Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

Happy Halloweek, witches! The veil thins, the spooky events are piling up,  and this weekend is the time to pull on your creepiest costumes and haunt the city with festive fright.

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Friday October 26

Goosebumps: An Evening with R.L. Stine
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Celebrate the world renowned author behind the Goosebumps books and many more scary kids and young-adult titles. This event will start off with a lecture from R.L. Stine about his life and career and an audience Q&A followed by a book signing and Halloween party. Costumes are encouraged, and there will be a prize for the best.

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The first-ever survey of the work of provocative Vancouver-based Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) artist Dana Claxton, featuring photography, film, video and performance documentation that traces nearly thirty years of Claxton’s career and her investigations into Indigenous identity, beauty, gender and the body.
Runs until: February 3, 2019

Haunted Village

Haunted Village
Where: Burnaby Village Museum
What: Bring the kids to wonder at the curious, find the unusual and discover the unexpected around every corner.
Runs until: Monday October 29, 2018

Company Wang Ramirez: Borderline

Company Wang Ramirez: Borderline
Where: Vancouver Playhouse
What: The award-winning French contemporary dance company will explore democracy, immigration, and culture through hip-hop, arial work, and poetry in gravity-defying motion.
Runs until: Saturday October 27, 2018

Don’t Lose Your Head! Dario Argento for Halloween
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Dubbed the “Italian Hitchcock” for his mastery of whodunit horror in the gore-gushing giallo tradition, legendary screen-scream director Dario Argento holds court as one of scary cinema’s most stylish and subversive auteurs. This Halloween, feast your eyeballs on a trio of lurid 1970s “spaghetti slashers” from the maestro of by-the-bucket blood spillage.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Live Tattooing with Dean Hunt

Live Tattooing with Dean Hunt
Where: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
What: Witness traditional and contemporary practices of Indigenous tattooing of the Northwest. Heiltsuk artist, Dean Hunt will be demonstrating his techniques and discussing his process.

Storytelling with Drag Queens For Adults: Halloween
Where: Cafe Deux Soleils
What: Based on NYC’s Famous Drag Queen Story Hour at the Brooklyn Public Library and the San Francisco Library, but with a twist: this one’s for adults. Featuring the fabulous Tara B, Dank Sinatra, Mx. Fortunate, Candie and spooky friends.

The Ones We Leave Behind

The Ones We Leave Behind
Where: The Cultch
What: An investigator for the Public Trustee, Abby Chung is assigned her first case: to find the next-of-kin for an elderly woman named Beatrice, who has died without any family or friends to claim her. As Abby uncovers more details of Beatrice’s lonely life, she is confronted by her own demons and is forced to face the mystery of her own life—the truth about her own father who walked out on her and her mother years ago.
What: Saturday November 3, 2018

Banners

Banners
Where: Commodore Ballroom
What: He grew up singing in the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Choir and the Liverpool Kop and is influenced by artists ranging from Jeff Buckley to Arcade Fire.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Scott St. John (show 1 of 2)
Where: The Orpheum
What: Dynamic, passionate conductor Michał Nesterowicz presides over a program that showcases the orchestra in an epic symphony, and features the welcome return of renowned Canadian violinist Scott St. John, performing Korngold’s Romantic, cinematic Violin Concerto.

Actors
Where: The Fox Cabaret
What: Local postpunk/darkwave, back from their worldwide tour. 

Heart of the City Festival

Heart of the City Festival
Where: Downtown Eastside
What: Celebrating the creative and committed artists and activists who thrive in the heart of Vancouver, experience music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, mixed media, art talks, history talks and history walks.
Runs until: Sunday November 4, 2018

Julianne Chapple: Suffix

Julianne Chapple: Suffix
Where: The Dance Centre
What: An immersive performance combining dance, sculptures and video to explore the physical and spiritual effects of our rapidly changing technological landscape, and touching on our deep-seated urges towards self-enhancement and immortality.
Runs until: Sunday October 27, 2018

The Wolves
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. In the exhilaration of adolescence, they grapple with everything from pop culture to politics, discovering their identities as individuals and as a team.
Runs until: Saturday November 10, 2018

REDRUM
Where: 7 W 2nd Ave
What: A horrorific drag show that doesn’t hold back, hosted by two of East Van’s most shocking and loveably terrifying drag creatures, the Slime Siblings Tommi Horror and BamBam.

Johnny Perrotta (show 1 of 2)
Where: Yuk Yuks
What: Johnny Perrotta has opened for the likes of Robin Williams, Kevin Nealon and Brent Butt.

88 Degrees & Rising
Where: Pacific Coliseum
What: A music and arts collective featuring artists from Asia bridging Eastern and Western youth culture.


 

Saturday October 27

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Parade of Lost Souls

Parade of Lost Souls
Where: Commercial Drive
What: An artful annual celebration of life and death full of community participation, surprises, spectacle and performance, with a parade route (in the Commercial Drive area) that isn’t announced until the day before.

Build Your Own Bat Box
Where: Museum of Vancouver
What: Stressed out mama bats need help finding a home to raise their pups. Become a Bat Superhero and provide shelter for a mama bat and her pups. Each work station will take home a single bat box that can be installed outside your home, rural cabin, farm or neighborhood park.

The Haunted Sea: Halloween at the Cannery

The Haunted Sea: Halloween at the Cannery
Where: Gulf of Georgia Cannery (Richmond, BC)
What: Watery ghosts, sea monsters, and twisted tentacles coil and collide alongside historic legends and sea lore. Entertain your imagination with games, crafts, activities and a journey into the deep with real-life horrors that will leave you gasping for air. Suitable for all ages.
Runs until: Saturday October 28, 2018

Author Reading: Stray by Tanya Marquardt
Where: Paperhound Books
What: Tanya Marquardt is an award-winning performer and the author of ten plays, which have been produced across Canada and the United States. In her memoir, Stray, Marquardt runs away on her sixteenth birthday after growing up in a dysfunctional and emotionally abusive home. Her departure is an act of rebellion and survival—whatever she is heading toward has to be better than what she is leaving behind.

Halloween at the Sea to Sky Gondola

Halloween at the Sea to Sky Gondola
Where: Sea to Sky Gondola
What: A DJ at the base will spin spooky tunes, and the first 250 costume-clad kids can grab a trick or treat bag to decorate and get their faces painted at the Base Camp Café in the valley. Then it is time for the whole family to hop in a gondola to go up into the alpine for more Halloween fun.

SnowBall Classic

SnowBall Classic
Where: Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
What: A dance competition that’s been running 30 years.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Scott St. John (show 2 of 2)
Where: The Orpheum
What: Dynamic, passionate conductor Michał Nesterowicz presides over a program that showcases the orchestra in an epic symphony, and features the welcome return of renowned Canadian violinist Scott St. John, performing Korngold’s Romantic, cinematic Violin Concerto.

Islamic History Month Celebration
Where: Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch)
What:Learn about, share and celebrate the diversity and richness of the Muslim community with art, music, food and history.

A Night at Studio 54
Where: Seaforth Armoury
What: The Rotary Club of Vancouver’s annual fundraiser benefits youth programs for at risk youth on the Downtown Eastside. Dress up in your best Studio 54 classics, DJ Robbie Leslie, one of the original Studio 54 DJs, to be the music maestro.

Funkoween
Where: The Commodore
What: It’s a funky costume party with Stickybuds & Skiitour.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Where: Rogers Arena
What: It’s a hockey game.

Man Up: Funhouse
Where: East Side Studios
What: Running for 10+ years, this big all-gender drag party features kings, queens, things, and everything in between.

Johnny Perrotta

Johnny Perrotta (show 2 of 2)
Where: Yuk Yuks
What: Johnny Perrotta has opened for the likes of Robin Williams, Kevin Nealon and Brent Butt.


 

Sunday October 28

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Oktoberfest Concert and Beer Hall
Where: Pyatt Hall
What: Vancouver Opera company Heroic Opera will be toasting in its first fundraiser, filled with German opera, food, and local craft beer.

Halloween at the Fort

Halloween at the Fort
Where: Fort Langley
What: Trick-or-treat at Fort Langley National Historic Site. Make a craft, visit the spooky servants quarters and more.

Spellman House

Spellman House
Where: Cecil Green Park House
What: The Spellmans are opening their doors over Halloween weekend for fans to experience their home and all its witchy delights. To mark the launch of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix invites fans to bring their coven to get a witchy makeover and enjoy a potion or two.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers
Where: BC Place Stadium
What: See some soccer with the chants, the scarves, the flags, the beat of the drum, the sounds that course through the stadium every time the ‘caps send the ball into the back of the net.


 

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Kill Me Now

Kill Me Now
Where: Firehall Arts Centre
What: Jake is a single dad and cares for his teenage son, Joey, who has a severe disability. When Jake develops a serious medical condition he becomes the one to rely on the people around him. Touchstone Artistic Director, Roy Surette directs this frank, fearless and funny play.
Runs until: Saturday October 27, 2018

Riley Park Farmers’ Market
Where: Riley Park
What: 30+ vendors each week – a fresh selection of just-picked seasonal fruits & veggies, ethically-raised meats & sustainable seafood, artisanal bread & prepared foods, craft beer, wine, & spirits, handmade craft, and coffee & food trucks.
Runs until: Saturday October 27, 2018 (Saturdays)

Kimoto Gallery 5 Year Anniversary Show

Kimoto Gallery 5 Year Anniversary Show
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: A feature of Katsumi Kimoto’s newest series, along with a selection of favourite new works by gallery artists & friends.
Runs until: Saturday October 27, 2018

Company Wang Ramirez: Borderline

Company Wang Ramirez: Borderline
Where: Vancouver Playhouse
What: The award-winning French contemporary dance company will explore democracy, immigration, and culture through hip-hop, arial work, and poetry in gravity-defying motion.
Runs until: Saturday October 27, 2018

Julianne Chapple: Suffix

Julianne Chapple: Suffix
Where: The Dance Centre
What: An immersive performance combining dance, sculptures and video to explore the physical and spiritual effects of our rapidly changing technological landscape, and touching on our deep-seated urges towards self-enhancement and immortality.
Runs until: Sunday October 27, 2018

The Really Gay History Tour
Where: Downtown Vancouver
What: Guests will visit the sites of police raids, bookstore bombings, the “kiss-ins” of Granville Street, Imperial Court coronations, and the gayest beer parlour in town. It’s a 2.5 hour long adventure into the stories of a community that fought back against oppression, police brutality and media hate campaigns to make Vancouver today one of the most queer friendly cities in North America.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018

The Vancouver Opera: The Merry Widow
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: A lavish art nouveau production set in the heart of vibrant fin de siècle Paris, the wealthy widow, Hanna Glawari (sung by Italian-Canadian Lucia Cesaroni) schemes to win the heart of dashingly handsome Count Danilo (interpreted here by tenor John Cudia). The story unfolds on a stage packed with elegant ladies, eligible bachelors, and Maxim’s famous can-can dancers.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018

Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin: How do you carry the land?

Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin: How do you carry the land?
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: This exhibition seeks to bridge the experiences of artists with diverse ancestries in dialogue. Long-time collaborators and friends, Goto and Morin, have created a performance art practice informed by their perspectives as a Japanese diasporic woman and Tahltan First Nations man.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018

The Haunted Sea: Halloween at the Cannery

The Haunted Sea: Halloween at the Cannery
Where: Gulf of Georgia Cannery (Richmond, BC)
What: Watery ghosts, sea monsters, and twisted tentacles coil and collide alongside historic legends and sea lore. Entertain your imagination with games, crafts, activities and a journey into the deep with real-life horrors that will leave you gasping for air. Suitable for all ages.
Runs until: Saturday October 28, 2018

Kevin Schmidt: We Are the Robots

Kevin Schmidt: We Are the Robots
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: An exhibition of innovative installations on view both within and outside of the Gallery spotlighting British Columbia-based artist Kevin Schmidt, who draws on aspects of conceptual and performance art while embodying the DIY sensibilities of an amateur inventor.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018 

Spoo-ook-tacular Halloween at the Britannia Mine Museum

Spoo-ook-tacular Halloween at the Britannia Mine Museum
Where: Britannia Mine Museum
What: Brave souls can journey into the eerie, dark mine tunnel on a special Halloween train ride, observe and experience hair-raising science experiments, touch and feel creepy crawlies that will make your spine tingle, and enjoy fun activities that will inspire families to learn together and discover the joy of science.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018 (weekends)

Annual International Representational Exhibition

Annual International Representational Exhibition
Where: Federation Gallery
What: This international competition brings forward some of the highest levels of detail, suspending belief that these works are created by the human hand.
Runs until: Saturday October 28, 2018

SnowBall Classic

SnowBall Classic
Where: Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
What: A dance competition that’s been running 30 years.
Runs until: Sunday October 28, 2018

Haunted Village

Haunted Village
Where: Burnaby Village Museum
What: Bring the kids to wonder at the curious, find the unusual and discover the unexpected around every corner.
Runs until: Monday October 29, 2018

Grave Tales

Grave Tales
Where: Fort Langley
What: Expert storytellers for a two- or three-hour program of spine-chilling stories, as you walk through the Fort Langley historical village at night.
Runs until: Tuesday October 30, 2018

Fright Nights at the PNE

Fright Nights at the PNE
Where: The PNE
What: It’s the most wonderful spookiest time of year and it would not be complete in Vancouver without Fright Nights. The PNE transforms into a misty carnival nightmare with wandering spooks, chilling haunted houses and some of the favourite rides.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018 (select dates)

VanDusen Glow in the Garden
Where: VanDusen Garden
What: Visitors can follow the breadcrumbs on a trail through the woodland garden to experience five scenes from Hansel and Gretel. See a variety of unique and artistic pumpkins created by the famous carver Bruce Waugh, in addition to other props, décor, lighting and special effects.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Spooktober: Dare to Laugh
Where: The Improv Centre
What: A limited-run seasonal celebration of all things eerie features four different comedy improv shows for a total of 11 ‘spell-binding’ weekly performances you’ll be dying to see.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Don’t Lose Your Head! Dario Argento for Halloween
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Dubbed the “Italian Hitchcock” for his mastery of whodunit horror in the gore-gushing giallo tradition, legendary screen-scream director Dario Argento holds court as one of scary cinema’s most stylish and subversive auteurs. This Halloween, feast your eyeballs on a trio of lurid 1970s “spaghetti slashers” from the maestro of by-the-bucket blood spillage.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

The Ghost Train in Stanley Park
Where: Stanley Park
What: This family event is open to all ages and offers a fright-free glimpse of the whimsical world of ghosts and ghouls.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Where: 348 Water Street
What: Staged in a pop-up pie shop in Gastown and inspired by the visual aesthetic of Tim Burton’s 2007 film adaptation, this immersive production will give audiences a viscerally frightening experience of this darkly comic tale of love, loss and revenge.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Halloween at FlyOver Canada

Halloween at FlyOver Canada
Where: FlyOver Canada
What: Join Broomelda at the Haunted Witches Academy before a spellbinding flight across Canada.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Haunted Trolley Tour

