Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend

Happy Equinox! This Autumn weekend you can cozy up with a new book you find at the writers festival, get hypnotized by some steampunks, listen to a symphony play Legend of Zelda tunes, take the family to a square dance, learn about birding, go see a show or spend the day at a county fair.

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Ongoing

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Friday September 23

Word Vancouver
Where: Vancouver Public Library and various other locations
What: Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading promotes books and authors with free exhibits, performances, open mics, readings, and hands-on activities for a wide range of ages and interests.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 7:30pm
What: Re-live 30 years of Legend of Zelda video gaming history as the music is played by a live symphony.

A Good Way Out
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist. The world premiere of a fierce, compelling look into the precarious world of crime and compromise.
Runs until: Saturday October 15, 2016

East Side Flea
Where: 1024 Main
What: Shop with a drink in hand, there are collections of vintage clothes, art, curiosities, hand made jewelry, soaps, and more.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Digital Folk
Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
What: Created from the desire to revisit how communities gather to play music, dance and tell stories in the wake of videogame culture and technology, one of Vancouver’s contemporary dance company, Plastic Orchid Factory, reveals a video game/costume party with music and dance performance/installation.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Colin Mochrie
Where: The Vogue
What: From Whose Line is it Anyways?, laugh along with this legendary Comedian.

The Return of History: Jennifer Welsh
Where: York Theatre, 7:00pm
What: In his 1989 essay “The End of History?” Francis Fukuyama suggested that western liberal democracy was the endpoint for political systems- the best and final system to emerge after thousands of years of trial and error and theory about large-scale social organisation. Fukuyama seems to have been wrong; our recent history- filled with terrorism and war, rising inequity and the mass flight of peoples- suggests that we’ve failed to create any sort of global formula for lasting peace and social equity.

Hermes at Work
Where: Jack Poole Plaza
What: The travelling “Hermès at Work” exhibition brings Hermès’ craftspeople from the intimacy of their ateliers in France to Vancouver to interact with the public and demonstrate their craft.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Laura Marling
Where: The Imperial
What: Soulful, folky, indie and sweet.

Interior Design Show
Where: Vancouver
What: Designers, artists, makers and design-centric brands come together in Vancouver to showcase their current works, concepts and products. In addition to experiencing installations and features, there will also be opportunities to hear from some of the design world’s most notable and talented personalities and connect with a long list of world-class designers that either call Vancouver home, or call on Vancouver for inspiration.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Community Square Dance
Where: The Cultch Historic Theatre
What: A family-friendly dance featuring caller Paul Silveria and live music by The New Short Mountain Deadbeats.

Feast on the Fraser
Where: New Westminster
What: A 10-day culinary experience that pairs food and fun with a signature event each day.
Runs until: Sunday October 2, 2016

Dan Savage’s Hump! Film Festival
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: Since 2005 the HUMP! Film Festival has challenged ordinary people from all over the Pacific Northwest to become temporary, weekend porn stars-by making their very own five-minute dirty movies that are sexy, funny, and creative.
Runs until: Saturday September 24, 2016

Cyril Hahn
Where: The Biltmore
What: During the In the early part of his career the Bern, Switzerland native was known for his remix work of Solange, Jessie Ware, Haim, Sigur Ros and the ever-popular Destiny’s Child remix of Say My Name.

Hapa-Palooza
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery, ArtStarts, and various locations
What: A family-friendly celebration of art and mixed cultures.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw with Me
Where: Hot Art Wet City
What: Join comedian Alicia Tobin and her special guests Cam Macleod, Jacob Samuel and Jane Stanton for an evening of drawings, laughings, sharings (not too much sharing) huggings (no way, gross), marker sniffing, and friendships. Part comedy show, part art class… well, probably not. No talent required. Supplies provided.

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Saturday September 24

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Brilliant!
Where: Rocky Mountaineer Train Station (1755 Cottrell St)
What: A night of visual delights celebrating iconic artists touched by mental health and addiction. Funds raised at Brilliant 2016 will support the Mental Health Hub, which will provide faster, more intensive care for some of our most vulnerable patients, and strengthen patient supports from hospital care to community care, as well as our world-leading addiction program at St. Paul’s Hospital.

