Metro Vancouver events on March 15, 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

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

Discover Dance! Mandala Arts and Culture

Our popular noon series offers informative and inspiring shows by BC-based dance companies which combine performance, question-and-answer sessions with the artists, and sometimes even audience participation

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Dance

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

Lion in the Streets

The Departments of Theatre and Stagecraft & Event Technology at Douglas College are proud to present: "Lion in the Streets" By Judith Thompson Directed by Claire Fogal

New Westminster | Douglas College | 2:00 pm to 4:00 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

UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble

UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents a preview of their upcoming featured performance at the College Band Directors National Association Regional Conference in California!

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music | Free

Once Upon a Time Official Convention Vancouver

We're honored to roll out the red carpet and welcome fans from around the world to the hometown of ABC/Disney's Once Upon a Time!

Vancouver | The Westin Bayshore | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Show

Working Artists: Panel and discussion

Join us for this edition of the Working Artists panel series, featuring presentations and group discussions with ECU alumni Sara Molcan (painting), Vanessa Black (artist + Director/Curator Seymour Art Gallery), Tsema Igharas (interdisciplinary), and Patri

Vancouver | Reliance Theatre | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

La Cucina Toscana - Tasting Tuscany

Take this opportunity and escape with us to Italy's most celebrated region of wining and dining: Tuscany

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

Connections: A Young Adult Social Club

PAFN's young adult social club is back! Come hang out in our lifeskills lounge, play games, watch netflix, eat pizza and make friends!

Richmond | Pacific Autism Family Network | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health

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

1st Annual All-Styles Fiddle Jam Fundraiser for Spartacus Books

Join us for an evening of music, food, tea and books at Spartacus Books, to celebrate our community, give back to Spartacus books and gather our family and friends together to eat and rejoice!

Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Vegan Cheesemaking with Karen McAthy

Join Chef Karen McAthy, founder of Blue Heron, and author of The Art of Plant-based Cheesemaking in learning how to make cultured, fresh, vegan cheese!

Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Cooking

On Putin's Blacklist

Vancouver director Boris Ivanov brings us this engaging and timely tour d’horizon of the oligarchic gangster-state that is Russia and her intimidating place in the world today

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 7:46 pm | Film

Demo & Dine - Food(ie) Truck Faves

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

Bead Bai - A Story of the Indian-African Bead Artists

Free Talk & Book Signing with Sultan Somjee

Vancouver | Banyen Books & Sound | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Books | Free

Sausage making class

Bring your BBQing skills to the next level, learn the art of making sausages from scratch

Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking

Dan Bern with special guest Christie Rose at The WISE Hall

LIVE at The WISE is proud to present an evening with Dan Bern and special guest Christie Rose

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Goh Ballet

Excerpts performed from select classical and contemporary ballet repertoire such as Swan Lake and The Four Seasons, additionally featuring solo pieces and original contemporary works

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | Dance

Marlie Collins&Co. Album Release Party

The time has come! A 3 year project in the making is now complete and ready to be shared with the world! Come celebrate the Album release of Marlie Collins&Co

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Tour of Coast Salish Textiles: Up Close

Coast Salish spinning specialist Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa will guide you through a history of Coast Salish spinning, looking at the fibres and tools used by Coast Salish nations in these powerful robes and blankets

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts

Onegin

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

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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

Funny Money

Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier ! Crooked cops, threatening phone calls, and impatient cab driver and more mistaken identities than you can keep track of this one of the funniest plays ever written.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

VBYC and Sarabande Spring Concert

Join new Youth and Sarabande conductor, Shane Raman in a feature concert for our two SATB voiced chamber choirs

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

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

Kidd Pivot & Electric Company Theatre

Following three sold-out performances in 2016, the internationally acclaimed and breathtaking Betroffenheit returns to the DanceHouse stage

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

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 Vancouver International Dance Festival: White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company

Founded in 1988, White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company has dedicated 30 years broadening the boundaries of modern dance. The company is committed to creating a union between the natural rhythms of the planet and the primal essence of the human spirit

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Anne of Green Gables

The iconic Canadian story has been adapted to a musical that stays true to the beloved book. Anne Shirley is a fiercely imaginative little girl who touches the lives of everyone she meets.

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Theatre

Steel Panther

Steel Panther is an American comedic glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics, as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that parody the stereotypical 1980s "glam metal" lifestyle

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

I Lost My Husband By Catherine Léger

World Premiere. She lost her husband in a bar bet … she’s not sure she wants him back. A hilarious romantic comedy.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

2018 Chutzpah! Festival: Beyond the Pale (Canada)

For nearly 20 years Toronto’s Beyond the Pale has been creating boundary-busting Eurofolk fusion. Inspired by Klezmer and Balkan styles but influenced by everything from jazz and classical music to bluegrass and reggae

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

An Evening in Space with Music from Plasteroid & Skim Milk

Lean back in your seat and fly through the universe and beyond as Plasteroid and Skim Milk provide the music for hyper-realistic space visuals at the HR McMillan Space Centre

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Jazz for Barb Series at Frankie’s Jazz Club: Jill Townsend Jazz

Join the critically acclaimed Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra for a special evening of hard swinging and delectable music, featuring sparking compositions and arrangements by Jill Townsend and guitar sensation Bill Coon

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

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

The Road Movie

Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride. An anthology of dashcam footage from the roads of Russia, this is by turns scary and profane, hair-raising and hilarious, a travelogue that won't do wonders for Russian tourism

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:37 pm | Film

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

Lane 8: Little By Little Tour with Luttrell

With his ‘This Never Happened’ concept becoming one of dance music’s word-of-mouth success stories, Lane 8 aka Daniel Goldstein proudly announces his second artist album, ‘Little By Little’, on his own This Never Happened label

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music