50 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Thursday, June 22
Looking for something to do on Thursday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 50 events happening in or around Vancouver on Thursday, June 22.
CONCERTS
Japanese rock act Guitar Wolf plays the Cobalt, with guests Isaac Rother and the Phantoms.
Coastal Jazz presents Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Seu Jorge in a musical tribute to David Bowie at the Orpheum Theatre. The concert kicks off the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which features performances by such artists as Branford Marsalis, Thievery Corporation, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Tommy Emmanuel, Ziggy Marley, Bokanté, Banda Magda, Kandace Springs, Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Emmet Cohen Trio, Buster Williams and Something More, and Scott Hamilton Trio.
Celebration at the Rickshaw of one of Vancouver's most colourful stagehands features music by the Mighty One and Black Sabbath tribute band Sack Blabbath.
Sample neighbourhood food and drink and help raise money for the Firehall Arts Centre at Eat Drink Play, which brings together East Van restaurateurs, craft brewers, small-batch distillers, and performers for an eclectic summer evening.
ETCETERA
On a guided walk at Lost Lagoon Nature House, discover what juvenile herons need to get ready to leave the nest.
FOOD
The guided Gourmet Ice Cream Tour leaves from Railtown Cafe and visits four local ice cream parlours to sample six delicious cold treats.
Vancouver chefs Pino Posteraro and Angus An, hosted by resident chef Nathan Brown, prepare their signature dishes using authentic Italian products at Fairmont Pacific Rim
FORUMS
Local author Charles Montgomery explores ways in which our urban landscape shapes and defines our spirit and relationships with one another at Rennie Museum's Soul and the City.
Join business leaders and HR professionals at Hawksworth Restaurant for a breakfast and conversations on how to tap into untapped talent pools in order to meet current and future workforce needs.
Small-business event at New Westminster's Anvil Centre features complimentary breakfast and lunch and 30-minute presentations on marketing and communications.
As part of World Refugee Day, a refugee, frontline worker, and resettlement leader share their first-hand experiences and answer questions at Vancouver Public Library's Alice MacKay Room.
Lee-Ann Frances Bates hosts conversations on sexuality, intimacy, pleasure, and relationships at Yagger's Downtown.
KIDS' STUFF
Playland features midway games, fair food, an arcade, a shooting gallery, a climbing wall, a haunted mansion, family rides like Teacups and Merry-Go-Round, and extreme rides like Corkscrew, The Beast, Hell's Gate, Revelation, and Wooden Roller Coaster.
SPORTS
The Vancouver Canadians take on the Everett AquaSox in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium.
COMEDY
New York City-based comedian Michael Che performs an evening of standup at the Vogue Theatre.
Canadian comedian Andrew Grose performs the first of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.
ARTS ETCETERA
Evening of storytelling and music at the Rio Theatre pays tribute to humorist Stuart McLean, with performances by T J Dawe, Dylan Rhymer, Beverly Elliott, Bryant Ross, Maia Gibbs, Gary Jones, Duncan Shields, Christine Taylor, Stephen Fearing, and Kathleen Nisbet.
The SFU School for the Contemporary Arts presents a series of site-specific installations and performative events in Stanley Park during the two-day Laboratory Landscape.
The Queer Arts Festival, a multidisciplinary event featuring a curated visual-art exhibition, performing-arts series, workshops, artist talks, panels, and media-art screenings, continues at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Celebrate the opening of the MOA's Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks with contemporary indigenous performances from DJ Kookum, contemporary cellist Cris Derksen, DJ O Show, and audio-visual team See Monsters, with live visuals by painter Levi Nelson and graffiti artist Larissa Healey.
Fight With a Stick presents Cinerama, a live cinema with no story, plot, or actors, on the shifting sands of the low-tide flats of Spanish Banks.
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Bittergirl: The Musical, which charts the romantic breakups of three women and the lively antics that ensue, at Granville Island Stage.
Bard on the Beach presents a preview of Shakespeare's drama The Merchant of Venice, set in modern-day Venice, that exposes the consequences of how we treat outsiders in our midst.
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Million Dollar Quartet, a jukebox musical inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.
Bard on the Beach presents the opening of The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare's drama in which the love of two young people becomes the catalyst for reunion, redemption, and a family’s healing.
The Arts Club presents Robert Askins's comedy Hand to God, about three troubled Texas teenagers who meet weekly to express themselves through puppetry, at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Sandbox Theatre presents its version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which a father's death and mother's hasty marriage provoke thoughts of murder and vengeance.
Vagabond Players presents Charley's Aunt, a classic comedy about two young Oxford students in need of a chaperone so they can invite their young ladies to tea, at New Westminster's Bernie Legge Theatre.
Performance at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre of The World Goes 'Round, in which five women and one man portray multiple characters in a revue that features 30 musical numbers from stage and film.
MUSIC
East Van Opera presents ALMA: The Story of the Girl Who Glowed, a feminist opera about a heroine with special powers, at Metro Theatre.
GALLERIES
Pictures From Here at the Vancouver Art Gallery features photographs and video works by Vancouver-based artists Roy Arden, Karin Bubaš, Christos Dikeakos, Stan Douglas, Greg Girard, Rodney Graham, Mike Grill, Arni Haraldsson, Fred Herzog, Barrie Jones, Evan Lee, N.E. Thing Co., Marian Penner Bancroft, Henri Robideau, Sandra Semchuk and James Nicholas, Althea Thauberger, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Paul Wong, Cornelia Wyngaarden, and Andrea Fatona.
Bill Reid Creative Journeys at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art celebrates the three phases of the artist's creative journey, Pre-Haida (1948-1951), Haida (1951-1968) and Beyond Haida (1968-1998).
Xi xanya dzam at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art features traditional masks, carvings, baskets and moosehide, contemporary prints, sculptures and jewellery by Primrose Adams, Dempsey Bob, Rena Point Bolton, Mandy Brown, Joe David, Robert Davidson, Alvin Mack, Mary Michell, Earl Muldon, Susan Point, and Norman Tait.
MUSEUMS
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC examines the physical traces of words, both spoken and recorded, that are unique to humans.
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.
ATTRACTIONS
The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library.
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.
Big Splash Waterpark in Tsawwassen, formerly Splashdown, features newly renovated pools and hot tubs, new slides such as Kamikaze and Solar Splash, a sports bar and grill, and complimentary shuttle service to and from downtown Vancouver.
At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.
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.
Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.
Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean.
Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.
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
Screening at the Richmond Art Gallery of Seth's Dominion, a National Film Board of Canada animated/live action documentary about Canadian cartoonist Seth.
Screening at Vancity Theatre of The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, Juho Kuosmanen's drama about a small-town baker in Finland in 1962 who has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing.
Screening at Vancity Theatre of director Julian Rosefeldt's drama Manifesto, in which Cate Blanchett plays 13 different characters as she embodies artistic and political manifestos such as Communism, Dadaism, Futurism, Minimalism, and Surrealism.
Create Hong Kong and the Cinematheque present Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017, a specially curated program highlighting six Hong Kong filmmakers' work from the last 20 years. Screening tonight are Heiward Mak’s High Noon and Philip Yung's Port of Call.
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