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By Loose Lips Mag
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The editorial team at Loose Lips Mag is small but mighty, and not everything that ends up in our inbox makes it to the magazine. In order to show some love to the events happening in our city, we introduce The Marquee: a monthly roundup of arts and culture happenings in Vancouver.
Here’s what’s happening in June.
Mama Mia: The Arts Club presents the smash-hit, globally known musical Mama Mia based on the famous tunes by ABBA.
Date: May 10-August 12
Location: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage; tickets here.
Vancouver Craft Beer Week: Since its inception in 2010, VCBW has evolved into a “cultural engine that showcases music, food, art, and beer at events across the city;” VCBW 2018 kicks off on May 25, continuing throughout the week and culminating at the historic PNE fairgrounds on June 2 and 3 where over 100 craft breweries and cideries will be pouring more than 300 beers and ciders.
Dates: May 25-June 3
Locations: Event locations and times vary; check the VCBW website for more.
SHIFT Festival 11: The Naked Truth: #Fiercetruthtelling. Three days of pure awesome, featuring the world premiere of Titillations by Yvette Dudley Neuman.
Date: May 31, June 1, June 2
Location: CBC Studio, 700 Hamilton St; tickets and times here.
Eastside Studios Grand Opening: Come celebrate the Eastside Flea’s brand new 20,000 square-foot arts, culture, and jam space! Party all evening with local bands, deejays, food trucks, drink specials, flash tattoos and more! Admission is $8.
Date: June 1
Time: 7 pm -1 am
Location: 550 Malkin Ave (Prior and Jackson); more information here.
Out On Screen 30th birthday party: Dress up in the decade of your choice and join the folks of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival in paying tribute to three decades of uplifting queer stories.
Date: June 2
Time: 8 pm – 1 am
Location: Imperial Vancouver, 319 Main Street; tickets here.
Eastside Flea Spring Markets: Shop local goods every other weekend!
Dates: June 2-3, June 15-17
Time: 11 am-5 pm all days
Location: 1024 Main St; more information on Facebook here.
POSTSCRIPT: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2018 at the Belkin Gallery featuring artists: Aileen Bahmanipour, Christopher Lacroix, Cameron McLellan, Candice Okada, and Madiha Sikander.
Date: May 4-June 3
Location: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
rEvolver Theatre Festival: Presented by Upintheair Theatre the 6th annual rEvolver Theatre Festival features a sophisticated, adventurous, and innovative program of new works by distinct voices from across the Canadian live theatre scene. Enjoy 11 mainstage shows over 11 days, touching on hard-hitting contemporary concerns in unexpected ways with offbeat, smart, and comedic productions. Tix $20/15.
Dates: May 23–Jun 3
Times: Varying, check Revolverfestival.ca for more info.
Location: The Cultch (1895 Venables)
Mama Mondays at the Juice Truck: A weekly gathering
Dates: June 4, 11, 25
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: The Juice Truck Mount Pleasant (28 W 5 Ave); more information here.
Gaslighting in Relationships: Speaker Meghan Campbell leads an insightful evening on gaslighting in relationships, providing guidelines and tools that will “enable participants to recognize the signs of gaslighting and effectively arm themselves against it.”
Date: June 5
Time: 6:30 pm -8 pm
Location: Moment Meditation; tickets and more information on the session here.
Elise Trouw: American singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist comes to Vancouver with her debut album Unravelling.
Date: June 5
Time: Doors 7 pm, show 8 pm
Location: WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St; tickets here.
dosist™ x Moment x Kate Horseman: Find out how you can help make dose-controlled cannabis available in Canada, through a free workshop led by Vancouver’s Kate Horseman.
Date: June 6
Time: 5:30 pm-7 pm
Location: Moment Meditation; tickets and more information on the session here.
Rae Spoon with Vic Horvath: Don’t miss this one-night only show supporting the Morgane Oger Foundation.
Date: June 6
Time: Doors 6 pm, show 7 pm
Location: The Junction, 1138 Davie St.; tickets here.
Fundraising Gala for the Indigenous International Film Festival: The Indigenous International Film Festival is holding a fundraiser, hosted by Leeland Askew, to launch a brand-new film festival in here Vancouver, BC. Performers include Indigenous Burlesque from Virago as well as an opportunity to bid on works of Native art at the live auction and drink champagne while enjoying Aboriginal Tapas.
Date: June 8
Time: 5 pm- 11 pm
Location: Vancouver CBC, 700 Hamilton Street; tickets here.
Cabin Fever at the Vancouver Art Gallery: Don’t miss this fabulous exhibition which traces the history of the cabin in North America, both as an architectural form and a cultural construct. Share your experience with digitally using the following hashtags: #VAGxARCTERYX #CabinFever #HutMagic
Date: June 9- September 30
Time: Visit Vancouver Art Gallery online for times
Locations: The Vancouver Art Gallery; 750 Hornby Street
Italian Day on The Drive: Watch Commercial Drive come alive at this yearly, beloved festival. Enjoy live music, vendors, children’s zones, authentic Italian Table food and wine samplings, a Little Italy Bocce court, food contests and more!
Date: June 10
Time: 12 pm – 8 pm
Location: Commercial Drive
The Spirit Upgrade Live in Vancouver: Deepen the connection with your Spiritual Guides and join International Spiritual Guide and Psychic Medium Natalie Miles to “collectively experience a connection to Spirit and open the gateway to our intuitive abilities, empowering you to unlock the answers already within you.”
Date: June 10
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Location: Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright Street; tickets here.
The Vegan Wine + Cheese Series Edition #1: The first installment of this series is hosted by The Vegan Project’s Nikki Hurst. These events aim to highlight the many vegan-friendly wines on the market today and pair them with the variety of plant-based food businesses here in BC. “Local, Vegan, and FUN!”
Date: June 10
Time: 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Location: Be Fresh Local Market 1900 West 1st Ave; tickets here.
Strange Fellows Father’s Day Card Workshop: Make your own tattoo-inspired cards for your father figure of choice! $7 includes a beer, materials & instruction
Date: June 11
Time: 7 pm -9pm First-come, first-served
Location: Strange Fellows Brewing,1345 Clark Dr.
Janelle Monae-Dirty Computer Tour: Free from her past alter-egos, powerhouse and visionary Janelle Monae has stepped out as the best version of her true self with a fun, flirty, and unforgettable album.
Date: June 12
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre; tickets here.
WOMXN Pop-up at the Little Mountain Shop: Created and curated for feminists with a pop-up event that features 20+ Womxn Powered Makers + Creatives. A diverse selection of workshops, classes and events will be held all week long!
Date: June 12-17
Time: Times vary
Location: Little Mountain Shop, 4386 Main Street. More information and tickets here.
Spiritual Activism 101: A Workshop of Conversation, Connection and Education for Racial Justice hosted by Rachel Ricketts. This space is accessible to all and partial proceeds will go to WOC (Women of Colour) Talks.
Date: June 13
Time: 5:30 pm-7 pm
Location: TBA; registration coming soon.
Perfect Imperfections: The Art of a Messy Life: JUNO nominated bass player Jodi Proznick and guest harpist Alexa Reimer, Celeste and co. will delve into themes of body image, sensuality, loss, letting go, worry and wonder in a provocative and hilarious performance.
Date: June 14-16
Time: 8 pm
Location: Vancity Culture Lab, The Cultch 1895 Venables Street
The Nose Knows: Scent-Based Meditation & the Neuroscience of Fragrance: Moment Meditation is partnering with ORA Scents to present a workshop “on mindful breathing and meditation with essential oils, which involves the active participation of an individual experiencing the scent within their surrounding environment.”
Date: June 14
Time: 6:30 pm -8:00 pm
Location: Moment Meditation; tickets and more information on the session here.
Women on Top Keynote Luncheon Series featuring Geena Davis: This original Whistler Film Festival (WFF) event, returns with Academy-Award winning actor Geena Davis. Listen to “Davis celebrate sisterhood, discuss what her movies meant to us then and what they mean to us now — as well as speak to why and how being cast in Thelma & Louise changed her life — and spurred her into creating a women’s empowerment non-profit and becoming a lifelong advocate for women’s equality in media.” Proceeds will benefit the non-profit Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the Whistler Film Festival Society.
Date: June 15
Time: 11:30 am -2:30 pm
Location: The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver; tickets here.
Diversity in Filmmaking | VAFF Industry Insight Panel Series: Kick off the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon with the Diversity in Filmmaking panel. This VAFF Industry Insight Panel Series event is hosted by Mayumi Yoshida and Nach Dudsdeemaytha, leading panel discussions in four workshops.
Date: June 16
Time: 10 am- 5 pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street; tickets here.
Vancouver Irish Film Festival: First-ever Vancouver Irish Film Festival kicks off with a screening of The Drummer and the Keeper. This brand-new micro-festival was organized by the Vancouver-Irish community to celebrate the best in Irish cinema.
Date: June 16
Time: 5:45 pm
Location: Vancity Theatre; 1181 Seymour St
7th Annual ArtWalk South Granville: Explore the renowned galleries of Vancouver’s original Gallery Row, courtesy of the South Granville Gallery Association (SGGA) and the South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA).
Date: June 16
Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Location: 6th-16th avenue on South Granville
Queer Arts Festival: The 2018 QAF celebrates their 10th anniversary with the multidisciplinary line-up DECADEnce! The annual festival also commemorates Pride in Art’s 20th year as an artist-led organization and includes the world premiere of Lesley Ewen’s Camera Obscura; a 30-year retrospective concert Skin & Metal: Homoerotic Music Theatre Works by Barry Truax; operatic tenor Jeremy Dutcher’s performance of traditional Wolastoqiyik songs from his debut release; performances from local art disruptors Su-Feh Lee, MACHiNENOiSY, and Erato Ensemble; and the always popular Queeraoke closing night blowout, and much more.
Date: June 16-28
Location: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews; tickets here.
The Last Straw: No More Plastic Straws At Be Fresh: Celebrate with the folks of Be Fresh as they launch their new sustainability initiative and say goodbye to plastic straws, forever! Enjoy food from local vendors, beer and wine by donation, samples and more.
Date: June 20
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Location: Be Fresh Local Market; 1900 West 1st Avenue
Bard on the Beach: The Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival opens its 29th Season in Vanier Park with Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Chris Abraham in his directorial debut at Bard on the Beach. This year’s production of Macbeth features celebrated Canadian actors Ben Carlson as Macbeth and Moya O’Connell as Lady Macbeth. Also sharing the BMO Mainstage is the ‘60s- inspired, Beatles-infused production of As You Like It directed by Citadel Theatre’s Artistic Director Daryl Cloran. Lysistrata and Timon of Athens will be taking the Howard Family Stage.
Date: June 22-September 22
Time: Times vary
Location: Under the white tents at Vanier Park, 1695 Whyte Ave
Strange Fellows Brewing Midsummer BBQ: Head on down to the Strange Fellows tap room for their annual BBQ bash, featuring music from Corey Curtis and Big Shucker shucking oysters. $15 for a BEER & BURGER (meat, salmon, or veggie) with all the fixings.
Date: June 23
Time: 4 pm -7 pm
Location: Strange Fellows Brewing,1345 Clark Dr.
Van Mural Fest Strathcona Street Party: Get your groove on at this awesome and FREE Strathcona block party presented by the Vancouver Mural Festival and the Strathcona BIA and many more.
Date: June 23
Time: 12 pm- 8 pm
Location: 877 E Cordova (@ Campbell St)
Her Health Dialogue: Giving Voice to Women’s Silent Health Issues: Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is hosting a free public event to discuss important women’s health issues, including HPV related diseases, endometriosis, pelvic pain and sexual health. Specific topics include “Skills versus pills: What works for improving women’s sex lives?”
Date: June 25
Time: 5 pm- 8 pm
Location: VIFF Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street; register here.
Broad World: Sip & Learn with Stefanie McAuley: Entrepreneurs, this is for you! Stefanie McAuley is hosting an evening seminar on Personal Branding and Marketing for professionals…with wine of course.
Date: June 26
Time: 7 pm- 10 pm
Location: Six Hundred Four, 151 Cambie St; tickets here.
Kristi and Brittany are the co-founders and co-editors of Loose Lips Mag. Together, they’re building their feminist media empire—leaving the patriarchy, charcuterie boards and empty bottles of wine in their wake. Loose Lips Media is grateful to operate on the unceded Coast Salish territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
