Metro Vancouver events on March 12, 2018

Gravity Dance Challenge

At Showtime Promotions, we help dancers across Canada develop their passion through a variety of competitions, camps, and festivals

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

Artistica Art Show - Hycroft Gallery

Artistica is an artist group, established in 2017 in New Westminster, BC. As of now, it counts 15 active members and 8 of them will show their artworks in Hycroft Gallery this March

Vancouver | Hycroft Gallery | 9:30 am to 8:00 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

2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Life Drawing Sessions

Join us in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall for noon hour life drawing sessions every weekday beginning Wednesday March 8 through Friday March 24.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Open Season | Peaceful Protest by Denise Holland

Denise Holland seeks to disrupt the meaning of objects and ideas in order to draw attention to alternative views. She is interested in the power structures we are immersed in, particularly those that are so ingrained that they seem invisible.

Vancouver | 800 Robson St | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts

Plant Power - Healthy & Hearty Vegetarian Dishes

Plant-focused diets are picking up steam, and this class will help you take your vegetarian cooking the extra mile

Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking

Why Don't We - The Invitation Tour 2018

Why Don’t We is an American pop quintet, that was assembled on September 27, 2016, consisting of Jonah Marais, Corbyn Besson, Daniel Seavey, Jack Avery and Zachary “Zach” Herron, each of whom had previously recorded as solo artists

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Watain with Destroyer 666 & Revenge

Watain are a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. The band's name is taken from an early recording by the American black metal group Von

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

INDIE Monday Film Series: The Glass Castle

Based on the 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle chronicles the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family, weaving together the past and the present

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Adult String Ensemble Spring Concert

Literature of Miguel de Cervantes and Giovanni Verga echoes in the sounds of their musical adaptations, Telemann’s Don Quixote Suite and the intermezzo of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, with Haydn’s Serenade for Strings and Warlock’s Capriol Suite

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free

Vancouver Writers Fest. Incite: Homegrown. Terese Mailhot, Chelene Knight

From the wilds of the Pacific Northwest to the visceral Downtown Eastside, geography holds a powerful role in the construction of our memories.

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

鄭俊弘 Fred Cheng

Frederick “Fred” Cheng is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actor and singer. He has starred in numerous Hong Kong series including Shine On You, Love Bond, The Charm Beneath, and Forensic Heroes

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music