Metro Vancouver events on August 15, 2017
August 15, 2017
Tue
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
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
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
Free Lunchtime Yoga. Drop-in Hatha Yoga
Free lunchtime Hatha Yoga on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, bring a mat.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | 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
Rancid and Dropkick Murphys From Boston to Berkeley Tour
Rancid and Dropkick Murphys announce co-headlining tour. Plus, Bouncing Souls will provide support for the forthcoming trek
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Music
Male Caregivers' Social Club
Get support from your peers and experienced facilitators as you navigate the job search process and start building your career!
Vancouver | South Hill Neighbourhood Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | 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
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
Sylvan Esso with special guests Flock of Dimes
Sylvan Esso is an American indie pop duo from Durham, North Carolina formed in 2013. The band consists of singer Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Pallbearer with guests
American doom metal band, on tour to support their latest release "Heartless"
Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
James Vincent McMorrow Summer Tour 2017
James Vincent McMorrow is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is best known for his albums Early in the Morning and Post Tropical
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
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
Celebs Tuesday
All year round, Tuesday at Celebrities are packed with party animals
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music