Metro Vancouver events on March 14, 2020
March 14, 2020
Sat
Enjoy Super Saturdays at The Aquarium
Come and start the day with us. On the second Saturday of each month, the Vancouver Aquarium holds Super Saturdays for our members
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals
2020 VGC Surrey Goalball Grand Slam
Come check out this fast-paced Paralympic sport!
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Society for Reproductive Investigation Annual Meeting 2020
Translating Reproductive Science to the Bedside
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Business / Finance
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
Close Your Eyes, Listen to the Music, Tell a Story
Part of an ongoing residency exploring story telling from different perspectives, Close Your Eyes, Listen to the Music, Tell a Story invites the public to share their most profound musical memories
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 pm | Exhibition
TEDxUBC Conference 2020
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 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
Bird Walks in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Take a guided tour through VanDusen and learn about the native bird species that make their home in the garden
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals
Remembering Vancouver 2010
Winter Olympics 10 year anniversary celebration at MOV!
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Pi Day! in H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Join us for special presentations on Pi’s special day – 3/14. Celebrate everyone’s favourite mathematical constant with pied pipers, pi parades and some fun games and activities
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 11:03 am | 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
Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market
The place to find locally grown conventional and organic produce, prepared foods and crafts every Saturday. The market's winter season runs November through April.
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall Parking Lot | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
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
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | 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
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
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
Saturday Pre-School Storytime!
Join us for Saturday Morning Pre-School Storytime!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids
Get Outside - Redwood Park
Get outside to explore and connect with nature through a variety of hands-on activities this spring
Surrey | Redwood Park | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Pages of the Past
See a rare video from 1983 where newcomers share their stories of Surrey's past
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | History | Free
Exhibition: The Nature of Our Country
Contrasting the natural and artificial in Canadian landscape painting, digital, and charcoal artwork
Surrey | Beecher Place | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
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
Conversations with Magic Forms
On select Saturday afternoons throughout the exhibition season, participants are invited to drop in to activate artist duo Leisure’s installation, Conversations with Magic Forms
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Hear how we plan to increase the representation of women and non-binary artists
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Victory Gardens for Diversity @ Seedy Saturday
Join the Terra Nova Park Artists-In-Residence for Seedy Saturday, presented by the Richmond Food Security Society. Buy and trade seeds and learn about gardening for bees
Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Spring Hop Toonie Skate
Hop into Spring! Enjoy ice skating, face painting, crafts and games with the Easter Bunny!
Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 12:30 am to 3:30 pm | Family
Universal Gospel Choir Live at the Library!
Join Vancouver’s beloved, longest-lived community gospel choir for an afternoon of energetic and soulful music at the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch!
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music | Free
MONSTER JAM
Monster Jam® is adrenaline-charged family entertainment providing jaw-dropping displays and gravity-defying feats that promises to always leave fans entertained
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Show
Exhibit Spotlight: Arctic Voices
Kick off the new exhibit with a sustainable celebration
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Spring Break Cosmic Public Skate
Skate in the dark under super cool lighting. For extra fun, wear something fluorescent so you’ll glow!
Richmond | Minoru Arenas | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Family
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Performance Workshop with Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ
Learn about the process of performance through this hands-on workshop utilizing the body in relation to space and objects with Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop
Forest Therapy Walk
Experience the health benefits of nature as you learn the basics of forest therapy from Vancouver's first certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco
The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance
Artist Performance - Damla Tamer
Exhibiting artist Damla Tamer engages with the marks in her exhibition works while speaking to the audience in a semi-spontaneous monologue to explore questions of ethics of care, relation, production and reproduction within our current temporal framework
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Vancouver Whitecaps Fc Vs Colorado Rapids
The regular season game Major League Soccer
Vancouver | BC Place | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports
Coronation 49 - Night of Immaculate Filth
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
Beaver Watch
Beavers are amazing creatures. Try to spot one as it goes about its nightly work
Burnaby | Burnaby Lake Regional Park | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Hapas, Hafus and the future of Japanese Canadian Identity
A Special 10 Year Anniversary Screening Of One Big Hapa Family & Discussion With Director/producer Jeff Chiba Stearns
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture
VAM Vocal Theatre: Dido and Aeneas
Vancouver Academy of Music Vocal Theatre presents Dido and Aeneas, a baroque English opera by Henry Purcell
Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music | Free
Celtic Jam with Nigel Tucker by The ACT Arts Centre. Special Event: St Patrick’s Day Party
You’re invited to an evening of Celtic influenced musical fun with Nigel and his band of merry musicians. Bring your instruments, voice or even just your ears! No experience is necessary and only the love of music required
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free
Shen Yun
Shen Yun’s unique artistic vision expands theatrical experience into a multi-dimensional, deeply moving journey through one of humanity’s greatest treasures—the five millennia of traditional Chinese culture
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
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
Fort Night Improv
A stacked cast of Vancouver Improv Comedians are coming to Langley to perform Saturday Nights!
Langley | Bez Arts Hub | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
CelticFest at the Vancouver Christ Church Cathedral
Join the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir for an evening of wonderful music from Ireland, Scotland and Wales as part of the Vancouver Celtic Fest Event
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
An affectionate spoof featuring outrageous characters and mystery | Surrey Arts Centre
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Tri-City Guitar Players
Concert featuring Tri-City musicians Michael (Chico) Cham, Tim Porter, Simon Jarrett and Chris Rollin
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Sunday Morning Album Release Party with guests Hunting, Jody Glenham
Local darkwave band Sunday Morning are celebrating the release of their new EP, “Consequence of Love (Side Two)” at the Rickshaw! With Vancouver faves Hunting and Jody Glenham & The Dreamers
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Boca del Lupo: Broken Tailbone by Carmen Aguirre
In Broken Tailbone, celebrated writer and performer Carmen Aguirre leads a public Latin American dance lesson, woven with hilarious stories of her experiences in the hidden world of dance halls in Canada
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Timeless Treasures
There are some pieces of music that transcend era and genre, their undeniable beauty giving them a universal appeal
Vancouver | VSO School of Music | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Steel Panther - Heavy Metal Rules Tour
California’s greatest export and medical marvels, Steel Panther, will take the stage at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver for three shows
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Unicorn Ball 2020
Unicorns Sparkles and Balls, Oh My! The Unicorn Ball is a club night with loud music and crowds
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party
VSO Beethovenfest: The Beethoven Experience: A Most Remarkable Night Part 2
This concert is part of 2019-2020 Beethovenfest and the 2019-2020 Symphony Sundays series
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Music on Main. Double Happiness: Detour This Way
Sounding two parallel histories, this multimedia performance winds through complexities of the Chinese diaspora
Vancouver | Left of Main | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
The Dance Centre and Vancouver New Music present Bill Coleman
In Dollhouse, Canadian contemporary dance master and choreographer Bill Coleman portrays a figure whose whole world is literally falling in around him. Inhabiting a cluttered room which collapses and breaks at his every touch
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Trans Scripts, Part 1: The Women
Trans Scripts centres on the lives of seven transgender women. These true stories, compiled from over 70 interviews from around the world, are honest, funny, moving, insightful and inspiring
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Kim's Convenience
Mr. Kim, a Korean shopkeeper, grapples with both a changing neighbourhood landscape and the chasm between him and his second - generation offspring
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Salsa & Latin Dance Night with Alberto Gonzalez & Teresa Szefler
Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Dance
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Ferenc Fehér
This story is not about a nice family who is waiting at a station....
Vancouver | KW Production Studio | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Performing Arts
Cosmic Gate
German Trance legends Cosmic Gate return to Vancouver
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music