Metro Vancouver events on March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
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Structured Work Experience and Training Program - Grade 11-12
BC High School Students! Receive 30 hours of work experience while you explore creative career opportunities in our workshops.
Vancouver | LaSalle College Vancouver | 8:45 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop
Spring Break Manga Camp
Spring Break MANGA Camp is a fun-filled week for kids 9-12 years of age, to experience Japanese arts and culture, with a special focus on MANGA!
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 9:30 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
Spring Break Fun for Gills and Buoys at Vancouver Aquarium
From March 17 to April 2, Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative, is extending hours and offering additional programs that will keep the young and the young-at-heart engaged and having fun all Spring Break long
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Kids
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
Spring Break at the Space Centre
Do you have what it takes to be a Mars colonist or an asteroid geologist? Join us over Spring Break to learn about the future of space exploration
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
Spring Break Festival - Robin Hood
While the King is away, the people of England suffer under the oppressive rule of his tax-happy brother, Prince John. Only a straight arrow like Robin Hood, the best archer in the land, can save England!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 2:30 pm | Theatre
The Velveteen Rabbit
With a dash of magic, three actors transform their playspace into a children’s nursery with a rocking horse, a cavalcade of mechanical toys, a kind-hearted fairy and a toy rabbit who is transformed by one little boy’s love.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Spring Break by Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel
We're throwing open the gates for 11 fun days
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Kids | Free
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
Pinwheel Education Series: Eating Disorders & Substance Use
Kelty Mental Health Resources is a provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and support to children, youth and their families who reside in BC
Vancouver | Kelty Mental Health | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
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
I Lost My Husband
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 | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
Spring Break Festival - Cendrillon
La vie de Cendrillon is storybook perfect. That is, until circumstances force her to live a life of drudgery dans la maison de sa belle-mère et ses belles-soeurs méchantes
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 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
The Velveteen Rabbit by Kevin Del Aguilar
With a dash of magic, three actors transform their playspace into a children’s nursery with a rocking horse, a cavalcade of mechanical toys, a kind-hearted fairy and a toy rabbit who is transformed by one little boy’s love.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver International Film Festival - Western
One of the exceptional films of 2017 Western is an incisive, insightful study of masculinity by woman director Valeska Grisebach (Longing). An all-male German construction crew sets up camp in the backwoods of Bulgaria
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Film
Vancouver Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018
The Vancouver Fashion Week Industry Originator Awards recognize veterans of the Vancouver fashion industry who have contributed to the advancement of the local market
Vancouver | Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Hawaiian Nights - A Culinary Tour of the Islands
Let the Dirty Apron take you on a culinary adventure with the tropical flavours of Hawaii. Start with a Ginger Soy Tuna Poke on Crispy Rice
Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking
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
Golden Ears Writers
If your artistic medium is the written word, join Golden Ears Writers for a series of adult events and workshops designed to build and nurture our local writing community
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books | Free
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Ferenc Fehér
Ferenc Fehér is an experienced and successful dancer-choreographer. His style is a unique and expressive combination of physical dance, freestyle dance and animal dance movements
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | Performing Arts
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Not to be missed - the Firehall brings its hit show back to the stage in celebration of our 35th season and to pay homage to the late Mr. Cohen
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
Lion in the Streets by Douglas Arts and Douglas College Theatre Department
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 | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Pause & Affect: A Monthly Course for Women. Lesson 5 Sacred Symbolisms
The Sabbath is to the week what the line break is to poetic language. It is the silence that forces you to return to what came before to find its meaning
Richmond | Chabad of Richmond | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health
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
Butcher
In Nicolas Billon’s Butcher, an old man in a strange uniform is dropped off at a police station at 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve. He refuses to speak English, and has a meat hook dangling from his neck...
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
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 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Lucie Grégoire Danse
Lucie Grégoire’s unremitting quest to penetrate the mysteries of metamorphosis in her dance work is a revelatory experience
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Parno Drom - Eastern European Romani (Gypsy) Music
Incorporating audience suggestions, The Fictionals Comedy Co. and The Radical Improv Comedy look back at the unique local events, celebrities and secrets that made New Westminster the beautiful city it is today
New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Andy Grammer - The Good Parts Tour
Andrew Charles "Andy" Grammer is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Vancouver International Film Festival - Oh Lucy!
Setsuko is a lonely single woman, an office worker in Tokyo, and she isn’t getting any younger. But opportunity knocks when her niece begs her to take over the private English lessons she has paid for. John (Josh Hartnett) is no ordinary teacher
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:20 pm to 9:55 pm | Film