Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend: March 8, 2018

A female-focused film festival, a rugby game, and Luke Skywalker’s actual light saber are all things you can see if Vancouver this weekend – and that’s just what’s new! The JFL Northwest Comedy Festival, the  Chutzpah! Festival and the Vancouver International Dance Festival are all still filling the city with laughter, music, and creativity; so catch it all while you still can.

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Ongoing



Friday March 9

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Trevor Noah

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Trevor Noah

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Trevor Noah
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is a comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known in North America for being the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central since September 2015.

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Six days of 56 films from twelve countries, five Canadian
Provinces, and one Canadian territory. An extraordinary program of shorts and features
exploring contemporary issues and themes in dramatic, comic, creepy, and artful ways.
Runs until: Sunday March 11, 2018

The After-After Party

The After-After Party
Where: The Cultch
What: May 18th, 2006. Jules and Fiona, best friends and teenage dirtbags, come to their senses in a park after a night for the ages. With little to no memory of how they got there, they discover the antidote to their fireball-induced amnesia: Ritalin. As they piece together the night in order to find out where the After After Party is, they come to terms with the deeds they have done.
Runs until: Saturday March 17, 2018

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Where: The Orpheum
What: Re-live the magic of Harry Potter soaring across the big screen in high-definition and experience the music of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performing Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score live on the Orpheum stage.
Runs until: Sunday March 11, 2018

Luke Skywalker Light Saber Kick-Off Event
Where: Science World
What: Believe it or not, the original Luke Skywalker Lightsaber will be on display for a limited time between March 9–19. To kick it off, join an out-of-this-world evening, in a science centre that’s not so far away.

Celebrating VanDusen Gardens New Bird Garden
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: There’s a new destination for birds and birders in Vancouver and it’s a special habitat for resident and migratory birds. To celebrate the garden, up to two children get in free with each paid adult, senior or youth.
Runs until: Thursday March 29, 2018

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Mike Birbiglia

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Mike Birbiglia

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Mike Birbiglia
Where: The Vogue
What: Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Mike Birbiglia’s recent show Thank God For Jokes “the best night I’ve spent in a theater in a very long time.” In The New One the award-winning comedian approaches an entirely new subject in a new way with the same heart and humor we’ve come to expect.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild
Where: Rogers Arena
What: A hockey game.


 

Saturday March 10

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HSBC Canada Sevens

HSBC Canada Sevens (day 1 of 2)
Where: BC Place Stadium
What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement.

A Tribe Called Red

A Tribe Called Red (show 1 of 2)
Where: The Commodore
What: Canadian electronic music, blending instrumental hip hop, reggae, and dub step-influenced with elements of North American Indigenous beats, vocal chanting and drumming.

Queery with Cameron Esposito
Where: Fox Cabaret
What: Sit in an hour long-conversation between host and standup comic, Cameron Esposito, and some of the brightest luminaries in the LGBTQ+ family. QUEERY explores individual stories of identity, personality and the shifting cultural matrix around gender, sexuality and civil rights.

Lila Downs

Lila Downs

Lila Downs
Where: Chan Centre
What: Downs is adored for her powerful vocals and fierce theatricality. As an artist with proud Indigenous roots and a profound social conscience, her latest album, Salon Lágrimas y Deseos, focuses on feminism, political activism, and the celebration of Latin American women.

VASS Cup
Where: Grouse Mountain
What: Play with Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports: take part in a fun race alongside skiers with disabilities, try out sledge hockey, or have a go at sit skiing in the Experience Zone. All funds raised during the event will support ski and snowboard programs for people with disabilities.

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Jay Pharoah

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Jay Pharoah

JFL Northwest Comedy Festival: Jay Pharoah
Where: The Vogue
What: Jay Pharoah is an actor and stand-up comedian. With six seasons as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Pharoah is best known for his wide array of uncanny celebrity impressions, including President Barack Obama, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Stephen A. Smith, Kanye West and Chris Tucker, as well as his recurring character of school principal Daniel Frye.

Actors

Actors

Actors Album Release Show
Where: The Rickshaw
What: Dark mod pop, with post-punk guests, Spectres.

Lucy Rose

Lucy Rose
Where: Venue
What: An English singer-songwriter and musician from Warwickshire, England.

