Metro Vancouver events on December 11, 2018
December 11, 2018
Tue
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
Christmas at Canada Place
Capture the spirit of the season with Christmas at Canada Place presented by the Port of Vancouver. Experience the nostalgic tradition of the Woodward’s Windows, Canada’s North light display, the Sails of Light, and the festive Avenue of Trees
Vancouver | Canada Place | 8:00 am to 11:00 pm | Family | Free
Annual Anonymous Art Show
The North Vancouver Community Arts Council & CityScape Community Art Space are very excited to announce the 14th Annual Anonymous Art Show
North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Winter Gift Gallery
Meet the artists and enjoy homemade holiday baking We have assembled a wonderful group of artists to help inspire your holiday shopping.
North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 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
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
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
2018 Heritage Christmas
Join us for some old-fashioned fun and spectacular light displays!
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Family
Lights at Lafarge 2018
It's back! Metro Vancouver’s largest, free outdoor lights display at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park kicks off
Coquitlam | Lafarge Lake | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family | Free
VanDusen Festival of Lights
Experience a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating 15 acres of VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
2018 Light Display
Make sure to come out December 1st for the first night of lights and bring your family and friends
Surrey | 15499 22ave | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family
Charity Christmas Lights 2018
The Christmas Lights for Charity will be illuminated and 100% of both the cash and food donations go in support of the Harvest Project, Shriners Care for Kids and BC Epilepsy Society
North Vancouver | Skyline Drive | 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
East Van Panto: Wizard of Oz
Poor Dorothy! When a pipeline bursts, Dorothy and Toto are flung to the magical Land of Oz, aka Nanaimo and Hastings
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Movies in the Morgue - The Italian Job (original 1969 version)
Movies in the Morgue has returned! This time around we have got a year’s worth of high speed chases, heists, and grand theft auto waiting for you in the Old City Morgue
Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
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
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre
Quests and Queers: An inclusive lgbtqa2+ Game Night
Come to the Storm Crow Alehouse to play some new or favourite board games with some great people while enjoying a few pints or a few chickpea fries - it's up to you!
Vancouver | Storm Crow Alehouse | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop
O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy
Following the smashing success of their 2017 Canadian comedy tour, London’s 3-time IMPRESARIO award-winning comedians James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy O Christmas Tea
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Harry Potter Trivia at the London Pub!
Witches and Wizards, Goblins and House Elves, Squibs and Muggles, come join us for an enchanting night of Harry Potter trivia at The London Pub, hosted by the one and only Stephen Peever!
Vancouver | London Pub | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Party
Skeleton - chamber jazz
Playing standard jazz tunes with a skeleton big band, implied rhyth and harmony fill the space between a backbone of bass, hipbone of Bari sax, and a trumpet skullcap
Vancouver | Revel Room | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | 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 10:00 pm | Theatre
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical. Discover the magic behind the castle walls in this brilliant adaptation of the Academy Award–winning animated film
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Storytelling Championship
The 14th annual Vancouver Story Slam Storytelling Championship is the grand finale of a year-long live storytelling competition!
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Rock-n-Soul Christmas
The Legends of Rock n' Roll presents the music of world-class tribute acts performing a collection of hit songs from the greatest Rock'n'Soul artists of all-time...
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Jake's Gift by Evergreen Cultural Centre
A multi-award winning Canadian play about a World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France, for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Random Acts of Comedy Hour
A dozen of Vancouver’s most stellar talents take the stage to explore never-seen-before unscripted content
Vancouver | XYYVR | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Little Mountain Improv
Weekly shows from all star improv people in Vancouver BC!
Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy