Metro Vancouver events on August 10, 2017
August 10, 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
Yoga in the Gallery
Yoga in the Gallery classes are Hatha based, with a focus on alignment and, as such, are suitable for all levels.
North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:15 am to 11:15 am | Active Life / Health
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
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
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
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
Renfrew Park Summer Carnival
Come out and enjoy the annual Renfrew Summer Carnival at Renfrew Park. Burn off some energy in our bouncy castle and then cool off in our wading pool
Vancouver | Renfrew Park | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | 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
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
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Celebrating the best in independent queer cinema, the 29th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) takes place this summer from August 10-20 at various theatres.
Vancouver | Various theatres across Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film
TD Concerts at the Pier - Little Destroyer
Grab your lawn chair and head down to the pier for another summer of live music!
White Rock | TD Concerts at the Pier | 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
Queer Film Festival: I Dream in Another Language
The award-winning Contreras brothers - director Ernesto and writer Carlos - have teamed up again to bring us their most ambitious film yet
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
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
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
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
Love's Labour's Lost By William Shakespeare
Alchemy Theatre in cooperation with Vagabond Players returns this summer to present William Shakespeare’s Love's Labour's Lost
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Goblin Market
The Goblin Market is a contemporary circus re-telling, following two sisters, their temptation, sacrifice and eventual salvation
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
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
Lucent Dossier Experience
This world-renowned, innovative performance collective embellishes its original and live music with technologically advanced visuals, powerful dancers, breathtaking aerial artists and stunning fire shows.
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
R&B Only
After being on the road for months on the R&B only North American Tour, DJ Printz and Jabari are bringing the vibes to Vancouver!
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
James Murphy DJ Set - Celebrities
Frontman of the legendary LCD Soundsystem and founder of DFA RECORDS, James Murphy joins for a very special DJ set!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Make Them Suffer
MRG Concerts West Presents: Make Them Suffer with Enterprise Earth & SPITE. Make Them Suffer have had the pedal to the metal since the release of their last album, Old Souls, in 2015.
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 11:59 pm to 11:59 pm | Music