Metro Vancouver events on May 25, 2017

Light and Health Workshop

Exposure to light - both daylight and electric light - can impact human health.

Vancouver | BC Hydro Dunsmuir Conference Centre | 7:30 am to 1:00 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

Surrey International Children's Festival

Celebrate the arts at Surrey International Children’s Festival! Surrey International Children's Festival features ticketed performances from Australia, South Korea and Canada.

Surrey | Bear Creek Park / Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 2:30 pm | Kids

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

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

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

Classical Concert Series: Trio Primario

Trio Primario, comprised of celebrated musicians flutist Jeff Pelletier, clarinetist Julie Begg & pianist Karen Lee-Morlang, play a concert of stirring chamber music

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

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

VSO Tea & Trumpets: Mozart and Vienna

A charming afternoon concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra featuring Christopher Gaze - Host. The music of the greatest composer of them all, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the great musical city of Vienna

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Music

Canada 150 Celebration - Gilmore Then & Now

Gilmore Elementary is having a party! Mark the date & join us on May 25th for our Canada 150 Celebration.

Richmond | James Gilmore Elementary | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | History

Whiteside Spring Fair Celebrates Canada’s 150th Birthday!

Whiteside Elementary School’s community will celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday with a carnival-style evening open to the entire neighbourhood.

Richmond | James Whiteside Elementary | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free

中僑護理服務協會 親善大使慈善夜2017 Success MLC Society Charity Night

Performances include: local artists, CHMB AM1320's Solid Gold Singing Contest winners, special guests, lion dance and karaoke

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

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

A Rocha's Barn Raiser

Come celebrate the future of A Rocha Canada & the Brooksdale Environmental Centre.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Do You Understand Your Toddler?

Come learn how to understand your toddler's behaviour and help them with overwhelming emotions.

Vancouver | Coal Harbour Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Ali Wong

Alexandra "Ali" Wong is an American actress, stand-up comic, and writer.

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Show

The Friendly Gardener

Join Cheryl of Scentimental Creations as you create green products for your garden that will help your garden thrive without the use of harmful pesticides, plus keep your hands healthy and soft.

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Art! Vancouver

Art! Vancouver is a first-class international art fair that features some of the finest artwork from artists and galleries across Canada, and around the world

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Fair

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

Himalayan Salt Cave Meditation and Sound Healing with Matthew Kocel

Matthew's healing music and sounds will gently guide you into realms of profound peace and deep stillness. Surrounded by ancient salt crystals, you will feel tension and stuck energy melt away...

North Vancouver | Saltwonder Himalayan Salt Cave | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Coastal Sound Music Academy. Dream Things True: Music of the Imagination

From Polynesian chant to Swedish progressive rock to new works by Ambrož Čopi and Jeff Enns, plus works by choral superstars Eric Whitacre and Ēriks Ešenvalds. This program explores the creative reaches of the imagination through song

Vancouver | St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Western World

Laugh without limits as improvisers play ‘Hosts’ to our audience ‘Guests’ in an improvised parody inspired by HBO's Westworld

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

Arts Umbrella Dance Company: Season finale

Arts Umbrella Dance Company’s Season Finale is the culmination of months of exploration and rehearsal of bold and innovative works created for AUDC dancers by leading International and Canadian choreographers

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

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

Prepurity Ensemble / Soft Alarm / Adera at Studio Records

A Night of New Wave Music - Studio Records. The New Wave Movement, featuring: Prepurity Ensemble

Vancouver | Studio Records | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

Yesteryear - heartwarming Canadian comedy

North Vancouver Community Players presents Yesteryear by Joanna McClelland Glass at The Theatre at Hendry Hall North Vancouver

North Vancouver | North Vancouver Community Players | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus Presented by The North Shore Light Opera Society. Die Fledermaus will be our 70th Annual production.

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

Global Grooves: Tambura Rasa with The Robin Layne Band

Prepare for a full night of dancing and superb energy-infused tunes by Tambura Rasa and The Robin Layne Band!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Global Dance Connections 8: Wen Wei Dance

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series - Wen Wei Dance. Dialogue

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Dance

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

New Works @ Night: OURO Collective

OURO is an eclectic, Vancouver-based dance collective that uses hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance as the foundation for the creation and production of new work.

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

5-25-77: Patrick Read Johnson

Toast the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars on 5-25 with the ultimate fanboy love letter to moviedom’s greatest franchise! (And, yes… Audience costumes welcome, and encouraged! Like you needed another excuse to don your Chewbacca onesie….)

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film

The LOL of TMI

Our improvisers delve into our over-shared digital world. From Snapchat to Instagram, Weibo to Facebook and everything in between.

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