Metro Vancouver events on March 2, 2017

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

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

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 8:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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 | West Vancouver Memorial Library | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

EMUSE 2017: Aboriginal Electronic Music Festival

Sponsored by NEC Native Education College, Vancouver New Music, and Warriors Against Violence Society. Funding from the Leon & Thea Koerner Award through the BC Arts Council

Vancouver | Native Education College | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Bill Reid Creative Journeys

An exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 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

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 | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Theatre

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

Bad People: Portraits of the Punishable

Bad People: Portraits of the Punishable featuring Phantoms in the Front Yard

Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Study & Go Abroad Fair Spring 2017

Considering studying at a college or university overseas? Come and meet with education providers from all over the world; US, England, Australia and many more countries.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Fair | Free

Woodward's Community Singers 2017 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. New York Red Bulls

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC face off against the New York Red Bulls in a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal.

Vancouver | BC Place | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time: Live Call-in Special

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time returns to the Rio Theatre on Thursday, March 2! Says host Paul Anthony, “We plan to live stream this one and open up the phone lines to take your calls from within the theatre and around the world!”

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Show

Jim Jefferies: The Unusual Punishment Tour

Comedian Jim Jefferies has announced the Unusual Punishment Tour, his latest major multi-city standup comedy tour that will take bring him to the Orpheum in Vancouver

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Comedy

Exhibtition Opening: Contingent Bodies. Brigitta Kocsis

Brigitta Kocsis' paintings blend realism, illustration and expressive painterly gestures in a chaotic and visually charged landscape. Her current series, Contingent Bodies, focuses on the representation of bodies in transformation

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Built City Series: Charting Progress from Green City to Eco City

MOV’s Built City speaker series - in partnership with Architecture Canada, Metro Vancouver Chapter - returns with a stellar panel tackling the issues of Ecocities

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Aaron Chapman's tales from 'The last Gang In Town'

Friends and foes gather round for an evening of tales from The Last Gang In Town. The Police Museum hosts award winning author Aaron Chapman for an evening of storytelling, discussions on policing Vancouver in the 70s and the notorious Clark Park Gang.

Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free

Šxʷʔam̓ət (home)

šxʷʔam̓ət means home in Hǝn̓q̓ǝmin̓ǝm̓, a local Indigenous dialect. This word has so many different meanings to all of us who are living on this land.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 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

Brent Carver and the Art of Time Ensemble

An evening with the Tony Award–winning Canadian theatre legend

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Alysha Brilla

Alysha Brillinger, better known by her stage name Alysha Brilla is an Indo-Tanzanian-Canadian musician

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

Top Hats and Tales

A dazzling musical romance that follows a show business love relationship through time.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Kinesis Dance somatheatro presents: In PENUMBRA

Kinesis Dance somatheatro marks its landmark 30th anniversary with the world premiere of In PENUMBRA, as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 2 - 4, 2017 at 8pm at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

The Marvelous Wonderettes

This family friendly smash off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts!

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Shaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Musical

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

Elbow Room Café: The Musical

A candid look inside Vancouver’s most iconic eatery: home of raucous service, celebrity sightings, and hearts of gold.

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

2017 Chutzpah! Festival & Temple Sholom present Wrestling Jerusalem

Wrestling Jerusalem written and performed by Aaron Davidman directed by Michael John Garcés

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

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

2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Yayoi Theatre Movement presents “OKUNI” - Mother of Kabuki

Okuni-Kabuki is Yayoi Theatre Movement Society’s new 70 minute production choreographed and performed by artistic director, Yayoi Hirano, that will premiere in March 1 to March 10 2017

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance