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Coho Coffee launches their brand-new Street Food Series this week, and their first special guest is really cranking up the summer vibes. Hanai Family Table will be serving up Hawai’i-style food including spam musubi, teri-burgers, chicken skewers, butter mochi and pog juice on Coho Coffee’s patio this weekend. Hang loose and dig in.
When: Friday May 28 and Saturday May 29Where: Coho CoffeeMore Info: instagram.com/cohocoffee
Local playwright Tetsuro Shigematsu’s award-winning play has been adapted for virtual viewing, and if you think you’re all livestreamed out, think again. This show tells the story of Mas Yamamoto, a Japanese Canadian internment camp survivor who helped to build the Distant Early Warning Line in the Canadian Arctic during the Cold War. The theatre/film hybrid uses miniatures and some very cool effects—it’s worth the watch.
When: Friday May 28 through Sunday May 30Where: OnlineCost: From $29More Info: thecultch.com
The Vancouver Art Gallery’s latest exhibition really embraces the at-home vibe of the last, well, forever—it’s all about contemporary art in the Greater Vancouver region. The group exhibition includes both emerging and established artists, and focuses particularly on work that has never been spotlighted in this city before.
When: Opens Saturday May 29Where: The Vancouver Art GalleryCost: Admission rates varyMore Info: vanartgallery.bc.ca
The online Vancouver International Dance Festival continues with WANTED, a cowboy-focused performance by a new dance collective called CAMP. It explores themes of systemic evil (yeehaw!) through artifice, exaggeration, comedy and of course, beautiful movement.
When: Thursday May 27 to Saturday May 29Where: OnlineCost: By donationMore Info: vidf.ca
The second half of the Parker Art Salon wraps up this weekend at the Gallery George, with 29 artists sharing their art made of textiles, paint, resin and just about every other medium you can think of. Pictured above is textile art from Maria Heo, a Vancouver-based artist whose mixed media creations are rich with nature and texture.
When: On now through Sunday, May 30Where: The Gallery GeorgeCost: FreeMore Info: parkerartsalon.ca