Metro Vancouver events on March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020
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Spring AquaCamps
AquaCamps offer your children 4 to 12 years of age a fun and educational experience of a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:45 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
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
Spring Break Nature Camps: March 16-27
Our carefully crafted Spring Break Nature Camps offer a blend of science, exploration, games and crafts and are suitable for children 5 – 8 years old
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:30 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 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
Exhibition - Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh’s engaging video and photographic installation Moly and Kassandra (2018) addresses the relationship between culture and resource
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver International Auto Show 2020
Western Canada’s best attended consumer show, and one of Western North America’s premier automotive exhibition events
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 9:30 pm | Exhibition
Playdome 2020
Western Canada’s largest indoor carnival is back for spring break 2020 with 9 fun-filled days of carnival rides, games and sweet treats
Vancouver | BC Place | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
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
Spring Break at Fort Langley National Historic Site
Travel back to the mid-1800s and explore life at Fort Langley
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Spring Break: Dinosaur Days
Make this Spring Break epic with dinosaur themed activities for the kids
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids | 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
Spring Break 2020
There’s more to light than meets your eye! Visit the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre this Spring Break and find out how astronomers use visible light from the Sun, infrared heat waves and x-rays to understand some of the mysteries of our universe.
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Kids
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
Enchanted Forest
Experience the forest through the eyes of a gnome on a 1-hour nature quest. Come dressed as a magical woodland creature and bring food for the campfire
Langley | Aldergrove Regional Park | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Spring Break Days at the Burnaby Village Museum
Join us for 12 days of Spring Break fun at the Burnaby Village Museum!
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Kids | Free
Spring Break Public Skate (Not Cosmic)
Keep active during the school break at public skating sessions. Note: This is not Cosmic Skating.
Richmond | Minoru Arenas | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports
Exhibition: Show and Tell
Professional Federation of Canadian Artists will be showing and demonstrating their work
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
Spring Break Drop-In: Farm Life
Bring the kids for free activities, a nature walk and endless photo opps.
Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tea & Trumpets series: New York, New York
The Big Apple, known for it’s teeming streets has been the inspiration for many great artists. We spend time with Bernstein, Gershwin and Copland to get a New York state of mind
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music
Pay what you can night at Museum of Vancouver
The last Thursday evening (5:00pm - 8:00pm) of every month, Museum of Vancouver admission is by donation
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
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
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival:Olivia Shaffer
Senescence (/sɪˈnɛsəns/): the process of deterioration that occurs in the aging mind and body
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression, and Transgender Human Rights
What is hate speech? What can we do when legal rights to free expression infringe upon the human rights and safety of transgender people?
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Design Workshop
Some Assembly Theatre Company is looking for youth age 13-18 to work with professional artists on the creation of the set and props for a multi-media professional quality production
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Salish Singing and Drumming Workshop
Salish Singing & Drumming workshops are FREE workshops that are open to folks of all ages and abilities - no experience required!
Vancouver | Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at SFU Woodward's | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Yesterday Once More
From the creators of “Oh What A Night!” and “Four By Four” direct from Las Vegas comes an electrifying new show – a unique musical revue celebrating the music of ABBA, The Carpenters, The 5th Dimension and The Mamas & Papas
Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Classic Book Club: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Discuss classic literature over tea and goodies
Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Books
Light Rapid Transit
Five hundred thirteen thousand, seven hundred people will take Translink Skytrains today. Nine of those people are inextricably linked by Light Rapid Transit
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 0:00 am | Performing Arts
Beyond Words: Ridge
Featuring inventive musical interpretations of WWI soldier songs, Ridge probes difficult yet necessary questions about how and why we grieve
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Ichigo-Ichieh New Theatre
I Named “ichigo-ichieh New Theatre” For This Reason: Ichigo-ichieh Means If You Meet Someone It Is A Unique Occasion – It Happens Only Once In That Moment In Your Entire Life
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Richly layered, this Seattle trio’s simmering grooves and fresh take on retro soul are a must-see
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe and Paul Strickland Presents present: Ain't True & Uncle False
Step Right Up! Mark Twain meets Tim Burton in this one-man tall-tale comedy (with songs!)
Vancouver | The Nest | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
The Slocan Ramblers by Evergreen Cultural Centre
The Slocan Ramblers (2019 Juno Award Nominees) are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Theatre Series: A Chorus Line
A beautiful snapshot of the inner life of performers - their authenticity, vulnerability and desperate need to be loved
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Between Breaths
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets, this is the story of the man and his amazing life story
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Skyborn By Quelemia Sparrow
Multimedia Drama. One woman's journey towards spiritual reclamation
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: FakeKnot - HINKYPUNK
HINKYPUNK is a 50 minute solo dance work that is based on the notion of how identity is conflated with iconography and pop culture
Vancouver | KW Production Studio | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Performing Arts