Things To Do: 7 can't-miss Vancouver arts events this week, August 3 to 9

by The Georgia Straight Staff on August 3rd, 2016 at 10:42 AM

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Editor’s choice

Ballet in Bloom

The lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—and you’ve got to hand it to the landscapers, florists, and dancers who are going to try to re-create them on the Queen E plaza this weekend. Ballet BC will be presenting ethereal, site-specific dance in the lush setting, including a sneak preview of work by visionary Barcelona-born choreographer Cayetano Soto (whose haunting audience favourite Twenty Eight Thousand Waves is shown here). Set under the August evening sky, it should be magical and botanical—aided by floral-themed cocktails, of course.

Ballet BC and Social Concierge present Babylon on Saturday (August 6) from 6 to 10 p.m. on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre plaza.

Guest pick

CreativeMornings

Our guest pick this week is from Rob Maguire, marketing and communications manager of the Museum of Anthropology, where you can currently see Unceded Territories: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man. “I love to jump-start my brain each month by taking part in CreativeMornings. Much more than a free breakfast lecture series, CreativeMornings is an active community of engaged and creative folks who challenge and inspire me. This Friday’s talk by actor and filmmaker Shauna Johannesen—who wrote a musical comedy about bedbugs, of all nasty things—promises to be a doozy.”

CreativeMornings takes place at SFU Woodward’s in the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on Friday (August 5) at 8:30 a.m.