Metro Vancouver events on March 3, 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

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 5:00 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

Earthquake Preparedness - Seniors

We all witnessed the earthquakes in New Zealand, Haiti and Chile and saw the devastation caused. Living in Vancouver, we too could be faced with an earthquake - yet few of us take the steps to ensure we are prepared

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Workshop

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

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

The 25th Annual Wellness Show

2017 is our 25th anniversary and we are more committed than ever to helping you create your happier and healthier life.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Free Cap Classics Concert. The Meek Duo

The Meek Duo perform four-hand works featuring the Brahms Hungarian Dances and Dvorak Slavonic Dances

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 11:45 am to 12:45 am | Music | Free

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

Exhibtition: 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 | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancity International Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival 2017

Vancouver's Biggest Salsa Bachata and Kizomba Festival where world renowned instructors from around the globe share their dance technqiues with you, treat you to live performances every night and maybe even steal you away for a dance

Burnaby | Grand Villa Casino | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Dance

Genre Workout by Instant Theatre

Explore the world of genre at Instant Theatre, with a new and different genre work out every month! Expand your skills and knowledge of tropes and forms as our instructors take you through a four hour workshop intensive

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Live Music Friday

Enjoy live music and beer every Friday from 5pm to 8pm at Green Leaf Brewing Co.

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

28th Annual Festival du Bois

The 28th annual Festival du Bois runs March 3-5 at Mackin Park in the Maillardville area of Coquitlam, the centre of francophone culture in BC, and you're invited!

Coquitlam | Markin Park | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Monsieur Lazhar

Movie Night continues its celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial with Monsieur Lazhar, another of this country’s recent cinematic gems!

Vancouver | St. Paul's Anglican Church | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Family

Book launch: Something Else by Juan Cisneros Neumann

Join us at 7pm on Friday, March 3 for the launch of Something Else, an artist's book by Juan Cisneros Neumann.

Vancouver | Unit/Pitt Projects | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Books

2017 DJ DOC Concert

DJ DOC is coming! CBM Press will hold a DJ DOC "Spring Field Day"

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Pre-teen Dances at Don Christian Recreation Centre

Drop by a recreation centre in Surrey for your next pre-teen dance! We have great concession, awesome light shows, and music that you and your friends will love to dance to. All pre-teen dances take place on Friday nights and are for kids ages 10 to 12

Surrey | Don Christian Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Kids

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

2017 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival

The Dancers of Damelahamid produce the annual Coastal First Nations Dance Festival in partnership with the UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

The Vancouver Ukulele Festival 2017 - Festival Gala Concert

As featured on CBC’s national radio Documentary “Four Little Strings”. Ruby’s Ukes presents the 8th Annual Vancouver Ukulele Festival

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

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 | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Comedy

Friday Night Live. Life. Stories. Music.

What’s FNL all about? It’s a totally unique experience. Every week is different. It is an experience that you help create by sharing your life stories. Then, it’s music and storytelling

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Music on the Point: Oskar Morawetz Centennial

Welcome to intimate acoustic and comfortable seats of the Roy Barnett Recital Hall to experience music and enjoy the artists’ perspective

Vancouver | UBC Music Building | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Robert Cray Band

Robert William Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, and had an acclaimed solo career

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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: Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Renowned for their technical brilliance, hyper-physicality, and exquisite extensions, the internationally-celebrated Alonzo King LINES Ballet return to Vancouver following their breathtaking premiere at the 2012 Vancouver International Dance Festival

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

P.O.S with guests

It’s never better with Doomtree & Rhymesayers‘ P.O.S, taking over Fortune Sound Club on Friday, March 3rd for an early show with guests to be announced

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

Side Show

Hold onto your hats for another round of improv and sketch comedy with the PT crew. A family-friendly favourite!

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

Villalobos Brothers

Masterfully blending the indigenous rhythms and San Jarocho melodies of their native Veracruz with the intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music, the Villalobos Brothers deliver an intoxicating brew of virtuosity and musicality

North Vancouver | Capilano University | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

The Men In White

A tale of home, brotherhood and cricket

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 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 | 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

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

2017 Chutzpah! Festival presents MARBIN (Israel/USA) with opening band MNGWA (Canada)

Now based out of Chicago, MARBIN, founded by Israeli guitarist Dani Rabin and Israeli saxophonist Danny Markovitch, is a progressive jazz-rock band that stands out in today’s music world.

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Hyphy Fridays at Alexander Gastown

You are invited to join us every Friday. Hiphop & RnB Club Bangers with a Dash Of Funk

Vancouver | Alexander Gastown | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

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 | 10:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy