Metro Vancouver events on March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020

Fri

Norm Foster's Screwball Comedy

Norm Foster's Screwball Comedy Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell – all stars of the Screwball Comedy genre of movies hugely popular in the Hollywood of the 1930s and 40s

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 3:30 am to 9:30 pm | Theatre

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

Worship Central Conference 2020

The 5th annual Worship Central Conference will take place once again at the Centre for Performing Arts in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, March 6 & 7 in 2020

Vancouver | The Centre For Performing Arts | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Lecture

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

Construction Expo 2020

Network with other members of the construction industry at the 5th annual Construction Expo.

Surrey | Cloverdale Fairgrounds Agriplex Bldg | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | 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

West Fine Art Show

The West Fine Art Show will present Twenty Two featured artists in a spectacular array of art, offering breathtaking interpretations of our western Canada lifestyle, and as well, the rare opportunity to meet and speak with each artist

Langley | Peter Ewart Middle School | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Show | Free

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

CIPHER By Ellen Close and Braden Griffiths

Hipster noir meets conspiracy thriller

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

Surrey Steps Up

Celebrate youth who are transforming Surrey schools and communities through good deeds

Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Kids | Free

pARTy@PdA: Pottery, Pizza and Pinot #2

Take part in an exclusive handbuilding pottery workshop with Place des Arts pottery teacher Vin Arora

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party

Changmo

Changmo Underground Rockstar World Tour 2020: North America With Paul Blanco

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

UBC Opera Ball Fundraiser

Enjoy a delicious dinner on the stage of the Chan Centre with serenades from our young stars. Cap off the evening with an incredible night of dancing to the fantastic music of members of the Dal Richards Orchestra

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 0:00 am | Charity / Fundraising

Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado Avalanche

The regular season game

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

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

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

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

Maurizio Schweizer Celentano Tribute Show

The Celentano Tribute Show is the ultimate tribute to Italy’s most famous singer, Adriano Celentano

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Show

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

Small Town Artillery with guests Little Destroyer, Phono Pony

Local rock band Small Town Artillery launch their 3-month, cross-Canada tour at the Rickshaw Theatre, supported by Little Destroyer and Phono Pony!

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Jazz Series: Renee Rosnes

A five-time Juno Award winner and one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of her generation performs with the CapU jazz ensembles

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

2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Shay Kuebler / Radical System Art

Epilogos: The point in a speech where the reader attempts to build an emotional response from the audience

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Giuseppe Ottaviani

Italian Trance mastermind Giuseppe Ottaviani returns to #Vancouver Friday March 6th at Harbour Event Centre

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music