21 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Thursday, July 21

Looking for something to do on Thursday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 21 events happening in or around Vancouver on Thursday, July 21.

CONCERTS

British pop superstar Adele plays the second of two nights at Rogers Arena. SOLD OUT.

FORUMS

An interdisciplinary group of speakers discusses how the built environment can help us move more and why this matters at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre.

KIDS' STUFF

Playland features midway games, the Kids Playce, an arcade, a haunted mansion, and rides such as Atmosfear, Corkscrew, Hellevator, Music Express, and Wooden Roller Coaster.

COMEDY

Canadian comedian Kyle Bottom performs the first of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

Host Ross Dauk performs a standup comedy show featuring jokes about roosters at Little Mountain Gallery.

The Vancouver TheatreSports League presents an evening of improv comedy that explore what it means to be a woman in Vancouver, with guest Rebecca Bollwitt.

ARTS ETCETERA

Sip wine and paint while you learn from a professional artist and popular instructor at Port Moody Arts Centre's One-Night Stand: Paint & Pinot.

MUSIC

The Vancouver Piano Ensemble plays the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden as part of the Enchanted Evenings Concert Series.

Justin Freer conducts the Vancouver Symphonyat the Orpheum Theatre as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone plays on the big screen.

THEATRE

Bard on the Beach presents Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor at Vanier Park.

The Ensemble Theatre Festival presents The Romans in Britain at Jericho Arts Centre.

Theatre Under the Stars presents West Side Story at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.

The Arts Club Theatre presents the arena-rock musical Rock of Ages at the Granville Island Stage.

GALLERIES

The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts an exhibition that examines the significance of the six women who were inspirational to the artistic development of Picasso.

MUSEUMS

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents the works of celebrated Vancouver-based artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun in Unceded Territories.

ATTRACTIONS

The VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world and almost two dozen sculptures.

At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

MOVIES

Eiichi Yamamoto's 1973 animated film Belladonna of Sadness screens at the Rio Theatre.

The South African/Canadian satirical comedy Lord Jones is Dead screens at the Vancity Theatre, with admission by donation to Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

Screening of the documentary Haida Gwaii: on the Edge of the World at the library's Alice MacKay Room, with Q&A hosted by Tom Charity.

The Rio Theatre presents a screening of Mexican director Alexandro Jodorowsky's 1973 film The Holy Mountain.