Haunted Trolley Tour
Where: Canada Place
What: Vancouver’s gleaming skyline of modern buildings belies a dark and sordid past. The city is built on the ashes of burial grounds, and was once inhabited by murderous villains. On this tour, you’ll traverse the streets of Vancouver uncovering the mysteries and haunted stories of the Stanley Park, Mountain View Cemetery, and the Vancouver Police Museum’s autopsy room, all via trolley.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Halloween Mystery Nights
Where: Downtown Vancouver
What: Fans of escape rooms get the chance to take it outside and investigate a murder on the streets of the city. A detective from the Terminal City Police Department will meet you to provide a briefing on the case. Each team of two to five people receives a detective kit which includes tools, a map, clues, and evidence from the case file.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Harvest Glow
Where: Milner Village Garden Centre (Langley)
What: A family-friendly indoor fall festival with pumpkin things, an arts and crafts market, food trucks and drinks.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Good Manners

Good Manners
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Wealthy, carnivorous Ana hires working class Clara as a nanny for her soon-to-be-born baby, but they wind up in bed together, a turn of events that will prove fortuitous for young Joel when he arrives, a baby on his own lunar cycle… This intoxicatingly unpredictable Brazilian movie evokes fairy tales and the creature features of Hollywood’s Golden Age, and throws in a few musical numbers for good measure, but it’s a social allegory too, an altogether poetical cinematic treat.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Capturing Childhood
Where: Uno Langmann Limited Fine Art
What: A variety of artists have replicated the innocence and exuberance of youth on canvas. Playing a game or helping their mother with house chores, these paintings provide a mirror into the radiant moments of simpler times.
Runs until: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Haunted Corn Maze at Maan Farms
Where: Maan Farms (Abbotsford)
What: It’s been called the “scariest corn maze in Canada”, with over 5 acres of terror. There’s shocks from all angles, nowhere you’ll feel safe and nowhere they won’t be waiting for you.
Runs until:Saturday November 3, 2018

The Ones We Leave Behind

The Ones We Leave Behind
Where: The Cultch
What: An investigator for the Public Trustee, Abby Chung is assigned her first case: to find the next-of-kin for an elderly woman named Beatrice, who has died without any family or friends to claim her. As Abby uncovers more details of Beatrice’s lonely life, she is confronted by her own demons and is forced to face the mystery of her own life—the truth about her own father who walked out on her and her mother years ago.
What: Saturday November 3, 2018

Heart of the City Festival

Heart of the City Festival
Where: Downtown Eastside
What: Celebrating the creative and committed artists and activists who thrive in the heart of Vancouver, experience music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, mixed media, art talks, history talks and history walks.
Runs until: Sunday November 4, 2018

The Piano Teacher
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: 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.
Runs until: Tuesday November 6, 2018

The Wolves
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. In the exhilaration of adolescence, they grapple with everything from pop culture to politics, discovering their identities as individuals and as a team.
Runs until: Saturday November 10, 2018

Sweat
Where: Stanley Alliance Industrial Stage
What: For a group of lifelong friends, a night at the local bar is the balm against a hard day on the factory lines. When tensions rise at work and picket lines are formed, their bonds wear and the strength of their connection is tested in the struggle to stay ahead.
Runs until: Sunday November 18, 2018

Diwali Festival

Diwali Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Celebrated across the world, Diwali is the biggest, brightest and most popular event in the Indian calendar. The word diwali means “row of lighted lamps”, with light symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, prosperity over poverty and knowledge over ignorance. At the core of Diwali Fest’s mandate is the objective of breaking cultural barriers and encouraging participation from all communities.
Runs until: Friday November 30, 2018

Naked Napi
Where: Sum Gallery
What: New work by Siksika artist Adrian Stimson – the first solo exhibition since winning the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts earlier this year. In this site-specific installation of sculpture, drawings, and paintings, Stimson re-imagines the traditional Siksika (Blackfoot) tales of Napi in the present and challenges the colonial erasure of Indigenous bodies, power, and sexual histories.
Runs until: Saturday December 8, 2018

Patricia Piccinini’s Curious Imaginings

Patricia Piccinini’s Curious Imaginings
Where: The Patricia Hotel
What: The hyperrealist “world of oddly captivating, somewhat grotesque, human-animal hybrid creatures” will be the artist’s first exhibition in a non-museum setting, transforming a wing of the 105-year-old Patricia Hotel. Situated in Vancouver’s oldest and continually changing neighbourhood of Strathcona, Piccinini’s immersive sculpture experience will “challenge us to explore the social impacts of emerging biotechnology and our ethical limits in an age where genetic engineering and digital technologies are already pushing the boundaries of humanity.”
Runs until: Saturday December 15, 2018