VSO Season Opening: The Rite of Spring
Where: Orpheum Theatre
What: The 2016/2017 Season opens with a bang, starting with award-winning Composer-in-Residence Jocelyn Morlock’s first VSO commission. Maestro Tovey and the VSO welcome back Vancouver favourite Alexander Gavrylyuk to perform the most famous piece in the piano repertoire, and the concert wraps with the wild, exciting orchestral showpiece that is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
Runs until: Monday September 26, 2016

Bird Walk
Where: VanDusen Gardens, 10:00am
What: Take a guided tour through VanDusen and learn about the native bird species that make their home in the garden.

The Color Run
Where: PNE (2901 East Hastings)
What: A run where colour is powdered and thrown at your face. And everywhere. And you can throw powdered colour at other people.  Of course there is a big messy dance party at the end as well.

Harlequin Hypnosis Show
Where: The Orpheum
What: Performers dressed in steampunk attire hypnotize people, and according to the websites there are some other performances of some sort, interesting costumes, as well as a band and a bar.

Etsy Vancouver Market 2016
Where: The Pipe Shop (North Vancouver)
What: Local crafters, artisians, and collectors will be showcasing their remarkable handmade and vintage goods. Goodie bags for the first 50 shoppers each day.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Echo and the Bunnymen
Where: The Commodore
What: Straight from the puffy-haired 80s, this pop-gothy group is responsible for The Killing Moon and Lips Like Sugar.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids
Where: BC Place Stadium, 4:00pm
What:Watch some soccer, drink some beer maybe, and yell a lot (in a good way.)

Sad Secrets Comedy Show
Where: Little Mountain Shop, 6:30pm
What: Hosted by Jackie Hoffart.

Mid-Century Modern House Tour
Where: Vancouver Heritage Foundation
What: Explore the iconic West Coast architectural movement: Mid-Century Modernism. Inspired by the innovative Modernist style, Mid-Century Modernism embraces clean lines and a close relationship with nature. In Vancouver we enjoyed a specific adaptation in West Coast Modernism which made use of our abundant local natural resources and incredible landscape.

Nao
Where: The Biltmore
What: From London R&B singer-songwriter, on tour to support her debut release “For All We Know”.

Miracle Egyptian Theme Party
Where: The Imperial, 8:00pm
What:Dress like an Egyptian, dance like an Egyptian. Choose your own era. 

Study and Go Abroad Fair
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre
What: Looking for your next step in education or to travel? If you’re considering an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or a shorter-term program abroad, or are looking to travel for a gap year or in your vacation, this expo is for you.

Daughters of the Kingdom
Where: York Theatre
What: Singer songwriter Shadi Toloui-Wallace has released her third studio album Daughters of the Kingdom (2016) and will be celebrating its launch in a live performance with her studio band, for this one night only concert.

Teenage Dirtbag
Where: Hot Art Wet City, 8:00pm
What: Hosted by stand-up comic and New Yorker cartoonist Jacob Samuel, comedians John Cullen, Abdul Aziz, Pam Choi, Alex Sparling, and Levi McCachen explore the follies of youth.

Shoes.com Grouse Grind Mountain Run
Where: Grouse Mountain, 10:00am
What: Run up the Grind with a bunch of other people who want to run up a mountain on a Saturday morning. Followed by a party sponsored by a shoe website.

The Bacon Con
Where: The PNE Forum
What: Are you really into bacon, to the point where you will go to a conference about it? Here’s your chance to eat a lot of bacon, look at a lot of bacon, and.. I don’t know, what else do you do with bacon?

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Sunday September 25

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Southlands Country Fair
Where: Southlands Riding Club
What: Pony rides, a petting farm, old fashioned games, equestrian entertainment by Southlands Riding Club members, a silent auction, a local arts and crafts market, heritage displays, a farmers market, agricultural demonstrations, a book sale, face painting, hay piles, bouncy horses and delicious food.

Birds of a Feather: ABCs of Birding
Where: Stanley Park, 9:00am
What: Interested in becoming a birder but intimidated by the expert birding groups? Join this introductory birding walk and learn about the birds you are most likely to see like the chickadee and white-crowned sparrow. Get acquainted with the harder-to-spot birds like the spotted towhee and the bushtit. There will be bird ID books and binoculars to share.

Mt. Kilimanjaro Grouse Grind for Alzheimers
Where: Grouse Mountain
What: A team-based event that raises funds and awareness for the Alzheimer Society of BC. Teams fundraise and hike the Grouse Grind together to show their support for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. I can’t find any info on exactly why this is named for a mountain on a different continent, so maybe just pretend you’re in Africa, that sounds like fun.

Sailor Moon Burlesque
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: Fighting evil by moonlight – watch burlesque, hip hop, swing, drag, gogo, contortion and more, inspired by the Sailor Scouts.

Millencolin
Where: Venue (881 Granville)
What: Scandinavian skatepunk from Örebro, Sweden.

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
Where: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
What: New Orleans native Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews started his career as a teenager touring with Lenny Kravitz. Today, when he isn’t sharing the stage with stars like Madonna and Macklemore, the musical alchemist heads up the five-member Orleans Avenue. This high-energy ensemble mixes jazz, funk, rock, and hip-hop.

Sonu Nigam & Atif Aslam
Where: Pacific Coliseum
What: Sonu & Atif are the pride of India & Pakistan with a massive following around the world and though both have performed in Vancouver before, it’s the first time that both are performing in North America together.

Wise Hall Flea
Where: The Wise Hall
What: Local sellers, makers and artists sell their fantastic finds.

 

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Ongoing

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Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet (ends this weekend)
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

If Not For Dreams (ends this weekend)
Where: Gallery Gachet
What: Oppenheimer Park and Gallery Gachet are pleased to present an exhibition showcasing artwork from the Oppenheimer Park community. This exhibition features painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, carving, textile, mixed media and video works. If Not For Dreams is part of Homelessness Action Week 2016 (Oct 9th–15th) a series of events to increase awareness and to address conditions impacting homelessness.
Runs until: Friday September 23, 2016

SFU MFA Graduating Class Exhibition 2016 (ends this weekend)
Where: Audain Gallery
What: The exhibition features graduating projects by MFA candidates Scott Saunders, Emiliano Sepulveda and Alexandra Spence, in Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
Runs until: Saturday September 24, 2016

Word Vancouver (ends this weekend)
Where: Vancouver Public Library and various other locations
What: Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading promotes books and authors with free exhibits, performances, open mics, readings, and hands-on activities for a wide range of ages and interests.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Digital Folk (ends this weekend)
Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
What: Created from the desire to revisit how communities gather to play music, dance and tell stories in the wake of videogame culture and technology, one of Vancouver’s contemporary dance company, Plastic Orchid Factory, reveals a video game/costume party with music and dance performance/installation.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

East Side Flea (ends this weekend)
Where: 1024 Main
What: Shop with a drink in hand, there are collections of vintage clothes, art, curiosities, hand made jewelry, soaps, and more.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Hermes at Work (ends this weekend)
Where: Jack Poole Plaza
What: The travelling “Hermès at Work” exhibition brings Hermès’ craftspeople from the intimacy of their ateliers in France to Vancouver to interact with the public and demonstrate their craft.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Hapa-Palooza (ends this weekend)
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery, ArtStarts, and various locations
What: A family-friendly celebration of art and mixed cultures.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

Interior Design Show
Where: Vancouver
What: Designers, artists, makers and design-centric brands come together in Vancouver to showcase their current works, concepts and products. In addition to experiencing installations and features, there will also be opportunities to hear from some of the design world’s most notable and talented personalities and connect with a long list of world-class designers that either call Vancouver home, or call on Vancouver for inspiration.
Runs until: Sunday September 25, 2016

VSO Season Opening: The Rite of Spring
Where: Orpheum Theatre
What: The 2016/2017 Season opens with a bang, starting with award-winning Composer-in-Residence Jocelyn Morlock’s first VSO commission. Maestro Tovey and the VSO welcome back Vancouver favourite Alexander Gavrylyuk to perform the most famous piece in the piano repertoire, and the concert wraps with the wild, exciting orchestral showpiece that is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
Runs until: Monday September 26, 2016

The Nature of Art (ends this week)
Where: Van Dusen Botanical Gardens
What: BC based artists Fran Alexander, AFCA, and Susie Cipolla, SFCA, invite you to an exhibit of their art.
Runs until: Thursday September 28, 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)

Indigenous Plant Use
Where: Stanley Park, 10:00am
What: Walk through the forest with YUXWELUPTUN’ AAT (Lauraleigh) of Coast Salish, Interior Salish, and Carrier First Nations descent and learn about the traditional and present-day Coast Salish relationships with local flora and fauna. While there will be no collecting on these tours, Stanley Park offers a perfect setting to learn about sustainable harvesting.
Runs until: Friday September 30, 2016

Cosmic Sea
Where: Hot Art Wet City (2206 Main)
What: New works from Jenn Brisson, Kristian Adam and Phresha. The nautical and metaphysical theme sets the stage for the many colourful new works by the three artists. Invisible sea creatures, extra-terrestrial ocean babes, jellypurrrs and octophants, magical coral reefs, an army of lollipop licking dolphins floating through the milky way.
Runs until: Friday September 30, 2016

Surreal
Where: Gastown
What: An interactive, roaming theatre experience that takes place in the backstreets and alleys of Gastown. Audience members follow the story and characters wherever it goes, engaging with them to help progress the story. Unlike conventional stage theatre, Surreal brings the audience face-to-face with the story and characters, creating a wholly engaging experience.
Runs until: Friday September 30, 2016 (Fridays)

Naufragio
Where: 602 E Hastings Street
What: The exhibition is the result of the conversations among three artists born “elsewhere” but who currently live in Vancouver.   This city is not explicitly present in the works, but is present as a locus for the stories that brought these artists together.
Runs until: Friday September 30, 2016

Tactile Forest
Where: Cityscape Community Art Space (North Vancouver)
What: The theme of botanical life is brought into the gallery landscape. Mossy greens, golden browns, sea and sky blues mimic our natural world through acrylic and oil paints, ceramic and fibre sculpture, contemporary embroidery and unique mixed media photographic works.
Runs until: Saturday October 1, 2016

Feast on the Fraser
Where: New Westminster
What: A 10-day culinary experience that pairs food and fun with a signature event each day.
Runs until: Sunday October 2, 2016

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

Isabel Nolan: The Weakened Eye of Day
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Taking its title from the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush (1899), the exhibition examines how the light of the sun, physically and symbolically, manifests or resonates in our thoughts, preoccupations and pursuits. In Hardy’s poem, the sun, described as “the weakening eye of day” is a dismal star drained of its force by a gloomy pre-centennial winter afternoon.
Runs until: Sunday October 2, 2016

Absence: David Wilson
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: Wilson’s newest body of work explores a number of repeated images that reference specific meaningful images and symbols as he searches for new opportunities to unravel his thoughts on a given subject. Most noticeable in this exhibition is the repetitive use of umbrella imagery.
Runs until: Saturday October 8, 2016

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Five actors play over 40 comical characters, filling the stage with suspects, allies, and heirs in this zany whodunit based on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. When the wealthy Henry Baskerville is threatened by the fable of a bloodthirsty hound on the moors, Holmes and Watson are on the case to sniff out the culprit.
Runs until: Sunday October 9, 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

A Good Way Out
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist. The world premiere of a fierce, compelling look into the precarious world of crime and compromise.
Runs until: Saturday October 15, 2016

Mean Time
Where: Centre A
What: Featuring a pair of works, The Remnant of My Volition (Force Majeure) (2014) and Frustration of Having More than Two Choices to Make in Life (2013). Artist Morgan Wong currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Shortlisted for the Sovereign Art Prize and featured in Hong Kong Basel Encounters, Wong has exhibited extensively in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia and Europe, but this exhibition marks Wong’s North American debut.
Runs until: Saturday October 15, 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

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: Sunday October 30, 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: Sunday October 30, 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 October 30, 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

Fall for Arts
Where: Whistler, BC
What: Festivals, art shows, markets, movie nights, and arts events all over the city.
Runs until: December 2016

All Together Now: Vancouver Collectors and Their Worlds
Where: The Museum of Vancouver
What: 20 beautiful, rare, and unconventional collections, with something for everyone including corsets, prosthetics, pinball machines, taxidermy, toys, and much more. In this exhibition both collector and collected are objects of study, interaction, and delight.
Runs until: Sunday January 8, 2016

White, Steel, Slice, Mask
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Working together for over a decade, the duo’s interdisciplinary practice typically instigates community-based models of participation in order to re-imagine a material record of the present. They investigate tactics of cultural representation while utilizing the methods of anthropology to examine various forms of collecting, interpretation and display.
Runs until: Sunday January 8, 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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