Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend: Sept. 14, 2017

The Westward Music Festival, a Flamenco dance festival, a film about rats, the singing Von Trapps, drinking wine on top of a mountain and performances by the water are all happening this weekend in Vancouver. And that’s just Friday.

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Friday September 15

Intangible
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Contemporary Coast Salish art is embedded within a traditional cultural framework that includes community, ceremonial life, territory, history and innovation. Six artists challenge our expectations and illustrate Coast Salish art as a thriving art tradition – a dynamic one that demonstrates both continuity with the past and exploration of new ideas and technologies.
Runs until: Sunday December 10, 2017

Westward Music Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Celebrating the spirit of Vancouver and it’s world-class music scene, the festival is comprised of 15 live music events with multi-genre line-ups. Bands this weekend include Vince Staples, Pup, and A Tribe Called Red.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Where: Various locations
What: As one of few celebrated festivals devoted to Flamenco Art outside of Spain, the VIFF has since its beginnings in 1990 grown to a mature understanding of Vancouver’s multicultural audiences by nurturing the form’s hybridized roots in Sephardic, Persian, Gypsy and Indian cultures and by striving to reflect and connect its diverse sociocultural identity through work narratives underlining flamenco’s universal message of humanistic tolerance.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

The Christians
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: After taking his church from a meager storefront to gleaming megachurch, Pastor Paul overturns one of the most sacred tenents of his congregation’s beliefs, sending them reeling towards schism. As they grapple with the mysteries of faith, certainty, and what happens after we die, they must also face the reality of loving those whose beliefs have made them into sudden strangers.
Runs until: Saturday October 7, 2017

The Sound of Music
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Follow the Von Trapp family on their musical WWII-era journey of wealthy children, nunnery avoidance, Nazi-fleeing and of course beloved sing-along songs.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Summer Wine Down Dinner + Jazz Trio
Where: Sea to Sky Gondola
What:  Guests will receive a special set menu, carefully crafted by chef Jessy Ash, alongside delicious wines from Hester Creek, narrated by winemaker Rob Summers.

Rat Film
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: A study of the rodent population of Baltimore that winds up like a rogue episode of The Wire, a brilliant dissection of class and race divisions in that troubled city. Theo Anthony’s warped essay film traverses a doomed century of gradually institutionalized racism with the boundaries of Baltimore, literally mapping an alternative history of the city through its many, many rodents and those who hate them, love them (perhaps a bit too much) and love to hate them.
Runs until: Wednesday September 20, 2017

Acis and Galatea by G.F. Handel
Where: The Orpheum Annex
What: In its original form, G.F. Handel’s “Acis & Galatea” tells the tale of a water nymph and a shepherd whose love affair is disrupted by a jealous cyclops. But let’s be honest, that’ not the easiest story to relate to as a modern audience. In this adapted version of the same opera, we follow the story of two 19th century women who fall in love and are persecuted for their relationship and their ways of self-expressing.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Workshop: Deaf Inclusion in Theatre
Where: Studio 1398, 12:00pm
What: Are you an arts organization or arts manager looking to find best practices for including d/Deaf artists and audiences? This workshop will highlight some of the common mistakes that arts organizations are making, and provide you with an insight into how to effectively partner with d/Deaf artists and participants. Join Landon Krentz, the only Deaf Arts Administrator in the entire West Coast of Canada, to develop your organizations best practices.

New Works by Diverse Women
Where: 1318 Cartwright Street (Granville Island)
What: Ruby Slippers Theatre, in partnership with the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Playwrights Guild of Canada committee read over 100 plays submitted from across Canada before selecting five new plays by female-identifying playwrights.
Runs until: Friday September 15, 2017

Corporate Capture of Education Workshop
Where: Vancouver Public Library, Downtown
What: This event is being organized by The Council of Canadians for people to discuss the corporate influence on education. Panel presentation with Joel Bakan. 

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Saturday September 16

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TEDxEastVan 2017: HUMAN
Where: York Theatre
What: There are magnificent things happening all around us through normal human beings – and these are the stories TEDxEastVan wants to tell. Speaker topics will touch upon what our collective future will look like, from the latest scientific, technological and medical advances, while also digging into the facets that make up our identities – gender, religion, and nationalism. (Use the promo code “Go2Friends” to get 15% off your ticket!)

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Columbus Crews
Where: BC Place Stadium
What: It’s a soccer game, go cheer and twirl around some scarves.

Dan Savage’s Hump Festival
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: The carefully curated program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes—all united by a shared spirit of sex-positivity.

Market Mexico
Where: 800 Robson Street
What: A revolutionary event in which food, ambiance, sound, and smells will transport all our visitors to Mexico for one day.

West End Pop-Up Market
Where: Jim Deva Plaza
What: Jewelry, new and vintage clothing, lounge areas, greeting cards, art, accessories, housewares and more stuff by local makers.

Shaggy 
Where: The Commodore Ballroom
What: A Jamaican-American reggae fusion singer best known for his singles Oh Carolina, Boombastic, and Angel. With Support from Mostly Marley.

Conifers of North America
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: Garden staff Samantha Sivertz will cover identification, ecology, history and cultural significance of different trees. Sam’s engaging teaching style weaves stories with the science – learn about researchers, explorers, and folklore, plus medicinal, practical and ceremonial uses. Discover handy tips and tricks to help you remember the trees.

Bike the Night
Where: Vancouver, over Burrard Bridge
What: Experience the beauty and energy of nocturnal Vancouver at its best – by bike. Take in the city skyline as we cruise through car-free Vancouver streets and over the iconic Burrard Bridge. Decorate your bike, and remember lots of lights!

Celebration of the Senses
Where: UBC Farm
What: The Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique (SDECB) invites you to discover the rich variety of BC’s environment through five events under the theme of the “Celebration of the Senses”.It will showcase local food and drink, and the know-how inherited from over 150 years of history.

First Pick Handmade
Where: Heritage Hall
What: Featuring a combination of fashion industry veterans and newer startups, with a common thread of high quality construction and materials (including linen, cashmere and leathers), Vancouverites can shop for new fall 2017 looks (with limited runs) and get first picks directly from 28 local and Canadian designers.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Vancouver International Photography Festival
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: A photography festival and contest.

Roadside: A Harvest Social
Where: Abbotsford, BC
What: Enjoy a day in the country under the big Abbotsford sky at this one-of-a-kind harvest themed event that offers three different corn mazes, including the Rookie Maze, All Star Maze and the popular Sampler Maze, plus autumn eats from BB Food on the Go, a beverage zone, and activities for the whole family – even the dogs!
Runs until: Sunday October 15, 2017 (weekends)

RAC
Where: The Imperial
What: RAC is primarily known for remixes (200+).  It started with an ambitious goal to change the way things were remixed. Taking the focus away from danceability and attempting different and interesting arrangements. Some notable examples include: Lady GaGa, Bob Marley, Ella Fitzgerald, Kings Of Leon, Katy Perry, The Shins, Bloc Party, Chromeo, Lana Del Rey, and Two Door Cinema Club.

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Sunday September 17

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Copper & Fire Arts Festival
Where: Britannia Mining Museum
What: The museum’s premiere arts event showcasing crafts derived from mined materials “of the earth.” See BC artists such as metal workers using copper and bronze, ceramic artists using a number of different mediums, and jewelers.

VOKRA Walk for the Kitties
Where: Jericho Beach
What: This 5k fun walk takes place at Jericho Beach and all funds raised go directly towards supporting the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA)’s rescue efforts for more than 1,400 cats and kittens each year.

Canuck Place Adventure Race
Where: Jericho Beach
What: This family-friendly event features a 15 km bike ride, 6 km trail run, and a thrilling new obstacle course at beautiful Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver. Race on your own or as part of a relay. All proceeds from this event support over 715 Canuck Place children with life-threatening illnesses and their families all across BC

The Verona Quartet
Where: Vancouver Playhouse
What: Hailed by The New York Times as an “outstanding ensemble of young musicians”, the Verona Quartet won the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition and, in just three years, has earned a stellar reputation for delivering a “sensational, powerhouse performance” (Classical Voice America) every time they take the stage.

