Metro Vancouver events on June 5, 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

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

Ships To Shore: King Of The Sea

A three day family festival where visitors are invited to view one of the world’s largest tall ships and enjoy dockside programs and entertainment

Richmond | Garry Point Park | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival

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

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

Playland at the PNE

Playland opens May 6 with three new family rides! All three rides will accommodate the entire family, so get ready to share even more memories and screams this coming spring and summer.

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family

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

Zumba on the Plaza

Join us for free Zumba classes led by Luglio from Zumba Vancouver. Bring your friends, family and colleagues to this fun calorie burning Latin inspired dance fitness class

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Dare to be Heard - A Literary Salon

Come read your story, poem or memoir piece. This free drop-in session, hosted by the North Shore Writers Association, celebrates local writing without critiquing

North Vancouver | City Library | 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm | Books | Free

The Nice Guys

“Comedic Dynamite!” This very funny action-adventure set in the 1970’s features the high-powered comedic duo of Academy Award winner RUSSEL CROWE and Academy Award nominee RYAN GOSLING

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Prohibition City - walking tour

From back alley blind pigs to Chinatown opium dens! Mobsters! Opium! Booze! Delve into Vancouver's dirtiest secrets on this scandal filled walking tour.

Vancouver | Cathedral Square, Dunsmuir & Richards streets | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Exhibition

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Eroica! The Music of Beethoven

Bramwell Tovey serves up an all-Beethoven feast, starring Canada’s own Hoebig-Moroz Trio playing Beethoven’s rarely-performed Triple Concerto.

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music