Metro Vancouver events on June 1, 2017

Chali-Rosso Art Gallery: Dance of Time I.

To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, Chali-Rosso Art Gallery brought a spectacular gift to Vancouver in the form of a magnificent, iconic, bronze, Salvador Dali sculpture

Vancouver | Hornby and West Hastings Street | 1:00 am to 11:59 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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

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

Vancouver Art Gallery presents Pictures From Here

The rise of photo-conceptualism in Vancouver has influenced not just contemporary artists across Canada, but contemporary art practices around the world.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 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

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

Emily Carr: Into the Forest

The Vancouver Art Gallery is home to the finest collection of Emily Carr works in the world. While we are fortunate to have major works from throughout her career, the Gallery’s collection is particularly rich in her forest paintings from the 1930s

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

The Vienna Model: Housing for the 21st-Century City

The Vienna Model exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking, explores housing in Vienna, Austria, through its portrait of the city’s pathbreaking approach to architecture, urban life, neighborhood revitalization

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

Vancouver in the Seventies

Vancouver in the Seventies zooms in on key themes and moments from Vancouver’s coming of age: a time of protest, political upheaval, economic prosperity, and cultural blossoming

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 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: 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 | 10:30 am to 11:00 am | Film

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 | 10:30 am to 11:20 am | Family

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: 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

Classical Concert Series: Boson Mo & Scott Meek

Join us for a captivating violin/piano concert featuring Boson Mo, a Canadian award-winning violinist currently studying in Texas accompanied by celebrated & popular pianist Scott Meek

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

Downtown Farmers Market

The Downtown Farmers Market runs every Thursday, June 1 to October 5 on the Queen Elizabeth Plaza. Fresh produce and great food trucks!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

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

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: 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: 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: 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 | 12:30 am to 1:15 pm | 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 | 12:30 am to 1:25 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

2017 Coal Harbour Liquor Store Spring Patio Wine Tasting

Coal Harbour Liquor Store is pleased to present a unique patio wine tasting event for Spring. We're celebrating Dockside Restaurant's seventh consecutive "Best Patio" win in the Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards with another al fresco tasting event

Vancouver | Dockside Restaurant & Brewing Company | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Food / Wine

IESBC 2017 Vision Award Gala

Join us on June 1st at the Terminal City Club for the IESBC 2017 Vision Awards. These awards recognize outstanding applications of lighting design from our community

Vancouver | Terminal City Club | 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm

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

Walk Richmond - Paulik & Garden City Parks

Walk and explore the beauty of the lake while admiring over 100 trees and plants from around the Pacific Rim and the ever changing gardens at Paulik Neighbourhood Park

Richmond | Garden City Community Park | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

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

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

Seussical

Pulse Dance centre students present Seussical

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing

The search for perfect love and la dolce vita triggers mischief, misunderstandings and laughter, as Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy lands in 1950s Italy.

Vancouver | Vanier Park - BMO Mainstage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

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

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

The Canada Show: The Complete History of Canada

Originally created in 2001 by Monster Theatre,The Canada Show toured almost non-stop for the next ten years. 2017, Canada’s 150th Anniversary, will bring The Canada Show out of retirement!

Vancouver | The Revue Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Coastal Jazz: Itamar Erez And The Adama Ensemble

Itamar’s music blends the delicateness of Middle Eastern music, the freedom found in jazz and the passion of flamenco, creating a sound all his own.

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

Valerie June With Guest Lynn Cardona

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, on tour to support her latest release "The Order Of Time"

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

Charley's Aunt By Brandon Thomas

Vagabond Players Presents: Charley's Aunt By Brandon Thomas. Directed by Dale Kelly

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

John Legend: Darkness and Light Tour at Rogers Arena

With Special Guest Gallant

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 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

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time: Third Annual Summer Trip!

Paul Anthony's Talent Time returns to the Rio Theatre on Thursday, June 1 for the Third Annual Psychedlic Summer Trip. Join us as we head out on a journey through the cosmos for the last show of the season and the last ever to be broadcast on Shaw TV

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

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 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