FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

(ART-SCIENCE) COLLISIONS FESTIVAL: INVASIVE SYSTEMS Independent works and collaborative works by artist-scientist pairs. Nov 8-10, VIVO Media Arts. $10-30. CANADIAN & INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FINE ART AUCTION Auction of oil paintings, mixed-media works, photography, and ceramics. Nov 8-12, Lipont Gallery. Free. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MANSION Informal performance featuring Mexican-Canadian dancer Ana Sosa and choreographerdancer Desirée Dunbar. Nov 8, 8, 1-2 pm, West Point Grey Community Centre. Free.

LOST VOICES In honour of November 11th, join Symphony 21 for our program of Lost Voices: composers and works forever linked to the loss of war. Butterworth: On the banks of green willow; Ravel: Le tombeau de couperin; Schreker: Kammersymphonie. Join us early for a showing of the 2013 Oscar-winning short film “The Lady in Number 6”. Nov 8, 7 pm, Roy Barnett Recital Hall. Pay what you can. BRUCE MCCULLOCH Former member of the Kids in the Hall performs his one-man show Tales of Bravery and Stupidity. Nov 8,

8 pm, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. $33-36. BEN GLEIB American actor and comedian performs two nights of standup. Nov 8, 8 & 10:30 pm; Nov 9, 7 & 9:30 pm, Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver. $26.25.

JEAN-WILLY KUNZ Montreal Symphony Orchestra organist in residence performs SaintSaëns’s Carnival of the Animals. Nov 8, 8-9:30 pm, Holy Rosary Cathedral. By donation. LESSONS FROM I-HOTEL Reading by and conversation with author Karen Tei Yamashita. Nov 8, 8-10 pm, InterUrban Gallery. Free. SODA FOUNTAIN Comedy sketches, character bits, improv, and standup hosted by Graeme Achurch and Nathan Hare. Nov 8, 10:30 pm, Little Mountain Gallery. $8.