Metro Vancouver events on May 19, 2019

Views of the Collection: The Street

Views of the Collection: The Street is part of a series of presentations on the 4th floor that comprise thematic perspectives on the Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Jurassic Quest

Jurassic Quest is the largest exhibition of lifesize, moving, museum-Quality Dinosaurs in North America and is now coming to Canada for the FIRST time ever!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

Contemporary Landscapes - KPU Fine Arts Exhibit

We will be hosting a group art show upstairs in the Big House featuring artwork by 3rd year students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, exploring the relationship between landscapes, art and politics

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

SWART

We are a creative bunch!Come by to enjoy an eclectic collection of photography, paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures and more, all created by the staff at Science World!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Affinities: Canadian Artists and France

This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century

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

Mowry Baden

This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present

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

Displacement

This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery's collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive

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

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Moving Still: Performative Photography from India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography

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

Dazzling Daisies - Watercolor workshop in New Westminister

The Workshop: Through extensive demonstrations and step-by-step tuition will be provided to improve your overall watercolor skills.

New Westminster | Rusart Fine Arts | 10:30 am to 5:30 pm | Workshop

Shadows, Strings and Others Things Opening Weekend Curator Tours

Join Dr. Nicola Levell, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UBC and Curator of Shadows, Strings and Other Things, for special curatorial tours of MOA’s enchanting exhibition

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Royal Canadian family Circus

An all new show, jam packed with explosive live entertainment, featuring high-flying acrobatics, death-defying tricks, clowning and towering feats of strength, teetering towers of balanced bodies, extreme bending and devilishly precarious aerials

Richmond | Lansdowne Centre | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Show

Science World Day

Join us and learn all about the magic of Science!!!

Vancouver | Kids Market | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Kids

The Arts Club Theatre Company: The Great Leap

A jump shot across borders. As the story jumps back and forth in time, tensions rise right up to the final buzzer and history collides at the leap for a 3-point shot

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company: Matilda the Musical

The imaginative hit for all generations. From the wonderfully subversive imagination of Roald Dahl, this fun family musical will bring out the child in everyone

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn

In this thrilling time-travel comedy, three women attempt to save themselves and each other at the hands of the same man but in 3 different time periods

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Chopin Society: Kate Liu, piano

According to pianist and Chopin specialist Janusz Olejniczak, Liu’s performance of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie during the competition was simply the best he had ever heard

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Music

Global Soundscapes

Global Soundscapes: Mission to Record the Earth is an interactive theatre program blending live presentation with audio and video recordings of biologists, environmental scientists, and indigenous peoples around the world

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Show

Tour: NCT 127 World Tour Neo City: Canada -The Origin

NCT 127, from SM Entertainment, is the second highest charting K-pop boyband in Billboard 200 history and was Apple Music’s first K-pop act in their “Up Next” series.

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 5:27 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Exhibition: Processus

This spring, CAG and artist Diyan Achjadi have partnered with Point Grey Secondary School Senior Art Students and teachers on a collaborative project exploring contemporary art and curatorial practices

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Shan Shan Chen & Rebecca Cheng Music Studio Presents Music for Love, Big Dreams, Small World

20 young talented musicians will perform with Vancouver Theatre Orchestra directed by Mr. Jack Zhang

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

Rodgers & Hammerstein's G2K Cinderella

Join Cinderella on her journey as she discovers that impossible dreams really can come true

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Desi: LIVE feat. Kirti Arneja - A Retro Bollywood Dance Party

Live Music by Kirti Arneja. A Retro Bollywood Dance Party

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Party | Free

The Sunday Service

With over 20 Canadian Comedy Award Nominations, a CCA Best Improv Troupe Award in 2012, and international recognition, The Sunday Service present to audiences across North America a fast paced and singular take on traditional long form

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Long Weekend Series: Victoria Day Edition & Patio Kickoff

Featuring DJ & Dance Floor. Regular weekend late night hours still apply on Friday & Saturday

Richmond | Buck & Ear Bar & Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Helen Hansen

With Miles Black, Bill Coon and Jodi Proznick

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Mogli with guests

Mogli loves life and everything about it. She spends nearly all of her time singing or traveling - preferably both

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music

Soju Sunday

Victoria Day long weekend means another edition of Vancouver’s top K-Pop club night

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Absolute 80s Night

Lycra, leopard print, intense perms, and more. Whether you lived through it, were born during, or are just nostalgic for a time you never knew, join us for a night of 80’s celebration. Just playin’ hits!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 11:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music