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

Salt Spring Island's Best

Sightsee and taste the best Salt Spring has to offer with a mix of nature, creativity and fresh food on the island's best of the best!

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 7:30 am to 6:45 pm | Active Life / Health

The Power of Success - Live with Tony Robbins

One Day Mega Event where you will get training on Sales & Marketing, Negotiating, Personal Development, Business, Money, Motivation, and so much more!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Business / Finance

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

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

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

Slimy Science

From boogers to toe jam, we dissect the engrossing science of our bodies. Don a lab coat and safety goggles to investigate our gooey insides in this slimy, crusty camp.

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 3:30 pm | Kids

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

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

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

Regeneratus. Works by Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie

Innovation and the transformation of waste materials are at the core of this exhibition, which includes five hand-hooked art pieces and two installations...

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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

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

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

Canada 150+. The Drum is Calling Festival

Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

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

Behind the scenes tour with Jas Lally - Gordon Bennett

Assistant Curator, Jas Lally offers an evening behind the scenes guided tour of the current exhibition 'Be Polite' by Gordon Bennett

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Coal Harbour Walking Tour

A two-hour tour of public plazas, parks, and streetscapes of Coal Harbour. We're looking for input on how to deliver exceptional, vibrant, and memorable public spaces in the downtown peninsula as part of the Places for People Project

Vancouver | Hornby Plaza | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | 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

TD Concerts at the Pier - Led Zepagain

Grab your lawn chair and head down to the pier for another summer of live music!

White Rock | White Rock Pier | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

Early Show: Hunter

Hailing from Southern New Hampshire, Hunter is a dynamic four piece alternative rock band defined by their energetic live performances and unique songwriting style

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Canada 150+. The Drum is Calling Film Series: Redx Talks

The Drum is Calling Festival: Redx Talks an evening of short presentations by speakers, Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival | Free

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare’s classic study of power and prejudice, set in today’s world, shows the consequences of how we choose to treat the ‘others’ in our midst

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

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

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

Waterfront Cinema

Back by popular demand, Waterfront Cinema will be hosted on the newly refurbished North Point at Canada Place.

Vancouver | Canada Place | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film | Free

Bruno Mars: 24K Magic World Tour at Rogers Arena

Grammy Award winner and world-renowned, multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer/director/musician, Bruno Mars, revealed details behind his massive upcoming global headline tour - The 24K Magic World Tour

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Sarah Jane Scouten

Sarah Jane Scouten - Canadian country-folk musician

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:30 am | Music

Coastal Jazz: Quatuor Andre Lachance

Fresh off of the 2017 release of their first CD The Orange Challenge, Quatuor Andre Lachance plays modern original jazz compositions and improvisations, based in acoustic and electric jazz as well as progressive rock, pop, and ambient electronic textures

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

Secret Circle with Antwon, Wiki & Lil Ugly Mane in Vancouver

Secret Circle is a shadowy supergroup made up of Antwon, Wiki, and Lil Ugly Mane. Underground hip hop/cult icon Lil Ugly Mane will also be making his long awaited Vancouver debut for what is sure to be the rarest of occasions

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

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