Metro Vancouver events on May 9, 2020
May 9, 2020
Sat
Enjoy Super Saturdays at The Aquarium
Come and start the day with us. On the second Saturday of each month, the Vancouver Aquarium holds Super Saturdays for our members
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Window Gallery: Portals
Installation by Kirsten Hatfield
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 am | Exhibition | Free
Oh Snap! Photography Exhibition
living in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. Youth learn a different photography skill each week and apply this skill outside while taking pictures
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Burnaby Artisan Farmers’ Market
Burnaby Farmers' Market is located on the North Parking Lot at Burnaby City Hall at Canada Way and Deer Lake Parkway
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall Parking Lot | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh — MOLY AND KASSANDRA
Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh’s engaging video and photographic installation Moly and Kassandra (2018) addresses the relationship between culture and resource
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Fort Langley Village Farmers' Market
Welcome to our Farmers Market. All our produce, foods, and artisan products are made locally here
Langley | Fort Langley Village Farmers Market | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Bird Walks in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Take a guided tour through VanDusen and learn about the native bird species that make their home in the garden
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals
Riverway Golf Festival
Join us for fun activities at Riverway Golf Course
Burnaby | Riverway Golf Course | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Sports
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Youth Week in the Roundhouse
Youth Week is an internationally celebrated event that promotes youth awareness, positive youth public profile, and stronger connections between youth and the community
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Kids
lace|heart|art exhibition
Discover colourful hearts, all made by hand in traditional lacemaking techniques
Surrey | Beecher Place | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Community Science Celebration: Port Alberni
Discover the science happening all around you at the Port Alberni Community Science Celebration
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:30 am to 4:00 pm | Show
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free
Willowbrook - Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is fun for the whole family and features 20+ hand picked food trucks at 7 different locations in the Greater Vancouver Area
Langley | Willowbrook Shopping Centre | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Saturday Pre-School Storytime!
Join us for Saturday Morning Pre-School Storytime!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids
Burnaby Festival of Learning
The Burnaby Festival of Learning celebrates lifelong learning in creative, unconventional ways, featuring a week-long series of free events for everyone that will inspire, engage and spark creativity
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall | 12:00 am to 11:59 pm | Festival | Free
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society Show & Sale
Join the Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society for their annual show and sale
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Chado (tea ceremony) class
Learn the basics of Urasenke-style tea ceremony in this beginner-friendly class. Learn the proper ways to walk, bow, interact, and enjoy Japanese matcha tea and sweets
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop
White Noise by Taran Kootenhayoo
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
Kaytranada - Bubba North America Tour
Louis Kevin Celestin, known by his stage name Kaytranada, is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Classic Concert: Songs of the Far East at the Place des Arts
Three artists with Asian heritage explore the world of Asian poetry and melodies. Soprano Szu Wen Wang and Mezzo Soprano Yenny Yeeun Lee, accompanied by pianist Maria Jung, perform art songs by Asian composers that are not often performed in Canada
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Mozart, Brahms and Michelle Mares plays Beethoven
Yariv Aloni - conductor, Michelle Mares - piano
New Westminster | Queens Avenue United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: COSÌ FAN TUTTE - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, last produced by VO in 2005, is a sharply satirical take on relationships between men and women. Mozart’s opera about fidelity is an intriguing story set to music of impossible beauty
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Vancouver New Music presents Adrian Verdejo
Vancouver-based guitarist Adrian Verdejo delivers a concert of works for solo guitar, including the premieres of new works by Wolf Edwards and Peter Hannan
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Lawyer Show 2020 - Mamma Mia!
The Lawyer Show is a fundraiser for two of Vancouver’s most cherished theatre institutions: Carousel Theatre for Young People and Touchstone Theatre, both registered charities
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Midtwenties Theatre Society presents: Persephone's Cave
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Ballet BC Program 3
A momentous time for Ballet BC, we are thrilled to bring together two of the most influential artists in international dance today
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance
Musically Speaking: Beethoven 8 Plus Symphonic Mandolin
A striking duo: young Chilean conductor Paolo Bortolameolli meets Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital in a concert of energetic works inspired by the magic of Italy
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
It's a Party: Amabilis Singers' 40th Anniversary Celebration
We're 40 years old! Join Amabilis for an exuberant, high-octane evening of music-making with present and former members of the Amabilis family. Come share in our joy, meet up with old friends, and travel down memory lane with us!
Burnaby | New Westminster Christian Reformed Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Dogfight
It’s November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to Vietnam, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of partying and a little trouble
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Cadence with DeCoro
This is Cadence, Canada’s premiere vocal group. Based in Toronto, this a cappella ensemble has been wowing audiences across the country and around the world for over 20 years
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre