Vancouver and Beyond

Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet brings its exquisite brand of hypnotic choreography to Vancouver for the first time.

Where: Centennial Theatre Centre
2300 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3L1
When: Oct 09-10, 2008 8:00 pm
Details: Regular $45, Student $35, Senior $40, Eye Go $5

For 25 years, this world-renowned San Francisco-based company has been sharing its vision of transformative, revelatory dance — of vulnerability and tenderness, but also of furious abandon and exhilarating freedom. These two works exemplify Alonzo King’s vision as a choreographer and bring to life a vibrant new language for Western classical ballet.

In Irregular Pearl, choreographer Alonzo King uncovers the freedom that lies inside of form and movement itself. His choreography transcends virtuosity to achieve a unique beauty, a sense of unforced artistry; a luminescence that comes from within.

Rasa features the rhythmic virtuosity of Grammy-award-winning composer and tabla master Zakir Hussain. This collaboration between choreographer King and composer Hussain is both a continuation of a deep tradition and an expression of the contemporary global vision of both artists.

Discover some of the stories behind the cranberries garnishing our Thanksgiving dinners.

Where: Fort Langley National Historic Site
23433 Mavis
BC V1M2R5
When: Oct 11, 2008, Sat 10:00 am-5:00 pm

Fort Langley was exporting cranberries internationally long before Vancouver was even built. Cranberries don’t come from a can! At Fort Langley, First Nations people brought canoe loads of cranberries to trade. These were then shipped to San Francisco to be sold to gold prospectors – a vital source of vitamin C long before oranges were widely cultivated in California.

Bring the family and celebrate our proud berry history by enjoying the cranberry harvest at the 13th annual Cranberry Festival.

Tony Robbins invites you to experience this powerful weekend event!
Where: Thunderbird Stadium
Stadium Road University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
When: Oct 17-20, 2008
Details: UBC Thunderbird Arena
Unleash The power within is for people of action and influence. “Unleash the power within” is for people of action and influence. Be a part of an incredibly entertaining environment that empowers you to take action immediately to transform your life forever.

http://www.powerwithin.com/

Enjoy Harvest Festival at the Capilano Suspension Bridge this year!

Where: Capilano Suspension Bridge
3735 Capilano Road
North Vancouver, BC V7R 4J1
When: Oct 08-31, 2008 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Details: Tel: 604-985-7474

Capilano Suspension Bridge celebrates the Harvest Festival this October. The park will be decorated with a Harvest theme and will offer lively entertainment throughout. Both Thanksgiving Weekend (October 11, 12, & 13) and Halloween Weekend (October 25 & 26) are packed with special activities for the whole family.

Festivities:
On Thanksgiving weekend, enjoy games, the Rainforest Explorers Program, wildlife series, face painting, kids crafts and fortune telling.

On the Halloween weekend, enjoy a grand Jack-o-lantern display along with fortune telling, face painting, kids crafts, ghost tours and trick-or-treating.

Could killing your own child be an act of love?
Where: Pacific Theatre
1440 W 12th
Vancouver, BC V6H 1M8
When: Oct 17-Nov 15, 2008
Details: $11 – $34.00

Inspired by the true Canadian story of a Saskatchewan farmer and his daughter, Emil Sher’s new play explores the dilemma faced by the father of a severely disabled teenage girl, whose fate is about to be taken over by the medical establishment.

Can their best efforts ever relieve her constant pain? Or should her father pursue another, final alternative? So who gets to play God?

A stunning theatrical piece in which assuming a loved one’s best interests leads to an entire family’s loss.

http://www.pacifictheatre.org/

A money-nabbing plot is hatched.

Where: Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Road
Richmond, BC V7C 3V4
When: Oct 09-25, 2008
Meet Jack and Leo, English Shakespearean actors whose fortunes have sunk to performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in rural Pennsylvania.

Hearing that a wealthy matron in nearby York is about to die, they conspire to impersonate her two long lost nephews and get the cash. The trouble is, the missing relatives aren’t nephews, but nieces! Add in some romance and mischief, and try to keep up as, undaunted, these two thespians forge ahead with their harebrained scheme!

From humble beginnings in a rural French Canadian home town, Céline Dion has risen to international superstardom like a shooting star.
Where: Canada Hockey Place
800 Griffiths Way
Vancouver, BC V6B 6G1
When: Oct 20, 2008, Mon 8:00 pm
Details: $62.50-$520
Céline has been called the premier contemporary pop vocalist of the Nineties. She has earned music industry accolades from around the world: Grammy Awards in the US, Juno and Felix Awards in Canada, and World Music Awards in Europe. The entire world has seen Céline Dion literally transform herself from a gifted pre-adolescent into an international superstar.

Born in Charlemagne (a small town 30 miles east of Montréal, Québec, Canada), Céline is the youngest of 14 children of a highly musical family. Her parents, both musicians, operated a small club, and on weekends, the entire family performed and entertained the local population. From the tender age of 5, Céline sang with her siblings and quickly acquired the ability to perform live. At the age of twelve, together with her mother and one of her brothers, Céline composed a French song which would forever alter the course of her life.
http://www.celinedion.com/

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The Vancouver International Writers Festival is one of North America’s premiere literary events, held annually over 6 days in late October.

Where: Granville Island
Vancouver, BC V6H3R8
When: Oct 21-26, 2008
Details: For more information please see link below.

It was inaugurated in 1988 as the brainchild of founding Artistic Director Alma Lee. Now under the artistic direction of Hal Wake, the Writers Festival attracts the world’s best writers to Vancouver. Internationally renowned and undiscovered authors mingle with 11,000 readers of all ages in intimate, interactive and informal settings on Granville Island, an urban oasis in the heart of Vancouver.

In its 19 year history the Festival has presented luminaries such as Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Peter Carey, Roddy Doyle, Timothy Findley, Tomson Highway, John Irving, P.D. James, Thomas Keneally, Rohinton Mistry, Frank McCourt, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Anita Rau Badami, JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Carol Shields. The Writers Festival also produces special events throughout the year featuring the best of Canadian and international writers.
www.writersfest.bc.ca