Metro Vancouver events on March 23, 2017
March 23, 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
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
Classical Coffee Concert: Three's a Crowd...not!
Indulge your cravings for coffee, good company, and great music
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 12:15 am | Music
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: 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 | 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
Dawn Michelle Russell: Thirteen to Zero: exploring sustainable design
The Craft Council of BC is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition, Thirteen to Zero, by Dawn Michelle Russell.
Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 5:30 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
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
Train Dreams
The train looms large in the history of Canada, British Columbia and the Tri-Cities. It is just over 130 years since the first transcontinental train pulled into Port Moody from Montreal and, the Art Gallery at Evergreen presents the exhibition
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 12:00 am to 5:00 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
Spring Break Festival. Dufflebag Theatre: Rumpelstiltskin
Evergreen welcomes DuffleBag Theatre for a spectacular fun-filled and hilarious festival of interactive storytelling theatre!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:05 pm | Theatre
Let's Talk: Food Justice. Workshop series for youth
Check Your Head is pleased to launch a new project with a goal of engaging youth in understanding and addressing the issues that affect their health and wellbeing
Vancouver | Broadway Youth Resource Centre | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop | Free
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Karen Jamieson & Margaret Grenier. light breaking broken
Peeling back the layers of the unknown, and forging a path to understanding, light breaking broken is the personal journey of two artists reconnecting with language, culture, and identity
Vancouver | Woodwards Production Studio | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Dance
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
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
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: OURO. Pace
OURO is an eclectic, Vancouver-based dance collective that uses hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance as the foundation for the creation and production of new work.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
Club Eskimo ft. Dean, 2XXX!, Miso, OFFONOFF
Get ready Vancouver! Here comes 4 of the hottest singers, rappers, and producers from the underground Korean Future Soul / R&B / Hip hop music scene!
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Movies in the Morgue - Point Break
The Vancouver Police Museum is proud to present Movies in the Morgue, a somewhat random series of film screenings held right here at the old Vancouver city morgue
Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
Shaping Vancouver 2017: The Future of Heritage In Vancouver - What the New Thematic Framework Means for Our City
Under the Heritage Action Plan of 2015, development commenced on a new thematic framework in order to update the Vancouver Heritage Register so that it reflected newer approaches to heritage
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Glory Days: Vancouver Athletes Discuss the 1970s Sporting Life
The Museum of Vancouver has assembled a panel of some of the region’s most lovable athletes from the 1970s....
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | History
Angels In America. Partone: Millennium Approches
Hailed as one of the most important works of 20th-century theatre, Angels in America is a timeless tale of companionship and abandonment that takes place when the personal became political.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Jim Curry's Tribute To The Music of John Denver
The music of the late John Denver is like an old friend, outlasting trends and standing the test of time. Join acclaimed performer JIM CURRY for this tribute to the music of one of the most beloved singer/songwriters ever to grace the stage
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Thoroughly Modern Millie!
Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the delightful story of a small-town girl who travels to New York City in 1922
North Vancouver | Capilano University | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
The Irrelevant Show!
CBC Radio’s hit comedy show is coming back to the Centennial Theatre to record another night of all new comedy sketches and songs. Last year’s show sold out and was a highlight of the broadcast season, so get your tickets soon!
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
UBC Theatre: Les Belles Soeurs by Michel Tremblay
Germaine is the lucky winner of one million green stamps. When fourteen of her friends, neighbours, and family members join her in working-class Montreal to celebrate, her windfall ends up igniting lurking resentments
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Kitt Johnson. Post No Bills
Post No Bills enters into the series of X-act-produced solos, which focus on various aspects of the human existence. It explores crisis as a creative transformer
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Valley Song
Torn between the hope of the new South Africa and the familiarity of all he has known, Abraam “Buks” Jonkers tills land he will never own while his granddaughter dreams of the Johannesburg stage.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
VANIF film presentation Helen
Vancouver Iranian Film presents Helen with English Subtitles
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
Studio 58 presents: The Refugee Hotel
Set in a run-down hotel in 1974, only months after the start of the torturous reign of Augusto Pinochet, eight Chilean refugees struggle, at times haplessly, at times profoundly, with the effects of fleeing their homeland.
Vancouver | Studio 58/Langara College | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
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