Metro Vancouver events on June 28, 2017
June 28, 2017
Wed
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
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
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
Preschool Storytime: Nature’s Stories for Young Children
Younger children welcome if quiet and engaged. Every 4th Wednesday of the month in the Library New at the Yosef Wosk Library & Resource Centre!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 10:30 am | Kids | Free
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
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
Million Dollar Quartet
Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm | Music
Bittergirl: The Musical
The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical
Secrets of Stanley Park - New Walking Tour
These are the secrets that lurk in the shadows, on the hidden trails, and in the swirling waters. The secrets you aren’t supposed to know. The secrets of Stanley Park.
Vancouver | The Aquarium entrance | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Main Street Station Farmers Market
Located just steps from Main St – Science World Skytrain Station at Main & Terminal, this convenient Wednesday farmers market is ideal for local food fans seeking an easy shop on their commute
Vancouver | 1100 Station Street | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market
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
Drawing From Life in the Art Gallery
Once a month, the Art Gallery at Evergreen is transformed into a drawing studio, complete with drawing boards and an undraped model
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
Nerd Nite v28: Sharks, Beavers, and Cartoon Therapy
It seems like forever since we've seen you! The Fox plumbing has been sorted out and we have a sweet send off before we take a summer break.
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture
Open Stage
Join us for an Open Mic style evening. Singers, poets, actors, writers, musicians and composers welcome.
Delta | Tsawwassen Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Cinema in the City: Like Crazy
Cinema in the City, a free open-air experience, with the Italian film. Remember to bring your own chair and enjoy the night of open air cinema!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | Free
Life Drawing by Slice of Life Gallery & Studios
Life Drawing hosted by Katie So. All skill levels welcome! Participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies and drawing boards. We have limited drawing kits available for a small fee.
Vancouver | Slice of Life Gallery & Studios | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Visual Arts
The Critical Hit Show: A #DNDLive Comedy Experience
The live, smash hit epic comedy returns for another round of monthly medieval merriment. It’s The Critical Hit Show! Join Vancouver’s best comedic performers at The Rio Theatre for the first installment of your favourite cosplay comedy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 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
Bittergirl: The Musical
The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Musical
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
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
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
An Evening With Branford Marsalis And The Vso
Branford performs the first half with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and in the second half is joined by his longtime quartet pianist Joey Calderazzo.
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music
Coastal Jazz: Dave Sikula - Quartet Wes
Dave Sikula 'Quartet Wes' returns to Frankie's for a Wes Montgomery musical tribute
Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Community Center with The Escapes & Air Stranger
Community Center is a full-time touring rock band from Baltimore, MD
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Shobaleader One plus V. Vecker
This “space-pop” quartet sets about reworking Squarepusher standards through hyperspeed jazz-funk, their identities concealed by masks in this “music that robots might put on when they’re feeling sexy”
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:10 pm | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: V. Vecker
Saxophone loops, improvisations and instant compositions processed through effects. Close your eyes and get lost in the textures.
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:10 pm | Music
Firecracker!
Firecracker! Dynamite ladies. Explosive comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada. The resulting comedy is inventive, unpredictable, uproarious and sure to spark your funny bone
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Satoko Fujii & Kaze
Satoko Fujii is a Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist, accordionist and composer. Melodic beauty, provocative abstraction, and confrontational fire: KAZE is free jazz at its most creative and powerful
Vancouver | The Ironworks | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music