23 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Monday, October 17

Looking for something to do on Monday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 23 events happening in or around Vancouver on Monday, October 17.

CONCERTS

Canadian indie-rock band the Strumbellas plays the second of two nights at the Commodore, with guests the Zolas.

American rapper, producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Kanye West plays Rogers Arena as part of his Saint Pablo Tour.

BENEFITS

Circus-themed haunted house at Beaumont Studio raises money for the B.C. Women's Hospital and Care Centre Foundation.

FOOD & DRINK

The 12th annual Taste of Yaletown features an array of sharing dishes matched with wine and cocktail pairings, with partial proceeds from each meal donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

KIDS' STUFF

The Stanley Park Ghost Train celebrates the Day of the Dead with a ride through a tunnel of flames and a haunted graveyard, live music, and theatrical performances.

Take a spooky journey across Canada as you graduate from the Haunted Witches Academy at Halloween at Flyover Canada.

COMEDY

Standup comedy by Efthimios Nasiopoulos (above), Adrian Cronk, James Kennedy, Roman Mancini, and Ross Dauk at Yagger's Downtown.

LITERARY

Kick off of the annual Vancouver Writers Festival, which this year features such authors as Yann Martel, Wade Davis, Teva Harrison, Sam Wiebe, Sarah Glidden, Madeleine Thien, Michael Helm, M.G. Vassanji (above), Lindy West, Joy Kogawa, Ivan Coyote, Kenneth Oppel, Guy Gavriel Kay, Gordon Korman, Erin Bow, C.C. Humphreys, and Billie Livingston.

Author, editor, and teacher Susan Kelly shows authors how to create and implement an online marketing plan at Vancouver Public Library.

GALLERIES

Photographs by Henry Callahan of the streets of Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Cairo, Mexico, Portugal, and Wales on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Photographs by Vancouver-based artist Stephen Waddell, printed to a large scale using traditional silver gelatin materials, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

An Agreeable State of Uncertainty at the Vancouver Art Gallery features photographs, drawings, prints, and paintings by artists such as Weegee, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Leon Golub, Lewis Hine, Cindy Sherman, Nancy Spero, Jack Shadbolt, and Fred Herzog.

Works by Modernist painters Wolfgang Paalen and Emily Carr at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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.

MUSIC

Karina Canellakis conducts violinist Karen Gomyo and the Vancouver Symphony in a program of works by Mozart, Berg, and Rachmaninoff.

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

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

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

World premiere at the Rio Theatre of Trevor Meier’s documentary A New Economy, about organizations that strive to work cooperatively, creating new ways to make money sustainably.

Screenings at Vancity Theatre of various films as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival's VIFF Repeats series.

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