44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Thursday, September 22

Looking for something to do on Thursday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 44 events happening in or around Vancouver on Thursday, September 22.

CONCERTS

American prog-rock band Thank You Scientist plays the Cobalt, with guests Within Rust and Elysian Sun.

The Strong Sessions LIVE at Roundhouse Community Centre feature performances by Jim Byrnes, the Sojourners, Chin Injeti, the Works, Alpha Omega, Paul Rigby, and Odds.

American electro-house duo Tritonal plays the first of two nights at the Commodore.

Music by Highland Eyeway, the Intelligence Service, Thee Magic Circle, and DJ Cobrah at the Biltmore Cabaret's Cosmic Garage.

Multi-room art and music experience at Alexander Gastown features Yung JAke, Vials, Ninetyfour, So Loki, Wyatt Parker, Ice Grillz, the Alexx, and Fomo Squad.

BENEFITS

Ghost Light Vaudeville presents an evening of burlesque, drag, comedy, and music at the Columbia Theatre, with proceeds to the Women Against Violence Against Women.

ETCETERA

Interior Design Show Vancouver runs until Sunday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, featuring products by the next generation of designers, keynote lectures by industry professionals, and a pop-up shop featuring products by Tom Dixon.

An outdoor feast at UBC is followed by exclusive shows and exhibits in the university's arts and culture district.

Open stage at the Dusty Flowershop allows established and up-and-coming artists to showcase new works and test out new material in front of an eager audience.

FASHION

Travelling exhibition brings Hermès' craftspeople from the intimacy of their ateliers in France to Vancouver's Jack Poole Plaza to interact with the public and demonstrate their craft.

FORUMS

The SPEC Elders Circle offers a space at Kitsilano Neighbouhood House that encourages deep reflection, personal connection, and intimate discussion to foster the emergence of elder wisdom.

Dr. Behmanesh and Semiramis Dehnadi discuss effective exercise and health strategies at West Vancouver Memorial Library in a forum conducted in Farsi.

Jack Micner discusses the legal requirements in making a will and what you should include at People's Law School.

COMEDY

Canadian comedian and radio-show host Kevin Foxx performs the first of three nights at the Comedy Mix.

Standup comedian and musician Darryl Orr performs a solo show at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

ARTS ETCETERA

The plastic orchid factory presents an interdisciplinary collaboration between dance artist James Gnam, visual artist Natalie Purschwitz, lighting designer James Proudfoot, and 11 dance artists that explores a generation’s approach to identity, physicality, social dance, and performance. Runs at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts until Sunday.

Museum of Vancouver curatorial associate Jillian Povarchook explores multiple single-item accessions of the museum's early collection.

GALLERIES

The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts an exhibition that examines the significance of the six women who were inspirational to the artistic development of Picasso.

Exhibition of mixed-media works by Mila Karavai at West Vancouver's Silk Purse Art Gallery.

At the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Meghann O'Brien takes materials from the natural world and transforms them into human expression.

MUSEUMS

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC hosts an exhibition that features the carvings of Papua New Guinea's Iatmul people.

At the Museum of Vancouver, you can explore the cultural power and significance of collecting through wall-to-wall displays of unconventional objects.

LITERARY

Word Vancouver, the annual celebration of the written word, features readings, panel discussions, workshops, entertainment, and family-friendly activities. Participating authors include Joy Kogawa (above), Bif Naked, Ujjal Dosanjh, Paul Yee, Jen Sookfong Lee, Carmen Aguirre, bill bisset, Daphne Marlatt, Wayde Compton, and Caroline Adderson. Event runs until Sunday at various Vancouver venues.

The LiterASIAN2016 Festival at Vancouver Public Library and the Chinese Cultural Centre explores different ways we choose to gather and record the past and illuminate the deeds of earlier generations.

Canadian author Joy Kogawa launches her memoir, Gently to Nagasaki, at CBC's Studio 700 (moved from original venue of Vancouver Public Library).

Bee expert Mark Winston discusses his book, Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive, at Banyen Books and Sound.

Author Bev Sellars celebrates the launch of her new book, Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival, at Norman Rothstein Theatre.

MUSIC

Sing classic and contemporary rock, pop, and indie songs with a vibrant community choir at Presentation House Theatre.

THEATRE

The Vancouver Fringe Festival presents hold-over performances of popular shows Charlatan!, And Bella Sang With Us, The After After Party, Curious Contagious, Sink or Swim, and Carry On: A Musical.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents director John Murphy's version of Ken Ludwig's zany whodunit Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

Bard on the Beach presents a performance of Romeo and Juliet at Vanier Park.

Island Productions presents Tennessee Williams' classic The Glass Menagerie at PAL Theatre.

The pop-culture parody Hunger Games—Catching Fire: The Musical opens at Studio 1398.

Performance of TJ Dawe and Kerry Ipema's play One Woman Sex and the City: A Parody of Love, Friendships and Shoes at Performance Works.

ATTRACTIONS

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

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

The VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world and almost two dozen sculptures.

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

The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is an authentic representation of an age-old garden tradition that reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

MOVIES

Screening of Lars Von Triers' unsettling melodrama Breaking the Waves at the Cinematheque.

The Venezuelan Film Festival at Vancity Theatre features screenings of the feature films Patas Arriba, La Casa del Fin de Los Tiempos, and Papita, Mani y Tostón.

Screening of The Sixth Sense at the Vancouver Police Museum as part of the Movies in the Morgue series.

The Gentlemen Hecklers provide live comedic commentary at a screening of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Screening at the Rickshaw Theatre of Absinthe Films' snowboarding doc After Forever.

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