1. From public transit documents and action figures to drag queen costumes and taxidermy, local collectors get their due as the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) presents All Together Now: Vancouver Collectors and Their Worlds. The exhibition, which opens June 23, features wall-to-wall displays of rare, unconventional and awe-inspiring objects from 20 diverse Vancouver collectors. Details at museumofvancouver.ca.
2. Comedian Jen Kirkman visits the Rio Theatre, June 24, 8 p.m., not for her usual stand-up routine, but to promote her new book I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself — Stories from a Life Under Construction. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca. Details at riotheatre.ca.
3. The 31st annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival toots, strums and scats its sophisticated stylings across the city June 24 to July 3. This year’s edition includes Tedeschi Trucks Band, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Joe Jackson, Sarah McLachlan, Hiromi: the Trio Project, Oliver Jones Trio, Joe Lovano Classic Quartet, Gregory Porter, the Dan Brubeck Quartet, Busty and the Bass, Roots Roundup, Delhi 2 to Dublin and the newly formed trio of Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs among others. For a full list of events and tickets, go to coastaljazz.ca.
4. Cat videos. They entertain us, distract us and ultimately sustain us as much as air, food and water. Get your fill when Vancity Theatre hosts the 2016 Just For Cats Festival June 26, featuring an exclusive reel of the best cat videos on the Internet programmed by Will Braden, creator of Henri Le Chat Noir. He’s no Maru, but Henri’s still pretty cool in our cat-loving books. Details and showtimes at viff.org.
