63 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, November 18

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 63 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, November 18.

 

CONCERTS

Canadian First Nations electronica band A Tribe Called Red plays the Commodore. SOLD OUT.

Salt Lake City-born violinist Hannah Epperson plays the Fox Cabaret, touring in support of latest album Upsweep.

The Montreal Guitar Trio plays the first of two nights at West Van's Kay Meek Centre.

Coastal Jazz presents a concert celebrating jazz legends at Frankie's, featuring the Chris Gestrin Quartet.

California Afro-inspired jam band Waterstrider plays the Biltmore, touring in support of its debut album Nowhere Now.

Local country-pop singer-songwriter Barry Greenfield performs an album-release party for The Nashville Sessions at Roundhouse Community Centre.

Pink Floyd tribute band Crazy Diamonds plays the Backstage Lounge, with guests the Unknown Soldiers (Doors tribute) and Rippin' and Taron.

Los Angeles punk band Off! plays the Rickshaw.

 

ETCETERA

The 45th annual Deer Lake Craft Festival at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts features works by over 55 artisans, including glass blowers, sculptors, potters, woodworkers, and fashion and jewellery designers.

The 44th annual Christmas at Hycroft features live entertainment, unique boutiques, traditional treats, and visits with Santa.

Eastside Flea Holiday Market at the Ellis Building features over 50 local vendors, three food trucks, a live DJ, seasonal drink specials, pinball, and pool.

FlyOver America is a 10-minute flight-simulation ride at Flyover Canada that features beautiful landscapes of the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, and New York.

 

FASHION

The fifth annual Vancouver Alternative Arts and Fashion Week at the Chinese Cultural Centre showcases designers, visual artists, performers, and musical acts.

 

FORUMS

Epidemiologist Dawn Mackey explores a variety of topics on mobility that are informed by cutting-edge research from the past decade of discovery. The SFU Cafe Scientifique event takes place at Boston Pizza in New Westminster.

Local genealogy experts will provide you with one-on-one assistance to unearth your family history and guide you through your research at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

 

KIDS' STUFF

Kids can enjoy complimentary hot chocolate, balloons, Lindt truffles, cookie decorating, face painting, music by vocal quartet Fandango (above), dancing by the Vanleena Dance Academy, a visit from Santa Claus, and a tree-lighting ceremony at Park Royal Mall's Light Up the Village.

 

COMEDY

Just for Laughs presents the first of two nights of standup comedy by Dane Cook, Vinny Fasline, and John Campanelli at the Vogue Theatre.

Brooklyn-born standup comedian and actor Brian Scolaro performs the second of three nights at the Comedy Mix.

Vancouver standup comedian John Cullen performs the second of three nights at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

Comedians Alicia Tobin, Matty Vu, Jenny Toews, and Melanie Rose present an evening of drawing and laughing at Hot Art Wet City Gallery.

Grad School Improv presents the season finale of the comedic mini series Point Grey's Anatomy at Little Mountain Gallery.

 

ARTS ETCETERA

The annual Eastside Culture Crawl allows visitors to experience the visual arts, design, and crafts of East Van by visiting nearly 500 artist studios, homes, and garages.

A Sailor Moon-inspired multimedia show at the Rio Theatre features dance, acrobatics, drag, and burlesque.

 

DANCE

Join Dezza Dance at West End Community Centre for an evening of contemporary dance choreographed by Desirée Dunbar.

 

GALLERIES

Stare exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery features photographic works that evoke a fixed and concentrated gaze on the part of artist and viewer.

Juxtapoz x Superflat exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery offers a unique insight into contemporary art and its place in cultural life.

Ceramics by Judy Chartrand at Bill Reid Gallery present her own personal history and insights into life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

Bill Reid Creative Journeys at Bill Reid Gallery marks the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii.

Walker Evans: Depth of Field at the Vancouver Art Gallery features more than 200 black and white and colour prints from the 1920s through to the 1970s.

 

LITERARY

Author Lesley Taylor shares her self-publishing story and explains the pros and cons of becoming an indie author at Richmond Public Library.

 

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

Tribute to the Canadian avant-garde composer Barbara Pentland, hosted by Halifax pianist Barbara Pritchard, at Murray Adaskin Salon.

Canadian opera mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta performs songs by Barber, Fleming, and Vaughan Williams at Vancouver Academy of Music.

Accordionist Jelena Milojevic performs a blend of tangos, folk, and classical music at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

Organists Denis Bedard and Rachel Alflatt perform music by Haydn, Schubert, and Bedard at New Westminster's Queens Avenue United Church.

Stuart Chafetz conducts the Vancouver Symphony in a program of Broadway hits at the Orpheum Theatre.

Vancouver Pro Musica presents a composers panel moderated by Philipe Pasquier as part of the Western Front's Electroacoustic Festival.

 

THEATRE

Performance at Studio 58 of Troilus and Cressida, in which director Kevin Bennett puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's drama that sees lovers yearn to be true and warriors strive to be brave.

Touchstone Theatre presents a performance of Brothel #9, director Katrina Dunn's story about a young woman who is sold into a brothel by her brother-in-law.

Performance at Performance Works of Vancouver playwright Katey Hoffman's comedy, Green Lake, which explores growing up at summer camp and reconnecting with family later in life.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Avenue Q--the musical story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life--at Granville Island Stage.

Exit 22 Productions presents its first production of Doris Baizley's adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, at Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts.

Theatre in the Raw presents performances at Russian Hall of The Threepenny Opera, the musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirizes bourgeois capitalism and modern morality.

Performance at the Firehall Arts Centre of Miss Shakespeare, a play about the creative journey of the Bard's daughter.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Bakersfield Mist, Stephen Sachs's story about a down-on-her-luck woman who invites an art dealer to authenticate a long-lost painting by the renowned Jackson Pollock. Running at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

The Renegade Arts Co. present the musical The Who's Tommy--about a pinball-playing, "deaf, dumb, and blind boy" who triumphs over adversity--at the Shop Theatre.

Canadian premiere of Scottish playwright Davey Anderson's Blackout, about a 15-year-old boy who is charged with attempted murder, at Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre.

United Players presents director Michael Fera's version of Henrik Ibsen's drama Ghosts at Jericho Arts Centre. 

Mitch and Murray Productions presents Lisa D'Amour's Detroit--a play about a fledgling suburbanite friendship that soon veers out of control--at Studio 16.

First Impressions Theatre presents Always..Patsy Cline, a play based on the life of the legendary country singer-songwriter, at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre.

 

ATTRACTIONS

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.

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

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

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 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 at Vancity Theatre of Landfill Harmonic, about a garbage picker and a music teacher who create instruments from trash and help turn a group of impoverished local youths into the Recycled Orchestra.

First day of the Cinematheque’s European Union Film Festival, which showcases entries from 23 EU members.

Screening at Vancity Theatre of director Anna Biller's 2016 film The Love Witch, about a witch who’s looking for love and willing to dabble in the dark arts to attain it.

Late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of Frank Oz's 1986 horror-comedy Little Shop of Horrors.

Premiere screening at Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre of the new documentary The Recording of Willie Thrasher, followed by a live concert by the Inuk singer-songwriter and his partner.

Screening at Vancity Theatre of Aquarius, about a woman who proves to be a force to be reckoned with when she challenges corrupt real-estate developers.

 

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