Metro Vancouver events on May 12, 2016

Bird Photography Exhibition

Come meet Liron and bird expert Rob Butler to find out everything about your back yard birds.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Michiko Suzuki: Hope Chests

Explore Michiko Suzuki's elegant printed silk tents at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Dream Factory Circus

CircusWest is pleased to announce its newest show, Dream Factory Circus, and it debut at the PNE Garden Auditorium

Vancouver | PNE Garden Auditorium | 12:30 am to 2:00 pm | Family

Environmental Extravaganza Events: Outdoor Treasure Hunt

Check out free nature programs and events happening throughout Surrey

Surrey | Hawthorne Park | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Open Rehearsal: Julianne Chapple

Dance Centre Artist-in-Residence Julianne Chapple gives an open rehearsal of her new work Suf(fix), an exploration of movement and sculpture created in collaboration with dancers

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Dance | Free

Indian Summer Supper Club at the Urban Tea Merchant

Open to Indian Summer Arts Society members, patrons and artist alumni, the Indian Summer Supper Club curates exciting dinner gatherings four times per year.

Vancouver | The Urban Tea Merchant | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Baubles for Banting

Join us at "Baubles for Banting – East Meets West" fundraising gala on May 12 at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver!

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Environmental Extravaganza Events: Owl Prowl

Check out free nature programs and events happening throughout Surrey

Surrey | Surrey Nature Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Kids | Free

Dream Factory Circus

CircusWest is pleased to announce its newest show, Dream Factory Circus, and it debut at the PNE Garden Auditorium

Vancouver | PNE Garden Auditorium | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Kids

DOXA Documentary Film Festival: League of Exotique Dancers

Who says sex stops at a certain age? Certainly not the women in Rama Rau’s riotous romp through the life and times of the pioneering women of burlesque.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Vancouver Bird Week: Bird Taxidermy

Develop a deeper understanding of bird anatomy as you practice basic taxidermy techniques and help us build SPES’ specimen collection for educational programming.

Vancouver | Stanley Park Ecology Society | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Throne and Games – A Chance of Snow

VTSL’s improvisers will go to ‘The Wall’ to give patrons an exceptionally entertaining evening of improv comedy.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

5 @ 50

Ruby Slippers Theatre and Zee Zee Theatre present the North American premiere production of 5 @ 50 by Brad Fraser.

Vancouver | PAL Studio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ballet BC: Program #3

Our 30th anniversary goes out with a spectacular bang, with work by two audience favourites and a newcomer who is making waves around the world.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

The Pack A.D. at The Cobalt

Vancouver-based Garage Rock band returns home to play two nights in support of their upcoming album.

Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show

Small Stage: salon series | volume 3

What if you went to a hybrid dance show and were asked to simultaneously curate the event to your own virtual circle?

Vancouver | The Emerald | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Off Leash

We're letting the ensemble run free with nothing to hold back their comedic creativity.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy