87 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, November 4

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      Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 87 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, November 4.

       

      CONCERTS

      Rock band Whiskey River Gun Club performs a CD release party at Red Room Ultrabar, with guests Rebel Priest.

      East Van Opry at the Rio Theatre features country-roots music by the Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, Dawn Pemberton, C.R. Avery, Geoff Berner, Carolyn Mark, Kim Beggs, Eli West, Anne-Louise Genest, Marin Patenaude, DJ Elliot C Way, the Airstreams, Squirrel Butter, the Alimony Brothers, and the East Van Country Band.

      Coastal Jazz presents New York City organ player Akiko Tsuruga performing the second of two shows at Frankie's Jazz.

      American hip-hop artist MadeinTYO plays Venue, with guests 24hrs and K Swisha.

      Journey frontman Arnel Pineda performs at New Westminster's Massey Theatre, touring in support of his new solo album.

      Greek contemporary-instrumental musician Yanni performs his hits while giving the audience a chance to ask him questions at the River Rock Show Theatre.

      New Orleans hip-hop duo $uicideboy$ performs at the Vogue Theatre on its Global Epidemic Tour.

      Victoria-based indie-rock band Current Swell plays the Commodore.

      The 19th annual West Coast Guitar Night at the Cultch features acoustic jazz, Brazilian, classical, folk, and flamenco music by Kent Hillman, Edgar Avelino, Les Finnigan, Alexander Flock, Itamar Erez, and John Gilliat with Rossi Tzonkov.

      American electronica duo Odesza performs the first of two nights at the PNE Forum, with guests Sofi Tukker and Kasbo. 

       

      BENEFITS

      Tales from the Blind Side at Moose's Down Under Restaurant features true tales told by members of the blind and low-vision community, prize draws, and door prizes, with proceeds to VocalEye programs that provide people with vision loss greater access to arts and culture.

      Take Flight Benefit and Crawl Festival Launch at Arts Factory allows 30 lucky art roulette ticket buyers to take home a random, original piece of artwork, with proceeds to the Eastside Culture Crawl Society.

       

      ETCETERA

      The two-day Consular Christmas Market at DUDOC Vancouver features over 20 stands of Christmas items and international food and drink.

      The two-day Vancouver Health Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre is an interactive consumer show featuring presentations, products and services, food sampling, and axe throwing.

      The Marpole Museum and Historical Society presents its annual Christmas fair at St. Augustine's Parish Hall.

      The two-day Franchise Canada Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre features a wide range of industries and investment levels.

      Magic show at the Waterfront Theatre features illusions by Jeki Yoo, Hannibal, Andrew Goldenhersh, and Shawn Farquhar.

       

      FOOD & DRINK

      The two-day TriCity International Food and Wine Festival at Plateau Golf and Country Club showcases wines from around the world alongside local and international foods in three tasting rooms.

      The two-day Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival at Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club showcases craft brews from over 35 breweries, matched with beer-friendly fare provided by 10 local restaurants and caterers.

       

      FORUMS

      Discover the multiple uses of sacramental entheogenic medicines such as ayahuasca, psilocybe mushrooms, iboga, peyote, cannabis, 5-MeO-DMT, LSD, and MDMA at UBC's two-day Spirit Plant Medicine Conference.

      Explore death through talks, discussions, and a marketplace featuring corporate, governmental, professional, and community resources at SFU Harbour Centre's End of Life Expo 2017.

      Explore the potential existence of spirits and ghosts as seen through the investigative lens of the Northern Paranormal Investigation team at Vancouver Police Museum.

      Join yogi self-care expert Jayme Burke and fitness body expert Hana Weinwurm at YYoga West Sixth and learn how to take control of your own health and well being.

      Two-day seed conference at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Richmond provides learning and engagement in ecological seed production, plant breeding, and local seed systems.

       

      SPORTS

      The B.C. Lions take on the Toronto Argonauts in Canadian Football League action at BC Place Stadium.

      The Vancouver Canucks take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.

       

      TAKE ACTION

      Help clean up the North Burnaby Shoreline with local meetup Vancouver Dads at an event that includes a free barbecue.

       

      COMEDY

      Moroccan-French standup comedian and actor Gad Elmaleh performs at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

      Comedian Ian Bagg performs the third of the three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

      Comedian Rod Pue performs the third of three nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

      Help solve a murder and catch the perpetrator in Clueless: The Improvised Murder Mystery! at Havana Theatre.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      Fight for Beauty at Fairmont Pacific Rim features public art projects undertaken with world-class creatives, architecture from architects who are artists in their own right, and fashion by some of the greatest designers in recent history.

      Cirque du Soleil presents Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities, a new production that takes you into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space, and dimension, at Concord Pacific Place.

      The 14th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival features 12 days of music, stories, songs, poetry, films, theatre, dance, spoken word, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibitions, mixed media, art talks, and history walks at various DTES locations. 

      The all-ages Drift Festival 2017 at Renegade Studios includes an exhibition from local Vancouver artists, musicians, dance performances, and a candy and popcorn bar.

      Vancouver artist Nancie Green discusses her work a Burnaby's Deer Lake Art Gallery.

      The two-day Port Moody Art Association 50th Anniversary art show and sale takes place at the Port Moody Recreation Centre.

       

      DANCE

      Ballet BC presents the North American premiere of Johan Inger's B.R.I.S.A. and the world premiere of a new work by Cayetano Soto at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

      Dezza Dance presents performances by Cody Cox, Rachel Helten, Jenna Kraychy, and Juan Villegas in No Place Like Home at Aberthau Mansion.

