Metro Vancouver events on March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
Thu
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Balance: Fibre Art by Mardell Rampton [Mezzanine Gallery]
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: Displaced
Displaced considers the transforming relationships to space and identity at the hand of forced loss of land, culture and community
Vancouver | Gallery 1515 | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Growing Room Festival 2018
Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival is a celebration of diverse Canadian writers and artists presented by Room magazine. The festival runs March 1st - 4th, 2018 at various locations in Vancouver, BC
Vancouver | Mount Pleasant | 10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Festival
Exhibit Beta Vulgaris
Exhibit by Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon with Keri Latimer
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival 2018
The Festival is a celebration of the stories, songs, and dances of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 12:30 am to 1:30 pm | Festival
Livable Cities Symposium: Livable Cities 2018
The third annual “Livable Cities” symposium brings together interdisciplinary research, creative inquiry and city planning methods to explore current city development and projects through sensory perspectives
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Lecture | Free
A Royal Purim Celebration for Families
Chabad of East Van & The Community Kollel invite you to a Royal Purim Celebration!
Vancouver | Heritage Hall Vancouver | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family
Purim In the Jungle!
Join Richmond Jewish Day School, Chabad of Richmond & The Bayit for a spectacular Purim Celebration!!
Richmond | Richmond Jewish Day School | 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Kids
Purim Seudah
We are travelling around the world from New York to Israel. Join us for an international Purim Seudah
Vancouver | Congregation Schara Tzedeck | 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Family
International Women's Day Celebration & Benefit 2018
Join the North Shore Women's Centre for our annual IWD celebration and fundraising benefit!
West Vancouver | Gleneagles Golf Course & Clubhouse | 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Cin Cin! Celebrating Italian Cuisine
Italian is one of the world’s most beloved cuisines, so it is no surprise that our Italian lessons are so popular. To add to our roster of classes celebrating the country’s foodie contributions, we present to you our latest menu of Italian fare
Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking
Understanding Anxiety and Strategies to Support Children
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kristin Buhr, Director at the North Shore Stress and Anxiety Clinic and Consultant for AnxietyBC
New Westminster | Justice Institute Auditorium | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Behind the Scenes with Vicky Chow
Meet pianist Vicky Chow and go behind the scenes. Learn about her artistic process, what makes her tick, and her thoughts about the music she plays
Vancouver | The Post at 750 | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Music | Free
Demo & Dine - Carnivore Classics
Come join us for our Demo & Dine-style cooking class series, where you will join the instructing chef for an intimate evening of culinary education, delicious food and beautiful wine
Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking
Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival Presents: Lost in Paris at Vancity Theatre
Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon’s signature whimsical style, Lost in Paris stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Film
Mark Matousek - The Mystery of Mother Meera
Free Talk, Q&A and Signing with Mark Matousek
Vancouver | Banyen Books & Sound | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Books | Free
Growing Room Launch Party with Too Attached
Join festival authors and Room staff and volunteers as we kick off Growing Room 2018 with a launch party at the Fox Cabaret, featuring opening remarks by Room’s managing editor Chelene Knight and editorial board member Nav Nagra
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Uganda Project Quiz Night
Love Trivial Pursuit? Show off your skills at the 8th annual Uganda Project Quiz Night. All you need is a team of six. Teams are encouraged to choose a name, dress up accordingly and come prepared to exercise those little grey cells
New Westminster | Douglas College | 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm | Books
Re-Launch of The WISE Hall
with WISE allies and Members in live music and dance performances to demonstrate first-hand what these upgrades mean for performers, promoters, community organizers and attendees alike
Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Compagnia Baccalà: Pss Pss
Inspired by Chaplin and Keaton, Compagnia Baccalà’s enthralling physicality and exquisite expression has been delighting audiences the world over. A breathtaking pas de deux of mishaps and acrobatics, you’ll be laughing long after you leave the theatre
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:10 pm | Family
Architects with guests Stick To Your Guns, Counterparts
Architects are a British metalcore band from Brighton, England. The band currently consists of vocalist Sam Carter, drummer Dan Searle, bassist Alex Dean, guitarist Adam Christianson and Sylosis guitarist Josh Middleton
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Seven Tyrants Theatre proudly presents: A Steady Rain by Keith Huff
Seven Tyrants Theatre, Vancouver's Jessie Award-nominated independent theatre company, celebrates their 10th Season with the Vancouver premiere of A Steady Rain by Keith Huff
Vancouver | The Penthouse Studio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
JFL NorthWest: Debra DiGiovanni at the Comedy Mix
Comedian Debra DiGiovanni is a 4 time Canadian Comedy Award winner and has been called the “Best Comedian to see after a Messy Break Up.”
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
JFL NorthWest: Kyle Kinane at The Rio Theatre
Kyle Kinane is an internationally touring comedian who has appeared on “@Midnight,” “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “Conan,” “Workaholics,” “This Is Not Happening,” “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” and “Comedy Bang! Bang!”
