What to do in Vancouver on March 14 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

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

Gentle Yoga

Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 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

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

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

Better Balance Workout for Seniors

This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health

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

Forget About Tomorrow By Jill Daum

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 | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

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

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

Ocean Potion - Seafood Classics Demystified

We have access to the freshest and tastiest seafood in the world and this class will equip you with the confidence, skill, and recipes to prepare restaurant style seafood dishes at home

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

Brewery Tour

Do you want to know more about Vancouver's only Brewery brewing Organic Beers? As part of our 3rd Anniversary celebration week our head brewer will introduce you to ingredients and processes behind our Organic Craft Beer

Vancouver | Dogwood Brewing | 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Food / Wine

Janis’ Top Plants for Stand-out Gardens

Flowers, foliage, berries and bark can all bring stunning colour and visual interest to your garden year-round. Janis will share her favourite plants that can add playful and bold features to your garden and make it stand out from the crowd

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals

East Side Beer Fest 2018

Liberty Merchant Company proudly presents the 6th Annual East Side Beer Fest tasting event. This Liberty-sponsored event is in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, which helps provides food for up to 25,000 people in need each week

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Doing it for the Kids - Burger and Beer Fundraiser

Come on in and enjoy a Burger and Beer to help raise funds for Covenant House

Vancouver | Dublin Calling Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Vintage Variety Night!

A cozy night of bluegrass, blues, old-time, folk and other vintage genres!

Vancouver | LanaLou's | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

Vancouver Writers Fest. Incite: Turn the Pages, Lock the Door. Tyrell Johnson, Sheena Kamal, Nathan Ripley, Sam Wiebe

Never read alone. We have spine-tingling thrillers for even the most seasoned crime readers...

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

UBC Theatre - The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible is a timeless parable of morality, a scorching indictment of intolerance, and a central work in the canon of American drama

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Hubbub: VYC Kids and Junior Spring Show

Vancouver Youth Choir Presents: HUBBUB. VYC Kids and VYC Junior present a spring concert that is sure to delight. Join us for an evening of cacaphony, harmony, and fun! With a cameo appearance by our Seniors, too!

Vancouver | St John's Anglican Church | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Studio 58 presents FourPlay

This year marks the 12th mounting of this popular festival of one-act plays, featuring four new scripts by current students and graduates, once again under the tutelage of award-winning playwright Aaron Bushkowsky

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 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

Sequence

Is our luck programmed in our genes? Is there an innate right-ness to biological outcomes that's rooted in our fundamental DNA? Sequence is a science thriller that explores the intersection of math, nature, and spirituality

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

2018 Chutzpah! Festival: We Keep Coming Back (Canada / Poland)

Real-life son and mother – Michael Rubenfeld and Mary Berchard – together attempt to capture the truth of a Polish – Jewish reality that keeps changing and is near impossible to contain

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Son Lux With Guests Gordi + WILLS

Son Lux is the grand genre-less dream of Los Angeles composer Ryan Lott brought to roiling, vivid life with the help of two New Yorkers, guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Surrey Civic Theatres Anniversary Gala featuring a concert by BC World Music Collective

Gather with friends and family for a grand golden gala. Wax nostalgic and celebrate the legacy and inspiration that Surrey Civic Theatres has brought to the community and the artists that have graced its stages through its 50 years

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Onegin

Book, music, and lyrics by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille. Based on the poem by Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Tomorrow's Child

This new audio-only adaption of Ray Bradbury's sci-fi short story 'Tomorrow's child" will be presented to a blindfolded audience, for a highly immersive sonic environment created with the latest sound technology