Metro Vancouver events on March 9, 2019
March 9, 2019
Sat
Displacement
This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery's collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Affinities: Canadian Artists and France
This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Mowry Baden
This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Growing Room 2019: The Dead Book: What Happens When a Book Doesn’t Take
We always hear about an author’s latest work—what worked for them, what successes they’ve had. But what happens when you’re a writer who has a project that, though completed, never goes anywhere?
Vancouver | Native Education College | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Festival
Growing Room 2019: Indigenous Brilliance
Indigenous Brilliance is celebrating their one-year anniversary as a reading series with brilliant poets, writers, singers, visual artists, academics, beadworkers, medicine makers, and more in a day-long event
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 11:00 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!"
Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” is a delightful new musical about two bestest friends and their many adventures
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids
Reverberations by Presentation House Theatre
Memories contain reverberations. In this site-specific performance piece, actor and sound designer, Brian Linds, explores memories through the sounds of a family’s history
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 11:06 am to 5:30 pm | Theatre
Clown Gym - Work it OUT
This Is For Conditioning! Work Your Clown Muscles! Get Your Weekly Work Out Play Out Here With Us
Vancouver | Dusty Flower Shop | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Comedy
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
The 2019 HSBC Canada Sevens
The 2019 HSBC Canada Sevens tournament returns to BC Place on March 9th and 10th, 2019 for the 6th leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
Vancouver | BC Place | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports
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
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
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
Monster Jam®
Monster Jam® brings adrenaline-charged family entertainment to fans across the country
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Show
Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" by Carousel Theatre for Young People
Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” is a delightful new musical about two bestest friends and their many adventures
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids
Urban Ink: 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Musical
The Arts Club Theatre Company: The Shoplifters
Comic mishaps for society’s haves and have-nots
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Pacific Theatre: 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
The Arts Club Theatre Company: Redpatch
The story of an Indigenous soldier. Redpatch tells a part of this story through the eyes of a soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Family Fun Day at the Symphony!
Join us on March 9th at 3PM at the Orpheum Theatre for Family Fun Day at the Symphony!
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
Firehall Arts Centre: The Good Bride
A one-woman comedy about a Quiverfull Christian girl
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
The Royal Canadian Theatre Company : A Bedfull of Foreigners by Dave Freeman
Fawlty Towers meets Benny Hill in this hilarious, face-paced farce with a succession of enough disasters and misunderstandings, twists and turns to create the perfect comedy of chaos… and just the thing for an end-of-winter celebration
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre
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
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
UBC Faculty of Medicine: UBC Medicine 25th Annual Spring Gala
The 25th anniversary of our annual exhibition of visual and performing arts, presented by students from the UBC Faculty of Medicine
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party
IMAGINE: A fundraiser for our community by SHARE Society
IMAGINE is SHARE Family & Community Services annual fundraiser which brings together our community for a night of fun and to raise money for SHARE’s under & unfunded programs and services
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Canucks vs. Knights
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Monster Jam
Monster Jam® brings adrenaline-charged family entertainment to fans across the country
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
ABRA Cadabra – A Tribute to Abba
New Westminster’s most popular Christmas concert returns to Massey Theatre again this year
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Reverberations by Presentation House Theatre
Memories contain reverberations. In this site-specific performance piece, actor and sound designer, Brian Linds, explores memories through the sounds of a family’s history
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Royal Canadian Theatre Company : A Bedfull of Foreigners
Fawlty Towers meets Benny Hill in this hilarious, face-paced farce with a succession of enough disasters and misunderstandings, twists and turns to create the perfect comedy of chaos… and just the thing for an end-of-winter celebration
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Lions Gate Sinfonia - East Meets West: Sinfonia and the Stars of Persia
Many of you will remember our first “East Meets West” concert featuring Hossein Behroozinia and friends performing on Barbat, Daf, and Kamancheh (Persian lute, drum, and violin.)
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Words & Music
With support from Capilano Review, TPE is embarking on a new song project called Words & Music, presented at the Orpheum Annex
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Arts Club Theatre Company: The Shoplifters
Comic mishaps for society’s haves and have-nots
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
Come From Away (Touring)
The true story of the small town that welcomed the world. Broadway’s Come From Away has won Best Musical all across North America!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
Vancouver International Dance Festival: Dairakudakan
Dairakudakan’s butoh is drama set in the near future, daring to dive into that crucible. Enjoy....Laugh....Suffer....Get angry...Or just give up. Is this ruin? Is this rebirth? Well now, let’s see! -Akaji Maro
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
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
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
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
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Arts Club Theatre Company: Redpatch
The story of an Indigenous soldier. Redpatch tells a part of this story through the eyes of a soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 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
James Blake
James Blake Litherland is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer from London
Vancouver | Harbour Convention Centre | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music
The Rogue Folk Club presents Còig
With the release of the new album Rove, Nova Scotia's powerhouse Còig (KO-ig) has cemented its status as one of today’s most exciting new North American Celtic groups
Vancouver | St. James Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Barney Bentall And The Legendary Hearts - 30th Anniversary
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver, British Columbia that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Side One
Side One puts on a dynamic and energetic performance that has something for everyone
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free