Metro Vancouver events on March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017
Thu
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 8:00 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
Classical Coffee Concerts: Fantasies and Rhapsodies with the Bergmann Duo
Elizabeth and Marcel will present a program with some of their favourite works for piano duet-among them are: Schubert’s famous Fantasy in F Minor, Mozart’s Fantasy for a Musical Clock Work and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Music
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
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
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
UBC Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Competition Winner
Featuring the winner of the 2017 Concerto Competition
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Music | Free
Vetta Chamber Music: In Praise of Women
o celebrate International Women’s Day we will present a program of all woman musicians performing compositions by women or inspired by them, hosted by our first ever composer-in-residence, Eileen Padgett.
Vancouver | West Point Grey United Church | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Matthew Romantini
The human desire to transcend the mundane permeates this work, choreographed by Barbara Bourget for Matthew Romantini
Vancouver | Woodwards Production Studio | 5:00 pm to 6:20 pm | Dance
Celebration of Success Gala 2017 by Children of the Street Society
On Wednesday, March 9, 2017, 6-10PM we will hold our annual Celebration of Success at the Diamond Ballroom for a night of celebration for the positive impact we have had on thousands of children and youth across the province
Vancouver | Diamond Ballroom | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Video Journalism with Flick Harrison
Join award-winning artist Flick Harrison to make documentary videos that ring true!
Vancouver | VIVO Media Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
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
Action Figure Trivia Night
Test your knowledge of action figures and toy stories at this pub-style quiz show event created by Angus Bungay - whose collection is featured in the Museum of Vancouver’s All Together Now exhibition—and hosted by Eric Fell from The Gentlemen Hecklers
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Open Mic Night
Green Leaf's bi-weekly Open Mic is back! Every 2 weeks, Green Leaf Brewing Co. host an Open Mic Night on Thursdays.
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
Vancouver Canucks vs. New York Islanders
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Sports
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Molly McDermott. Kai Kairos
In November, 2016, Kokoro Dance directors Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, traveled to Havana, Cuba to give a butoh workshop to 20 dancers from Danza Teatro Retazos, the company that performed at the 2016 VIDF.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
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
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
Coco Love Alcorn & Khari Wendell McClelland
A double bill with Coco Love Alcorn and Khari Wendell McClelland creates a spirited combination. The soulful sounds of these two original artists both reflect the future of a soul / gospel sound.
New Westminster | The Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
The Men In White
A tale of home, brotherhood and cricket
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
VBYC and Sarabande Spring Concert
Youth Choir and Sarabande. The talented singers from the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir and Sarabande join their voices to celebrate spring
Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
2017 Chutzpah! Festival presents Lyla Canté (USA/Israel/Japan/Argentina)
A Jewish Cantor meets a Gypsy Flamenco guitarist. Sparks fly. They add percussion, a Blues guitarist, a Rock & Roll bassist and Lyla Canté is born
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Kaeja d'Dance
Kaeja d’Dance is one of Canada’s longest standing contemporary dance companies. The husband and wife duo collide like liquid fusion in the creative process
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
Sound of Dragon Ensemble Spring 2017 Concert - CONSENSUS 中文版
The Sound of Dragon Ensemble brings together some of the most skillful musicians from the east and west to create new inter-cultural music featuring a unique combination of instruments
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 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
4x4: James Green / Funk Schway / Wallgrin / Douse by Fox Cabaret
A new live music series at the Fox Cabaret, featuring some of the city's top live music talent
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
World Premiere. The Pipeline Project
A provocative and comedic foray into a firestorm of debate.
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
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
I Am Woman! Hear Me Laff!
You’ll be howling with laughter at this gathering of ‘herlarious’ stand-up comics who prove that women ‘got it’ when it comes to big laughs.
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
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