Metro Vancouver events on September 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

LCPN Networking Event

We are pleased to invite you to our next Business Breakfast event in Vancouver. This is a great opportunity to meet people and create new connections

Vancouver | La Terrazza Restaurant and Lounge | 7:30 am to 9:30 am | Business / Finance

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

Preschool Storytime: Nature’s Stories for Young Children

Takes place on the 4th Wednesday of each month from 10:00 to 10:45 am and includes reading, action songs and a craft project

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 10:45 am | Kids | Free

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

Gentle Yoga - Fall

Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health

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

Bears, Bikes and Backcountry

Get outside and have fun! Learn about hiking and biking on local trails and bear safety

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Public Library | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

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

Vance Joy with guests Amy Shark and Chappell Roan

James Gabriel Keogh, better known as Vance Joy, is an Australian singer-songwriter. He signed a five-album deal with Atlantic Records in 2013

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

The Flame: York Theatre 2017 Edition

Vancouver’s preeminent True Storytelling series The Flame returns to the York Theatre for an unforgettable evening of poignant and hilarious true tales told live on stage

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

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

Feasting on Famine

The Firehall Arts Centre is thrilled to kick off its 35th anniversary season with the world premiere of Shay Kuebler’s Feasting on Famine

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

GoldLink - At What Cost North American Tour

GoldLink returns to Vancouver with his At What Cost North American Tour at The Commodore Ballroom with guests

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Indoor Vertical Gardens

Explore living walls, window farms, and other vertical systems that add plenty of greenery to your home or office without taking up much space

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:30 pm to 12:30 am | Nature / Animals

Goldie - Vancouver

Metalheadz fans unite for the long awaited return of DNB pioneer & UK legend Goldie making his long awaited return to Vancouver

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