In/Flux: Art of Korean Diaspora
Where: Museum of Vancouver
What: The exhibition will feature selected works of Jin-me Yoon, Junghong Kim, and Jin Hwa Kim, artists originally from the Republic of Korea now based in the Vancouver area. Carefully curated selections of photography, traditional calligraphy, and ceramics will be on display, all telling the stories of the complexities of Canadian identity and belonging.
Runs until: January 6, 2019

Interface: The Woven Artwork of Meghann O’Brien

Interface: The Woven Artwork of Meghann O’Brien
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Known for her ability to work in miniature and with very fine stitching, Kakwaka’wakw and Haida artist Meghann O’Brien uses her artwork to both explore her Northwest Coast cultural heritage, and rebuild and maintain bonds with her community. She disrupts what is often seen as a distinct order between the contemporary and traditional by looking at how they are in conversation with each other in a non-linear way.
Runs until: January 9, 2019

Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest

Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Explore the rich history and artistry of Indigenous tattooing, piercing and personal adornment on the Northwest Coast. These five contemporary Indigenous artists are at the forefront of the revival of Indigenous tattooing in BC. They are reclaiming traditional techniques and traditional rights to be tattooed, and building awareness of the significance and protocols around the tattooing traditions.
Runs until: January 13, 2019

Guo Pei: Couture Beyond

Guo Pei: Couture Beyond
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: In her theatrical, extravagant creations, Guo Pei combines contemporary aesthetics, production methods and materials with ancient tradition, evoking Chinese history and mythology in her craft techniques, fabric selection and imagery. The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of her evolution as a designer as well as her contribution to global fashion culture.
Runs until: January 20, 2019

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The first-ever survey of the work of provocative Vancouver-based Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) artist Dana Claxton, featuring photography, film, video and performance documentation that traces nearly thirty years of Claxton’s career and her investigations into Indigenous identity, beauty, gender and the body.
Runs until: February 3, 2019

A Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects

A Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: A showcase of the span of the gallery’s rich permanent collection through an exhibition of nearly ninety works including paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures. Since the Gallery’s establishment in 1931, its permanent collection has become the most comprehensive resource for visual culture in British Columbia. Building on the collection’s historical and contemporary strengths, the Gallery continues to steward acquisitions through donation and purchase.
Runs until: March 17, 2019

In a Different Light

In a Different Light
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: More than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia. These objects are amazing artistic achievements. Yet they also transcend the idea of ‘art’ or ‘artifact’. Through the voices of contemporary First Nations artists and community members, this exhibition reflects on the roles historical artworks have today. Featuring immersive storytelling and innovative design, it explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.
Runs until: Spring 2019

Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives

Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives
Where: Museum of Vancouver
What: This exhibition delves into the life stories of local animals and plants—how they relate to each other and how they connect people to nature in the city. Scenic design, videos, taxidermy, crowd-sourcing technologies, and the display of natural specimens breathe life into these tales of co-habitation. The immersive nature of the exhibition, including hands-on activities, encourages visitors to examine their relationship with nature, think about momentarily disconnecting from their devices, and find equilibrium with the natural world around them.
Runs until: July 2019

Making Waves: The Story and Legacy of Greenpeace
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: With humble beginnings in Vancouver, Greenpeace has grown into a large organization with offices in 40 countries. The NGO has protested numerous causes: whaling, deforestation, mining, genetic testing, and nuclear testing. Explore this exhibit that goes from their first voyage from Vancouver to Amchitka to protest Nuclear testing on an old fishing vessel to how cities, government, and industry today are developing new policies, technologies, and sustainable practices to ensure the preservation of our environment.
Runs until: September 9, 2019

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