Metro Vancouver events on August 10, 2019

All the Trees

ll the Trees encouraged visitors to take a closer look at the trees around the West Point Grey Community Centre and Jericho Park and to communicate with those trees

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival

This 3-day free festival offers visual and performing artists facing social exclusion and other barriers opportunities for exhibition and sales, performance and participation, and connection and learning

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free

ZimCarvings Exhibition

The VanDusen Botanical Garden 2019 exhibition – July 19 to Sept 15 – will be showcasing over 100 hand-carved, original works from 50+ Zimbabwean stone sculptors

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Exhibition

Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty

Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty is the first retrospective of this notable Canadian artist whose work interrogates the mechanisms of display that shape meaning, beauty and desire in our culture

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

My River, My Home

As a part of the Global Rivers Observatory, researcher Sarah Rosengard travelled to the Brazilian state of Pará to work with the youth living in Arapixuna near the Amazon river

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time

This unique exhibition is focused on the art of Alberto Giacometti, renowned in the twentieth century for his sculpture, painting, drawing and design

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

ZimCarvings Exhibition in VanDusen Botanical Garden

Over 100 original hand-carved stone sculpture, from over 50 Zimbabwean stone sculptors will be showcased at this exhibit. Also featured will be select smaller sculptures, hand-woven baskets and jewelry. All of these pieces will be available for purchase

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

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

2019 Orpheum Theatre Guided Tours

This summer, Vancouver Civic Theatres is hosting FREE guided tours of the Orpheum theatre, one of the most beautiful concert halls in North America

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | History | Free

Magic in the Plaza

Prepare to be amazed! We have a unique and talented line up of magicians ready to entertain you with live shows and close up, roving magic. Enjoy magical balloon twisting, cotton candy, activities and more!

Langley | McBurney Plaza | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Music

Maryam Jafri - Automatic Negative Thought

The Contemporary Art Gallery is excited to present Automatic Negative Thought, a major solo exhibition of the work of Copenhagen and New York based artist Maryam Jafri

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Exhibition: Maryam Jafri - Automatic Negative Thought

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first major solo exhibition in Canada of work by Copenhagen and New York based artist Maryam Jafri

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Sculpture Exhibits - The Pitt Meadows Art Gallery

Over 100 original hand-carved stone sculpture, from over 50 Zimbabwean stone sculptors will be showcased at this exhibit. Also featured will be select smaller sculptures, hand-woven baskets and jewelry

Pitt Meadows | The Pitt Meadows Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Waterfight 2019!

Vancouver's EPIC one day water fight!!! Don't miss this..

Vancouver | Lumberman's Arch | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Everything is Terrible

Blueprint Live presents Everything Is Terrible on their 2019 West Coast Tour

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Duan Jin a Chinese drama

Duan Jin is a Chinese play. It tells the story of how three brothers with different personalities run a business together in BeiJing on Wangfujing with mixed love and hate, the rise and fall of interests during the republic of China era early last century

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

From Philly: Lucas Brown Quartet

With Cory Weeds saxophone, Bill Coon guitar, and Joe Poole drums

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

TriloJay

Introducing, Jay Leonard Juatco, Jay Esplana, Jason Nickel and Jonny Holisko four of Vancouver’s most talented and energetic performers

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music | Free