Metro Vancouver events on February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017
Tue
Diego Samper Dreamscapes
Dreamscapes Scapes - landscapes, seascapes, dreamscapes - images that are born from a deep and intimate experience of the places where Diego has had the fortune to live: the temperate rain forest and seashore of the Pacific Northwest and the Amazon tropic
North Vancouver | City Atrium Gallery | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Limited Editions: The Art of Printmaking
Contemporary printmakers Mariko Ando, Elisabeth Sommerville and Richard Tetrault demonstrate the artistry, processes and techniques of printmaking
North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Out of Sight: Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton
Discover the work of two photographers who were revolutionary in making time stand still
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Choral Fest
Annual choral festival presented by and for North Vancouver School District schools
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Music
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
No need for an art degree to get on board this bus—just a curiosity for learning about contemporary art and meeting some fellow adventurers along the way!
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Visual Arts
Dance Power Competition - Burnaby #1
One of Canada's largest dance competitions. Dance Power 25 begins February 28!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Dance
Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45
Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45 explores interactions between Canadians in Europe and survivors of the Holocaust at the close of the Second World War and in the immediate postwar era
Vancouver | Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | History
Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures
The title of the exhibition, Ambivalent Pleasures, refers to the complex nature of pleasure in the early 21st century as we become increasingly aware of the social, economic and environmental costs of our desires, habits and patterns of living
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Nature Studies - Drawings by Sibéal Foyle
Come discover our community’s creative spirit! With works on display on both the Main Floor and the Lower Level, the Library’s Art Gallery showcases the talents of established and emerging artists.
West Vancouver | Memorial Library | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
Hong Kong: Heroes of the Dark Years
Discover the relatively unknown but inspiring stories of Chinese Canadians who were heroes during the battle, the occupation and the liberation of Hong Kong during WWII
Vancouver | Chinese Canadian Military Museum | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | History
Things with Wings
Freedom to Soar. Fireflies, crows, fairies, dragonflies, owls, angels, butterflies, bats and beyond; all celebrate the miracle of flight.
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show
Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures
We wear clothing not only to keep us warm, but to express our beliefs, social status and political identity. This stunning exhibition showcases more than 130 handmade textiles from around the globe, drawn from the largest collection in Western Canada
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sarah Ronald: i spy wild | life
Artist Sarah Ronald shows new drawings, paintings, and installations which spur viewers to tune in and seek out the contradictions present in our daily lives, specifically around our relationships with wild animals in both suburban and natural environment
North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Meryl McMaster, Confluence
The Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present Confluence, a touring exhibition organized by the Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa and curated by Heather Anderson.
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Hank Bull: Connexion
Take a closer look at renowned Vancouver artist Hank Bull
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
We Come to Witness: Sonny Assu in Dialogue with Emily Carr
Sonny Assu continues his ongoing body of work Interventions on The Imaginary, creating a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Ann Kipling Drawing the Line: North Shore Works 1962-1967
Acclaimed artist Ann Kipling states “drawing for me is not a nicety, it is a necessity,” reflecting on her decades-long pursuit of the line in ink and graphite on paper
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Museum | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Spectrum an Exhibition at the Silk Purse Art Gallery West Vancouver
SPECTRUM is an exciting exhibition celebrating the talented & diverse artists in our community!
West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
Amie Siegel: Quarry
Amie Siegel's moving image work Quarry (2015) proceeds from the vast underground caverns of a Vermont marble quarry to the material’s high-end destination: the opulent sales galleries for Manhattan's newest residential skyscrapers.
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Jazz Jam with Cory Weeds
Join us at the Shadbolt for a jazz jam session! Hosted by Cory Weeds, the Jazz Jam features a stellar lineup of local jazz musicians in an improvised evening of music
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free
Vancouver Canucks vs. Detroit Red Wings
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Sports
Vince Staples with special guest Kilo Kish: The Life Aquatic Tour
Vincent "Vince" Staples is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. He is part of the hip hop trio Cutthroat Boyz, alongside fellow Californian rappers A$ton Matthews and Joey Fatts
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Titmouse 5 Second Animation Night
Join us for this crazed cartoon cornucopia
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Sentinel Stage Presents "Anne of Green Gables"
This new dramatization captures the charm and excitement of L.M. Montgomery's enduring classic about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley, from her first encounter with her austere guardian to her thrilling graduation from Queen's Academy
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
The Men In White
A tale of home, brotherhood and cricket
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Anne La Berge, flute & electronics
Based in Amsterdam, Anne's here for one-night-only to wow with groundbreaking music, installations, and audience interaction.
Vancouver | The Fox Cabaret Night Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Amber Funk Barton and Mindy Parfitt: am a
am a explores identity through the lens of Neuroplasticity, a science that examines the brain’s capacity for change.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
Bittergirl: The Musical
The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Musical
2017 Chutzpah! Festival presents David Broza and Ali Paris in Concert
Israeli superstar David Broza is one of most dynamic and vibrant performers in the singer/songwriter world. His charismatic and energetic performances have brought worldwide audiences a fusion of three different countries in which he was raised
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Théâtre la Seizième presents: Bonjour, là, bonjour
In the Quebec of the 1970s, Serge returns home avec a three-month trip to Europe. There, he finds, unchanged, his hypochondriac aunts, his deaf father, and his older sister, for whom he remains an object of desire
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Radio Dept. With Germans
Pop band from Sweden, on tour to support their latest release "Running out of Love"
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music