Metro Vancouver events on March 21, 2017
March 21, 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
Window Gallery: Qaqtis, Graffiti Therapy, First Nations and graffiti on street wear
My art is a combination of my two favourite art forms – First Nations art and graffiti. By painting clothing such as hoodies and shoes, I bring together the worlds of the retail industry and the immense graffiti scene in this city
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: Breaking Down the Fourth Wall
Diego Bastianutti and Jon Guido Bertelli explore life in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside through word and image. Their art focuses on the homeless and the addicts, underscoring their resilience, their undeniable humanity and dignity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Kids in the Arts Studio, Spring Break Camp 2017
After a long cold, wet winter up jumps Spring with these week-long programs that will fire your imagination as you explore new creative worlds
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
Rise and Shine - The Lost Aloha Spring Break Camp
After a long cold, wet winter up jumps Spring with these week-long programs that will fire your imagination as you explore new creative worlds
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
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
Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum
The sustainability focused Kids Gallery is all about fun. Check out the latest theme: food!
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | Free
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
Spring Break at the Space Centre
Celebrate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) in space
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
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
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
Spring Break Festival. Dufflebag Theatre: Peter Pan
DuffleBag Theatre has become one of the most celebrated companies at festivals and schools across the country. The DuffleBag actors begin the retelling of original adaptations of select fairy tales full of wit and humour
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 11:05 am | Theatre
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
Grocery & Specialty Food West 2017
Grocery and Specialty Food West 2017 is Canada’s premier western grocery showcase encompassing all aspects of the grocery industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
An Indigenous Taste of Spring
Celebrate the turning of the seasons as we enter into spring… with a special, Indigenous-inspired luncheon at the Stanley Park Nature House, opened exclusively for this event!
Vancouver | Stanley Park Nature House | 11:00 am to 1:30 pm | Nature / Animals
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
Spring Break Days
Looking for something fun to do on spring break join us at the Burnaby Village Museum
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Kids | Free
Drop-in Hatha Yoga
Grab your mat and take a break! Join Pamela at noon for FREE drop-in Hatha Yoga. Increase flexibility, tone, strengthen and detoxify your body, while releasing stress and tension through proper breath work and meditation.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | 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
Paint a Pot, Sow a Seed
Looking for something fun to do over Spring Break? Why not sign up for an afternoon of painting a terracotta pot and sowing your own seed.
Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop
Spring Break Festival. Dufflebag Theatre: Snow White
DuffleBag Theatre has become one of the most celebrated companies at festivals and schools across the country. The DuffleBag actors begin the retelling of original adaptations of select fairy tales full of wit and humour
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:05 pm | Theatre
Presented with Vancouver Jewish Film Festival: The History of Love
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother’s loneliness.
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
A Firehall Arts Centre Production: Refuge
What happens when you come to Canada from a war-torn country expecting to be welcomed and discover that things are very different from what was imagined?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
SHINee - World V Tour
SHINee is bringing the “SHINee World V” tour to the Orpheum. Produced by Kpopme, Dream Maker Entertainment and S.M.Entertainment, the charismatic boys will be meeting Shawols (fans) through full-length concerts for the first time in Canada
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Pop: Plumes Ensemble deconstructs Grimes’ Vision
Montreal’s Plumes Ensemble makes its first appearance in Vancouver, performing compositions by 13 Canadian composers.
Vancouver | The Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
The Daisy Theatre
Returning after three sold out runs, don’t miss your chance to see the production The Georgia Straight called “one of the best shows you’ll ever see.”
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre