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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Hooray for the weekend! Here are some of the fun things happening around town.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra‘s opening weekend features works by music director Maestro Bramwell Tovey, John Adams and Tchaikovsky.

It’s the last weekend to check out “Uninterrupted” – a cinematic summer art installation that’s transformed the underside of the Cambie Bridge into a wild river.

Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading, is on this weekend at various venues around town.

The Whitecaps host the Colorado Rapids on Saturday at BC Place.

The Snowbird RV Show & Sale is on this weekend at the Tradex in Abbotsford.

Bard on the Beach at Vanier Park wraps up on Saturday for another year.

Check out the Ultimate Sneaker Show on Saturday at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival 2017 wraps up this weekend at various venues around town.

Stop by the Downtown Eastside Women’s Fair and Flea Market at Columbia and Cordova Streets every Saturday until the end of September.

Learn how to grow an edible garden this winter on Saturday at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

The Trout Lake Farmers Market in on Saturdays until October 21st.

The Delta Studio Stomp is on this weekend.

The Venetian Ghetto: A Virtual Reconstruction: 1516-2017 is on now until the end of October at the Italian Cultural Centre.

Check out Claude Monet’s Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery on now until October 1st.

Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art is on now until December 10th at the Bill Reid Gallery downtown.

Come to the Walk for Reconciliation and Expo on Sunday starting at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza.

The Kitsilano Farmers Market is on Sundays until October 22nd.

Angels In America: Perestroika is playing at the Stanley until October 8th.

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum presents Life in Colour on now until February.

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, is on now until October 9th at the UBC Museum of Anthropology.

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Emily Carr: Into the Forest on now until mid-December.

Check out ZimCarvings at VanDusen Botanical Garden until the end of the month.

Never-before seen historic works of renowned Vancouver artist Ian Wallace are on display until the end of September at the Rennie Museum.

The Vancouver Maritime Museum presents The Lost Fleet on now until next March.

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature on now until January at the Museum of Anthropology.

If you have a weekend event you’d like us to consider mentioning, email Ben.Wilson@news1130.rogers.com or Tweet him @benwilson1130

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