The Burrard Bulletin Monday, October 26 · Culture, Vancouver to Whistler |
New on the Bulletin The Best Roadside Stops on the Drive to Whistler
Between Vancouver and Whistler there’s a mine train, a 70-metre waterfall and a forest full of wrecked boxcars, if you know where to pull over. Hot Springs in BC You Can Drive Right Up To, Including One Inside a Cave (Ainsworth)
One B.C. hot spring has you wading through a cave fed by water from an underground stream, and you can park right outside. Sea to Sky Hikes to Skip If You’re Afraid of Heights
Some of the best-known climbs on the Sea to Sky come with chains, ladders and a lot of air under your boots, and each one has a calmer way to get the view. If You Grew Up in Vancouver, You’ll Remember These 15 Things
Woodward’s $1.49 Day, the marshmallow roof on BC Place and a Stanley Park polar bear named Tuk: how many of these Vancouver memories are yours? Vancouver Streets You’ve Seen on TV Without Realizing It
Storybrooke, Smallville and the Seattle of The Last of Us are all a short trip from downtown, and you can walk every one of them for free. |
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Culture this week Tosca’s last two shows lead a big stage week: the VSO’s Beethoven’s Vienna, Rocky Horror at the York, Nightmare Before Christmas with a live orchestra, Scream in Whistler and a free mural celebration on Main. Pick of the week · Thu Oct 29 · 7:30 p.m. or Sun Nov 1 · 2 p.m. Tosca Vancouver Opera’s new Tosca, with Joyce El-Khoury in the title role and Music Director Jacques Lacombe conducting, has two shows left this week. It’s sung in Italian with English titles and runs about 2 hours 20 minutes. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver · Details |
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What's on Vancouver Beethoven’s Vienna, Orpheum, Vancouver
Thu Oct 29 · 2 p.m.
A Tea & Trumpets afternoon with the VSO and host Christopher Gaze: a movement from Beethoven’s First Symphony plus Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. About 90 minutes; free tea and biscuits from 1 p.m. Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, York Theatre, Vancouver
Thu Oct 29 to Sat Oct 31 · $35 to $55 + service charge
The cult musical at the York, adults only and famously interactive. Opening night is Thu Oct 29 at 10 p.m., then Fri and Sat at 5 and 10 p.m. Summer City Street Mural Celebration, Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main, Vancouver
Fri Oct 30 · 6 p.m. · Free
A free celebration of Richard Tetrault’s collage mural, which is joining the City of Vancouver’s public art collection. Tetrault gives an overview of his Eastside murals, back to the 1998 Walls of Change project. Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas™ in Concert, Orpheum, Vancouver
Fri Oct 30 · 7 p.m.
One night only: the 1993 film on the Orpheum’s big screen while the VSO plays the score live. About two hours with one intermission. North Shore Norman Foote & The Howl Masquerade, Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver
Thu Oct 29 · evening · $25, seniors $22, under 35 $15
JUNO winner Norman Foote and a costumed choir of North Shore elementary kids, all howls, groans and cackles, in a Halloween family concert for all ages. The page lists both 7 and 7:30 p.m., so check the time on your ticket. English, Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver
Thu Oct 29 & Fri Oct 30 · 7:30 p.m. · $55, seniors $50, under 35 $29
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about four Iranian adults in a classroom near Tehran, cramming for an English proficiency exam. Performed in English by an all-immigrant cast and crew. Sea to Sky The People’s Film presents: Scream (1996), Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler
Wed Oct 28 · 7 p.m. · $10
A Halloween edition of The People’s Film: Wes Craven’s 1996 slasher, with a Ghostface Killer Lemonade cocktail if you pre-order it with your ticket. Doors 6:15 p.m., 19+, no latecomers. Live Music @ Town Square: Spiritual Warriors, Town Square Restaurant, Pemberton
Fri Oct 30 · 7 to 9 p.m.
Spiritual Warriors play the Friday night live music slot at Town Square on Frontier Street. |
Last chance February 6 to November 8, 2026
That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
The Vancouver Art Gallery’s Emily Carr show, its largest in over 20 years with more than 100 works, closes November 8. Admission is free for 18 and under. |
Plan ahead Mon Nov 2 · 7 p.m.
Dancing on the Elephant, Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver · $15, seniors and under 30 $12
A 2025 Canadian film with Sheila McCarthy and Mary Walsh as two nursing-home residents who plan a breakout. 95 minutes. Tue Nov 3 · 10 a.m.
Creating Gastown, A History Tour, Vancouver · $0–$35
Civic historian John Atkin walks you through how Gastown came to be, from abandoned development plans to freeway threats. Register to get the meeting place; it runs again Sat Nov 7 at 10:30 a.m. Tue Nov 3 · 7 to 9 p.m.
Anonymous Art Show: Opening Reception, Brackendale Art Gallery, Squamish
Squamish ArtWalk’s Anonymous Art Show: work by local artists on cedar rounds, shown without names. The opening is also the buying night. Tue Nov 3 · 7 p.m.
A Night of Killer Whales, Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver · $43.50
The Bay Cetology team presents its research on transient Bigg’s killer whales, with a Q&A after. Net ticket proceeds support the research. Doors 6:30 p.m. |
After Mile One Eating House, Pemberton Before Spiritual Warriors on Friday, Mile One Eating House on Arbutus Street in Pemberton is open every day, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
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Before you go Highway 1 (major): Ironworkers Memorial Bridge: centre and right lanes closed overnight, 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting Tuesday night and ending Friday morning (Oct 30). Expect delays. Highway 99: Whistler and Pemberton: single-lane alternating traffic at several work zones (Nordic Drive, Lorimer Road, and Harrow Road in Pemberton). Check DriveBC before you head up. Avalanche · Ski hills · Horseshoe Bay ferries · Day-use passes |
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