There’s a great lineup of family friendly Halloween activities in Metro Vancouver this year, with old favourites returning alongside new activities and adventures for all ages. Here are Miss604’s top picks:
Family Friendly Halloween in Metro Vancouver
Burnaby
Eerie Illusions at Burnaby Village Museum
When: October 20 to 30, 2022 from 5:30pm to 10:30pm daily
Where: Burnaby Village Museum (6501 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby)
When: October 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 29 & 30 10:00am to 3:00pm
Where: Britannia Mine Museum (150 Copper Dr, Britannia Beach)
Admission: Purchase tickets here for the event only, which include access to the lower museum site. The Halloween special event rate is $25 for youth and adults, and $20 for kids ages 3-12, which includes the Halloween activities, Treasures of the Deep underground odyssey, museum exhibits, and gold panning.
Sea to Sky Gondola
When: Sunday, October 23 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Where: Sea to Sky Gondola
Admission: Free, with your gondola lift ticket or pass. Trick or treaters can stroll the Alpine Alley trail, while Sea to sky characters will make appearances at different stations and hand out candy along the way. A special family-friendly menu will be offered in the cafe including macaroni and cheese with fresh veggies, fluffy pancakes served with syrup and chocolate chip banana french toast.
Megaphone Magazine has just revealed their 2023 Hope in Shadows Calendar featuring a special commemorative anniversary poster!
During a small and intimate awards event in the Downtown Eastside on Thursday, Megaphone launched its 2023 — and 20th Anniversary — Hope in Shadows calendar, celebrating the community, strength and hope of low-income photographers. The event kick-started what’s expected to be a sellout season for Megaphone vendors, who earn much-needed income from selling the products on the streets of Vancouver and Victoria.
Hope in Shadows 2023 Calendar revealed. Featuring cover image by Chayse Crossley. Photos via Megaphone Magazine on Facebook.
Hope in Shadows 2023 Calendar
Hope in Shadows is a photography project that shares the stories of people experiencing poverty and homelessness through their own lens, and in its 20-year history, has put more than $1.3 million directly into the pockets of low-income vendors in BC — helping them buy healthy food, warm clothing, or items for their grandchildren.
The Hope in Shadows 2023 calendar features 13 strikingly beautiful photographs — along with accompanying stories — captured by folks from the Megaphone community. Included with the calendar this year is a 20th anniversary commemorative poster, featuring a selection of beautiful award winning Hope in Shadows photos from the past two decades.
The project challenges the stigma that surrounds poverty by making space for people marginalized by society to share their own experiences and perspectives. Street vendors who sell the calendar participate in a photography contest hosted by Megaphone each spring. They are given a single-use, disposable camera and five days to go out into their communities and take pictures of their lives — capturing images inspired by a different theme each year.
About the Cover Photo
For 2023, in recognition of this anniversary milestone, the theme was “Celebrate.“
Participants flooded the Megaphone office with more than 1,500 photographs, including those of three longtime friends holding hands, a woman with her five puppies, a seasoned gardener in his favourite spot, and so many more.
Those images were pared down to the top 30 photos, selected by a community jury and public vote, and then 13 winning photographs were chosen for the 2022 calendar.
The winning photo and cover of the 2023 calendar was taken by first-time photo contest participant, Chayse Crossley. Entitled In the Garden of Hope, it’s a beautiful shot of Liz, manager of Onsite transitional and detox housing (which is located above Insite Harm Reduction centre on East Hastings Street). With the theme of this year’s Hope in Shadows calendar being Celebrate!, Chayse wanted to shine some of that recognition on Liz.
“I think that, for me, taking a photo of her and having her being a part of this is my way of celebrating her and showing thanks for giving people a chance, and helping them to get sober or housing, which is really important,” he says. “She just creates a safe space for me and everybody… especially me, because I’m queer and she knows that. There’s some marginalization there that sometimes people don’t really understand.”
Starting today, Megaphone street vendors in Vancouver will be selling the calendar with commemorative poster. You can find and pay vendors directly with their smartphone using the Megaphone App, available for free download from the iTunes and Google Play stores. You can also purchase the calendar, magazine, and notecards online and receive them via mail or in-person pick-up through Megaphone’s online store.
Miss604’s Rebecca Bollwitt has been a columnist for Megaphone since 2020.
There’s a cranberry festival this weekend, Halloween events are popping up like pumpkins in a field, and the leaves have started to fall. Despite the unseasonably warm and dry weather, indeed the long weekend is upon us and here’s a big list of what you can enjoy around Metro Vancouver Friday to Monday:
From November 3-8, Music on Main presents the 2022 Modulus Festival featuring invigorating and inspiring live performances at various venues in Vancouver.