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Film Screening: Hecho en Mexico
This vibrant, uplifting, and highly musical 2012 documentary beautifully portrays the richness and complexity of Mexican arts, culture, and identity
Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
JFL NorthWest: Beth Stelling at The Biltmore Cabaret
Beth Stelling is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in Los Angeles, who Time Out Magazine names a Comic to Watch in 2016. Beth made her late night television debut on Conan
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
Vancouver International Wine Festival
The Vancouver International Wine Festival, Canada's premier food & wine event, has three mandates: to provide an informative, educational and entertaining wine experience for public and trade;
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
WePress: Making Art in the Neighbourhood
Join WePress as they share their journey from being a small group of community-builders and art and print-makers to delivering innovative art programming in the Downtown Eastside, in a space shared with Gallery Gachet
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Forget About Tomorrow
A new play about moving forward.. When Jane’s husband Tom is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they face a difficult journey ahead. Will love and humour be enough to brace their family for the future?
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Fun Home
The coming-of-age musical. Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
"The Grunch” Beat by Beat Press by Cast and Crew Youth Theatre Society
Book, Music and Lyrics by Denver Casad & Betina Hershey
Maple Ridge | North Fraser Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Theatre
VSO Chamber Players - Schnittke & Shostakovich
The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written
Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Onegin
The hit musical as immersive as love itself! When Evgeni Onegin visits the Larin family estate, his romantic charms stir passions long forgotten by its residents, including the Larin sisters. This hit musical sold out its premiere run!
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Thursday Artist Talk: Erica Grimm, Tracie Stewart, Sheinagh Anderson, "Skin Boats and Ocean Soundings"
Our changing ocean and climate is the most urgent problem facing humanity today
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Big Wreck
Skullcandy Presents The Straight Series: Featuring Big Wreck In Loving Memory Of — 20th Anniversary Tour with guest Jesse Roper
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
2018 Chutzpah! Festival: MM Contemporary Dance Company (Italy)
MM Contemporary Dance Company is based in Reggio Emilia, Italy and performs throughout Europe, Asia and South America
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
She Stoops to Conquer
By author Oliver Goldsmith this beloved comedy about love and mistaken identity revolves around Charles Marlow, a young bachelor who brims with confidence when dallying with working-class women but becomes a shivering bundle of nerves in the presence of h
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Open Hearts Theatre: Teachers
An original Canadian stage play about the mysteries of high school – from the unique perspective of the staff room
Vancouver | Jericho Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Rickshaw presents Haunted Summer with guests
The songs of Haunted Summer are dreamy and hypnotic, rich with orchestral strings and sultry electronic textures
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Bahamas With special guest The Weather Station
Afie Jurvanen, known by his stage name Bahamas, is a Canadian musician born in Toronto, and raised in Barrie, Ontario
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Search for Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar 2018
This competition aims to find some of the strongest Drag Performer from across Greater Vancouver. We invite them to compete in the blockbuster competition taking place at Celebrities Nightclub
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Show
An Almost Holy Picture by Heather McDonald
Samuel Gentle has heard God’s voice three times in his life, but he has yet to find understanding or peace. Still, he cannot seem to leave behind this quiet, yet persistent, quest for solace and meaning as he seeks to reconcile tragedy with faith in the d
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini's classic performed by Burnaby Lyric Opera. Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
New Works at Night: Tarun Nayar, Scheherazaad Cooper, Sammy Chien
MIXED playfully explores the confusing world of being caught between cultures. Performed and created by new media/performance artist Sammy Chien, dancer/choreographer Scheherazaad Cooper, and musician/composer Tarun Nayar
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
JFL NorthWest: Jokes Please! at Little Mountain Gallery
Jokes Please! is an award-winning stand-up comedy show that’s been a Vancouver favourite for five years. Host Ross Dauk and a handful of hilarious comedians perform in a friendly, indie theatre to big laughs
Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
JFL NorthWest: Sidekicks at The China Cloud
Sidekicks is a sketch comedy show that pairs Vancouver’s favourite comedians to write and perform sketch comedy together, sometimes for the first time
Vancouver | The China Cloud | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
JFL NorthWest: Brendan Schaub at The Biltmore Cabaret
Brendan is a multi-platform entertainer, best known for his career in professional sports – with both the UFC and NFL – and as a personality in podcasting and comedy
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic Thursday in the Comedy Basement at Goldies
The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic goes down every Thursday in the Comedy Basement at Goldies, from 10pm until we run out of comics!
Vancouver | The Comedy Basement at Goldies Pizza | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy | Free
Monster Energy Outbreak Tour with Kayzo & More
LA bass producer Kayzo makes his highly anticipated Vancouver debut for the Outbreak Tour at Venue with Specials Guests 4B, Dubloadz, Gammer, & JSTJR
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music