Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend

Don’t let the threat of rain deter you from enjoying this weekend to its fullest – the air is warm, the water is clean, and there is something very freeing about just surrendering to the shower. Theatre Under The Stars (opening this week) gets a whole new ambiance and soundscape, yoga on Grouse Mountain becomes extra refreshing, and even heading indoors for a show feels a little cozier.

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Friday July 8

Theatre Under the Stars
Where: Stanley Park Malkin Bowl
What: Theatre for the whole family, outdoors, all summer! This year‘s productions are Beauty and the Beast and West Side Story.
Runs until: Saturday August 20, 2016

Indian Summer Festival
Where: Various Vancouver locations
What: Worlds meet in this festival of music, arts, and ideas that features some of the finest artists and visionaries from Canada, South Asia and beyond. Events this year include international cross-cultural music, talks on culturally influenced fashion, and a talk on the impact of North American food systems on the planet by world-renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva.
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Take-Off Fridays at YVR
Where: Vancouver International Airport
What: Enjoy delicious treats and lunch specials from locations throughout the airport as well as free entertainment including live musicians, DJs, caricaturists, face painters and our very own YVR Paper Airplane Folding Zones.
Runs until: Friday August 26, 2016

Newsies
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Based on true events, Newsies tells the captivating story of a band of underdogs who become unlikely heroes when they stand up to the most powerful men in New York. It’s a rousing tale about fighting for what’s right…and staying true to who you are.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

The One That Got Away
Where: Hot Art Wet City
What: Watercolour portraits of tattooed female subjects from Gwen D’arcy and Aaron White.
Runs until: Saturday July 23, 2016

Dancing on the Edge Festival
Where: Various Vancouver locations
What: The 28^th Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival pushes frontiers of contemporary dance, featuring over thirty innovative choreographers and involving over eighty dance artists. 
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

The Lady Show
Where: The Biltmore, 7:00pm
What:Whip-smart funny ladies say and do funny things for your entertainment.

From Bond with Love
Where: The Biltmore, 8:00pm
What: Who do you call when the world is at stake and 007 is nowhere to be found? The Bond Girls of course! Join some of your favourite femme fatales on an adventure across the globe. Using elements of burlesque, cabaret, and contemporary, the gorgeous dancers will take your breath away…Bond fan or foe.
Runs until:Saturday July 9, 2016

Bell Media Best of Hot Docs 2016
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Presenting the cream of the crop from this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival, VIFF Vancity Theatre is pleased to showcase five of the outstanding documentaries of 2016.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

SHINE: A Burlesque Musical
Where: The Wise Hall
What: The tassel-twirling, original musical, which Time Out New York called “Rent for our generation” combines the bawdy comedy of burlesque with a full book musical. 
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Any Night
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: When Anna moves in to the basement suite below Patrick, an unlikely romance ensues. But as she suffers increasingly strange behavior in her sleep, it sends them both down a dizzying spiral of mistrust and fear. Now, caught together in a shared nightmare, this clashing pair must untangle their demons, sort reality from dream, and learn how to trust – or one of them may never wake up.
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Vans Pro Skate Series
Where: Hastings Skatepark
What: Showcasing an international roster of top professional skateboarders and a total prize purse in excess of one half-million US dollars, the VPS establishes the premier global points ranking system for men’s and women’s park terrain skateboarding. This year’s championship consists of four Men’s PS Global Qualifiers and one Women’s PS Global Qualifier occurring over five months and across four continents, culminating with the VPS World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. 
Runs until: Saturday July 9, 2016

Nova Curve (an anagram for this whole ball of wax)
Where: Back Gallery Project
What: For his first solo exhibition in Vancouver at Back Gallery Project Andrew Maize made the transcontinental trip by train from Nova Scotia, photo-documenting every freight train that the he encountered along the way. The results of this repertoire of images informed the work that was produced while working at Malaspina Printmakers.
Runs until: Wednesday July 27, 2016

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Saturday July 9

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Khatsahlano Street Party
Where: West 4th Ave
What: Multiple stages showcasing more than 50 of Vancouver’s top musical performers as well as the eclectic work of local artisans and street performers. This 10-block street fair, spanning from Burrard to MacDonald Street also features a wide variety of food options, bustling patios, giveaways, special activities, and licensed beer gardens.

Wiener Dog Races
Where: Hastings Racecourse
What: Dogs with short legs racing each other! What could possibly be more entertaining or adorable than watching animals with short legs try to run fast?
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain
Where: Grouse Mountain, 10:00am
What: Grouse Mountain and YYoga are excited to bring back the ultimate yoga experience to the Peak of Vancouver this summer. Stretch in the sunshine after a hike up the Grouse Grind or arrive by Skyride as you relax, breathing in the mountaintop fresh air.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Family FUSE Weekend
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Artists are influenced by many things from people and places to dreams and stories of the past. Join us this Family Fuse weekend and explore how we can all find Inspiration Everywhere. Explore the galleries summer exhibitions through a diverse range of performances, in- gallery engagement, hands- on making activities and workshops.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Summer Salsa Cruise
Where: On the water – starting at 501 Denman Street
What: Vancouver’s largest 3 level cruising vessel, with a capacity of just under 450, where two levels are inside and the third is just under the stars so rain or shine the party doesn’t stop. Playing the Best Latin music in Vancouver, each level with a unique sound. Salsa lesson and Dance show to take part in or sit back and enjoy. Food is available on board.

West Coast Modern Home Tour
Where: West Vancouver Museum
What: The West Coast Modern Home Tour celebrates mid-century modern residential architecture and how this movement evolved locally. Participants are invited into a selection of five homes with guidance from our volunteers. A reception at Eagle Harbour Yacht Club brings together tour participants, volunteers, homeowners, and organizers over food and refreshments from local businesses.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids
Where: BC Place Stadium, 7:00pm
What: Have some soccer. Drink some beer, eat some hotdogs, and yell at opportune times.

John Prine
Where: The Vogue, 7:00pm
What: Two time Grammy-award winner, John Prine, is a singer songwriter who, from his eponymously titled first LP release in 1971, has continued to write and perform songs that have become a part of American musical heritage.

DGC Master Class Series with Rachel Talalay
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Known for her unique directing work on Sherlock, Doctor Who, Legends of Tomorrow and The Flash to name a few, Rachel also shares her expertise with Vancouver film students as a professor at UBC Film School. Rachel recently directed the local film, On the Farm, based on the true story of women in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side who became victims of Robert Pickton.

Carnival Del Sol
Where: Concord Pacific Place
What: Two days of live music, art, dance, sports, and poetry in celebration of Latin American Culture, bringing together more than 350 artists from different Latin American countries.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Bharti Kher Matter
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The first major retrospective of New Delhi-based artist Bharti Kher’s work in North America, this exhibition explores issues around identity, aiming to bring together works that speak especially to the perceptions and realities of being female today, implicating personal, cultural and political readings put forward in various aspects of the far-reaching practice of Bharti Kher.
Runs until: Monday October 10, 2016

Lord of the Flies: Adam Dodd & Charlotte McHarg
Where: Dynamo Arts Association (30 East 6th), 7:00pm
What: Space, digital media, and augmented environments are themes explored in the works of two artists.

Big Thief
Where: The Biltmore, 7:00pm
What: According to frontwoman Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief’s music is rooted in “the process of harnessing pain, loss, and love, while simultaneously letting go, looking into your own eyes through someone else’s, and being okay with the inevitability of death.” What does that mean? Go find out.

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Sunday July 10

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Free VSO Symphony in the Park
Where: Deer Lake Park (Burnaby), 7:00pm
What: The VSO, under conductor Tania Miller, will perform popular classics in one of Metro Vancouver’s most beautiful outdoor concert venues. Bring your picnic blanket or chair and settle in.

Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote As Kids
Where: The Biltmore, 2:30pm
What: Do you still have any of your childhood or teenage writing? Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers.

Kathaumixw Concert to support Syrian Refugee Project
Where: St. Andrew’s United Church, 7:00pm
What: The Austrian youth choir, Kinder und Jungensingakademie Graz and their spin-off male group Green Guys Graz performs folk music and more following their participation in the International Choral Kathaumixw competitions. Funds raised benefit the North Shore United Church Syrian Refugee Project.