East Side Flea
Where: The Ellis Building
What: 50+ local vendors, rotating food trucks, seasonal drink specials, artisan showrooms, pinball, door prizes, great tunes, cute dogs, and the nicest folks around!
Runs until: Sunday February 25, 2018

 


 

Sunday March 11

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A Tribe Called Red

A Tribe Called Red (show 2 of 2)
Where: The Commodore
What: Canadian electronic music, blending instrumental hip hop, reggae, and dub step-influenced with elements of North American Indigenous beats, vocal chanting and drumming.
Runs until: Sunday March 11, 2018

Medicinal Herb Walk

Medicinal Herb Walk
Where: Jericho Beach
What: Explore the medicinal and edible plants of the Pacific Northwest with herbalist & holistic nutritionist Bronwen Erickson. Learn how to identify, ethically harvest, and integrate these local plants, growing right here in the city, into your daily life.

HSBC Canada Sevens (day 2 of 2)
Where: BC Place Stadium
What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement.

Anderson East

Anderson East
Where: The Imperial
What: An American rhythm and blues musician from Athens, Alabama.


 

Ongoing

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JFL Northwest Comedy Festival
Where: Various locations
What: NorthWest Comedy Fest and Just for Laughs have joined forces to present JFL NorthWest, Vancouver’s comedy festival presenting some of the best in stand-up, sketch, and improv. This year’s headliners include Maria Bamford, Bill Burr, and Trevor Noah.
Runs until: Saturday March 10, 2018

Fun Home
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Alison’s father was many things: a historical preservationist, a funeral home director, a distant parent, and a closeted gay man. In the struggle to understand her father while also dealing with her own coming out, graphic novelist Alison documents the story of her life in coloured panels. This Tony Award–winning musical memoir is a heartbreaking and fiercely funny journey, punctuated with a refreshing score that frames the curiosity of childhood and the complexities of a family.
Runs until: Saturday March 10, 2018

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Six days of 56 films from twelve countries, five Canadian
Provinces, and one Canadian territory. An extraordinary program of shorts and features
exploring contemporary issues and themes in dramatic, comic, creepy, and artful ways.
Runs until: Sunday March 11, 2018

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Where: The Orpheum
What: Re-live the magic of Harry Potter soaring across the big screen in high-definition and experience the music of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performing Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score live on the Orpheum stage.
Runs until: Sunday March 11, 2018

Chutzpah! Festival

Chutzpah! Festival
Where: Various Locations
What: Awe-inspiring dance, extraordinary theatre, hilarious comedy and globally-celebrated music highlights this year’s festival with world-class performances and workshops by international, Canadian and local artists.
Runs until: Thursday March 15, 2018

The After-After Party

The After-After Party
Where: The Cultch
What: May 18th, 2006. Jules and Fiona, best friends and teenage dirtbags, come to their senses in a park after a night for the ages. With little to no memory of how they got there, they discover the antidote to their fireball-induced amnesia: Ritalin. As they piece together the night in order to find out where the After After Party is, they come to terms with the deeds they have done.
Runs until: Saturday March 17, 2018

CelticFest Vancouver
Where: Various locations
What: Vancouver streets, concert halls, and pubs will resound with the sights, sounds, and vibrant spirit of Celtic culture at western Canada’s largest Celtic celebration. Expect the best of traditional and contemporary Celtic culture in all its diversity and vitality –everyone is invited to come along.
Runs until: Saturday March 17, 2018

Vancouver International Dance Festival

Vancouver International Dance Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Four Canadian premieres from New York’s acclaimed contemporary companies Shen Wei Dance Arts and White Wave Dance, Mexico’s Compañía de Danza Experimental de Lola Lince, and Hungary’s Ferenc Fehér; a West Coast premiere from Montreal’s Lucie Grégoire Danse; and a world premiere from Vancouver’s own Amber Funk Barton, among many others.
Runs until: Saturday March 24, 2018

Revisioned
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: Inspired by his West Coast upbringing and love of the ocean, Vancouver artist, Yorke Graham creates art that is a reflection of his passion for nature and his lively, fun-loving imagination. Yorke enjoys the challenge of working with both cherished mementos and objects often forgotten or destined to be destroyed.
Runs until: Saturday March 24, 2018

