Bugs Galore Show

Date of event Sunday, September 8
Location of event Richmond Nature Park, 11851 Westminster Highway, V6X 1B4
 

Discover the good, the bad and the “bugly” at Richmond Nature Park’s new Bug show.  Live tarantulas, scorpions and hissing cockroaches are just a few of the things you will see on Sunday, September 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. when specialists will provide live insect encounters, hands on activities and insect biofacts to investigate.   

This new creepy crawly show features something for everyone.  Children can be transformed into bugs with the help of Science World’s outreach team, while urban gardeners can learn pest management strategies from researchers at SFU’s Gerhard Gries’ and Roitberg Lab.  Display cases will also be available for viewing from UBC’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum.   

The Bug Show is suitable for all ages and admission is by donation, with all money raised supporting Richmond Nature Park Society educational programs.  For more information, call the Richmond Nature Park at 604-718-6188 or visit www.richmond.ca/parksprograms

In The House Performance Series

Date of event Saturday, October 5, 2013
Location of event 7533 Cumberland St.
 

After a long hiatus, the Performance Series is back! Every 5th of the month starting in October, In the House Festival, in collaboration with the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI), will bring you amazing performances all in the intimacy of someone’s home! From world music to puppets, living rooms all over Burnaby will be bursting with culture and community.

On Saturday, October 5^th, the Performance Series kicks off with:

World at Your Door

Celebrate Burnaby’s diverse cultures through music! Chinese, Philipino and Afghan music set the stage for the first show of the Performance Series.

Time: Doors at 6:15, show at 7
Address: 7533 Cumberland St.
Tickets: $18 adult / $15 kids

Join us each month for a diverse array of themes and performances!
For information about each event, including performers and wheelchair accessibility, visit the website: www.inthehousefestival.com

The Rogue presents JOEL SAVOY & HIS CAJUN DANCE BAND

The Rogue presents Ruth Moody

Date of event Sunday Sep 15th, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Ruth Moody is a two-time Juno Award winning singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin’ Jennys, and former lead singer of the Canadian roots band Scruj MacDuhk, she has performed in sold-out venues around the world, made numerous critically-acclaimed albums, received five Juno awards nominations, and has appeared more than a dozen times on the American national radio show A Prairie Home Companion.

Although best known for her work with The Wailin’ Jennys, Ruth is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism, and her talent as a songwriter. Written with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age, her songs are timeless, universal, and carefully crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably her own.

She launches her second solo CD, These Wilder Things, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Garden. Once again produced by Travers-Smith, it features guest appearances by Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas, Aoife O’Donovan, Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, and The Wailin’ Jennys.

http://www.ruthmoody.com

http://www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev13091520.html

The Rogue presents John Doyle

Date of event Wed Sep 18th, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Long considered one of the most important guitarists in Irish and acoustic music worldwide, John Doyle is now increasingly lauded for his singing and songwriting talents. From a musical family in Dublin, John's influences include English folk singers Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, and The Watersons; Scottish singers Dick Gaughan and John Martin; and fellow Irishmen Paul Brady and Al O'Donnell as well as his father, Sean Doyle – probably the biggest influence of all. John went on the road as a pro at 16 with the group Chanting House which he formed with Susan McKeown and went on to create the highly acclaimed group, Solas, with Seamus Egan, John Williams, Karan Casey and Winifred Horan which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm, in no small part due to John's powerhouse rhythmic guitar style and innovative arrangements.

After leaving Solas, John has gone on to perform and tour with other greats in the Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass worlds. He has appeared on soundtracks for the feature film, The Brothers McMullan, Soldier, PBS's Out of Ireland and also composed the music for the film Uncle Robert's Footsteps and the play Down the Flats as well as performing on countless recordings as guitarist and/or singer for many other notable artists. In recent years, John has gained major prominence in the Celtic and Folk worlds in duos with Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll; as Karan Casey and John Doyle; as McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle; and as one third of the stellar trio "The Teetotallers" with Martin Hayes and Kevin Crawford. 2008-2010 saw John on the road with folk legend Joan Baez as her music director and guitarist.

With the release of John's most recent solo recoding, Shadow and Light (Compass Records) in 2011, his significant talents as songwriter and singer are finally coming to the fore. Impossibly in demand in the studio and on the road, immensely talented and blessed with an acute ear, a wicked sense of rhythm and a seemingly endless bag of chops, John has firmly established himself as one of the most versatile, creative and prolific voices in folk and traditional Irish music.

www.johndoylemusic.com

www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev13091820.html

Wednesday, September 18th – 8pm (doors 7pm)
St James Hall
3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano
Tickets $24 ($20 members)
BUY ONLINE (no service charges)
Parcel O'Rogues Owners RESERVE ONLINE or call 604-736-3022

Tickets also on sale at Highlife Records and Rufus' Guitar Shop

The Rogue presents Rachelle van Zanten

Date of event Sunday Sep 22nd, 8pm
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Canadian songstress and slide guitarist Rachelle van Zanten, whose raw melange of blues, folk, Americana and serious guitar-shredding is currently shaking up an audience of its own.

After 11 years in the trenches, Canadian slide guitarist Rachelle van Zanten is done with bands. In 2006 she released her first solo album, "Back to Francois", which is packed with funky blues riffs and stellar slide performances. The surprise is that van Zanten juxtaposes her gutsy guitar playing with very personal and introspective lyrics – a stylistic trait she attributes to her diverse influences. – Guitar Player Magazine

She has come a long way from her bluegrass upbringing in the foothills of northern British Columbia, recently recording a rock album with producer Joby Baker (Cowboy Junkies, Alex Cuba, The Weakerthans, Mae Moore) and world-renowned sound engineer, Tchad Blake (Sheryl Crow, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, Pearl Jam). Rachelle is a unique and eclectic Americana singer-songwriter. Rachelle has performed with Feist, Blue Rodeo, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Sue Foley; and has supported Indigo Girls, Eagle Eye Cherry and Dar Williams. Rachelle's recent tour schedule took her through Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, India and Nepal.

In her "spare" time, van Zanten in the producer of Canada's Rocker Girl Camp, a motivational music camp for young women ages 10-17. (www.rockergirlcamp.com)

www.rachellevanzanten.com

www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev13092220.html

The Zombie Syndrome: On Death Island

Date of event October 1 – November 3
Location of event Secret Location in Central Vancouver
 

In 2012, zombies overtook the streets of Vancouver and residents were charged with a high-stakes mission to stop the deadly Zombie Syndrome before it spread across the globe. In 2013, The Zombie Syndrome: On Death Island once again recruits audience members to go on an interactive, thrill seeking and clue breaking adventure in order to find the secret hiding place of the crooked Sergeant Sullivan, the holder of the only cure for the deadly virus.

This highly interactive theatrical scavenger-hunt features technical elements requiring each audience group to use their smartphones to navigate through the show.

Tickets start from $25 (+service charges) and can be purchased online only! Shows run Tuesdays – Sundays with shows at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. Previews for the Zombie Syndrome are October 1 and 2 with tickets available for $12.50. Opening Night is October 3, show runs ‘til November 3. All tickets can be purchased online at www.thevirtualstage.org/tickets/.

Bee The Future Honey Bee Workshops

Date of event Sept 20, 21 and 27
Location of event Kiwassa Neighbourhood House

The harvest season is finally here, join Bee The Future in learning about a bee that helped to pollinate your fruits and veggies. The honey bee is well know for its honey, but there are many other things to know about the hardworking bee.

REGISTER @ beethefuture.eventbrite.com

SEPT 20 – All About Beeswax: learn about beeswax, how it's made, how it has been used in the past and present and what are the benefits to this amazing bee product. We will be making beeswax lotion samples! Bring your own glass container. Snacks provided along with samples of local honey!