Sunday Seafood Broil Series
Where: Boulevard, 6:30pm
What: Chef Alex Chen and team will once again serve up a fresh-caught bounty of jumbo prawns, clams, mussels, crawfish and Dungeness crab with all the fixings for a series of classic, East Coast-inspired seafood boils served family style on communal tables.
Runs until:Sunday August 28. 2016

Orlando Fundraiser Yoga Class
Where: 1672 West 2nd Ave
What: In an effort to contribute and raise awareness for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies affected from Orlando’s recent tragedy, the True Identity Movement Project is hosting a donation-based class to provide funds towards the One Orlando Organization. The event is open to all bodies and everybody in order to promote the integrity of non-violence, equal rights and self love for all.

We Are Scientists
Where: The Cobalt
What: American pop band, on tour to support their latest release “Helter Seltzer” (out April 22nd).

 

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Ongoing

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Register for the Americas Masters Games
Where: Vancouver
What: An inclusive 9 days of celebration in the summer of 2016. The Masters Games are about promoting an active and healthy lifestyle by encouraging any and all participants aged 30 to 100+ to continue to strive towards sporting success, and have fun in the process. Register yourself or your team!

From Bond with Love (this weekend only)
Where: The Biltmore, 8:00pm
What: Who do you call when the world is at stake and 007 is nowhere to be found? The Bond Girls of course! Join some of your favourite femme fatales on an adventure across the globe. Using elements of burlesque, cabaret, and contemporary, the gorgeous dancers will take your breath away…Bond fan or foe.
Runs until:Saturday July 9, 2016

Vans Pro Skate Series (ends this weekend)
Where: Hastings Skatepark
What: Showcasing an international roster of top professional skateboarders and a total prize purse in excess of one half-million US dollars, the VPS establishes the premier global points ranking system for men’s and women’s park terrain skateboarding. This year’s championship consists of four Men’s PS Global Qualifiers and one Women’s PS Global Qualifier occurring over five months and across four continents, culminating with the VPS World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. 
Runs until: Saturday July 9, 2016

Billy Elliott (ends this weekend)
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Based on the acclaimed film, and supported with music by Elton John, it’s 1984 and County Durham’s coal miners are set to go on strike when 11-year-old Billy finds his way into Mrs. Wilkinson’s ballet class following his boxing lesson. Enthralled with dance and showing inherent ability, Billy is encouraged to audition for the prestigious Royal Ballet School in London.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Carnival Del Sol (this weekend only)
Where: Concord Pacific Place
What: Two days of live music, art, dance, sports, and poetry in celebration of Latin American Culture, bringing together more than 350 artists from different Latin American countries.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Football’s Coming Home” – watch EURO 2016 (ends this weekend)
Where: Donneley Group Pubs
What: Donnelly Group is throwing its doors open to welcome fans of every country to celebrate from the kickoff of the first match between host nation France and Romania on June 10th until the last whistle of the final on July 10th. There will be EURO 2016 food and beer features during every match, and three pubs (The Lamplighter, Library Square and Butcher & Bullock) will be opening early and offering a special breakfast menu for all the 6:00AM kickoffs.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Bell Media Best of Hot Docs 2016 (this weekend only)
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Presenting the cream of the crop from this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival, VIFF Vancity Theatre is pleased to showcase five of the outstanding documentaries of 2016.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Wiener Dog Races
Where: Hastings Racecourse
What: Dogs with short legs racing each other! What could possibly be more entertaining or adorable than watching animals with short legs try to run fast?
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Family FUSE Weekend
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Artists are influenced by many things from people and places to dreams and stories of the past. Join us this Family Fuse weekend and explore how we can all find Inspiration Everywhere. Explore the galleries summer exhibitions through a diverse range of performances, in- gallery engagement, hands- on making activities and workshops.
Runs until: Sunday July 10, 2016

Indian Summer Festival
Where: Various Vancouver locations
What: Worlds meet in this festival of music, arts, and ideas that features some of the finest artists and visionaries from Canada, South Asia and beyond. Events this year include international cross-cultural music, talks on culturally influenced fashion, and a talk on the impact of North American food systems on the planet by world-renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva.
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