Terry Fox Run
Where: Stanley Park
What: Join the run to raise funds for cancer research.

Shreya Ghoshal
Where: Pacific Coloseum
What: Hailed as the “Melody Queen” and the ‘future of Indian singing’, the 33 year old singer has been singing from the age of six and recently became the first Indian singer ever to have her wax statue at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New Delhi, India. She was only sixteen when she sang for Aishwarya Rai to Ismail Darbar’s music in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2000) & won her first National best singer award.

Contemporary Iranian Cinema Series
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Acclaimed and accomplished new films from Iran are in the spotlight in this new monthly showcase.
Runs until:Thursday October 25, 2017

The East Van Garage Sale: Night Edition
Where: The Astoria, 7:30pm
What: Clothes, jewelry, shoes, knick knacks, collectibles, drinks, dancing maybe, and chit chatting.

Sprouted: The New Bread Frontier
Where: Canadian School of Natural Nutrition Vancouver
What: In this workshop, baker and Rooted Nutrition guest Instructor Ellexis Boyle, will introduce you to recipes and techniques for working with organic, sprouted, ancient grain flours for making artisanal and nutritious breads and bakes at home.

St. Roch Sundays
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: An opportunity to take part in a special guided visit of a unique part of the Museum not normally open to the public; the engine room and main hold of RCMP Arctic Police Vessel, St Roch.

Eco Stewards Bog Restoration
Where: Stanley Park
What: Hidden from the public’s view off the trail around Beaver Lake lies the Stanley Park bog. This rare habitat is home to sphagnum moss, bog laurel, Labrador tea and the carnivorous round-leaved sundew plant. You can help continue to ensure the ecological integrity of the restored bog by removing invasive non-bog species and planting native bog species. Volunteers must enjoy working outdoors and be prepared to perform physical work in all weather conditions. 

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Ongoing

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Aileen Bahmanipour: Technical Problem
Where: Grunt Gallery
What: An exhibition of mixed media drawings by Vancouver-based, Iranian-born artist Aileen Bahmanipour that explores cyclical political power and cultural identity.
Runs until: Saturday October 14, 2017

Flora and Fauna: A Summer Art Show
Where: The Fall Tattooing and Artist Studio
What: An artistic summer celebration of all vibrant, colourful, living things.
Runs until: Friday September 15, 2017

Oh, Canada – The True North Strong and Funny
Where: The Improv Centre on Granville Island
What: Based on audience suggestions, the cast lampoon such Canadian ‘institutions’ as Heritage Minutes, the Mounties, winter, our hunky Prime Minister, hockey, and lumberjacks or other endless possibilities. As this is improv and the show is made up on the spot, no two shows are ever the same. Join us for some distinctively Canadian laughs. You’ll be nicer for it.
Runs until: Saturday September 16, 2017

Vancouver Fringe Festival
Where: Various locations, Granville Island
What: A celebration of theatre for everyone, featuring more than 800 performances by over 90 artists. The Fringe employs an “everyone welcome” selection technique—the mainstage shows are literally drawn out of a hat, giving all artists a chance to participate. There are also unique site-specific theatre where artists stage their work in the nooks and crannies of Granville Island.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Acis and Galatea by G.F. Handel
Where: The Orpheum Annex
What: In its original form, G.F. Handel’s “Acis & Galatea” tells the tale of a water nymph and a shepherd whose love affair is disrupted by a jealous cyclops. But let’s be honest, that’ not the easiest story to relate to as a modern audience. In this adapted version of the same opera, we follow the story of two 19th century women who fall in love and are persecuted for their relationship and their ways of self-expressing.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Westward Music Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Celebrating the spirit of Vancouver and it’s world-class music scene, the festival is comprised of 15 live music events with multi-genre line-ups. Bands this weekend include Vince Staples and A Tribe Called Red.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

