Metro Vancouver events on June 27, 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

Unbounce Call to Action Conference

The Unbounce Call to Action Conference is carefully curated to teach you next-level, actionable digital marketing tactics you can utilize the very next day

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture

Arts 2017: Reflections on Canada

The Arts Council of Surrey presents the 33nd juried exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of established and emerging visual artists from across the Lower Mainland

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | 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

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

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

30th Annual Vancouver Invitational Golf Tournament

By participating in the Vancouver Golf Tournament, you give BC families with seriously ill children a home away from home while enjoying a great day of golf.

Surrey | Northview Golf and Country Club | Sports

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

Unite! A celebration of Canadian multiculturalism

Unite! is an exciting new addition for 2017 to recognize Multiculturalism Day. We will host a full day of performances that will celebrate the diversity, communities and cultures that make our city, province and country so special.

Vancouver | North Point & West Promenade, Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Icons by Defy Gravity Dance Company

We will hold our 10th Annual Recital at the Richmond Gateway Theatre

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Cyrus Chestnut Trio

Cyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time, wrote: "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space."

Vancouver | VSO School Of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

North Shore Jazz. Tierney Sutton Band: The Sting Variations

Superb song-stylist Tierney Sutton has received seven consecutive GRAMMY nominations for "Best Vocal Jazz Album" - a nomination for every project she’s released in the past decade!

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) With Guests

American dance-punk band returns to Vancouver.

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

Turning Point Ensemble meet Hollenbeck, Nachoff and Houle

Turning Point Ensemble goes fifth stream in a concert that brings to Vancouver three of the most innovative and influential musicians crossing and eliminating the boundaries between jazz and new music – John Hollenbeck, Quinsin Nachoff and François Houle

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

North Shore Jazz: Steelin' in the Years

Steelin’ In The Years gathers together some of the most accomplished West Coast musicians, all of whom possess a common affection for the music of Steely Dan

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Coastal Jazz: Rumba Calzada

Originally formed in 1991, by Boying Geronimo and now headed by his son, Raphael Geronimo, Rumba Calzada has been a favourite with Vancouver’s Latin Jazz and Salsa enthusiasts for over 20 years

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Bokanté feat. Michael League and Malika Tirolien with Banda Magda

Newly formed Bokanté is the brainchild of Snarky Puppy founder Michael League. Trading in his bass for baritone guitar in this group, League brings together eight musicians from four continents to create a diverse ensemble rich in groove, melody and soul

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Banda Magda (with Bokanté feat. Michael League and Malika Tirolien)

Led by Greek-born composer, orchestrator, singer and accordionist Magda Giannikou (Kronos Quartet, Louis CK), Banda Magda moves from samba to French chanson, from Greek folk tunes to Colombian cumbia and Afro-Peruvian lando

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Ryan Adams & Band

Deezer Ryan Adams is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, poet and painter. Ryan Adams appears at the Orpheum Vancouver in support of his new album, Prisoner

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier is a two-time Grammy-winning singer, arranger, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in London, England

Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Lux Ex Naked Wolf

Amsterdam-based multi-national quintet Luc Ex Naked Wolf is known for delivering "infectious, demonic sets charged with wild, hypnotic rock energy and clever improvisations with rapid changes in mood and pulse"

Vancouver | The Ironworks | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Late Event

Cyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time, wrote: "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space."

Vancouver | VSO School Of Music | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music