Metro Vancouver events on March 8, 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

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

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

Xi xanya dzam - Celebrating our Amazing Artists

Xi xanya dzam is the Kwak'wala word which describes the gifted people who create works of art, and is the title of our upcoming exhibition

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 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

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

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

Celebrate International Women´s Day!

In recognition of International Women's Day, come out and join our Flash Mob Dance Mix. Party on the Spirit Square patio stage.

Coquitlam | Glen Pine Pavilion | 12:30 am to 1:30 pm | Dance | 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 | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

The Men In White

A tale of home, brotherhood and cricket

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre

Deadline for Interplay Workshops for Canadian Composers

23rd Annual INTERPLAY. Interactive Workshops for Canadian Composers with Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver | Vancouver Chamber Choir | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Indian Summer Festival: Supper Club at Shanti's Curries

The Indian Summer Arts Society curates exciting Supper Clubs three times per year. These gatherings are a great way to connect (or reconnect) with a thriving artistic community. At the next Supper Club, we enjoy the home cooking of South India at Shanti's

Vancouver | Shanti's Curries | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

The Wizard of Oz

Burnaby Mountain Theatre Company, who previously brought to you The Breakfast Club: Amplified, as well as the musicals Once Upon A Mattress and Hairspray presents… The Wizard of Oz

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Colin James: Blue Highways Tour with special guest Tami Neilson

Critically acclaimed, Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Colin James has announced cross Canada tour dates in support of his new album Blue Highways (released via True North Records).

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 11:00 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

I Am Woman! Hear Me Laff!

Witty! Wacky! Womanly! Continuing the ‘herlarious’ International Women’s Day tradition, The Centre will once again be host to another night of fantastic female comics in the ever-hysterical I Am Woman – Hear Me Laff!

Chilliwack | HUB International Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:55 pm | Comedy

Launch Party: Making Room: Forty Years of Room Magazine

Join Room magazine as we celebrate International Women’s Day, the start of our inaugural literary festival, and the launch of "Making Room: Forty Years of Room Magazine" with a cocktail reception at The Fox Cabaret

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

The Men In White

A tale of home, brotherhood and cricket

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

2017 Chutzpah! Festival presents Shalom Hanoch with Moshe Levi

Touted as ‘The King of Israeli Rock’, Shalom Hanoch is not just the biggest and most significant artist in Israeli Rock, but one of the most fascinating and prolific forces in Israeli music

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Monster Energy Outbreak Pres. The Cadillac Three: The Black Roses Tour

The Cadillac Three have quickly made a name for themselves with their unique mixture of rock gusto and country twang. The Cadillac Three was formed in 2013 by three former members of the group American Bang.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

Elektra Women’s Choir - 30th Anniversary Gala Concert

Glorious voices take centre stage in the pristine acoustics of the Chan Centre as Elektra welcomes Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian for a compelling and unique collaboration on International Women’s Day

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

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

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

Way Up! Wednesdays

Every Wednesday with DJs Arems, Hoppa + special guests

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