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Michael Jackson The Immortal

See the King of Pop return to life as Cirque du Soleil presents Michael Jackson The Immortal, a stadium-sized show that has dancers performing alongside projections of the music legend and high-flying acrobats (through Sunday, ticketmaster.ca).can cut For another theatrical experience you won't soon forget, step inside William Head Minimum Security Prison for Chalk, a show that's created and performed by six inmates along with SNAFU Dance Theatre. Must be 19 or over, advance tickets only (until Nov. 20, snafudance.com).

Kronos Quartet

Take a sonic journey across Afghanistan as the Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet joins Afghan music great Hamyun Sakhi for Rangin Kaman, a stunning work that melds East and West (Saturday, ticketmaster.ca). For a collaboration with a completely different flavour, don't miss the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer with her writer husband Neil Gaiman for an evening of offbeat stories, songs, and chats with audience members at the Vogue (Sunday, voguetheatre.com).

Snowman

Meet Denver, Marjorie and Jude – three disparate people living in a remote northern town who find a prehistoric boy frozen in a glacier – in Snowman, the farewell production for Rumble artistic director Craig Hall before he takes the helm at Vertigo Theatre in Alberta (until Nov. 19, rumble.org).

Contemporary Art Gallery 40th Anniversary Auction

Give your art collection a serious infusion at the 40th annual Contemporary Art Gallery Gala and Auction, where you can bid on works by luminaries including Jeff Wall, Marcel Dzama, Ryan Gander, Roy Arden, Ian Wallace, Elizabeth McIntosh, Federico Herrero, Andrew Dadson and more – and rub elbows with the city's art elite . Dance card already full? Absentee bids are also welcome (at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia Saturday, cagauction.com).

Emily Carr Student Art Sale

Want original art but lack the budget? Pick up new works from the next batch of art stars and designers at the 38th annual Emily Carr Student Art Sale, which features original paintings, photographs, prints, ceramics, sculptures, wearable art, housewares and more (through Sunday, ecuad.ca). And don't miss Maraya, a multimedia exhibit that explores urban planning and its effects on cultures, history and everyday life by examining a Dubai development that's a mirror image of Vancouver's False Creek (at Centre A until Dec. 17, centrea.org).

Louise Lacavalier

She became known the world over when she collaborated with David Bowie on his Sound + Vision tour, but years before, the blond dreadlocked Louise Lecavalier had gained fame for her central role in the groundbreaking and intensely athletic La La La Human Steps. Now you can catch the Canadian dance icon as she performs two duets, one by Nigel Charnock, and the other a series of favourites by La La La leader Édouard Lock (Saturday, ticketmaster.ca).

Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Catch the largest-ever Vancouver Asian Film Festival, which offers nearly 60 features, documentaries and shorts about everything from the ghost of a Wall Street investment banker to an actor's sudden rise to Bollywood stardom. This year's festival theme is Love Letters to Vancouver, in keeping with the city's 125th (through Sunday, vaff.org). If you're a film buff with a bon appetit, head for Feast, a gala fundraiser for DOXA that includes dishes from some of the city's best chefs – along with screenings of the five documentaries that inspired them (Saturday, doxafestival.ca).

Uh Huh Her

Catch a great show and learn a thing or two about preventing breast cancer as Uh Huh Her – the indie pop duo that recently got booted off a Southwest Airlines flight following a same sex smooch – headlines the inaugural Keep A Breast Tour (at the Commodore Saturday, ticketmaster.ca). Or see ladies working their squeezeboxes on the Accordion Babes Northwest Tour, featuring San Francisco's Renée de la Prade and Amber Lee Baker, along with the Creaking Planks at the Little Mountain Gallery Saturday, creakingplanks.com).

Vancouver Fashion Week

Find out what the hipsters and the well-heeled will be wearing next spring at Vancouver Fashion Week, which wraps up this weekend with dozens of runway shows by established and upcoming designers from around the globe – and a swanky after-party at the Republic (vanfashionweek.com).

Vancouver Yoga Conference and Show

Supersize those sun salutations at the Vancouver Yoga Conference and Show, where you can perfect your poses at more than 100 workshops, pick up yoga-minded supplies from more than 80 exhibitors, learn from 21 master teachers and see a lifetime's worth of Lululemon (at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, theyogaconference.com).

Antique Expo

Pick up antique and vintage treasures from Victorian to mid-century modern at the Antique Expo at Tradex, where you'll find beautiful furniture and accessories made before the days of pressboard and Allen keys. Got a few treasures hidden in your own attic? Find out if they're worth a fortune by having them appraised by a pro for $12 per piece (through Sunday, fvtradex.com).

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