The Sound of Music
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Follow the Von Trapp family on their musical WWII-era journey of wealthy children, nunnery avoidance, Nazi-fleeing and of course beloved sing-along songs.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Slumber Here
Where: Granville Island
What:A fully immersive, multi-sensory experience, in which audience members explore a dreamlike fairy world where they find themselves seduced by Oberon, assist the Mechanicals to fix their play, help Puck create mischief, and even interact with a real, live mini donkey. Inspired by Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, it offers an interactive narrative for audience members to explore, often by themselves, in order to discover hidden scenes, encounter performers one-on-one, imbibe custom-designed fairy elixirs and treats, and potentially change the outcome of the play.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

First Pick Handmade
Where: Heritage Hall
What: Featuring a combination of fashion industry veterans and newer startups, with a common thread of high quality construction and materials (including linen, cashmere and leathers), Vancouverites can shop for new fall 2017 looks (with limited runs) and get first picks directly from 28 local and Canadian designers.
Runs until: Sunday September 17, 2017

Rat Film
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: A study of the rodent population of Baltimore that winds up like a rogue episode of The Wire, a brilliant dissection of class and race divisions in that troubled city. Theo Anthony’s warped essay film traverses a doomed century of gradually institutionalized racism with the boundaries of Baltimore, literally mapping an alternative history of the city through its many, many rodents and those who hate them, love them (perhaps a bit too much) and love to hate them.
Runs until: Wednesday September 20, 2017

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Where: Vanier Park
What: What do you say to watching a live production of Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice or The Two Gentlemen of Verona in a custom-built tent on the beach while sipping wine, beer, and munching on a picnic lunch themed to the play? Yes! Right? After 28 years, this festival has hit a stride of near perfection (and don’t even get us started on the amazing costumes.)
Runs until: Saturday September 23, 2017

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Where: Various locations
What: As one of few celebrated festivals devoted to Flamenco Art outside of Spain, the VIFF has since its beginnings in 1990 grown to a mature understanding of Vancouver’s multicultural audiences by nurturing the form’s hybridized roots in Sephardic, Persian, Gypsy and Indian cultures and by striving to reflect and connect its diverse sociocultural identity through work narratives underlining flamenco’s universal message of humanistic tolerance.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Jaad Kuujus: Meghann O’Brien
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Meghann takes materials from the natural world and transforms them into pieces of high-level human expression. Working with traditional materials such as mountain goat wool and cedar bark has given her a deep connection to the supernatural world, a connection to her ancestors. She describes working with cedar bark as, “travelling back in time” or “touching the cosmos”. Her creations have a profound impact within contemporary Northwest Coast art and beyond.
Runs until: September 2017

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: The first overview of the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug (1918 – 1974), born in the Treelon area near Climax, Saskatchewan. It brings together approximately 450 of the artist’s paintings as well as several of his mural-sized works. An itinerant painter, he sold thousands of variations of essentially the same landscape painting in national parks, resorts, department stores and bars across western Canada from the late 1930s through the early 1960s.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Unbelievable
Where: The Museum of Vancouver
What: This exhibition poses provocative questions about our perception of stories by assembling iconic artifacts, storied replicas, and contested objects for a mind-bending exploration of the role stories play in defining lives and communities – and what happens when we question the tales we’ve long relied upon. Unbelievable objects include the Thunderbird totem pole that appeared in controversial filmmaker Edward Curtis’ 1906 work In the Land of the Head Hunters; contemporary ‘totems’, each with contrasting stories about a point in time in Vancouver; and artifacts illustrating the complex narrative around Vancouver’s relationship with First Nations communities.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Uninterrupted
Where: Under the Cambie Street Bridge
What: After dusk, audiences will witness the extraordinary migration of wild Pacific salmon in a 30-minute cinematic spectacle that explores the connection between nature and our urban environments.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Be Polite
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Working closely with the Estate of Gordon Bennett and IMA Brisbane the exhibition will comprise a selection of rare works on paper including drawing, painting, watercolour, poetry, and essays from the early 1990s through to the early 2000s.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Sunday Art Market
Where: Jim Deva Plaza
What: Local artists, vendors and makers, largely from Vancouver’s West End, along with musical and other live performances and artist-led workshops to drop into.
Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Seven Beauties: The Films Of Lina Wertmüller
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Known for her bawdy, boisterous satirical forays into the minefields of sex, politics, and social class, Lina Wertmüller (b. 1928 in Rome) was an art-house sensation, and just about the world’s most prominent female director, in the 1970s. Her films, provocative, parodic, and often decidedly un-PC — or, at least, too savage in their irony and iconoclasm to fit easily into simple political boxes — were often highly contentious.
Runs until: Monday September 25, 2017

Works by Anna Milton
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: Anna has been exhibiting and selling her work internationally since her college years. She trained and worked as an art therapist for many years and is interested in symbols and metaphor that are present in visual art.
Runs until: Wednesday September 27, 2017

Shipyards Night Market
Where: Lonsdale, North Vancouver
What: Food, art, music, entertainment, shopping, a beer garden, and you can bring your dog!
Runs until: September 29, 2017

Interrupting the Interface | David Wilson
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: In building this body of work, Wilson scanned thousands of photographs on Instagram and selected the images he felt compelled to work with. Then it was a matter of copying, pasting, further filtering for his own painting references. Most of the selected images identified with water or fluidity, a pervasive theme throughout Wilson’s work.
Runs until: Saturday September 30, 2017

ZimCarvings
Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden
What: Patrick Sephani along with visiting artist Peter Kananji will be showcasing works from over 30 Zimbabwean stone sculptors on the beautiful garden grounds and carving stone sculptures on site.  All works will be available for purchase.
Runs until: Saturday September 30, 2017

Downtown Eastside Women’s Summer Fair
Where: Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
What: Over twenty-five vendors and artisans from within the community, entertainment from local performers, an area for children to play, information booths about the different resources available in the community, and a wide variety of goods and services for purchase.
Runs until: Saturday September 30, 2017 (Saturdays)

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The most comprehensive exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden will trace the career of this pivotal figure in Western art history. This exhibition will present thirty-eight paintings spanning the course of Monet’s long career from the unparalleled collection of the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.
Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Twenty-five photographs by contemporary American photographer Stephen Shore produced during several visits to Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s famous gardens at Giverny, France. Showing concurrently with the exhibition Claude Monet’s Secret Garden, Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio offers a contemporary perspective on the tranquility originally captured in Monet’s iconic paintings.
Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

Persistence
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Persistence draws together three recent contemporary installations to explore the surprising and creative ways that technologies, physical objects and natural processes endure and transform.
Runs until: October 1, 2017

Elad Lassry
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Investigating the nature of perception with a special focus on the photographic image within the digital era, the exhibition includes more than seventy works—films, photographs and sculpture—produced by Lassry over the last decade.
Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

The Christians
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: After taking his church from a meager storefront to gleaming megachurch, Pastor Paul overturns one of the most sacred tenents of his congregation’s beliefs, sending them reeling towards schism. As they grapple with the mysteries of faith, certainty, and what happens after we die, they must also face the reality of loving those whose beliefs have made them into sudden strangers.
Runs until: Saturday October 7, 2017

Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Where: Dude Chilling Park
What: Amble over and pick up some afternoon picnic supplies, groceries for the week, and Sunday dinner fixings from 25+ farms and producers. Each week you’ll find a fresh selection of just-picked seasonal fruits & veggies, ethically-raised meats & sustainable seafood, artisanal bread & prepared foods, craft beer, wine, & spirits, handmade craft, and coffee & food trucks.
Runs until: Sunday October 8, 2017

Angels in America
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Witness the soaring conclusion to the acclaimed play that asks us what we do for those we love. Perestroika is a revolution against the politics and prejudice in the 1980s as the AIDS epidemic rages on, and the characters wrestle with their ideologies and an angel looking for an answer. In the centre of it all is Prior Walter, a man in a world of peril who chooses to live in his light.
Runs until: Sunday October 8, 2017

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms. Varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia is shown over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts.
Runs until: Monday October 9, 2017

Richmond Night Market
Where: Richmond, BC
What: There’s a dinosaur park! Anamatronic dinosaurs! Also – live performances, carnival games, over 200 retail stalls and over 500 food choices from around the world.
Runs until: October 9, 2017

Onsite / Offsite Tsang Kin-Wah
Where:  Vancouver Art Gallery
What:  This large-scale composition transforms English texts to form intricate floral and animal patterns. The work draws from discriminatory language that appeared in newspapers and political campaigns in Vancouver during the 1887 anti-Chinese riots, the mid-1980s immigration influx from Hong Kong and most recently, the heated exchanges around the foreign buyers and the local housing market.
Runs until: Sunday October 15, 2017

West End Farmers Market
Where: 1100 Comox St
What: Located in the heart of Vancouver’s busy West End, this laid-back Saturday market looks onto beautiful Nelson Park and adjacent community gardens. Each week, shop for the best in local, seasonal produce, artisanal bread & prepared foods, craft beer, wine, & spirits, ethically raised meat, eggs, & dairy, sustainable seafood, wild crafted product, and handmade craft. Hot food & coffee on-site as well.
Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017 (Saturdays)

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 & preserves, stock up on free-range and organic eggs & meats, get the freshest, hard-to-find heirloom vegetables and taste the first Okanagan cherries and peaches of the season.
Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017 (Saturdays)

Kitsilano Farmers Market
Where: Kitsilano Community Centre parking lot
What:   A great selection of just-picked, seasonal fruits & vegetables, ethically raised and grass fed meat, eggs, & dairy, sustainable seafood, fresh baked bread & artisanal food, local beer, wine, & spirits, and beautiful, handmade craft. Kids and parents alike can enjoy entertainment by market musicians, a nearby playground and splash park, and coffee and food truck offerings each week.
Runs until: Sunday October 22, 2017 (Sundays)

Contemporary Iranian Cinema Series
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Acclaimed and accomplished new films from Iran are in the spotlight in this new monthly showcase.
Runs until:Thursday October 25, 2017

The Lost Fleet Exhibit
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: On December 7, 1941 the world was shocked when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, launching the United States into the war. This action also resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,200 Japanese-Canadian owned fishing boats by Canadian officials on the British Columbia coast, which were eventually sold off to canneries and other non-Japanese fishermen. The Lost Fleet looks at the world of the Japanese-Canadian fishermen in BC and how deep-seated racism played a major role in the seizure, and sale, of Japanese-Canadian property and the internment of an entire people.
Runs until: Winter 2017

Intangible
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Contemporary Coast Salish art is embedded within a traditional cultural framework that includes community, ceremonial life, territory, history and innovation. Six artists challenge our expectations and illustrate Coast Salish art as a thriving art tradition – a dynamic one that demonstrates both continuity with the past and exploration of new ideas and technologies.
Runs until: Sunday December 10, 2017

Bill Reid Creative Journeys
Where: The Bill Reid Gallery
What: Celebrating the many creative journeys of acclaimed master goldsmith and sculptor Bill Reid (1920–1998), this exhibition provides a comprehensive introduction to his life and work.
Runs until: Sunday December 10, 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin.
Runs until: January 28, 2018

Emily Carr: Into the Forest
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Far from feeling that the forests of the West Coast were a difficult subject matter, Carr exulted in the symphonies of greens and browns found in the natural world. With oil on paper as her primary medium, Carr was free to work outdoors in close proximity to the landscape. She went into the forest to paint and saw nature in ways unlike her fellow British Columbians, who perceived it as either untamed wilderness or a plentiful source of lumber.
Runs until: March 4, 2018

Chief Dan George: Actor and Activist
Where: North Vancouver Museum
What: An exhibition exploring the life and legacy of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Dan George (1899- 1981) and his influence as an Indigenous rights advocate and his career as an actor. The exhibition was developed in close collaboration with the George family.
Runs until: April 2018

In a Different Light
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: More than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia. These objects are amazing artistic achievements. Yet they also transcend the idea of ‘art’ or ‘artifact’. Through the voices of contemporary First Nations artists and community members, this exhibition reflects on the roles historical artworks have today. Featuring immersive storytelling and innovative design, it explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.
Runs until: Spring 2019

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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