Metro Vancouver events on June 20, 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

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

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

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

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

Singing Solstice Community Celebration

Come celebrate the solstice and start of summer with song! Members from community choirs around the city will gather to informally perform and share their love of singing at the UBC Farm and we are sure to get everyone singing along!

Vancouver | UBC Farm | 6:30 pm to 9:06 pm | Performing Arts | Free

Evergreen Adult Acting Class final show

The final project of Mandy’ Tulloch’s Adult Acting class takes place June 20 – 22 in the studio theatre! Come out and support these students who have been working through this project

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Musical

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Winter’s Tale

A family’s sixteen-year journey takes them from tragedy to healing, in a magical and moving adventure story.

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

Jokes Hosted by Gavin Matts & Dino Archie + John Beuhler

Featuring: John Beuhler With special Guests: Chris Griffin, Steev Letts, Chris James, Jenny Toews, Brad Dorion, Madison Cassaday

Vancouver | Railway Stage & Beer Café | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy

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

Amy Shark With guests

Amy Billings, who performs as Amy Shark, is an Australian indie pop singer-songwriter and producer from the Gold Coast, Queensland

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Sara Schaefer

JFL Northwest + The Fox Cabaret present critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, and producer Sara Schaefer

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

Celebs Tuesday

All year round, Tuesdays at Celebrities are packed with party animals

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music