54 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, October 15

Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 54 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, October 15.

 

CONCERTS

American blues-rock band the North Mississippi Allstars plays the Imperial.

Irish Celtic-folk group the Gloaming plays the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Mexican death-metal band Evilheart plays the Astoria Pub, with guests Unbeheld, Truent, and Vomitself.

 

ETCETERA

Fright Nights at Playland, a Halloween-themed event featuring murderous ghouls, creepy clowns, and chainsaw-wielding freaks roaming the site, in addition to eight haunted houses, runs until October 31.

Thousands of makeup artists, exhibitors, and enthusiasts discuss, display, and collect the best the industry has to offer at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

The Vancouver Flea Market hosts an antique show featuring over 80 vendors from across the Lower Mainland.

 

FOOD & DRINK

Learn about the diversity of apples as you taste rare and unusual varieties at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research.

Learn how to make cream puffs, profiteroles, chouquettes, and eclairs at Trout Lake Community Centre.

 

FORUMS

Clara Roberts-Oss leads a yoga class featuring mantra, pranayama, and meditation, as well as a heating vinyasa practice, at Semperviva Yoga Kits Beach Studio.

 

KIDS' STUFF

The annual Stanley Park Ghost Train features an alien-themed train ride that investigates a spaceship crash-landing in Stanley Park. Event includes live music, food vendors, and arts and crafts.

Pokemon players from all over North America come together for two days of battling, side events, trading, and shopping at Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel.

 

SPORTS

The Vancouver Whitecaps take on the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer action at BC Place Stadium.

 

COMEDY

Iranian-American comedian Max Amini performs a standup show at the Orpheum Theatre.

Instant Theatre presents a battle between two improv-comedy troupes at Havana Theatre.

 

ARTS ETCETERA

Connect to your creative possibilities through play with mixed media at the Ferry Building Gallery's Art Sundays: A Sense of Joy.

Over 20 professional artists sell original and printed work at Creekside Community Recreation Centre during the ArtBreakers Market.

Fight for Beauty at Fairmont Pacific Rim features public art projects undertaken with world-class creatives, architecture from architects who are artists in their own right, and fashion by some of the greatest designers in recent history.

 

LITERARY

The Vancouver Art Book Fair at the Vancouver Art Gallery Annex features nearly 100 local, national, and international publishers, as well as a lineup of programs, performances, and installations.

 

MUSIC

The Vancouver Recital Society presents Chinese pianist Zhang Zuo in a performance of work by Beethoven, Schubert, Granados, and Liszt at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Roedde House Classical Series presents local classical ensemble Vancouver Viols at Roedde House Museum.

 

THEATRE

Urban Ink presents a performance at Goldcorp Stage of Freedom Singer, a new documentary theatre piece inspired by the journey of singer-songwriter Khari Wendell McClelland in retracing his great-grandmother’s steps to escaping slavery.

World premiere at the Cultch of 1 Hour Photo, Tetsuro Shigematsu’s story of a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century.

Studio 58 presents a performance of As You Like It, Michael Scholar Jr.'s version of William Shakespeare's comedy that flips the traditional rules of romance.

Vagabond Players present the musical Little Shop of Horrors, about a flower-shop assistant whose life is changed when he stumbles across a peculiar new plant species, at Queen's Park's Bernie Legge Theatre.

Western Gold Theatre presents Homeward Bound, director William B. Davis's version of Elliott Hayes's play about one family's Sunday dinner, at PAL Theatre.

Performance at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre of Dracula, Liz Lochhead's stage adaptation of the classic horror novel, codirected by Amy Starkey and Clive Scarff.

The White Rock Players Club presents a performance of The Woman in Black, director Stephen Mallatratt's version of the horror story about a lawyer who is certain that a curse has been placed upon him, at Coast Capital Playhouse.

The Sidekick Players present a performance at Tsawwassen Arts Centre of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Frank McGuinness's play about three men who are held captive by terrorists in Beirut.

Gateway Theatre presents a performance of A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway-style musical about mismatched couples.

RAGMOP Theatre presents a performance of Falling Awake, a surrealist physical comedy that explores love and the nature of reality, at Studio 1398.

Aenigma and Bright Young Theatre present a performance of Viva, Scott Button's play about one night that changes the lives of two people forever, at Havana Theatre.

 

GALLERIES

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).

Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery offers insight into two distinctly different modes of painting that have come to dominate contemporary painting in Canada.

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

Emily Carr: Into the Forest at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a collection of Emily Carr's forest paintings that highlight her continued exploration of the natural environment.

 

MUSEUMS

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature 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.

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

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

Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, gardens, beaches, and West Coast rain forest, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8 kilometre seawall.

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

The new Parq Vancouver features two luxury hotels, a casino, eight restaurants and lounges, and a 30,000 square foot park.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

 

MOVIES

Premiere at the Rio Theatre of the second season of The Drive, the online drama series showcasing Vancouver artists and the Commercial Drive neighbourhood.

VIFF Repeats features screenings of Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia, Faces Places, The Valley of Wolves, and Lucky at Vancity Theatre.

The director will be in attendance at the Cinematheque for a screening of The Whale, a real-life tale of an orphaned orca who befriends a small seaside community off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

The Cinematheque continues its yearlong Eric Rohmer retrospective with screenings of A Summer's Tale and A Tale of Autumn.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of Akira, Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 film about a bike-gang leader tryin to save his friend from a secret government project in a futuristic Tokyo.

 

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