Metro Vancouver events on May 11, 2017

Vancouver Bird Week: Free Early Bird Garden Entry

To celebrate Vancouver Bird Week, we're offering free admission to VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 7:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free

Crime Free Multi-Housing Training workshop

The Burnaby RCMP and New Westminster Police Department are hosting a Crime Free Multi-Housing training workshop on Thursday at the Burnaby RCMP Main Detachment on Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby | Burnaby RCMP Main Detachment | 8:00 am to 4:15 pm | Workshop

Douglas Rae - Reflecting God’s Creation

Reflecting God’s Creation is a series of oil and acrylic landscape, seascape and floral paintings that evoke a sense of joy and peace.

North Vancouver | North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Elizabeth Austin - The Drifters

The Drifters is a series of hand-crafted boats constructed by driftwood found on local beaches. The boats have been at sea for many years and ingrained in the wood are memories of the seas and shorelines

North Vancouver | North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Clancy Dennehy - Parade of Boats Exhibition

Clancy is now creating art that reflects the richness of the West Coast finding beauty in both nature and our industrial history of logging and port activity

North Vancouver | North Vancouver City Hall | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Bird Week 2017

Blackbirds, crows, and chickadees - Get to know your birds during Bird Week

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Carolina de la Cajiga - City in Flux

City in Flux (Work in Progress) is a series of photographic art that explores the world of urban design and city planning. Carolina de la Cajiga highlights the carefully choreographed dance between cranes, buildings and construction workers.

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley Library | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Adventures of a Drawing Boy - Brian Grison

For this series of mixed-media drawings on heavy watercolour paper, Brian Grison has developed a project that is a commentary on the mental life of the student, with himself as the artist/student model.

Burnaby | Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown) | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Brian Grison: Adventures of a Drawing Boy

For this series of mixed-media drawings on heavy watercolour paper, Brian Grison has developed a project that is a commentary on the mental life of the student, with himself as the artist/student model.

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

New Forms Matter

The Sculptors’ Society of BC celebrates how traditional and contemporary sculptural practices intersect by exploring bronze, stone, wood, fibre, and mixed media.

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

The sustainability focused Kids Gallery is all about fun. Check out the latest theme: food!

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic goes down every Thursday in The Comedy Basement at Goldies, and hosts a couple dozen comics from pro-level to first-timer!

Vancouver | Goldies Pizza | 9:30 am to 0:30 am | Comedy | Free

Community Treasures: My Disney World

Join the local Disney fan club for a display of rare Disney items from their collections

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia

Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms, especially calligraphy, hold across the many unique cultures of Asia

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper

Join us for the exhibition The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Arts Alive 2017

Join us for the exhibition The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Michael Bednar: The Fraser, Living River

Large-format photographs documenting the importance of the Fraser River to Richmond by Michael Bednar an award-winning travel and documentary photographer

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Omnis Temporalis

Omnis Temporalis is a multiform collaborative project that combines artistic genres by drawing together the cartoon work by renowned Canadian cartoonist Seth with original music and performance by Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Start with Art

Join us for our 13th annual Start with Art exhibition. This truly unique show focuses on encouraging young people to appreciate, collect, and curate their own art collection – with a special price list just for kids 16 and younger!

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Eleanor Hannan, Barbara Heller & Bettina Matzkuhn: Connections

Using the ancient language of textiles - three artists Barbara Heller, Eleanor Hannan and Bettina Matzkuhn have produced a body of work created through a collaboration with a member of Nature Vancouver

Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Classical Concert Series: Mark Fouxman

Dr. Mark Fouxman, longtime participant in the Vancouver International Festival of Russian Music, is a celebrated pianist who has performed as a soloist & as part of orchestras in Russia, Israel, Holland & the US

West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Music

Reflections: IDEA School of Design poster show

The annual “Reflections” poster show and sale helps support the development of emerging local artists.

West Vancouver | Ferry Building Gallery | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Bill Reid Creative Journeys

An exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Xi xanya dzam – Celebrating our Amazing Artists

Xi xanya dzam is the Kwak'wala word which describes the gifted people who create works of art, and is the title of our upcoming exhibition

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Song of the Open Road

Vikky Alexander, Robert Arndt, Gerard Byrne, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Kelly Jazvac, Kelly Lycan, Niamh O’Malley, Dawit L. Petros, Greg Staats, Lisa Tan

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Art Around the Block: Celebrating Canada's 150

"Celebrating Canada's 150" is an art exhibition featuring youth artists ages 12-19, showcasing work that reflects their stories & identities as Canadians.

West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Swagger

From its bravura opening POV shot, swooping like a bird of prey over an urban nightscape, Olivier Babinet’s film announces itself with a grand flourish. Swagger, indeed!

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 12:30 am to 2:00 pm | Film

North Shore Mountain Theatre Presents: Annie JR

Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City...

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 12:30 am to 2:00 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Opera Festival: Master Classes for Young Singers

Hear the singers of tomorrow, coached by principal artists from the casts of Otello, Dead Man Walking and The Marriage of Figaro.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Dance Power Competition - Burnaby #2

Who's pumped for DANCE POWER 25? Dance Power Competitions BBY #2 is back on May 8-14th. Watch dancers perform, compete with all they got and make it to the top of the competition

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Dance

DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Stuff: Shorts Program

Whether it’s basket making in Northern Quebec, or selling plastic toys in urban China, this collection of short films calls attention to our increasingly complex and contradictory relationship with our stuff.

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Film

The Vancouver Opera Festival: Paul Wong. Five Octave Range

A Vancouver Opera Festival Commissioned Work by The 2016 Audain Prize Winning multimedia

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Visual Arts

Tour with Jas Lally of Song of the Open Road

Assistant Curator, Jas Lally offers an evening behind the scenes tour of the exhibition

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Woodward's Community Singers 2017 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Swagger

From its bravura opening POV shot, swooping like a bird of prey over an urban nightscape, Olivier Babinet’s film announces itself with a grand flourish. Swagger, indeed!

Vancouver | Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film

DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Waking the Sleeping Giant

Five people - including a school bus driver from LA, an anti-poverty activist from West Virginia, the organizers of Democracy Spring, and Senator Bernie Sanders — all come together in an intersectional coalition that offers a glimmer of hope in these dark

Vancouver | Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film

Deluxe Edition - Eurovision 2017 Viewing Parties

Come Down To 1181 And Watch 43 European Countries Including Australia (Don't Ask) Compete To Be The Winner Of The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest

Vancouver | 1181 | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

The Happy Film - Second Vancouver Screening

Stefan Sagmeister and Ben Nabors' playful documentary The Happy Film (2016, 95 min.) screens at the Museum of Vancouver as part of a special program

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Movies in the Morgue - The Usual Suspects

The Vancouver Police Museum is proud to present Movies in the Morgue, a somewhat random series of film screenings held right here at the old Vancouver city morgue

Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Celebrate Gardening in Canada with Owen Reeves

On the occasion of International Compost Awareness Week and Canada’s Sesquicentennial Year, come help celebrate the start of the gardening season by attending a presentation with garden writer, Owen Reeves, at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens!

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Shaping Vancouver 2017: Undefined Heritage – Diversity, Inclusivity and Understanding

What would a broader narrative that includes our diverse histories that shaped our city look like? Heritage policy in Vancouver has historically been dominated by a pre-1940 Anglo-Colonial bias that has limited how and what we define as heritage

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

North Shore Mountain Theatre Presents: Annie JR

Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City...

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre

Drawing Black & White Comics with Sean Karemaker

Learn the basics of drawing for comics and cartooning. Comic book artist Sean Karemaker will lead a workshop on drawing the basic shapes, forms, and faces using various techniques to create imaginative characters and compositions

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Universe of the Brain

As the universe expands, so does our ability to comprehend it. Our intellect has taken us to space, to the moon, and to Mars, but how much do we know about the brain itself? Like the universe, the mysteries of the brain are still unravelling

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture

A Suitcase of Memories - Joy Kogawa x Soramaru Takayama

“A Suitcase of Memories” Joy Kogawa poetry performance event with poet, Sora Takayama - commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Internment

Vancouver | Vancouver Japanese Hall | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Spring Orchestral Festival: Vancouver Academy of Music Intermediate Symphony

Share the joy of the spring season with five of VAM’s orchestras in their second three-concert festival of the year!

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music | Free

The VSO at the Movies: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial film score live with the classic movie on the big screen

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:50 pm | Music

Vancouver Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Combining sublimely beautiful music, social commentary, deviousness and delight, Mozart's matchless The Marriage of Figaro is funny, tender and profoundly human.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera

The Piano Teacher

Lessons on Life and Love. When Erin, a classical pianist, experiences the loss of the life she knew, she also finds herself dealing with the departure of her own musical expression.

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

Coastal Jazz: Cory Weeds "Steppin' Out" The Music Of Harold Vick

With Nick Peck on organ, Heather Andreson on trumpet, Dave Sikula on guitar, and Jesse Cahill on drums

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Freud's Last Session

Filled with humanity, humor, and razor-sharp dialogue, Freud’s Last Session imagines the meeting of two of the 20th century’s greatest intellects

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

金池 "大女人" 世界巡迴演唱會之溫哥華站 Jin Chi Live in Vancouver 2017

Voice of China contestant, Jin Chi will be coming to Vancouver to perform at our River Rock Show Theatre! Also known as Ada Kam, she is a popular singer in Mainland China

Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Robin Hood: Prince of Tease

Robin Hood: Prince of Tease is an original burlesque-style musical theatre production, inspired by the classic folklore of Robin Hood with a tantalizing twist.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

On A First Name Basis

The western Canadian premiere for community theatre, this delightful play tells the story of a very successful, but cantankerous, novelist who suddenly discovers that he knows nothing about his maid of 28 years.

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Theatre BC's North Shore Zone Festival of Plays: 2000 by Joan MacLeod

North Vancouver Community Players presents 2000 by Joan MacLeod. Light Hearted Drama

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Cory Weeds Steppin Out the music of Harold Vick

Join Coastal Jazz's Cory Weeds and his quintet as they play the music of Harold Vick's "Steppin Out". Recorded on the Blue Note label in 1963 "Steppin Out" was released to critical acclaim.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim

Patrick Street Productions brings to life this sophisticated and luscious musical by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler.

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

La Merda

La MerdaLiterally naked, internationally acclaimed Silvia Gallerano sings and howls this provocative and critically acclaimed text:

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Circle Game

Created by Andrew Cohen and Anna Kuman Inspired by the songs of Joni Mitchell A Firehall Arts Centre Production

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Ballet BC Presents: Program 3

Our season finishes with a thrilling triple bill featuring works by two prominent Israeli choreographers and a world premiere by Ballet BC’s Artistic Director. Join us in celebrating dance with this cutting edge and inspired choreography.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance

Straight and Narrow

Straight and Narrow is a comedy about facing mid-life crisis issues, the support family can give, and the difficulties that families can cause

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jack Mercer & Whiskey Bandits - Clay Ravens - Cassidy Waring

A night of honky tonkin' and saloon serenadin'. Get your best boots on and come a-kickin'

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:30 pm to 1:00 am | Music