SHINE: A Burlesque Musical
Where: The Wise Hall
What: The tassel-twirling, original musical, which Time Out New York called “Rent for our generation” combines the bawdy comedy of burlesque with a full book musical. 
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Dancing on the Edge Festival
Where: Various Vancouver locations
What: The 28^th Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival pushes frontiers of contemporary dance, featuring over thirty innovative choreographers and involving over eighty dance artists. 
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Any Night
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: When Anna moves in to the basement suite below Patrick, an unlikely romance ensues. But as she suffers increasingly strange behavior in her sleep, it sends them both down a dizzying spiral of mistrust and fear. Now, caught together in a shared nightmare, this clashing pair must untangle their demons, sort reality from dream, and learn how to trust – or one of them may never wake up.
Runs until: Saturday July 16, 2016

Field Guide by Jochen Lempert
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Trained as a biologist, Lempert photographs plants, animals and other natural phenomena with both scientific acumen and a poetic appreciation of natural beauty. His approach is scientific as well as humorous. Always working in black and white, his work engages with a diverse range of subjects and genres, ranging from everyday views to abstracted details.
Runs until: Sunday July 17, 2016

The One That Got Away
Where: Hot Art Wet City
What: Watercolour portraits of tattooed female subjects from Gwen D’arcy and Aaron White.
Runs until: Saturday July 23, 2016

Nova Curve (an anagram for this whole ball of wax)
Where: Back Gallery Project
What: For his first solo exhibition in Vancouver at Back Gallery Project Andrew Maize made the transcontinental trip by train from Nova Scotia, photo-documenting every freight train that the he encountered along the way. The results of this repertoire of images informed the work that was produced while working at Malaspina Printmakers.
Runs until: Wednesday July 27, 2016

Arctic Wind V: Drawing from the Land
Where: Coastal Peoples Fine Art Gallery
What: Inuit artists are inspired by the terrain and multitude of flora, fauna and animal life to create realistic and fantastical imagery.  Their drawings tend to be descriptive narratives as it’s much easier for the artist to tell a story through illustration than sculpture. Often the Inuit will refer to these drawings as “memory art” as they are taken from their personal memories.
Runs until: Monday August 15, 2016

Theatre Under the Stars
Where: Stanley Park Malkin Bowl
What: Theatre for the whole family, outdoors, all summer! This year‘s productions are Beauty and the Beast and West Side Story.
Runs until: Saturday August 20, 2016

Kitsilano Showboat
Where: 2300 Cornwall at Kits Beach
What: Almost anything can happen at this family friendly showcase of amateur talent dating back to 1935.
Runs until: Saturday August 20, 2016

Take-Off Fridays at YVR
Where: Vancouver International Airport
What: Enjoy delicious treats and lunch specials from locations throughout the airport as well as free entertainment including live musicians, DJs, caricaturists, face painters and our very own YVR Paper Airplane Folding Zones.
Runs until: Friday August 26, 2016

The Big Picture: An Improvised Movie
Where: The Improv Centre (Granville Island)
What: This is a live, improvised-adventure featuring lightning-fast comedy that can hold its own with any on-the-edge-of-your-seat big screen thriller or frothy romcom. The actors on stage, and the audience in the seats, will together create a different ‘overnight smash hit’ each and every night of the show’s run.
Runs until: Saturday August 27, 2016

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain
Where: Grouse Mountain, 10:00am
What: Grouse Mountain and YYoga are excited to bring back the ultimate yoga experience to the Peak of Vancouver this summer. Stretch in the sunshine after a hike up the Grouse Grind or arrive by Skyride as you relax, breathing in the mountaintop fresh air.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Sunday Seafood Broil Series
Where: Boulevard, 6:30pm
What: Chef Alex Chen and team will once again serve up a fresh-caught bounty of jumbo prawns, clams, mussels, crawfish and Dungeness crab with all the fixings for a series of classic, East Coast-inspired seafood boils served family style on communal tables.
Runs until:Sunday August 28. 2016

