Metro Vancouver events on May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017
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Bike to Work Week - Enter and win great prizes!
HUB Bike to Work Week is May 29th - June 4th, have you signed up yet?
Vancouver | HUB Cycling | 7:00 am to 10:00 am | Active Life / Health | Free
Building Lasting Change 2017 - CaGBC Conference
Connect. Learn. Transform. Building Lasting Change is Canada’s largest green building conference and is known for activating connections, delivering world class learning opportunities and cultivating inspiration and innovation
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Business / Finance
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
DesignThinkers
At DesignThinkers, creative professionals gather to explore how design is connecting people with ideas, brands, experiences and each other in new and innovative ways
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:00 am to 6:30 pm | Lecture
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Pulse
Share a special moment with your little one in a world filled with play, exploration, and discovery. A joyous and stimulating experience for the youngest of audiences, Pulse is a rare opportunity for your baby to experience live theatre
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:00 am to 10:30 am | Theatre
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: The Itch of the Golden Nit
Created by the Tate Modern with Aardman Animation, this groundbreaking project involved more than 34,000 school children to create the artwork and conceive the storyline for this delightfully funny 30-minute animated film
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 10:30 am to 11:00 am | Film
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Le groupe Swing
Are you ready to be swept up in a tornado of music and dancing? This energetic urban folk band will get kids off their feet and dancing up a storm
Vancouver | Granville Island - The Revue Stage | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: A Heart in Winter
Get swept away on an epic journey with Gerda, a little girl with big courage as she embarks on an adventure in search of her missing friend. During her travels, her courage and determination are tested
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:25 am | Theatre
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Fred Penner
Sing along with one of Canada’s best-loved children’s singers and two-time Juno winner Fred Penner at this year’s Festival!
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 10:30 am to 11:20 am | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Grug and the Rainbow
Get ready to fall in love with the most adorable character from down under! Bursting with curiosity and joy, Grug loves a good adventure! In fact, he loves it so much that he sets off on a quest to capture a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp
Vancouver | Performance Works | 10:30 am to 11:05 am | Theatre
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Pulse
Share a special moment with your little one in a world filled with play, exploration, and discovery. A joyous and stimulating experience for the youngest of audiences, Pulse is a rare opportunity for your baby to experience live theatre
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 12:00 am to 12:30 am | Theatre
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Afrique en Cirque
You’ll be blown away by Afrique en Cirque’s breathtaking display of daring acrobatics and death-defying feats! Kalabanté will have you gasping in amazement
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 12:30 am to 1:20 pm | Family
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: RupLoops
Imagine your child’s delight when they realize that they’re part of the show! Don’t miss this fun, interactive and dynamic performance. Through body percussion and beatboxing, Rup demonstrates and teaches how the body is indeed a musical instrument
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 12:30 am to 1:20 pm | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: National Film Board - Animated Shorts - The Canadian Story
We’ve compiled the best, must-watch National Film Board (NFB) films that tell the Canadian story.
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 12:30 am to 1:00 pm | Film
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: The Canada Show
In an action-packed sixty minutes, The Canada Show takes you on a hysterically historical joy-ride through 50,000 years of Canada
Vancouver | Granville Island - The Revue Stage | 12:30 am to 1:30 pm | Theatre
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Grug and the Rainbow
Get ready to fall in love with the most adorable character from down under! Bursting with curiosity and joy, Grug loves a good adventure! In fact, he loves it so much that he sets off on a quest to capture a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp
Vancouver | Performance Works | 12:30 am to 1:05 pm | Theatre
Gluten-Free Brewmaster's Dinner
Gluten-Free Brewmaster's Dinner - with Glutenberg Craft Brewery & Care Bakery
Vancouver | Craft Beer Market | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine
Provincial Honours Performance
The most prestigious event of the year. 2017 Provincial Honours Performance.
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
南國紅豆耀雲城 八十三載振華聲 Guangzhou Red Bean Chinese Opera Troupe
Jin Wah Sing Dramatic & Musical Association (振華聲藝術研究社) in celebration of its 83th anniversary...
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Emerge
Presented by: Burnaby Mountain Dance Company
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Chris Gethard: Beautiful/Anonymous Live Podcast Taping
Christopher Paul "Chris" Gethard is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is the host of The Chris Gethard Show, a talk show based in New York City since 2011
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
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
Million Dollar Quartet
Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Music
Dal Richards School of Swing: Spring Gala
Named in honour of Vancouver's very own 'King of Swing' and VAM supporter, Mr. Dal Richards, School of Swing students join Vancouver Legacy Jazz Orchestra for an evening of jazz and swing classics
Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music's Koerner Recital Hall | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Hand To God
The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality
Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Catfish and the Bottlemen
U.K. indie rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are on the rise thanks to their blend of passionate songwriting, memorable melodies, and sonic exploration
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | 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
David Huntsberger: The Nothingness Tour
David Huntsberger Live at the Fox Cabaret! with Special Guests Dylan Rhymer & More!!!!
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy