Category: Getting Outside
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Burnaby Art Gallery; Art in the Community
The Burnaby Art Gallery is continuing their tradition of taking art out of the gallery and into the community with two new exhibitions opening next week at local libraries. Set to coincide with the start of the school year, Ben Duncan’s Ever Onward will explore the long history of the art of the doodle at…
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Riverfest at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
The Fraser River Discovery Centre is pleased to announce the return of its annual RiverFest, Metro Vancouver’s biggest celebration of the environmental, economic and socio-cultural importance of the Fraser River. Riverfest will run from September 22 – 24th at the New Westminster Quay. Presented this year by Port of Vancouver, RiverFest 2016 will open with…
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The Evergreen Cultural Centre Celebrates 20 Years
Here is the TLDR for this blog post: The Evergreen Cultural Centre presents their 20th anniversary as the premiere theatre and entertainment venue in the Tri-Cities. Come celebrate this milestone and kick off our new season with a dance party featuring SweetPea Swing Band and rock/blues/R&B masters Brickhouse. Celebrating 20 years as the premiere theatre and entertainment venue in…
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Keith Langergraber at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) present Betrayal at Babylon, a new installation by Vancouver-based mixed media artist Keith Langergraber that will be held at the gallery from September 9 to October 23, 2016. Investigating the impermanence of language and the complexity of human myth-making, the exhibition merges historical and fictionalized narratives set in British Columbia and beyond. Reinterpreting the biblical Tower…
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Burnaby Art Gallery; Public Library Offsite Exhibitions
The Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) presents two summer exhibitions at public libraries featuring works on paper by local artists who have strong connections to the Malaspina Printmakers Society. These Burnaby Art Gallery Offsite Exhibitions present a selection of prints from the Malaspina Printshop Archives, a compendium of all works created at the print shop between 1977 and 1982. Matrix:…
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Live Screening of The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration
If you were not one of the fortunate ones and you did not get a ticket to one of this summer’s Tragically Hip concerts there is still a chance you can see the iconic Canadian band through a number of outdoor live screenings. The city of Burnaby is hosting a live screening of one of…
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Joe Fafard; Retailles at the Burnaby Art Gallery
On the evening of Thursday June 23rd I had the pleasure of meeting the Canadian art iconic Joe Fafard, one of Canada’s most recognized and prolific artists Joe Fafard is one of Canada’s leading professional visual artists and has exhibitions of a wide variety of work in galleries and museums across the country and around the…
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BC Superweek and the Giro di Burnaby
On Thursday, July 14th 2016 (that’s TOMORROW!!!) the Giro di Burnaby returns to the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood for its ninth year. Professional cyclists from all over the globe will race on the fast and technical 1.3km closed loop course on Hastings Street competing for over $15,000 in prize money. Giro di Burnaby Schedule: 3:00pm –…
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Joe Fafard Exhibition; Retailles
Internationally renowned, Joe Fafard is one of Canada’s most recognized and prolific artists. Mr. Fafard is one of Canada’s leading professional visual artists and has exhibitions of a wide variety of work in galleries and museums across the country and around the world, including the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. He is widely…