35 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Monday, November 21

Looking for something to do on Monday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 35 events happening in or around Vancouver on Monday, November 21.

CONCERTS

American rapper YG performs two shows at the Vogue on his F*** Donald Trump Tour.

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

Coastal Jazz presents a concert celebrating jazz legends at Frankie's, featuring the Capilano University A Band.

Toronto punk band Pup plays the Cobalt, touring in support of latest album The Dream Is Over.

ETCETERA

Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum features light displays, vintage shop-window displays, a visit with Father Christmas, live entertainment, fresh heritage baking, kids' crafts, a sing along, and a scavenger hunt.

FOOD & DRINK

Gain a deeper understanding of whisky during an intimate master class and tasting at Legacy Liquor Store.

Jack Daniel's brand ambassador Gerry Jobe guides attendees through a private tasting of the entire lineup of the Tennessee whiskey at the Blarney Stone.

Taste various whiskies--including Glenfiddich Original, Glenfiddich 26 Year Old, and the Balvenie 30 Year Old--at Salty Tongue.

FORUMS

Maria Alyokhina (Masha) and Alexandra Bogino (Sasha) of the Russian punk-activist group Pussy Riot take part in a panel discussion and Q&A session at the Rickshaw Theatre. 

Mediator and collaborative game developer Sharon Sutherland leads an exploration at People's Law School of the ways in which playing and creating tabletop games can improve skills in collaborative problem solving.

Get tips on how to use digital devices and the Internet safely and wisely at Vancouver Public Library.

COMEDY

Standup by headliner Jonathan Baum (above), with support by James Hammond, Colin Sharp, Sean McDonnell, Devon Alexander, Mark Hughes, Darcy Collins, and Kathleen McGee at Yagger's Kitsilano's Stacked Comedy.

Evening of comedy by headliner James Kennedy, with support by Ivan Decker, Chris Griffin, Steve Letter, Maddy Kelly, Roman Cancini, and Joey Commisso at Granville Island Brewing's Brewhaha Comedy Night.

Vancouverites Stefan MacNeil, Jenny Toews, and Brad Dorion perform a night of standup at Yagger's Downtown's BFF Club Comedy.

LITERARY

Join Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy at UBC's Frederic Wood Theatre for an evening of stories from his new book The Marriott Cell.

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.

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.

MUSEUMS

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 130 diverse cultural garments, from Japanese kimonos, to colourful Indian saris, to the elaborate feather cloaks of the Maori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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

The NOW Society presents the Assembly1 Festival, a creative music and improvisational gathering at the Western Front and Merge that includes three concerts and two workshops.

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

The European Union Film Festival continues at the Cinematheque with screenings of the Latvian WWI drama Exiled and the Croatian psychological crime drama One Shot (above).

Screening at Vancity Theatre of Landfill Harmonica, 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.

Screening at West Vancouver Memorial Library of The Dark Horse, a drama based on the life of gifted but troubled Maori chess player Genesis Potini.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of director Keiichi Hara's 2015 Japanese animated film Miss Hokusai.

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.

Screening at the Vancouver Aquarium of the seafood documentaries Bluefin Film and Hand.Line.Cod, followed by a Q&A session with a panel of experts.

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