BC Events

Shigeru Ban is a new exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite location (1100 West Georgia Street) featuring the full-scale version of renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Kobe Paper Log House, on view May 11 to October 8. Following the 1995 Japan earthquake, Founder of the Voluntary Architects Network, Ban designed the Kobe Paper Log House...

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the powerful exhibition, Arts of Resistance: Politics and The Past in Latin America, May 17 – September 30, 2018. Curated by Laura Osorio Sunnucks, MOA’s Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow for Latin America, this premiere exhibition illustrates how Latin American communities use traditional or historic art forms to...

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the powerful exhibition, Arts of Resistance: Politics and The Past in Latin America, May 17 – October 8, 2018. Curated by Laura Osorio Sunnucks, MOA’s Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow for Latin America, this premiere exhibition illustrates how Latin American communities use traditional or historic art forms to express contemporary political realities. Featuring art and multi-sensory installations...

For the first time ever, Baseball BC is proud to offer an all-girls instructional league in the Lower Mainland. Girls aged 8-12 will have the chance to work with female mentors and coaches as they develop baseball skills and play with and against other like-minded girls. The league will run on Saturday afternoons 1pm in...

Sundays, June 3rd – October 28th 2018 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM The ‘Bee Friendly Village Market’ is a fantastic new community event held in beautiful and historically agricultural Cobble Hill in a grassy field with shade trees and plenty of parking close by. You will be greeted by 30 friendly vendors who are happy...

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, celebrating its 10th anniversary, presents the premiere exhibition, BODY LANGUAGE: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest, on display June 8, 2018 – January 13, 2019. Guest curator Dion Kaszas of the Nlaka’pamux First Nation traces the deep-rooted traditions of Indigenous tattooing, piercing and personal adornment. Prior to the...

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents its major summer 2018 exhibition, Cabin Fever, tracing the history of the North American cabin as an architectural form and cultural construct, on view June 9 to September 30, 2018. From rustic sanctuary described in Thoreau’s Walden (1854), to minimalist homestead popularized by websites such as Cabin Porn, the North...

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents its major summer 2018 exhibition, Cabin Fever, tracing the history of the North American cabin as an architectural form and cultural construct, on view June 9 to September 30, 2018. From rustic sanctuary described in Thoreau’s Walden (1854), to minimalist homestead popularized by websites such as Cabin Porn, the North...

Get out your shammies, polish and lawn chairs folks, 360 Fabrication is proud to announce that Hot Valley Nights is returning for year five in 2018 – this time to a location that many of you know well, right here at 360 Fabrication in Abbotsford! After a good run at Finnegan’s pub the past three...

The Vancouver Art Gallery in collaboration with Dulwich Picture Gallery and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, with support from the National Gallery of Canada, presents David Milne: Modern Painting, on view June 16 to September 9, 2018. David Milne (1882 – 1953) enjoyed a career that spanned half the twentieth century, taking him from the...

A beautiful and thought-provoking cinematic experience, revealing the complexity of relationships with the wild lands of the northwest and the people who live and work there – the Tahltan, drillers, geologists, hunters and powerline workers. The movie will be followed by a discussion with Nettie Wild, the Vancouver-based filmmaker. Shown to wide acclaim in film...

St. Paul’s Church will be open to the general public three days a week (Monday through Wednesday) from 12 noon to 2 pm starting June 25th and continuing until August 29th (except statutory holidays). Volunteers from the congregation will be present to greet visitors. If you want a special time to pray, reflect meditate, this...

Eric Klemm: Abstract Paintings A solo exhibition by the accomplished fine art photographer and painter Eric Klemm. These remarkable new paintings by Eric Klemm — precipitously born in the wake of a lifetime of making virtuoso photographs–are utterly exhilarating in the degree to which they sidle up teasingly close to formal rigidity and then, before...

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and Nature Vancouver proudly present the illuminating exhibition, Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives, on display from June 28, 2018 to September 2019. Co-curated by Viviane Gosselin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at MOV and Lee Beavington of Nature Vancouver, this exhibition delves into the life stories...

Friends of the Richmond Library is hosting two mini sales on June 30th (Saturday) and July 14th (Saturday), 11:30 am – 3:30 pm at Richmond Public Library, CAMBIE BRANCH, Unit 150, 11590 Cambie Rd, Richmond. Many quality children’s books and adult fiction are available @$2 each. Cash only. Bring your own bags or boxes. All...

It’s summertime at Britannia Mine Museum! In addition to our always fun underground tour, gold panning and new exhibits, we have fun activities planned every day. Whether you want to get hands-on with rocks and minerals, delve into local history, or embrace your inner scientist, we have something for everyone this summer! Mondays: Mineral Mondays...

Experience live, outdoor dance performances like you’ve never seen before! Join Small Stage as they bring to life all the ways dance connects us. Kicking off the Summer Dance Series is a dance celebration in the alley between CB2 and Shenanigans off Robson Street at noon on Canada Day. The series continues throughout July, amidst...

Camp Goodtimes needs passionate, dedicated & fun-loving adults! Every year volunteers help create a magical summer experience for kids with cancer. Please consider joining us this summer to make Camp Goodtimes an unforgettable experience.

See the mesmerizing world of Circo Osorio Circus with International acts from around the continent, bringing the Latin flavor of: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil & Argentina. Coquitlam July 5-9th Abbotsford Jul 12-15th

Let’s kick-off summer in Newton! Complete with craft and farm market, kids crafts, face painting, free bbq, henna, Science World, music, petting zoo, mini golf; Newton Days has something for everyone. Throughout July, Newton Days will be taking over the Newton Grove on Saturdays from 12-4pm. Open to the community, nearly everything will be free!...

Please join us as we Venture onto an Uncharted Island where kids learn to survive and thrive! Shipwrecked VBS will run July 9-13 at Trinity Reformed Church; 1100 – 40th Ave North; 9AM – Noon, Ages entering KG through entering Gr. 6. For more info or to pre-register visit http://trinityreformedvbs.weebly.com or email trinityurc.vbs@gmail.com

Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation along with NHL brothers Ryan and Lucas Johansen will be hosting the Ryan and Lucas Johansen Charity Golf Classic presented by Westwood Honda on July 10, 2018. A new naming partnership with the Johansen brothers has rebranded this long-standing charity tournament, which has raised over $2.5 million to support the greatest...

Dedicated to youth, NHL brothers Ryan and Lucas Johansen want to connect with young sports enthusiasts in the community! As a result they will be hosting a 1 hour autograph session between 10-11am on July 10, 2018 prior to the Ryan and Lucas Johansen Charity Golf Classic, benefitting Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Anyone interested in...

This one-hour walk explores Wilket Creek’s history, ecology, wildlife and challenges. It’s FREE! Meet outside the main entrance to Toronto Botanical Garden.