Metro Vancouver events on September 26, 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

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

Planning New West: A History and Future of Urban Development in New Westminster

The museum’s latest exhibition explores why the city is shaped the way it is; the grand visionary plans and the reality of what happened

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 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

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 | Visual Arts

Tania Willard: dissimulation

This exhibition presents multidisciplinary work by artist/curator Tania Willard (Secwépemc Nation), alongside her collaborators Gabrielle Hill, Peter Morin, her family, home community and Secwépemc lands and territories

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 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 | Visual Arts

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 | Visual Arts

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 | Visual Arts

Works by Vicky Earle

Inspired by plant species found at the Bloedel Conservatory, “Duets” is a visual exploration of unique symbiotic relationships unfolding every day in rainforests around the world

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Rebecca Chaperon - Cave Paintings. Exhibition

Rebecca Chaperon’s paintings act as a means of storytelling, where surreal landscapes populated by mysterious figures meet flat geometry, with emotive undercurrents.

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

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

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

Richmond Celebrates Canada 150. Eternal Return: Exhibition and Public Programs

The exhibition “Eternal Return”, guest curated by independent curator Sunshine Frère, incorporates the work of five artists – Barb Choit, Kevin Day, Lucien Durey, Alanna Ho, and Anchi Lin

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond

This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health

Afternoon Delight: Tribute to the Beatles

Afternoon Delight, a tribute to The Beatles, starring The Mop Tops

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 11:30 am to 3:00 pm | Show

Live Music at the Shadbolt. A Little Lunch Music

A Little Lunch Music Series features noon-hour concerts by a variety of local musicians in all genres of music including jazz, classical, pop and folk

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | Free

Reconciliation in Action: Drive the Change

Join us for the 3rd Annual Reconciliation in Action: Drive the Change Community Celebration at Britannia Community Centre!!

Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

The Talking, Thinking, Dancing Body

The Talking, Thinking, Dancing Body (TTDB) is a facilitated conversation about aesthetics, context and artistic process. Initiated in 2012 by Lee Su-Feh, it encourages speaking about performance from an awareness of our bodies as well as the world it live

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Getting Through Cold Season

Want to educate yourself on natural remedies for sore throats, plugged noses, and coughs? Join our workshop to create mint shower buddies, elderberry cough syrup, and throat lozenges

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Live Music at the Shadbolt. Jazz Jam

A Little Lunch Music Series features noon-hour concerts by a variety of local musicians in all genres of music including jazz, classical, pop and folk

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

Evening Delight: Tribute to the Beatles

Evening Delight, a tribute to The Beatles, starring The Mop Tops

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

Stuff You Should Know

Stuff You Should Know is the award-winning podcast hosted by Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show

An Evening with Dr. Gabor Maté - The Myth of Normal: Depression, Anxiety and Addictions from a New Perspective

A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics

Delta | South Delta Secondary School | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Angels in America: Perestroika

A masterpiece of love and redemption. Witness the soaring conclusion to the acclaimed play that asks us what we do for those we love.

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Theatre

The Lost Souls of Gastown - Vancouver Walking Tour

The Lost Souls of Gastown is a Gothic Theatre Adventure, based on Vancouver's earliest and darkest history. Please do not expect a conventional walking tour or a ghost tour

Vancouver | Starting in Cathedral Square, Richards at Dunsmuir | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress

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

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Stony Hill Fall Tour

Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, once known as the “The Youngest Veteran” by his fellow artists, is now an elder in the game who’s not afraid to speak his mind out ofrespect for the musicand culture he loves—and for the divine spirit of humanity in all of us.

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

Celebs Tuesday

All year round, Tuesday at Celebrities are packed with party animals

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music