“Just the place to explore new worlds.” – Vancouver Sun
At the 2022 Modulus Festival, immerse yourself in engaging live music, hear performances by legendary composers, and learn and discover something new! Highlights include the return of Nancy Tam and Robyn Jacob‘s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way,” a collection of personal stories of migration from the Chinese diaspora with an art-pop aesthetic. Late night concerts curated by Coastal Jazz feature three nights of improv with Modulus musicians. François Houle’s Canadian premiere of “The Secret Lives of Colour,” makes moving music based on the historical connections between the moods and spirits of colour.
Experience the musical poetry of Ayelet Gottlieb‘s “13 Lunar Mediations: Summoning the Witches,” which explores our relationship with the moon and the effect it has on us. Lose yourself in the lingering beauty of Dory Hayley singing Morton Feldman’s legendary “Three Voices.” Listen to the music of dreams with Vancouver favourite, Standing Wave. Enter Steven Takasugi’s imaginative world of spectacular chaos, as No Hay Banda performs “Side Show,” taking audiences on an adventure full of absurd tragedy.
Whether you choose to attend one event or many, there’s something new for everyone to discover. Here’s your chance to reconnect with yourself and fellow audience members, so that together you can expand your musical horizons. What better place to experience these captivating moments than at Music on Main’s 2022 Modulus Festival.
Featured Events
November 2-12 at Left of Main (211 Keefer St)
Double Happiness: Detour This Way featuring Nancy Tam, Robyn Jacob, Emily Cheung, Jasmine Chen, Molly MacKinnon, Kevin Romain, Emma Postl, and Jeff Gammon
Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm at The Annex (823 Seymour St)
François Houle’s “The Secret Lives of Colour” featuring Joëlle Léandre, double bass; Alexander Hawkins, piano; Kate Gentile, drums; Hamin Honari, percussion; Gordon Grdina, oud and acoustic guitar; and François Houle, basset clarinet
Saturday, November 5 at 7:30pm at The Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews)
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb’s “13 Lunar Meditations: Summoning the Witches”
Sunday, November 6 at 3:00pm at The Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews)
Free Family Concert featuring The BC Chinese Music Ensemble
Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 7:30pm
Dory Hayley sings Morton Feldman’s “Three Voices”
Monday, November 7 at 7:30pm at The Annex (823 Seymour St)
Standing Wave Ensemble’s “In Dreams” featuring Christie Reside, flute; AK Coope, clarinet; Rebecca Whitling, violin; Cristian Markos, cello; Allen Stiles, piano; and Vern Griffiths, percussion
Tuesday, November 8 at 7:30pm at The Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews)
No Hay Banda plays Steven Kasuo Takasugi’s “Side Show” featuring: Jeff Stonehouse, flute; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Yves Charuest, alto saxophone; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Jean René, viola; Émilie Girard-Charest, cello; Daniel Áñez, piano; Noam Bierstone, solo vocalizing percussionist; Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière, electronics; and Steven Kazuo Takasugi, staging
Now in its 17th Season under founder and Artistic Director David Pay, Music on Main has presented more than 500 concerts and events, featuring over 1,000 musicians, and 100 world premieres, with daring programming for the musically adventurous. They have been a launching pad for world premieres, emerging artists, and fresh formats for experiencing the classics. At Music on Main, you can watch and listen to concerts, festivals, and top-notch videos.
The Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala, presented by Nicola Wealth, is offering an additional virtual option this year to share the event‘s inspiring message even further on October 29th.
Both gala guests and those viewing the live stream will hear from Canuck Place family Erin and Federico Angel.
The family was first introduced to Canuck Place in February, 2021, when their son Alejandro Angel, affectionately known as Alejo, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. Canuck Place supported the family with in-home care during Alejo’s five short weeks, including pain and symptom management, end-of-life care, memory making, and grief and bereavement counselling.
“Canuck Place floated into our lives like a summer wind, warm and comforting. Their compassion and expertise allowed us to spend time at home with Alejo and savour our time with him. With their support, loving care, and access to call the 24-Hour-Clinical-Care line, we knew we were not alone.”
Over the past 18 years, the Gift of Time Gala has raised over $16 million to support care at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Your support will provide critical care to over 830 children living with life-threatening illnesses and the families who love them.
When children and their families come to Canuck Place, they already know the end of the story. But how they get there hasn’t been written. Canuck Place aspires to make their story the very best it can be— because while they can’t add days to the life of a child, they can add life to their days.
Miss604 is a proud sponsor of the Gift of Time since 2013
