Metro Vancouver events on August 17, 2018

David Milne: Modern Painting - exhibition

Organized by the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, with exceptional support of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition is curated by Ian A C Dejardin and Sarah Milroy

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kits In The Park

Kits in the park is a Free play-based program in Connaught Park running on Monday and Friday mornings throughout the summer

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Kids | Free

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman - exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with approximately thirty photographs by Mattie Gunterman

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium Event description: Experience acclaimed artist Douglas Coupland’s new radical art installation – Vortex – at the Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Dorothea Lange - exhibition

The exhibition title is borrowed from the idiomatic expression for an anxious state of mind resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kevin Schmidt - exhibition

Kevin Schmidt is a British Columbia–based artist whose multidisciplinary practice embodies the do-it-yourself (DIY) sensibilities of an amateur inventor

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Playland

Vancouver’s favourite amusement park offers thrills for the whole family! Now open daily!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family

Site Unseen - exhibition

Site Unseen places lens-based works from the Gallery’s permanent collection in dialogue with select loans to explore the way contemporary photographic artists--who start with a documentary impulse to record the landscape - use diverse strategies to create

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Hole In The Sky Tour 2018

Making a list of Sky Divers

Abbotsford | Skydive Vancouver | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Music

Rock Ambleside Park 2018

GSL Group, Ambleside Live and Rock 101 are pleased to announce the Rock Ambleside Park music festival scheduled for August 17-19, 2018 at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver!

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Robson Square Night 8: Rumba with Delta Dance

George and Wendy Pytlik from Delta Dance are teaching Rumba on our 8th night!

Vancouver | Robson Square Summer Dance Series | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Dance

肥媽瑪俐亞中僑慈善演唱會 Maria Cordero Success Charity Concert

Originating from a humble background and at a young age, Maria, disciplined herself never to shy away from hard work and immersed herself in the wage-earning world

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Temple Grandin - Developing Individuals who have Different Minds

AutismBC in partnership with 4-H British Columbia, will host autism advocate and best-selling author Temple Grandin for her acclaimed talk: Developing Individuals who have Different Minds

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Lecture

Loverboy at Rock Ambleside

For more than 30 years, Loverboy has been “Working for the Weekend” and on weekends, delighting audiences around the world

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music