Where else can you get a pitch-side tour of a major league field, climb a tread-wall or clock your best sprint, and see artefacts from the Olympics and history in motion? It’s the BC Sports Hall of Fame at BC Place and it’s a great place to visit this summer!
Visit the BC Sports Hall of Fame This Summer
Within the last year, the BC Sports Hall of Fame has also unveiled the Indigenous Sport Gallery, celebrating and recognizing Indigenous athletes who have made an impact on British Columbia’s sport history. The Gallery features over 1,000 square feet of permanent exhibit space, and highlights the impact of athletes like Gino Odjick, Carey Price, Richard Peter, Justina Di Stasio, and others.
The Indigenous Sport Gallery celebrates the rich history and many contributions to sport by First Nations and Métis athletes, teams, coaches, builders and volunteers in BC, and attempts to remedy the fact that Indigenous athletes and teams have not been properly celebrated and honoured over the course of our province’s history.
Visitors can read information about traditional Indigenous games; view artefacts and memorabilia from Indigenous athletes in all levels of sport; see a feature on the North American Indigenous Games; and visit a dedicated space, the Circle of Champions, which honours the Indigenous athletes that have been formally Inducted to the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
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I have a pair of passes to give away to the BC Sports Hall of Fame so you can check out the Indigenous Sport Gallery and more. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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The Vancouver Art Gallery presents its headline exhibition this summer, Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time on now until September 29, 2019. This wide- ranging exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and lithographs by Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) examines the pre-and post-war career of one of the greatest sculptors of the first half of the twentieth century.
Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time
Presented on the Gallery’s first floor, it showcases Giacometti’s works alongside the ancient sculptures that served his imagination, and works by famed artists with whom he was in dialogue.
Alberto Giacometti in his studio
Photo: Rene Burri/Magnum Photos
In 2016, the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts in Norwich commemorated the 50th anniversary of Giacometti’s death with A Line Through Time, which was named by The Telegraph as one of the top exhibitions of that year.
Here are some additional art exhibitions and more on now at the Vancouver Art Gallery:
More at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Until September 1, 2019 Moving Still: Performative Photography in India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography. The exhibition focuses on the photo-based practices of contemporary artists who are rooted in the diversity of cultures within the country, while at the same time engaging in a global dialogue.
Until January 26, 2020 Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty is the first retrospective of this notable Canadian artist whose work interrogates the mechanisms of display that shape meaning, beauty and desire in our culture. Comprising more than 80 works in a variety of media, Extreme Beauty examines the major themes that have occupied Alexander for more than three decades of her career, including the appropriated image, the artificiality of nature and the seduction of space.
Family Day at the Gallery, February 2019. Photo: Rachel Topham
I have a pair of passes to give away so that you can enjoy the gallery this summer. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2019. Follow the Vancouver Art Gallery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information about their exhibitions, events, and their permanent collection.
Movies Under the Stars (“MUTS”) is returning this year to Surrey’s Holland Park, with a family-friendly lineup of entertainment and movie screenings every Saturday in August.
Movies Under the Stars in Holland Park
When: Every Saturday in August 2019. 5:00pm entertainment, movies at dusk. Where: Holland Park (13428 Old Yale Road, Surrey) Admission: FREE!
This all-ages event is free for everyone to attend. Each evening showcases amazing local performers, arts and crafts, games, and other fun activities for everyone to enjoy all at no cost. Activities begin each night at 5:00pm, with the movies themselves getting underway at dusk.
Movies Under the Stars is the perfect way to make new memories this summer. Experience cinema under a starlit sky while surrounded by family and friends.
MUTS began bringing the Surrey community together almost 15 years ago in 2005 and has continued ever since. MUTS doesn’t just start and end with movies, either: each evening is packed full of arts and crafts, games, activities, and live entertainment.
