Metro Vancouver events on August 9, 2017
August 9, 2017
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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
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
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
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
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 7:00 pm | Family
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Kids
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 | outside 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
Drumming Workshop - Trout Lake Center
Show with Sweet Pan steel drums followed by Concert in the park Rio Samaya show! don't miss this
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music
Family Fun Nights at Trimble Park
Join us on Wednesday nights this Summer as we once again host our Family Fun Nights at Trimble Park. These nights mean that the pool reopens, the giant games are brought out and the hot dogs are put on the BBQ for a fun night spent in the park
Vancouver | Trimble Park | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family
Summer Fun Nights - August 9
Celebrate Canada 150 with our annual Summer Fun Nights series
Richmond | King George Park | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Family | Free
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Wine Wednesdays
Wine Wednesdays are an intimate pre-show wine tasting in the Bard Marquee presented by special guests. Enjoy a selection of wines from Sandhill, Red Rooster and more as you learn tasting etiquette from wine makers and industry experts
Vancouver | Vanier Park | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine
Stand Up Paddleboarding Essentials
In two hours we introduce you to the fun of Stand Up Paddleboarding. We cover equipment, safety, paddle strokes, launching and landing and will get you paddling on your own in no time
Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Lansdowne Centre Starlight Cinema Drive-In: 10 Things I Hate About You
Free Outdoor Movies return to Richmond at Lansdowne Centre at sundown every Wednesday this July and August.
Richmond | Lansdowne Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Film | Free
Kitsilano Showboat
Kitsilano Showboat's 82nd season of free music and dance begins on June 19th and continues every Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat until August 19
Vancouver | Kitsilano Showboat stage next to Kits Pool | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | 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
Sunset Cinema. Smetto quando voglio (I Can Quit Whenever I Want)
Downtown stargazing - Vancouver Civic Theatres partners with film fests for free outdoor films - bring a chair to Sunset Cinema at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre plaza
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | Free
Blueridge Chamber Music Festival: The Very Thought Of You
An evening of chamber music in the intimate Annex
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
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: 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
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
Theatre Under the Stars presents: The Drowsy Chaperone
Glitz & Gusto. Mischief & Mayhem. A nostalgic love letter to golden age glam.
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
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