Metro Vancouver events on March 5, 2020

Herbs for Digestion

This informative talk will cover how certain herbal medicines can assist digestive health through various actions

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1:08 am to 8:30 pm | Lecture

Emily Carr

This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Window Gallery: Curious?

An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Pacific Dental Conference 2020

The Pacific Dental Conference is one of the largest dental conferences in North America offering a varied and contemporary selection of continuing education programs

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds

This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Remembering Vancouver 2010

Winter Olympics 10 year anniversary celebration at MOV!

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: Cindy Sherman

This important exhibition explores the development of Cindy Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries

Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition - Genevieve Robertson: Looking Through a Hole in the Earth

Looking Through a Hole in the Earth presents three series of recent explorations: works on paper composed with bitumen and seawater; forest-derived charcoal and graphite; and blue-green algae and calcium carbonate

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Coffee with a Cop

Come to Minoru Centre for Active Living and discuss with a Cop (one on one) on any policing issues that you might have. Refreshment provided. Drop-in, no registration needed

Richmond | Minoru Centre for Active Living | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Lecture | Free

Exhibition: lineages and land bases

The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

What We Bring With Us

The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: Out of Concealment

Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom

Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer

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

Exhibition: Works by Alex Lavrov

Opening reception on March 4

Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

The Dance Centre presents Discover Dance! Immigrant Lessons

This vibrant young collective promotes cultural pluralism through dance, music, fashion and visual design

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 7:30 pm | Dance

CIPHER By Ellen Close and Braden Griffiths

Hipster noir meets conspiracy thriller

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Reuben and the Dark

Reuben and the Dark is the spirited folk-rock outfit led by songwriter/vocalist Reuben Bullock. Contemplative, passionate, and expansive, Bullock’s songwriting has earned comparisons to contemporaries like Vance Joy and Matt Corby

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

In-Laws, Outlaws & Other People

Playwright Steve Franco’s feel-good comedy features wacky in-laws, a pair of robbers, and a delectable holiday ham. You won’t want to miss this chance to celebrate Christmas in March!

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Acts of resistance: artist talk

Coast Salish artists discuss their individual art practices and approach to designing work for the 2018 Project Sparrow action

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions

Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere

Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Alley Theatre presents Inheritance: a choose-your-adventure experience

Set on a vast, rural estate, urban couple Abbey and Noah are on a week-long getaway to visit her father. When they arrive, they find him missing and a local Indigenous man, Frank, staying there instead

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Strokes With Guest Alvvays

The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of singer Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti.

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Ron Long - The Art, Technique, and Challenge of Nature Photography. Part 2

Learn how Ron Long navigates the challenges of photographing nature

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Talking Sex on Sundays - A Firehall Arts Centre production

On the first Sunday of every month Margot and her friends always host a theme party. What happens when Margot decides to kick it up a notch by having a Sex Toy Party?

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Glorious Sons – A War On Everything Tour

The Glorious Sons are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Ballet BC Program 2

Ballet BC presents Romeo + Juliet - Choreography by Medhi Walerski

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance

Sol Collective: Anna Bella Eema

Lois Anderson, Lucy McNulty, and Gina Leon under the direction of Charles Siegel, are bringing to life a story of a reclusive mother and her ten year old daughter – living in a run-down trailer on land condemned for highway expansion

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Keane - Cause and Effect Tour

Keane are an English rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. The band currently comprises Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes, and Jesse Quin

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

Arts Club Theatre Company: Kim's Convenience

A corner store comedy by Ins Choi. This hilarious and touching debut play inspired the hit TV show of the same name

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy