The entertainment keeps coming as summer steadily creeps closer. This weeks picks finds heaps of arts & culture to keep you out and about.
New Wave: Former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne takes the stage at Queen Elizabeth Theatre tonight
Comedy: Get a full course of comedy when improv legend Colin Mochrie comes to the stage at The Vogue May 25 (two shows) and with VTSL at the Improv Centre May 24, and May 26 (two shows)
Abba: You’ll say thank you for the music as the Abba musical Mamma Mia! at the Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre Stage, until August 12th
Outdoor: A pair of outdoor concerts in parks kick off the open air season, picks include Aussie singer/songwriter Tash Sultana plays Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park on Thursday, then Bon Iver plays Deer Lake Park on Saturday evening.

Awkward: Gender, sexuality, life and death, plus a chicken names Linda are what you’ll find in the Awkward Theatre Production of MilkMilkLemonade, by Josh Conkel, playing May 23-26 at CBC Studio 700.
Haida: Museum of Vancouver is presenting, Haida Now. A collaboration with The Haida Gwaii Museum bring 450 works together in a one of a kind collection of Haida arts and culture, until June 15.
Duo: The Vancouver Art Gallery unites the works of two dynamic female early 20th century artists Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman, on view at the Gallery until September 3, 2018

Offsite: Vancouver Art Gallery presents Offsite: Shigeru Ban by renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Kobe Paper Log House, organized by the Gallery’s Institute of Asian Art at the Offsite Location at Shangri-La Vancouver
Culture: Musqueam, Squamish, Lil’wat, Heiltsuk, Nisga’a, Haida are collaborating for the first time so you can learn more about the cultures of these First Nations and the importance of their cultural centres at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC’s exhibition Culture at the Centre, until October 8th. d
Resist: Also until October 8th at MOA, the new exhibit, Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America, invites visitors to take a closer look at the political and social significance of Latin American artistic traditions to express political realities.
Air: At The Dance Centre, Aeriosa is a breathtaking aerial productions combine the techniques of dance and rock-climbing, using rope rigging systems to find new movement, May 24 – 26.

Salon: Open free to the public on Saturday and Sunday, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, the Parker Art Salon features artist talks, studio tours at 2pm and 4pm, live music, and more.
Opening: Kokoro Dance invites public to an Open House of KW Studios, at 111 W Hastings, tour the new 5,600 studio including spaces for dance, theatre, music rehearsal, creation, production, and recording, catch lively entertainment, speeches, and refreshments on Saturday 3-6pm.
Kick: Whitecaps FC take to the pitch when they play host to New England at BC Place on Saturday.
Play: ITSAZOO presents the Western Canadian Premiere of David James Brock’s award-winning drama, WET, May 8-27, 2018 in the intimate basement of The Russian Hall.
Rides: Weekend just got more exciting as Playland reopens on weekends with three added rides for the family’s excitement.