Metro Vancouver events on February 28, 2019

Peter and the Wolf

Iceland’s national master puppeteer, Bernd Ogrodnik, brings this classic tale to life with exquisite hand carved wooden puppets in the Russian/European tradition

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 9:30 am to 11:00 am | Kids

Alvin Balkind Gallery: Aslan Gaisumov - If No One Asks

The Contemporary Art Gallery announces the first solo presentation of Aslan Gaisumov’s work in North America

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Contemporary Art Gallery presents Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Kameelah Janan Rasheed: An Alphabetical Accumulation of Approximate Observations. Window spaces

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

B.C. Binning Gallery: Anne Low - Chair for a woman

The Contemporary Art Gallery announces Chair for a woman is Anne Low’s first solo exhibition in a Canadian public gallery

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

VSO Tea & Trumpets From the New World: Antonin Dvořák

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tea & Trumpets series presents A British Serenade

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

Science World After Dark

Join us on February 28 for Science World After Dark, featuring our new exhibition A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature. Mix, mingle and explore science like a kid—without the kids!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Canada Scores Red Carpet Poetry Slam

Our Poet-Athletes not only focus on soccer as part of their after-school programming but also on writing poetry

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

Robyn

If Robyn’s last album, Body Talk, was dressed up in robots and the mechanical, then Honey is warmer and sweeter, a sensual record about being human that starts from a place of loss and grief, and emerges ecstatically and joyfully into the light

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm

VIMFF: Protect Our Winters Snow Show

Support Protect Our Winters Canada and join us for this special evening for environmentally conscious mountain lovers

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Shoplifters

Comic mishaps for society’s haves and have-nots

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Firehall Arts Centre production of: Circle Game

Circle Game reinterprets Mitchell’s iconic songs such as “Big Yellow Taxi,” “River,” “California,” and “A Case of You” through the ears and eyes of a new generation, connecting to the politics and world we know today

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

Firehall Arts Centre presents: The Good Bride

A one-woman comedy about a Quiverfull Christian girl

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Children of God

In this powerful musical, the children of an Oji-Cree family are sent to a residential school in Northern Ontario. This is a story of redemption: for a mother who was never let past the school’s gate, and her kids, who never knew she came

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:50 pm | Musical

28 RKCB & Shoffy

Blueprintlive presents Los Angeles' based chilled-out electro-R&B artists RKCB & Shoffy, on their 'See For Yourself Tour'

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Vagabond Players: Rabbit Hole

Becca and Howie Corbett have a picture perfect family life in the suburbs of New York until a random, tragic accident takes the life of their four-year old son

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Up and Coming

In this zany farce, potential Prime Ministerial candidate, Philip Conway is not having a good night. While at a political conference at a Brighton hotel, he is on the verge of a full-blown sex scandal!

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

First Impressions Theatre: Church Basement Ladies

Church Basement Ladies is a musical comedy featuring four distinct characters and their relationships

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ballet BC: Program 2

Come and experience a captivating night of dance. Jorma Elo’s gripping 1st Flash returns to Vancouver, followed by a world premiere by the fresh choreographic voice of Adi Salant

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Jesus Freak by Peter Boychuk

The Campbell family prides themselves on their West Coast open-mindedness — until their daughter puts it to the test

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jokes Please!

Jokes Please! is an award-winning stand-up comedy show hosted by Ross Dauk that happens every Thursday at Little Mountain Gallery

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy