rebellion and belonging

Vancouver | Studio 58 at Langara College | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Nikita Afonso + guests

Live Acts Canada + The Live Agency present: Nikita Afonso with special guests Mac Ramsay, Ria Jade and Caitlin Canning

Vancouver | Railway Stage & Beer Café | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Pi Theatre presents: Hir by Taylor Mac

Audiences around the world are celebrating Taylor Mac’s timely and darkly comedic interpretation of the classic dysfunctional family—one that’s both conventional in its domestic setting and incendiary in its vibrant theatricality

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre

Affair of Honor presents: Soul Samurai

One part samurai revenge epic. Two parts hip-hop combat extravaganza. One part queer vampire love story. All parts badass, pulpy fun. Welcome to Soul Samurai

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

First Impressions Theatre: Ring of Fire

The ultimate celebration of the iconic Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire tells the story of finding love, success, faith and redemption

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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

Joey Landreth: The Forgiveness Tour

Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, Joey Landreth has grown up with a guitar in his hands. Working as a side man through his teens and early twenties Joey grew up on the road, playing music across genres from gospel to country

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music