Metro Vancouver events on May 24, 2017

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

RajYoga Meditation Foundation Course Beginners

Brahma Kumaris RajYoga Meditation Foundation Course. Learn how to stay in positive state of mind all of the time. Learn to make life peaceful and happy.

Surrey | Brahma Kumaris Greater Vancouver | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Active Life / Health | Free

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

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

Preschool Storytime: Nature’s Stories for Young Children

Younger children welcome if quiet and engaged. Every 4th Wednesday of the month in the Library New at the Yosef Wosk Library & Resource Centre!

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 10:30 am | Kids | Free

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

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

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

Creative Writers Group

Writers Wanted! Join the Century House Creative Writing Group. Begin your journey to better writing today.

New Westminster | Century House | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm | Music

Drawing From Life in the Art Gallery

Once a month, the Art Gallery at Evergreen is transformed into a drawing studio, complete with drawing boards and an undraped model

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts

Divertimento - The 10th Anniversary!

It's back for its 10th anniversary of the most fun you can have with Italian food and wine, musical performances, prizes, silent auction scrambles, and spontaneous laughter.

Vancouver | Italian Cultural Centre | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Is Your Baby Sleeping Through the Night?

Come learn about the biology of sleep in babies, why babies wake up at night, what is developmentally appropriate to expect from your baby, and what you can do to create healthy sleep habits that will last a lifetime.

Vancouver | Hillcrest Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Family

Learn Chinese While Making Hainanese Chicken and Rice!

Love Chicken and Rice? Well here's your chance to learn how to make it at your own home while picking up some basic Chinese words and phrases!

Vancouver | The True Nosh Kitchen | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking

The Big Print Jazz Project Art Auction

Jointly organized by the Coastal Foundation for the Performing Arts and Creative Cultural Collaborations Society

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Next Music from Tokyo Presents: Yubisaki Nohaku Bakyun the everyday, Yukueshirezutsurezure, The Taupe, Hyacca

Next Music from Tokyo prides itself in showcasing a fresh and eclectic line-up of Japanese bands that put on a great show without resorting to gimmicks

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Top Drop Vancouver 2017 Main Event

Our annual grand tasting featuring all international, terroir-focused wineries, craft breweries, cideries, food purveyors and more!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Children of God

A new musical by Corey Payette, World Premiere, Produced by The Cultch with The National Arts Centre English Theatre (Ottawa), Raven Theatre and Urban Ink Productions

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Theatre

Open Stage

Join us for an Open Mic style evening. Singers, poets, actors, writers, musicians and composers welcome.

Delta | Tsawwassen Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

TheatreSports™

Relying on razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches. Using audience suggestions to fuel scenes, teams must create totally improvised situations on the spot

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

Two accomplished graphic novelists help us close out Incite 2017 with readings from their highly anticipated new books. Jillian Tamaki, cartoonist of This One Summer and Supermutant Magic Academy, returns with a collection of short comics about the vanish

Vancouver | VPL Central Branch | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Books | Free

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

Improv Against Humanity: The Horrible Comedy Show at Rio Theatre

The Fictionals are back at the Rio Theatre on May 24 for another horrible edition of Improv Against Humanity!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 am | Comedy

Bonobo: 2017 Migration Live Tour

Bonobo is back on tour in 2017 with the live band! Simon Green, known by his stage name Bonobo, is a British musician, producer and DJ based in Los Angeles.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Standing Wave: Wild

Standing Wave and black bachx opera lab present Wild - new music in the intimate Annex

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Opera

Woods with Golden Daze

American indie rock band, on tour to support their latest release "Love Is Love"

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

The Hunger Room by Scott Button

The Hunger Room is a dark thriller that explores loneliness, disconnection and violence. A crisis takes over a suburban high school when a mysterious stalker begins delivering notes written in blood to targeted female students

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

Outside Mullingar

A pair of introverted misfits, Rosemary and Anthony’s families have lived on neighbouring farms as far back as anyone can remember, where they battle over property lines and childhood stories but never what matters most.

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

The Jesus And Mary Chain with guests

Scottish rock band, on tour to support their latest release "Damage and Joy"

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Firecracker!

Firecracker! Dynamite ladies. Explosive comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada. The resulting comedy is inventive, unpredictable, uproarious and sure to spark your funny bone

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