Metro Vancouver events on June 13, 2017
June 13, 2017
Tue
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
Canada 150: Our Home & Native Bloom
Throughout June, City Hall Plaza will blossom forth with a tribute to the biodiversity and beauty of Richmond’s native plants.
Richmond | Richmond City Hall | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | 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
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
Good Day and Good Night
The beloved Bee Stage returns with a brand new play for little ones under three.
Vancouver | The Bee Stage at Carousel Theatre for Young People | 10:00 am to 10:45 am | Kids
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
Spring Emerging Artists Exhibition: West Coast Homeland
This spring, the Beaumont Gallery and emerging, local artists team up to celebrate the beauty of BC in our Spring Emerging Artists Exhibition: West Coast Homeland.
Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 10:00 am to 3:00 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
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
Good Day and Good Night
The beloved Bee Stage returns with a brand new play for little ones under three.
Vancouver | The Bee Stage at Carousel Theatre for Young People | 11:30 am to 12:15 am | Kids
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
Free Lunchtime Yoga. Drop-in Hatha Yoga
Free lunchtime Hatha Yoga on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, bring a mat.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Jazz Jam with Cory Weeds
Join us at the Shadbolt for a jazz jam session! Hosted by Cory Weeds, the Jazz Jam features a stellar lineup of local jazz musicians in an improvised evening of music
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free
Cinema Paradiso at the Rio Theatre
As part of our celebration of Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver, we are bringing the nostalgic and wistful (not to mention beloved!) Cinema Paradiso back to our screen on Tuesday
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
The Hooker Monologues
The Hooker Monologues is created by a collective of active and former sex workers and allies and performed by members of that collective
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre
Spiral Year End Dance Recital 2017
The Spiral Dance Year End Recital offers a performance opportunity that is as close to a professional experience your child will get at this training level.
Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
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
Slice of Life: Yoga
Yoga in the Gallery hosted by Jamie-Leigh
Vancouver | Slice of Life Gallery & Studios | 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health
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
The Lost Souls of Gastown - Vancouver Walking Tour
The Lost Souls of Gastown is a Gothic Theatre Adventure, based on Vancouver's earliest and darkest history. Please do not expect a conventional walking tour or a ghost tour
Vancouver | Starting in Cathedral Square, Richards at Dunsmuir | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Improv Fight Club featuring Five by Five!
The Fictionals Comedy Co. present award-winning improv comedy every Tuesday night at Cafe Deux Soleils. Next up: Vancouver Improv Fight Club featuring Five by Five!
Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Akon Live in Concert
Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor of Senegalese descent
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music