Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend

It’s the final weekend of August (sorry, somebody had to say it) but let’s cross our fingers and hope the clouds see their shadows, get scared, and hide out for another few weeks. This weekend you can re-live the Olympics for free by watching the Americas Masters Games as athletes of all abilities compete across the city, catch one of three big-name concerts at The Fair, take the kids on a day-cruise, and watch a herd of bulldogs wiggle their way on a race to the finish line.

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Friday August 26

Americas Masters Games
Where: Venues across Vancouver
What: Miss the Olympics already? Want to keep cheering on athletes? 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.
Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2016

The Book of Mormon
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: From the creators of South Park, this musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word.
Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2016

The Meeting of Machines
Where: The Fox Cabaret, 7:30pm
What: Live Performances with dance & video projection.

Olivia Newton-John
Where: The Fair at the PNE
What: See the singer, actress and songwriter perform some of her Grammy-Award winning hits free with the price of admission to The Fair.

Grease Sing-Along
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: Missing Olivia Newton-John at The Fair? Sing along to the classic with a theatre of fans!

Gipsy Kings
Where: The Vogue Theatre
What: Melding deep-heated flamenco, rumba, salsa and pop to the tune of 20 million albums sold, the Grammy Award-winning hit-makers behind ‘Bamboléo’ celebrate in their very own tradition – taking audiences back to the south of France with flamenco guitars and booming Spanish vocals.

Oddities & B Sides: A Festival of Opposing Plays
Where: Havana Theatre
What: Quimera Theatre Collective present a collection of four plays strange in nature but bound by their humour and heart. Combining original works by our collective members and local writers with pieces by established playwrights, these Oddities & B-Sides make up what is sure to be a darkly humorous evening.
Runs until: Saturday August 27, 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.

Miss Sharon Jones
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: “They said I was too fat, too black, too short and too old,” said Sharon Jones. “Well look at me now!” The “100 Days, 100 Nights” R&B and soul star has been compared to James Brown, Mavis Staples, and a human dynamo. She’s been strutting her stuff for more than 20 years (and before that, working blue collar jobs – she was a corrections officer on Rikers Island), but she only started getting her due in the last five or six years. And then, when she finally seemed to have cracked the big time at the age of 57, Jones was diagnosed with stage II pancreatic cancer. Directed by legendary documentarian Barbara Kopple, this is part music film, part cancer survival story, and 100% soul.
Runs until: Wednesday September 7, 2016

From the Void
Where: The Beaumont
What: An exhibition on the powerful healing modalities of art and music.

Crnkshft
Where: The Media Club
What: With guests Porcelain Sky, Sleepcircle and more.

Saturday August 27

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Parquet Courts
Where: The Vogue Theatre
What: New York-based indie rock band, on tour to support their release “Human Performance”.

Free Family Day: The Light of the Sun
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Responding to Isabel Nolan’s exploration of the sun, create a colourful transparency similar to stained glass to hang in your window.

Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Show
Where: 115 Victory Ship Way (North Vancouver)
What: Featuring over 100 modern quilts, a modern mini demonstration wall providing concrete examples of the modern quilting esthetic, a community activity table staffed by volunteer quilters and beautiful modern quilts from wall-hanging to bed-size. Saturday evening features a free outdoor concert and onsite food trucks.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Foreigner
Where: The Fair at the PNE
What: Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Hot Blooded,” “Cold As Ice,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” and the worldwide #1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” Foreigner continues to rock the charts more than thirty years into the game.

The Judys
Where: LanaLou’s
What: Local music and good food in one of Vancouver’s most interesting little venues.

Sunwave Closing Party
Where: Koerner’s Secret Garden
What: A two-level open-air dance party 5 minutes from Wreck Beach and 15 minutes from downtown.

UFC Returns to Vancouver
Where: Rogers Arena
What: Fighting people fight each other for your enjoyment.