      Urban-dance showcase at the Rickshaw Theatre pays homage to the pioneers of Vancouver's dance scene, featuring performances by Street Kings Academy of Dance, emcee BoiN3rd, and DJ Seko.

       

      LITERARY

      City of Vancouver poet laureate Rachel Rose celebrates Vancouver's rich literary and culinary scene with her new book Sustenance at Vancouver Public Library's Kitsilano branch.

      Meet author Jane Whittingham and help her celebrate the publication of her new picture book Wild One at Book Warehouse on Main.

      Letterpress-printing festival at Vancouver Public Library's Alice MacKay Room features printers and book artists and craftspeople demonstrating bookbinding, paper marbling, and printmaking.

       

      MUSIC

      Bramwell Tovey conducts soprano Susan Platts, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, baritone Nathan Berg, the UBC University Singers and Choral Union, and the VSO in a performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius at the Orpheum Theatre.

      The Vancouver Chamber Choir, musica intima, and Elektra Women's Choir perform new and recent choral works by composers from all around the world at Christ Church Cathedral.

      The Microcosmos Quartet, led by Marc Destrubé, performs works by Britten, Mozart, and Piazzolla at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver.

      The International Society for Contemporary Music presents over 30 new music events featuring more than 135 composers from around the world at various Vancouver venues.

       

      THEATRE

      Performance at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts of Mom's the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty, in which moms tell stories of what happens when their kids are grown, their marriages evolve, and their bodies backfire.

      The Arts Club Theatre Company presents a performance at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage of King Charles III, Mike Bartlett's political satire about what happens when Queen Elizabeth II dies and her son Charles ascends the throne.

      In association with Dipti Mehta, the Cultch presents Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan, a testament to the humanity and lives of sex workers, at Vancity Culture Lab.

      Pacific Theatre presents a performance of The Lonesome West, the story of two Irish brothers who eke out a squalid existence in the house of their deceased father.

      Metro Theatre presents a performance  of Calendar Girls, Tim Firth's story about a group of women from Yorkshire who rally around their grieving friend by baring their torsos to raise money for a cancer ward.

      Uncle Randy Productions presents the popular Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, at North Vancouver's Centennial Theatre.

      Canadian premiere of Theater Crossing’s psychological version of Stevenson's classic tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.

      Performance at PAL Theatre of A Piece of My Heart, in which six women tell the often-ignored story of female soldiers, nurses, and civilians in wartime Vietnam.

      Align Entertainment presents Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Michael J. Fox Theatre.

      Karen Flamenco and Troy McLaughlin's Dance Works present a flamenco-infused production of the popular musical Grease at the Vancouver Playhouse.

      Performance at Douglas College Studio Theatre of Concord Floral, playwright Jordan Tannahill's re-imagining of Boccaccio's medieval novella The Decameron.

      Mitch and Murray Productions presents a performance at Studio 16 of Smart People, playwright Lydia R. Diamond's work about four Cambridge residents who find that the topic of race is a treacherous one.

      United Players presents a performance at Jericho Arts Centre of Taken at Midnight, director Michael Fera's version of Mark Hayhurst's play about a lawyer who is famous for defending opponents of the Nazi movement.

       

      GALLERIES

      Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery offers insight into two distinctly different modes of painting that have come to dominate contemporary painting in Canada.

      Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection at the Vancouver Art Gallery features more than 90 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture highlighting both the richness of the Royal Collection and the complex relationship that the British monarchy has had with artists for the last three and half centuries

      Intangible at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art exhibition spotlights six Coast Salish artists influenced by tradition as well as contemporary inspiration.

      Carol Sawyer: The Natalie Brettschneider Archive at the Vancouver Art Gallery presents the latest findings of Vancouver-based artist Sawyer's ongoing research project that deftly reconstructs the life and work of the genre-defying, fictional artist Brettschneider.

      Bill Reid Creative Journeys at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art celebrates the three phases of the artist's creative journey, Pre-Haida (1948-1951), Haida (1951-1968) and Beyond Haida (1968-1998).

      Emily Carr: Into the Forest at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a collection of Emily Carr's forest paintings that highlight her continued exploration of the natural environment.

       

      MUSEUMS

      Amazonia: The Rights of Nature >at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.

      In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

      The Lost Fleet at the Vancouver Maritime Museum investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

      Grouse Mountain features a Skyride to the peak with views of the city and the Pacific Ocean, as well as ziplines, a wildlife refuge, disc golf, helicopter tours, paragliding, dining, and the Grouse Grind.

      At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

      Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

      Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.

      The new Parq Vancouver features two luxury hotels, a casino, eight restaurants and lounges, and a 30,000 square foot park.

      The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library.

      Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, gardens, beaches, and West Coast rain forest, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8 kilometre seawall.

      The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

      The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

      Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

      Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

       

      MOVIES

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of director Peter Nicks's documentary The Force, which goes deep inside the embattled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, the rise of Black Lives Matter, and an explosive scandal.

      Premiere screening at Pyat Hall of CJ Wallis's documentary Perfect Bid, about super-fan Ted Slauson's unique history with The Price is Right.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of writer-director Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti Western The Great Silencestarring Klaus Kinski.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Una, Benedict Andrews's 2016 film about a woman who confronts the man she fell in love with 15 years before.

      The four-day Vancouver Asian Film Festival at Cineplex Odeon International Village showcases independent Asian international diaspora cinema in English, and with English subtitles.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein's Western Time to Die.

      The 29th annual Vancouver Jewish Film Festival at Fifth Avenue Cinemas features 38 films from nine countries, including 16 Canadian premieres.

       

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