Metro Vancouver events on March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018
Tue
Canada's Shared History through an Indigenous Lens
Our time together will begin with an acknowledgement of the traditional territory, learning what it is and why it is important
Vancouver | Musqueam Cultural Centre and Gallery | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm | Lecture
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
The Last Hoo-Ray at Vancouver Aquarium
Only until April 2, visitors can enjoy a hands-on experience with cownose and southern stingrays at the Discover Rays touch pool
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals
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
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
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
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
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Kokoro Dance Classes - Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi
Kokoro Dance classes build strength, flexibility, and stamina, as well as developing technical and performance skills. The difference between the two types of classes reflects the different approaches to the same end taken by Barbara and Jay
Vancouver | KW Studios | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Vibrantly Vegan: Creative Vegan Dishes Packed with Flavour
Join us for a delicious Vegan cooking class experience, featuring innovative and flavourful dishes that will have even the most dedicated carnivores 'rooting' for a seat at your dinner table
Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking
The Art of Cheesemaking: Mozzarella and Burrata
This is an hands-on class about one of our favourite foods: CHEESE! Join Kendall from The Modern Pantry for an evening of laughter and learning
Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking
Cezanne Paint Party
Learn to Paint Spring Blossoms with Elena. Grab your friends and spend two hours painting, laughing, and flexing your creative muscles
New Westminster | Rusart Fine Arts Co. | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts
Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver
These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Lobby Nights. Holy Wow Poets
Share your poetic flair or simply sit back and relax while listening to exciting and invigorating poems and songs.
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books | Free
Vancouver International Women Film Festival: Dark Blue Girl
VIWIFF Opening Gala. Intro and Q&A. Opening Night: Help us kick off the 13th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival!
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film
Machine Head
Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. Formed on October 12, 1991, the group was founded by vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn and bassist Adam Duce
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Strong Women Strong Music 2018
Tonight’s lineup: Laura Crema, Candus Churchill, Christie Grace on vocals, Brenda Baird on piano, Jen Hodge on bass and Ingrid Stitt on saxophone
Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
JFL NorthWest: Just For Laughs Showcase at Biltmore Cabaret
The Just For Laughs big wigs are in town and they’re looking for the next big thing. Come check out the best of the best of your local comedians as they try to impress the ones with the wigs
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
CAG X The Foreshore | Land Language: Land Responsibilities
Creating home and a sense of place means building relationships. How well do we relate/give back/listen to the land and waters that are our home? Vancouver is so often seen as an international city belonging to no one/everyone
Vancouver | Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Visual Arts | Free
KPU-Science World Speaker Series: Why We Need to Talk About Poo
We don't talk about human waste, and as a result we treat them indeed as a waste as opposed to a resource. So they end up polluting when they could in fact become resourceful
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture
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
Šxʷʔam̓ət (home)
We are very excited to be touring šxʷʔam̓ət (home) into 21 communities across BC and Alberta and then returning home for 9 final performances at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
PVRIS with guests Flint Eastwood and Birthday
American rock band from Lowell, MA, USA. The band formed originally under the name "Paris" but later changed it to "PVRIS" (still pronounced "Paris") in the summer of 2013 due to legal reasons
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
JFL NorthWest: Hip.Bang! Improv
Canadian Comedy Award-nominated duo Hip.Bang! returns to JFL Northwest in 2018 with an improv show that is the medical equivalent of eating hot fire, with special guests Nasty Women and Vancouver TheatreSports
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Theatre series: Onegin
A new musical from two of the creators of Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata. Life is quiet on the Larin family’s Russian country estate–until the charismatic Evgeni Onegin ignites the romantic longings of its residents
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The After After Party
Jules and Fiona, best friends and teenage dirtbags, come to their senses in a park after a night for the ages. With little to no memory of how they got there, they discover the antidote to their fireball-induced amnesia: Ritalin...
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
2018 Chutzpah! Festival: An Evening with Mary Walsh
Canadian cultural icon, actress, comedienne and social activist Mary Walsh will perform some of her best comedic bits and most popular characters from Dancing With Rage, sketch comedy series CODCO and CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Hello Blue Roses, Strength Of Materials, Carey Mercer at The Fox!
Hello Blue Roses: The exquisite and fragile songs of Sydney Hermant, abetted by Dan Bejar of Destroyer and a house-warming party's worth of local forces-to-be-reckoned-with. New album out soon on JAZ records
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
JFL NorthWest: Little Mountain Improv at Little Mountain Gallery
Little Mountain Improv hosts a weekly show in Vancouver, and it is hilarious, loose and ridiculous. Classic improv games meet an experimental long form, with the ensemble cast devising a new form every month
Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy