Kenyan culture through the lens.| Photo by Peter Irungu
Piga Picha!
Nov. 25–April 4
Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver
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Piga Picha! is a collection of Kenyan portrait photography with more than 180 photographs spanning a century. This exhibition showcases Kenyan culture with staged studio photographs as well as photos taken in the streets of Nairobi. Arranged into six groups, each image will show a glimpse of the history of life in Nairobi.
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Eastside Culture Crawl
Nov. 20–23
Vancouver’s Eastside (around Strathcona)
Come visit the 18th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl, a showcase for East Vancouver’s art studios. See the works of over 450 artists while touring the east side of Vancouver. Jewelry, pottery, sculptures, photos and many other pieces will be on display, making this a show for all art lovers.
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Please touch the music.
Nathaniel Stookey:The Composer is Dead!
Nov. 30
Orpheum Theatre
601 Smithe St., Vancouver
At 2 p.m. on Nov. 30, let your children experience the orchestra for themselves. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will put on five different fun and educational presentations that allow the children to touch and play real orchestra instruments.
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things near and far
Dec. 3–6, 2014
Firehall Arts Centre
280 E Cordova St., Vancouver
Come see the world premiere of things near and far, a new dance formed in collaboration with nine Canadian artists and spanning three decades of experimentation in dance, lights and sound. Sound and lights combine with dance to create a bold and unusual work.
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Whistler Film Festival
Dec. 3–7
Four venues in Whistler, B.C.
Experience some of the best films in Canada and around the world. The Whistler Film Festival is committed to celebrating, promoting and developing the film industry in Western Canada, by showing esteemed international films along with original films from regional studios and people.
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Subway Stations of the Cross
Nov. 19–23
Pacific Theatre
1440 12 Ave. W, Vancouver
A homeless man on a cardboard platform brings his own peculiar message from God. Listen to songs, stories and poetry of a nameless vagabond, who touches on the subjects of the everyday and the sacred.
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How to Disappear Completely
Nov. 13–22
Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Rd., Richmond
Itai Erdal was a film student when his mother was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He decided to take his camera and turn it on his mother. Performing alongside the footage he took in her last few days, Erdal gives an account of her life story and lessons learned.
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VSO Pops
Nov. 2014–May 2015
Orpheum Theatre
601 Smithe St., Vancouver
The Pops series showcases a different side of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – that it can swing! This season’s Pops series explores classic theatre with The Best of Lerner and Loewe, pays homage to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong and others.
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URINETOWN: The Musical
Nov. 1–29, 2014
Firehall Arts Centre
280 E Cordova St., Vancouver
In a world where a corporation has a monopoly on all toilets, and people have to pay to use them, hero Bobby Strong fights for people’s right to pee. Visit this mash of corporate greed, ecological disaster and musical comedy.