SEPT 21 – Stone Soup (Lunch and Learn): enjoy an amazing stone soup! Bring a vegetable from your garden harvest or local vegetable to contribute to the soup. We will be making the soup as a group, and enjoying an engaging conversation about honey bees in this Lunch and Learn event. Bring your own bowl, spoon and inner poet! (There may be a small poetry slam)

SEPT 27 – The Vanishing of the Bees: there is trouble in hives all over the world. With record disappearances of whole bee colonies, some are starting to worry about what this means for our food future. Join us for a documentary screening of "The Vanishing of the Bees" followed by discussion including solutions of what we can do to help the bees. Coffee, tea, juice and cookies provided.

Simon King: Comedy Special TV Taping

Date of event Oct. 12th (8PM/1030PM)
Location of event Rickshaw Theater

VANCOUVER'S OWN SIMON KING TAPES HIS NEW STAND-UP COMEDY SPECIAL: FURIOUS – LIVE AT THE RICKSHAW THEATER. SAT OCT 12TH.

Simon King brings his unique, intelligent and hilarious stand up comedy to the Rickshaw stage for one night only to tape his latest special FURIOUS. With a list of credits a mile long including: HBO, CTV, TBS, THE COMEDY NETWORK, CBC, SIRIUS RADIO, JUST FOR LAUGHS and THE WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL, Simon could have chosen to record anywhere but he picked Vancouver and we couldn’t be happier. As requested by the man himself, we kept the ticket prices as low as possible to make the show accessible to almost everyone. This is a great opportunity to come and see an emerging comedy superstar before he moves on to conquer the world stage. Dark, edgy, energetic and inspiring in addition to being funny as all hell, he’s a stand up like none you’ve ever seen. Definitely a force to be reckoned with in the comedy world, Simon has been melting faces and blowing minds throughout North America and the UK for years. Now it’s time to bring it all home for one incredible night of taking stand up comedy its very limits. If you’ve never seen Simon King before you owe it to yourself to catch one of the most intelligent and potentially significant comedians working today at the top of his game.

"Having seen Simon perform many times I have been incredibly impressed with his unique talent. From everything I have seen Simon is truly a gifted comedian."
- Robin Williams


"Finally, Simon King entered the room and, almost as soon as he started speaking, the crowd was roaring with laughter. And the laughter never quieted. King is pure genius…. He never comes off as arrogant, but simply remains likable. And when he topped of his time with a message to the audience about the way people need to be living their lives, it was a poignant moment that proved he cares about what he does. He doesn’t take the stage for granted. He uses it to make us laugh and make us think. And that comparison to George Carlin is not to be taken lightly. King could very well become as influential to comedy as Carlin was."

"It’s not very often a comedian comes along who can perform and write that well. Simon King is a rare talent."
- The Comedy Killers

"Wicked Fuckin' Funny. – Doug Stanhope

TWO SHOWS ON OCT. 12TH: 8PM / 1030PM
TICKETS: $5 ADVANCED / $8 DOOR
TICKETS AVAILABLE: liveatrickshaw.com

Greeting Fluency Salon

Date of event Wednesday September 25th 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Location of event Performance Theatre Roundhouse Community Centre Yaletown

Travel the World without leaving home!

Join us in a special Salon that will explore some of the remarkable cultures of Vancouver.

First Nations dancing and art, a taste of Arabic and baklava, insights into German and music that describes the different way that Chinese is expressed in sign language.

The Greeting Fluency Salon will help you learn how to say Hello, Thank You and You're Welcome in different languages.
Join us for the launch of our smart phone app updated version and our school initiative.

Travel the world without leaving home!

Special Guests:

Tzu Chi Choir
Mike Dangeli Git Hayetsk Dancers
Joachim Waibel Entrepreneur
Reem Morsi Film Maker

RSVP [email protected]
$10.00 CASH at the Door