Metro Vancouver events on July 13, 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 | West Hastings and Hornby Street | 1:00 am to 11:59 pm | Exhibition | 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

Know Show Summer 2018

The KnowShow provides a perfect platform for industry leading brands and Canadian retailers to connect and do this business.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture

Dinner in the Sky - Vancouver

This will be the first opportunity that Vancouver has had to host Dinner in the Sky. The breath-taking natural beauty of Vancouver, lends itself completely to this unique dining experience.

North Vancouver | The Creek Marina | 9:30 am to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic goes down every Thursday in The Comedy Basement at Goldies, and hosts a couple dozen comics from pro-level to first-timer!

Vancouver | Goldies Pizza | 9:30 am to 0:30 am | Comedy | 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

The Warring Homeland

The Warring Homeland features a collection of works by Chinese photographer Yang Jian

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 9:30 am to 7:00 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

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden

The most important exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden will trace the career of this pivotal figure in Western art history.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio

Contemporary American photographer Stephen Shore produced an important body of images during several visits to Monet’s garden at Giverny between 1977 and 1982

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

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

Elad Lassry

Elad Lassry is a Tel Aviv-born, Los Angeles-based artist whose photographs, collages, drawings, sculptures and films are concerned with the nature of perception and the contemporary conditions for images

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

Persistence

Persistence draws together three recent contemporary installations by Canadian artists to explore the surprising and creative ways that technologies, physical objects and natural processes endure and transform.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 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

19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

HCI International 2017, jointly with the affiliated Conferences, held under one management and one registration, will take place at Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada, under the auspices of 15 distinguished international boards.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture

Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon will showcase selected landscapes from the Richmond Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection.

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Barbara Cohen: Seeing Red

Jewelry artists from across Canada whose work push traditional boundaries have been invited to incorporate red in their work and asked to create pieces to showcase imagination and ingenuity

Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Summer Music Vancouver. Mendelssohn in the Morning

The two morning performances at Ryerson United Church and Christ Church Cathedral will feature the Attacca Quartet in Mendelssohn’s youthful and passionately romantic work, his String Quartet No.2

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Music

Trimble Park Playground

Trimble Park Playground is open 6 days a week including Saturdays all Summer long at 8th and Trimble. The Playground staff will organize games, sports and crafts daily and the wading pool will be open.

Vancouver | Trimble Park | 10:30 am to 3:30 pm | Kids

Jazz Waves: Jacqueline Allan

Special Thursday morning Jazz Waves concert! Jazz favourites with dynamic singer Jacqueline Allan and her talented band; guitarist Ron Thompson & pianist Ken Dalgleish

West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 11:00 am | Music

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

Downtown Farmers Market

The Downtown Farmers Market runs every Thursday, June 1 to October 5 on the Queen Elizabeth Plaza. Fresh produce and great food trucks!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

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

Gordon Bennett - 'Be Polite'

The Contemporary Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of largely unseen works on paper by one of Australia’s most visionary and critical artists, Gordon Bennett

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Levine Flexhaug. A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug offers the first overview of the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Nobody's Perfect in English

Are you parents of children Newborn to age Five? Join us for Nobody’s Perfect

Vancouver | South Vancouver Neighbourhood House | 12:45 am to 2:45 pm | Family | Free

Phantom of The Opera in Vancouver

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

Cheyenne "Lost Streams" Mural Painting

It's time to add more colour to our community! Join us as we work to paint a mural on Cheyenne Ave by the Cheyenne Community Gardens. The mural will be painted over the lost streams of Still Creek

Vancouver | Cheyenne Ave | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Music By The River

The Arts Council of New Westminster is thrilled to be partnering with Alex Jopson and the City of New Westminster to bring back the Music By The River concert series and arts festival to the beautifully unique Westminster Pier Park

New Westminster | Westminster Pier Park | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

Steveston's Summer Fun Community BBQ

Join us for a FREE BBQ, games, activities and entertainment for Steveston's Summer Fun Community BBQ held at Steveston Park

Richmond | Steveston Park | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Summer Music Vancouver. Music Talks: June Goldsmith and Jamie Parker on Brahms' Piano Music

Join musician, founder and longtime artistic director of Music in the Morning, the inimitable June Goldsmith, in conversation with pianist Jamie Parker as they reflect on the life and music of Johannes Brahms

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Indian Summer Festival 2017: Dying Words

Disappearing and threatened languages. One language dies every 14 days. By 2100, nearly half of the 7,000 languages that are spoken on earth will have most likely disappeared

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Lecture

Woodward's Community Singers 2017 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

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

VSO Summer Concerts 2017: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert, part of the Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series

CineConcerts is inviting fans back to the Wizarding World for an evening of music and magic in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Roxy Launch Project 2017

The Roxy Cabaret, Nimbus School of Recording and Media, and Do604 are looking for local artists and bands to compete in the 2017 Roxy Launch Project

Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Colin Linden

Colin Linden is a genuine renaissance man of roots music.

White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Two couples, two clowns and one scene-stealing dog – all play their part as love and loyalty collide in a laughter-fuelled romantic adventure

Vancouver | Douglas Campbell Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

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

Oh, Canada - The True North Strong and Funny

VTSL improvisers take a loving and comedic look at what makes us uniquely Canadian - poking fun at the stereotypes of Canada and Canadians

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Watch Mexico vs Jamaica Game on Big Screen in Gastown

Watch Mexican Soccer Games on a big screen at the Mexican Food Restaurant La Casita Gastown in Vancouver, BC.

Vancouver | La Casita Gastown | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Sports

Summer Music Vancouver: Brahms at Pyatt Hall

​Music in the Morning's Summer Music Vancouver festival presents Brahms at Pyatt Hall with a free pre-show talk at the Annex

Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Phantom of The Opera in Vancouver

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

Indian Summer Festival 2017: A Muse of Fire

Speaking of art born of war, the novelist Kamila Shamsie writes “In the ugly moments of history - times of conflict, war, oppression or censorship - two questions are provoked over and over: what is good art in such times? And what good is art in response

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture

Coastal Jazz: Jenny Xu Trio

Canadian jazz pianist, Jenny Xu, pays tribute to the music of the fiery, one-of-a-kind Chick Corea, 22-time Grammy Award winning artist best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis, Return to Forever and his ‘Akoustic’ and ‘Elektric’ Band

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

The Avalanches with guest Hubbz at the Commodore Ballroom

The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group, formed in Melbourne in 1997. They are known for their two studio albums, Since I Left You and Wildflower, as well as their live and recorded DJ sets

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes at the Railway!

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes is an American blues musician & proprietor of the Blue Front Cafe, the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi

Vancouver | Railway Stage & Beer Café | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Theatre Under the Stars presents: Mary Poppins

Perfectly Magical. Properly Heartwarming. A supercalifragilistic musical the entire family will love.

Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Unwrapping Culture. Edge Off 3

Unwrapping Culture brings together two exceptional male dance artists: Canada’s own Alvin Erasga Tolentino, and Pichet Klunchun, an outstanding exponent of the Thai classical dance style of Khon, who is known internationally for contemporizing this ancien

Vancouver | KW Production Studio | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

The LOL of TMI

Our improvisers delve into our over-shared digital world. From Snapchat to Instagram, Weibo to Facebook and everything in between.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Show