44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, May 27

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      Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 44 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, May 27.

       

      CONCERTS

      Seven Vancouver jazz vocalists, including Laura Crema, perform as Sisters in Song at Surrey's Northwood United Church.

      Local guitar great Paul Pigat is joined by veteran Canadian picker Steve Pineo at the ANZA Club as part of Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

      Newfoundland jazz vocalist Heather Bambrick performs at Frankie's Jazz with Jodi Proznick (bass), Tilden Webb (piano), and Jesse Cahill (drums).

      Power Trip plays the Rickshaw Theatre as part of the Modified Ghost Festival III, with Sheer Mag, Fury, Waingro, Red Death, Woolworm.

       

      BENEFITS

      Fundraising walk at Oak Park as part of CF Awareness Month, with all proceeds used to target world-class research and advocating for high-quality individualized Cystic Fibrosis care.

      Full Throttle features a scenic ride or drive from Vancouver to Whistler along the Sea to Sky Highway, with proceeds to the Parkinson Society of B.C.

       

      ETCETERA

      No-cost Fair in the Square at Victory Square Park features barbecue, live music, arts and crafts, and non-profit info booths.

      The Richmond Night Market features dozens of food stalls, a dinosaur park, paddle boats, a baby playground, music, martial arts, and dancing.

      The Vancouver Vinyl Record Show at Heritage Hall features 45s, 33s, 78s, CDs, posters, T-shirts, turntables, and music memorabilia.

       

      FASHION

      The Society for the Museum of Original Costume hosts Bizarre Bazaar, an event with vendors offering vintage to modern clothing and accessories, at Hycroft Manor.

       

      FOOD AND DRINK

      Veg Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre connects the benefits of living a plant-based and sustainable lifestyle.

       

      FORUM

      Katy Bowman leads a discussion at Banyen Books and Sound on how to put your movement to use beyond training yourself physiologically.

      Yoga instructor Ashley Jestin leads a workshop on how to cultivate a daily practice at Semperviva Lifestyle Store.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      Playland at the PNE features over 30 rides, including the Revelation, the Hellevator, the Beast, Hells Gate, the Flume, and the 60-year-old wooden rollercoaster.

      Salmonberry Days Community Fair at Dunbar Community Centre features entertainment, inflatables, carnival games, a concession, and community booths.

      Spring Fair at St. Andrew's Parish features children's inflatables, carnival games, food concessions, BBQ, spring orchid sales, bake sale, silent auction, and a raffle.

       

      COMEDY

      Six actor/improviser pairings perform mashed up scenes from five different plays at Havana Theatre's Actor's Nightmare.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      Join Contemporary Art Gallery visitor coordinator Jocelyn Statia for a free tour of the current exhibition.

      The three-day Parker Art Salon 2018 showcases the work of more than 40 fine artists at 1000 Parker Street Studios.

      Douglas Coupland’s new radical art installation at the Vancouver Aquarium, Vortex, takes an imaginative journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, immersing viewers in the ocean-plastic pollution crisis.

      The three-day Uncommon Show at the ARC features visual arts and music by residents of the Artist Resource Centre and alumni.

      Survey a selection of ephemera, postal history, and postcards for both novice and long time collectors at Hastings Community Centre.

        

      THEATRE

      Upintheair Theatre presents the rEvolver Theatre Festival, a program of new works by distinct voices from across the Canadian live-theatre scene, at the Cultch. Shows today include writer-director Elysse Cheadle's Fuschia Future (above), an absurd portrait of life after loss told through music, existential angst, populist science, and verbatim text from Wikipedia.

      ITSAZOO presents the final performance at Russian Hall of David James Brock’s drama WET, set during the height of Canada’s involvement in the Afghanistan War.

      Urban Ink presents the final performance of Les Filles du Roi, a new Canadian musical by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac, at the York Theatre.

      The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Mamma Mia!, a feel-good musical featuring the music of ABBA, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

       

      GALLERIES

      Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman is a new exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery featuring the paintings of Carr with 48 photographs by U.S.-born photographer Gunterman.

      Bombhead at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a thematic exhibition exploring the emergence and impact of the nuclear age as represented by artists and their art.

      The Blue Hour at the Contemporary Art Gallery features photographs by Joi T. Arcand (above), Kapwani Kiwanga, Colin Miner, Grace Ndiritu, and Kara Uzelman.

      Shigeru Ban, a new exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite location, features the full-scale version of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Kobe Paper Log House.

       

      MUSEUMS

      In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

      Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition at the Museum of Vancouver is guest-curated by Kwiaahwah Jones and features more than 450 works by carvers, weavers, photographers and print makers, collected as early as the 1890s.

      Arts of Resistance: Politics and The Past In Latin America at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC exhibition illustrates how Latin American communities use traditional or historic art forms to express contemporary political realities.

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

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

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

      Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, gardens, beaches, and West Coast rain forest, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8 kilometre seawall.

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

       

      MOVIES

      Hip-hop, noir, and sci-fi collide in Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume Renard's animated feature Mutafukaz, screening at Vancity Theatre as part of the Rupture Festival.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of a new 35mm print of Umetsugu Inoue’s musical action film for children, The Green Music Box.

      In Self-Destructive Cinema, short works by local filmmakers are screened for one night only at Vancity Theatre then ceremonially wiped from existence as part of the Rupture Festival.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of The Eagle and the Hawk, Umetsugu Inoue’s film about a seaman who joins the crew of a rusty cargo ship to avenge himself on his father’s enemy.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of  The Devil and Father Amorth, in which The Exorcist director William Friedkin hooks up with a 91-year-old Italian exorcist in hopes of committing the ritual to film.

       

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