Forager Tours
Where: Stanley Park
What: In partnership with Forager Foundation, learn to forage in our region in a tour around Stanley Park and learn about the ethnobotany of our region.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Joe Fafard: Retailles
Where: Burnaby Art Gallery
What: Retailles—French for scraps or trimming—focuses on Fafard’s exploration of the laser-cut process and his creative renderings of its by-products. Not only referencing the act of removing the negative from positive space to create form, but also referring to the act of recycling these “out-cuts” to create new works.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Jérôme Havre
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Havre’s work considers representation, circulation, transmission and translation of black identities, interrogating racialized stereotypes and ideologies projected onto bodies.
Runs until: Wednesday August 31, 2016

Evidence of Trail Fairies
Where: Mount Seymour
What: Photographer Euan Forrester spent 9 months photographing 2 trailbuilders as they built a new mountain bike trail from scratch. The trail and the installation are free and open to all users: walkers, hikers, runners, and mountain bikers.
Runs until: Thursday September 1, 2016

From Meadows Woodlands Far and Near
Where: Beaty Biodiversity Museum
What: Delicate watercolours and striking woodcuts inspired by plants from the landscapes of Germany and Canada. Art by Brigitte Potter-Mael.
Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2016

An Agreeable State of Uncertainty
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Comprised of 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, these works were selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection by artist Stephen Waddell.
Runs until: Monday September 5, 2016

Harry Callahan: The Street
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Harry Callahan (1912–1999) was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. In 2013, the Vancouver Art Gallery received the extraordinary gift of almost 600 Callahan photographs from the Larry and Cookie Rossy Family Foundation.
Runs until: Monday September 5, 2016

Stephen Waddell: Dark Matter Atlas
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Over the past two decades the Vancouver-based artist Stephen Waddell has become widely known for his photographs and paintings that address urban space, particularly his depictions of the human figure in the modern city. This exhibition will feature a recent body of photographs in which Waddell has departed dramatically from the subject matter of his previous work by focusing on underground caverns in the United States, Canada and Lebanon—spaces once inaccessible that are now open to tourists.
Runs until: Sunday September 5, 2016

Summer at the Fort Langley Historic Site
Where: Fort Langley Historic Site
What: Leave it all behind as you explore an 1827 Hudson’s Bay Company fur trading post. Watch live demonstrations throughout the day and satisfy your curiosity with our audio tour. Stop for coffee or lunch at the fort café. Pan for gold, visit the bunnies and goats, and then rest on a bench while the children build the walls of the playhouse.
Runs until: Monday September 5, 2016

Panda Night Market
Where: 12631 Vulcan Way (Richmond)
What: Market-goers can expect to taste dishes from around the globe with the multitude of food and beverage booths on display, as well as shop for unique knick knacks, exclusive local merchandise, and enjoy diverse entertainment every night.
Runs until: Sunday September 11, 2016

Sunset Music Series
Where: Sea to Sky Gondola, 6:00pm
What: A Summit Lodge Restaurant barbeque and musical performances that offer a variety of musical guests ranging from ranging from Classic Rock, European Folk, Indie Soul, Modern-Acoustic, R&B and World Fusion every Friday.
Runs until: Friday September 16, 2016

Playland at the PNE
Where: Hastings Park
What: The smell of Mini Donuts and the screams of the rickety wooden coaster are in the air! In addition to carnival games, a ton of rides for all ages, the newest ride – added last year is Canada’s most extreme pendulum ride. The Beast, which boats a one-armed pendulum, swinging 120 degrees in either direction, reaches heights of over 125 feet and speeds of more than 90 km/h.
Runs until: September 18th, 2016 (select dates)

Bard on the Beach: Pericles
Where: Vanier Park
What: Directed by Lois Anderson, this fast-paced, thrilling tale set in an ancient mythical world follows a prince’s arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Runs until: Sunday September 18, 2016

Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
Where: Vanier Park
What: A romantic, tragic Shakespeare in a tent on the beach. Two young people who fall deeply in love in spite of the bitter feud that divides their families. The story of Romeo and Juliet has been captivating audiences for centuries because it moves and inspires us even though it breaks our hearts. This classical, sensuous production is a salute to its timeless power.
Runs until: Friday September 23, 2016

Shipyards Night Market
Where: Shipbuilders’ Square
What: Over 100 vendors selling fresh foods, locally-made products, crafts, and other wares. There is also a beer garden, food trucks, and boozy lemonade.
Runs until: September 30, 2016 (Fridays)

Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism. Picasso: The Artist and His Muses will examine the significance of the six women who were most important to Picasso’s artistic development: Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot and Jacqueline Roque.
Runs until: Sunday October 2, 2016

The Seriousness of Play
Where: The Bill Reid Gallery
What: Haida Manga is a contemporary art form that offers a playful way of viewing and engaging with social issues as it seeks participation, dialogue, reflection and action. Influenced by both the tradition of Haida iconography and contemporary Asian visual culture, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has created an artistic practice celebrated for its vitality and originality by an international audience engaged in issues of ethnicity, identity and relationships.
Runs until: Sunday October 2, 2016

Bharti Kher Matter
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The first major retrospective of New Delhi-based artist Bharti Kher’s work in North America, this exhibition explores issues around identity, aiming to bring together works that speak especially to the perceptions and realities of being female today, implicating personal, cultural and political readings put forward in various aspects of the far-reaching practice of Bharti Kher.
Runs until: Monday October 10, 2016

Richmond Night Market
Where: 8351 River Road (Richmond, BC)
What: Touted as the largest night market in North America since 2000, find all kinds of foods, trinkets, entertainment and more all weekend.
Runs until: Monday October 10, 2016

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: Vancouver artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, of Coast Salish and Okanagan descent, is showcased in this provocative exhibition of works that confront the colonialist suppression of First Nations peoples and the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights to lands, resources, and sovereignty.
Runs until: Sunday October 16, 2016

Trout Lake Farmers Market
Where: Trout Lake
What: This is where you’ll find the vendors who have been doing it since the beginning; what started as 14 farmers ‘squatting’ at the Croatian Cultural Centre back in 1995 has grown into Vancouver’s most well-known and beloved market. Visitors come from near and far to sample artisan breads and preserves, stock up on free-range and organic eggs and meats, get the freshest, hard-to-find heirloom vegetables and taste the first Okanagan cherries and peaches of the season.
Runs until: Saturday October 22, 2016 (Saturdays)

West End Farmers Market
Where: Comox Street, 9:00am
What: Local produce, prepared foods and crafts, hot food and coffee. Take the dog for a walk and enjoy a market in your urban backyard.
Runs until: Saturday October 22, 2016 (Saturdays)

Kits Market
Where: Kitsilano Community Centre
What: Each week the parking lot of Kits Community Centre fills with organic and conventional product, meat, cheese, seafood and plants as well as tasty baked goods, beautiful crafts and musical entertainment by local musicians. Kids can enjoy the playground and waterpark nearby and parents will find the best selection of organic produce around. Hot coffee and hot food available on site each week.
Runs until: Sunday October 23, 2016 (Sundays)

Prohibition City Walking Tour
Where: Chinatown
What: Delve into Vancouver’s dirtiest secrets on this scandal fuelled walking tour. Starting in the world of the saloon, you trace the story of prohibition in Vancouver while winding along the city’s most storied streets. You’ll hear tales of blind pigs, corrupt mayors, and enterprising bootleggers. Plus you’ll see first hand evidence of opium dens and walk down an alleyway once teeming with over 40 “bawdy houses.”
Runs until: Saturday October 29, 2016

Across The Top: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: This exhibit will transport you to the Arctic where you will learn about its environment and people; the many voyages of discovery; the search for John Franklin’s lost expedition (both historical and modern), and the ultimate discovery of HMS Erebus by Parks Canada.
Runs until: November 2016

In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: The Sepik River of Papua New Guinea is one of the largest river systems in the world, extraordinarily beautiful, but seldom visited. It is here that the Iatmul people, who live along its banks, have created internationally renowned works of art primarily inspired by stories of the majestic crocodile as the primordial creator. This unique exhibition will showcase the most comprehensive collection of contemporary Sepik art in North America for the first time. In addition to highlighting the exquisite carvings of Papua New Guinea’s latmul people, the exhibition will delve into their economic, cultural, and spiritual connections to the river system, drawing urgent attention to the logging and mining operations that pose environmental threats to the region.
Runs until: January 31, 2017

What are you up to this weekend? Tell me and the rest of Vancouver in the comments below or tweet me directly at @lextacular

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