16 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Monday, July 25

by Steve Newton on July 24th, 2016 at 2:00 PM

1 of 1 2 of 1

Looking for something to do on Monday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 16 events happening in or around Vancouver on Monday, July 25.

FORUMS

Workshop at Vancouver Public Library explores career options for newcomers to Canada. Basic computer skills required.

Learn the basics of Photoshop and get an overview of common tools and various editing functions at Brainstation Vancouver.

A representative from the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre speaks about the rights and obligations tenants have under the law at Burnaby Public Library Metrotown.

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

Ryan Williams performs a comedy show on his birthday at Yagger's Restaurant & Sports Bar, with guests James Kennedy, Kevin Banner, Mark Nesbitt, Stefan McNeil, Aaron Read, Katie Burrell, Brett Nikolic, and Brent Constantine.

LITERARY EVENTS

Vancouver Youth Poetry Slam at Café Deux Soleils features the Gleneagle Hullabaloo Team.

THEATRE

The Ensemble Theatre Festival presents Harold Pinter's The Betrayal at Jericho Arts Centre.

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

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

Screening at Vancity Theatre of Darren Aronofsky's debut feature Pi, about a renegade mathematician searching for numerical order in the New York Stock Exchange.

Christopher Nolan's debut feature Following, about a blocked writer who takes to following strangers through the streets of Soho to kickstart his fiction, screens at Vancity Theatre.

Screening at West Vancouver Memorial Library of the drama Trumbo, about a 1947 screenwriter blacklisted for his political beliefs.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of the New Zealand zombie comedy What We Do in the Shadows.