64 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, September 22

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 64 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, September 22.

 

CONCERTS

London-based electronica duo Goldfrapp plays the Vogue, touring in support of its latest release Silver Eye.

Vancouver blues legend Jim Byrnes celebrates his birthday at the Rickshaw, with guests the Sojourners and Old.Soul.Rebel.

Dance to music by Eighth Avenue Six, Cass King and the Next Right Thing, and Astro Zero at the WISE Hall's Hip Shakin' Mamas.

The Hendrik Meurkens Toronto Samba Connection performs the first of two nights at Frankie's Jazz.

Vancouver jazz-rock vocalist Cayla Brooke performs at a release concert for new album Plush Red Chair at St. James Hall.

American R&B/hip-hop singer-songwriter Allan Rayman plays the Commodore, touring in support of his latest album Roadhouse 01.

Pianist John Stetch and clarinetist James Danderfer perform tunes by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin at UBC's Roy Barnett Recital Hall.

Canadian country band Boots & the Hoots plays the WISE Hall Lounge.

 

BENEFITS

The British Columbia Choral Federation presents a concert in support of wildlife relief at Magee Secondary School.

 

ETCETERA

The three-day Vancouver FlipOut Pinball Expo at Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Downtown features industry speakers, opportunities to meet pinball VIPs, and challenging high scores on games like Medieval Madness, Twilight Zone, and the Addams Family.

 

FASHION

International and local designers showcase their spring and summer 2018 collections at Vancouver Fashion Week, which runs until September 24 at David Lam Hall.

 

FORUMS

Stephan Haggard discusses authoritarian regimes like that of North Korea at UBC's C.K. Choi Building.

Ethnomusicologist Bell Yung discusses China's qin music at the UBC School of Music.

Darien Thira shares a strength-based, culturally rooted approach to serving Indigenous people impacted by colonization at Musqueam Cultural Education Centre and Gallery.

 

SPORTS

The B.C. Lions take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canadian Football League action at BC Place Stadium.

 

COMEDY

Comedian Alex Wood performs the second of three nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

Toronto-born, L.A.-based comedian Steph Tolev performs the second of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

Comedians Brett Martin and Sam Tonning host a live talk show at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

Instant Theatre presents a raunchy improv-comedy show performed by puppets at Havana Theatre.

 

ARTS ETCETERA

The three-day Hapa-palooza Festival at various Vancouver venues features music, dance, and film that places prominence on celebrating awareness of mixed-heritage and cultural-hybrid identity.

Chrys·a·lis: An Emerging Artist Spotlight at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts features slam poetry, dance, and music.

 

DANCE

The Dance Centre presents choreographer Joshua Beamish and MOVETHECOMPANY in Saudade, a new ensemble work featuring a cello score by Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Local butoh ensemble Kokoro Dance presents the world premiere of Embryotrophic Cavatina, a new work choreographed by Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi.

The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival features performances at various Vancouver venues until September 24.

 

LITERARY

Word Vancouver celebrates the written word with 100 readings and presentations by 150 authors and panelists, at various Vancouver venues until September 24. Participating authors include Doug Sarti, Carleigh Baker, Grant Lawrence, Katherine Collins, Gurjinder Basran, Michael V. Smith, Jónína Kirton, Adèle Barclay, Rodney DeCroo, Julie Flett, and Jen Sookfong Lee. Readers tonight at Christianne's Lyceum include Rachelle Delaney (above), Kallie George, and Tanya Lloyd Kyi.

Thousands of books, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records are on sale at Vancouver Public Library as part of the three-day Friends of the VPL Fall Used Book Sale.

Book launch at Banyen Books and Sound for The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth, a collection of 21 personal stories told by women from many backgrounds.

The Capilano Review launches issue 3.32 at the Arts Factory, with readings by Lisa Robertson, Renee Sarojini Saklikar, Michael Barnholden, Olga Garcia, and Danielle LaFrance.

 

MUSIC

Conductor Bramwell Tovey leads the Australian String Quartet and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in performances of John Adams's Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, and the North American premiere of Tovey's Time Tracks at the Orpheum Theatre.

Music in the Morning presents Canadian violinist Timothy Chooi in recital with pianist Jeanie Chung at West Vancouver United Church.

The Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary with music by Willan, Somers, Beckwith, Raminsh, Chatman, Emery, Allan, and Archer at Dunbar Ryerson United Church.

 

THEATRE

As part of the Vancouver Fringe Festival's Pick Plus, take in performances of Shirley Gnome: Taking It Up the Notch (above) and Peter N' Chris' Best Bits at Performance Works on Granville Island.

The Arts Club presents a performance at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage of Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, director Kim Collier's version of playwright Tony Kushner's work about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America.

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival presents William Shakespeare's drama The Winter's Tale in which the love of two young people becomes the catalyst for a family's healing.

United Players presents a performance at Jericho Arts Centre of Mr. Foote's Other Leg, Ian Kelly's play about a satirist in Georgian London who finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press.

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival presents William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, in which a group of actors and filmmakers celebrates the wrap of their latest movie.

Pacific Theatre presents The Christians, the story of a religious congregation that grapples with the mysteries of faith, certainty, and what happens after we die.

Performance at Metro Theatre of Hilda's Yard, Norm Foster's comedy about a husband and wife that have to adjust when their kids move back in with them.

Performance at North Van's Theatre at Hendry Hall of Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling's play about a group of Louisiana women who discuss life, love, and the true meaning of friendship.

 

GALLERIES

Claude Monet's Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery showcases 38 paintings that span the career of the French artist who is regarded as a master of the Impressionist movement.

Intangible at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art exhibition spotlights six Coast Salish artists influenced by tradition as well as contemporary inspiration.

The first major Canadian exhibition of photographs, collages, drawings, sculptures, and films by Tel Aviv-born, Los Angeles-based artist Elad Lassry is at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Bill Reid Creative Journeys at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art celebrates the three phases of the artist's creative journey, Pre-Haida (1948-1951), Haida (1951-1968) and Beyond Haida (1968-1998).

Twenty-five works by contemporary American photographer Stephen Shore complement the exhibition Claude Monet’s Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Persistence at the Vancouver Art Gallery draws together three recent contemporary installations by Canadian artists Julia Feyrer, Tamara Henderson, Shelagh Keeley, and Germaine Koh.

 

MUSEUMS

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature at at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC examines the physical traces of words, both spoken and recorded, that are unique to humans.

In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

The Lost Fleet at the Vancouver Maritime Museum investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.

 

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.

Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

The 763-hectare Pacific Spirit Regional Park located on traditional Musqueam territory includes 73 km of walking trails and Acadia, Tower, and Wreck Beaches.

The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library.

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.

Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

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

Soar from coast-to-coast across the Canadian landscape with a 25-minute ride featuring effects such as wind and scents at FlyOver Canada.

Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

 

MOVIES

Screening at Vancity Theatre of Mohamed Diab's Clash, which puts the viewer inside a police van during the violent protests in Egypt in 2013 after the military toppled the Muslim Brotherhood government of Mohamed Morsi.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of Tank Girl, Rachel Talalay's furitistic, action-fantasy flick about a tank-riding antiheroine who patrols a desert wasteland.

Screenings at the Cinematheque of All Screwed Up and Summer Night as part of the series Seven Beauties: The Films of Lina Wertmüller.

Screening at Vancity Theatre of The Midwife, Martin Provost's drama about a minimally repentant hedonist who reconnects out of the blue with an old flame's now-middle-aged daughter.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of Spice World, with a live shadowcast by drag performers masquerading as Posh, Sporty, Scary, Baby, and Ginger.

 

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