33 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, May 21

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      Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 33 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, May 21.

       

      CONCERTS

      Swedish metal band Evergrey plays the Rickshaw, with guests Seven Kingdoms, Need, Ascendia, Celestial Ruin, and Elysium Echoes.

      Celebration of 20 years of Nordic Trax at the Imperial features performances by DJs Mark Farina, Pete Moss, Jay Tripwire, Gavin Froome, krown & Lock, and Luke McKeehan.

       

      The four-day Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds features features four rough-stock rodeo events, five rodeo performances, live entertainment, food, a lumberjack show, a freestyle skateboarding competition, and a midway.

       

      Kitty Nights presents a live-band burlesque tribute to the B-52s at the Biltmore Cabaret, with music by the Hot and Heavy Band and vocals by Burgundy Brixx, CC Jam, and Denton Booth.

       

      THEATRE

      Corey Payette's musical Children of God at the York Theatre tells the story of the children of an Oji-Cree family who are sent to a residential school in northern Ontario.

      The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Million Dollar Quarteta jukebox musical inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

      Patrick Street Productions presents the final performance at New Westminster's Anvil Centre of A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway-style musical about mismatched couples.

      Arts Umbrella Theatre and Music presents the Expressions Theatre Festival, featuring five diverse and distinctive productions by young artists, at the Waterfront Theatre.

       

      GALLERIES

      Pacific Crossings at the Vancouver Art Gallery features works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s.

      Susan Point: Spindle Whorl at the Vancouver Art Gallery surveys Point’s entire career through more than a hundred artworks that take the spindle whorl as their starting point.

      Retainers of Anarchy at the Vancouver Art Gallery features new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance.

       

      MUSEUMS

      Amazonia: The Rights of Nature at at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.

      The Lost Fleet at the Vancouver Maritime Museum investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.

       

      MUSIC

      Alexandre Bloch conducts pianist Jonathan Biss and the Vancouver Symphony in a program of Schumann's Manfred: Overture, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, and Haydn's Symphony No. 92 in G Major, Oxford at Surrey's Bell Performing Arts Centre.

      Roedde House Classical Series presents classical music by oboist Beth Orson and bassoonist Julia Lockhart at Roedde House Museum.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

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

      Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean, as well as skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, and mountain ziplines.

      The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

      Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

      Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.

      The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library.

      Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

      Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

      The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

      Soar from coast-to-coast across the Canadian landscape with a 25-minute ride featuring effects such as wind and scents at FlyOver Canada.

       

      MOVIES

      This Goes to 11! double-feature at the Rio Theatre features Rob Reiner's mockumentary Spinal Tap and the concert film AC/DC: Let There Be Rock.

      Screening at the Vancity Theatre of director Charles Wilkinson's documentary Vancouver: No Fixed Address, which dissects the compromises that come with putting down roots in one of the most liveable cities in the world.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Certain Women, the new drama by Kelly Reichardt, which tells the intersecting tales of four women over a winter season.

      Cinema Sunday at the Cinematheque features Marv Newland in a family-friendly afternoon devoted to his work, featuring a selection of hand-picked films.

      Screening at various Metro Vancouver Cineplex theatres of Boston, director Jon Dunham's film about the history and evolution of the world-famous Boston Marathon.

      Screening at the Rio Theatre of the documentary I Am Heath Ledger, which takes an intimate look at the life and career of the late Australian actor.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, director Dash Shaw's animated film about what happens when an earthquake causes a high school to float into the sea, where it slowly sinks like a shipwreck.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Robert Aldrich's 1962 horror classic, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

       

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