Sunday August 28

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Pet-A-Palooza West
Where: Yaletown, 1100 Mainland
What: In its third year, get in on this extravaganza of all things pet-related and for your pets, including a hilariously wiggly “Running of the Bull(dog)s” race (ok, the race is really more for you and the other humans, but the dogs have fun too.)

Culture Club
Where: The Fair at the PNE
What: You know you love him – one of the men of the 80s who made wearing make-up cool for dudes too! Known for dominating the charts worldwide with their classic hits including “Karma Chameleon,” “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” and “Miss Me Blind” the show will include a backing band of horns and backup vocalists along with the 4 original band members for an unforgettable night of music.

Family Cruise
Where: Vancouver Harbour, 2:00pm
What: Bring the kids to meet Disney-like princesses such as Ariel, Rapunzel and superheros like Batman as they cruise around on the water. There’s face painting, hair braiding, music and dancing.

Birds of a Feather: Say Goodbye and Say Hello
Where: Stanley Park, 9:00am
What: The birds that have graced us with their presence this summer are starting to head south. At the same time, other birds are arriving from there. Join a two-hour easy walking exploration to learn about bird identification and behaviour. Participation by donation.

Duran Duran
Where: Rogers Arena
What: At the dawn of the 80s, a group of young men in Birmingham, England had a sound in their ears, one with echoes of glam, art-pop, and dance. The band they formed quickly became a household name and, three decades later they continue to perform for screaming fans all over the world.

All Over the Map Dance Series: N’Nato Camara
Where: Ron Basford Park on Granville Island
What: N’Nato Camara is a member of the Susu tribe, from Guinea, West Africa. This versatile and inspiring artist has toured the world performing and teaching the rhythms and dances that accompany rituals, celebrations and everyday life in Guinean villages. N’Nato will be joined on stage by an ensemble of energetic dancers and musicians.

Open House and Beer Fest
Where: Parallel 49 (1950 Triumph)
What: Check out the brewery, have a free taste from a tank, and hang out in the beer garden to sounds of DJ Danni.

Fraser Fest
Where: False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf, 1:00pm
What: Live music and family activities.

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Take-Off Fridays at YVR (ends this weekend)
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

Friday Night Market at the Sea to Sky Gondola (ends this weekend)
Where: Sea to Sky Gondola
What: The night market features many talented artisans including jewelry designers, specialty foods, and home decor.
Runs until: Friday August 26, 2016

Heathers the Musical (ends this weekend)
Where: Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
What: It’s the 1989 classic, but with songs! Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing trio: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. When misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., all hell breaks loose. When kids start dying no one will ever be the same. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Friday August 26, 2016

Theatre Under the Stars (ends this weekend)
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 27, 2016

The Big Picture: An Improvised Movie (ends this weekend)
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

Ashes Ashes We All Fall Down (ends this weekend)
Where: Hot Art Wet City
What: Six local artists (Flavia, Christel Chan, Jane Q Cheng, Minjoo Kim, Chelsea O’Byrne and Rachel Wada) explore how memory provides an ongoing context for all of our thoughts and ideas, despite paradoxically being an unreliable source of information. Drawing from their own individual memories, they aim to find vestiges of the past hiding in the darkest corners of the present.
Runs until: Saturday August 27, 2016

American Idiot (ends this weekend)
Where: Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
What: A critical smash on Broadway and in London, the two-time Tony Award winning musical tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Conceived by Grammy winners Green Day, it’s more than just a jukebox musical; it’s the Jesus Christ Superstar of this generation. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Saturday August 27, 2016

Oddities & B Sides: A Festival of Opposing Plays (this weekend only)
Where: Havana Theatre
What: Quimera Theatre Collective present a collection of four plays strange in nature but bound by their humour and heart. Combining original works by our collective members and local writers with pieces by established playwrights, these Oddities & B-Sides make up what is sure to be a darkly humorous evening.
Runs until: Saturday August 27, 2016

Michif–Michin (ends this weekend)
Where: Gallery Gachet
What: In this ongoing project, Dylan Miner investigates Indigenous medicines and other forms of earth-based and non-Western knowledge and healing. Over the summer, Miner collaborated with plants in and around Vancouver, as well as worked with community members in the Downtown Eastside as part of the socially-engaged project.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Indigenous Plant Use (ends this weekend)
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: Sunday August 28, 2016

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain (ends this weekend)
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 (ends this weekend)
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 (ends this weekend)
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

Sunday Afternoon Salsa (ends this weekend)
Where: Robson Square, 3:00pm
What: Every Sunday begins with a free beginner Salsa dance lesson at 3:00pm and are taught by some of Vancouver’s best salsa instructors. At 5:00pm the dance show gets underway, featuring a variety of performances by some of Vancouver’s most talented dancers in styles including salsa, tango, flamenco, ballroom, zouk, hip hop, belly dance, as well as traditional folkloric dances such as tinkling.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Show (this weekend only)
Where: 115 Victory Ship Way (North Vancouver)
What: Featuring over 100 modern quilts, a modern mini demonstration wall providing concrete examples of the modern quilting esthetic, a community activity table staffed by volunteer quilters and beautiful modern quilts from wall-hanging to bed-size. Saturday evening features a free outdoor concert and onsite food trucks.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

The Fakeespeare Festival (ends this weekend)
Where: York Theatre
What: A cheeky new festival celebrating clever Canadian twists of Shakespeare! Love the Bard, but need a new angle? Not a big fan of Will, but love a saucy show with lots of laughs? Then this festival is for you.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016

Joe Fafard: Retailles (ends this weekend)
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

Sounds of Summer at Flyover Canada (ends this weekend)
Where: Flyover Canada, 3:00pm
What: Some of Vancouver’s most talented buskers perform on the outdoor sightseeing deck.
Runs until: Sunday August 28, 2016 (Sundays)

Flora (ends this week)
Where: VanDusen Botanical Gardens
What: An exhibition of several series of paintings. Each series was created as a response to the joy Jan Henry finds in the colours and textures of flora.
Runs until: Wednesday August 31, 2016

In Dreams (ends this week)
Where: The Beaumont
What: Art by Jason York and Tayt Modern.
Runs until: Wednesday August 31, 2016

Jérôme Havre (ends this week)
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 (ends this week)
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

Summer Watershed Tours
Where: Metro Vancouver
What: Discover the treasures of the watersheds, where ancient trees tower in steep mountain valleys, wildlife abounds and water flows through natural landscapes to our drinking waters supply system.
Runs until: September 2016

Americas Masters Games
Where: Venues across Vancouver
What: Miss the Olympics already? Want to keep cheering on athletes? 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.
Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2016

The Book of Mormon
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: From the creators of South Park, this musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word.
Runs until: Sunday September 4, 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

The Fair at the PNE
Where: 2910 E Hastings St
What: Superdogs, vendors, farm animals, win a house, win a car, carnival rides, games, weird foods, nightly concerts, and all the carnival experience you take in!
Runs until: Monday 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

Mirage
Where: Metropolis at Metrotown
What: A visual, audio and digital experience that has been custom designed for Metropolis at Metrotown using state of the art projection technology and a mirrored ceiling and floor. This digital art installation that offers a 2-minute walkthrough experience for customers.
Runs until: Monday September 5, 2016

Miss Sharon Jones
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: “They said I was too fat, too black, too short and too old,” said Sharon Jones. “Well look at me now!” The “100 Days, 100 Nights” R&B and soul star has been compared to James Brown, Mavis Staples, and a human dynamo. She’s been strutting her stuff for more than 20 years (and before that, working blue collar jobs – she was a corrections officer on Rikers Island), but she only started getting her due in the last five or six years. And then, when she finally seemed to have cracked the big time at the age of 57, Jones was diagnosed with stage II pancreatic cancer. Directed by legendary documentarian Barbara Kopple, this is part music film, part cancer survival story, and 100% soul.
Runs until: Wednesday September 7, 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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