The Velveteen Rabbit
Where: The Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island
What: The enchanting story that made generations of children cry into their storybooks. Don’t worry, it ends up a happy ending (except personally, it might have made me a stuffed animal hoarder for a short time). Get ready for a rocking horse, a cavalcade of mechanical toys, a kind-hearted fairy and a toy rabbit who is transformed by one little boy’s love.
Runs until: Sunday March 25, 2018

The Lost Fleet Exhibit
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: On December 7, 1941 the world was shocked when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, launching the United States into the war. This action also resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,200 Japanese-Canadian owned fishing boats by Canadian officials on the British Columbia coast, which were eventually sold off to canneries and other non-Japanese fishermen. The Lost Fleet looks at the world of the Japanese-Canadian fishermen in BC and how deep-seated racism played a major role in the seizure, and sale, of Japanese-Canadian property and the internment of an entire people.
Runs until: March 25, 2018

Into the Arctic

Into the Arctic
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: This exhibit encompasses over 50 Arctic oil paintings and 3 films from Trepanier’s 4 Arctic expeditions to the furthest reaches of the Canadian North. Its wilderness is so remote and untouched that many of its landscapes have never been documented before.
Runs until: Sunday March 25, 2018

Two Scores

Two Scores
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: A solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution. Dominated by singular woven statements upon the floor and walls, in their dramatic scale and graphic simplicity, they mark a point of departure for the artist, but might also be said to reveal both an unseen structure and a complex set of tensions that quietly anchor Wadden’s ongoing practice as a whole.
Runs until: Sunday March 25, 2018

Fin and Feathers

Fin and Feathers
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: Paintings by Jo Scott-B. Jo’s book: Carved in Oak – Medieval Pew Carvings in English Churches began her study of medieval designs in UK and Europe, continued in this body of work.  Jo’s children played on the old Shaughnessy Golf Course before it became VanDusen Botanical Garden. For her, it is a perfect venue for her humorous images of fish and birds, set in foliage taken from her sketchbooks.
Runs until: Sunday March 25, 2018

Forget About Tomorrow
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: When Jane’s husband Tom is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they face a difficult journey ahead. Will love and humour be enough to brace their family for the future? Can Jane reconcile her dreams with today’s reality? Or will she grow to doubt her loyalty to the man who will ultimately forget her name?
Runs until: Sunday March 25, 2018

Celebrating VanDusen Gardens New Bird Garden
Where: VanDusen Gardens
What: There’s a new destination for birds and birders in Vancouver and it’s a special habitat for resident and migratory birds. To celebrate the garden, up to two children get in free with each paid adult, senior or youth.
Runs until: Thursday March 29, 2018

Chief Dan George: Actor and Activist
Where: North Vancouver Museum
What: An exhibition exploring the life and legacy of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Dan George (1899- 1981) and his influence as an Indigenous rights advocate and his career as an actor. The exhibition was developed in close collaboration with the George family.
Runs until: April 2018

FlyOver America

FlyOver America
Where: FlyOver Canada
What: Glide, dive, swoop and soar over some of America’s must-see destinations. This exhilarating 10-minute flight ride showcases 25 incredible locations in a way you’ve never seen them before.
Runs until: Monday April 2, 2018

空 / Emptiness: Emily Carr and Lui Shou Kwan

空 / Emptiness: Emily Carr and Lui Shou Kwan
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The exhibition pairs Canadian modernist Emily Carr with the founder of the New Ink Movement in Hong Kong Lui Shou Kwan. Looking across culture, geography and time to explore expressions of the sublime in landscape painting, the exhibition draws connections by exploring how each artist experimented with abstraction and spirituality in their respective depictions of nature.
Runs until: Sunday April 8, 2018

The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving

The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: For generations Salish peoples have been harvesting the resources of their territories, transforming them into robes of rare beauty and power. Symbols of identity, they acted as legal documents and were visible signifiers of the presence of knowledge holders and respected people. Now mostly stored away in museums these masterworks are rarely seen. They have much knowledge to share and many stories to tell. Musqueam asked the Museum to bring these weavings to inspire weavers and share part of this rich legacy with all of us.
Runs until: Sunday April 15, 2018

Public Artwork by New Delhi-Based Artist Asim Waqif

Public Artwork by New Delhi-Based Artist Asim Waqif
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Inspired by environmental concerns and the pace of human consumption, Waqif will construct an immersive architectural experience from materials collected at re-purpose stores, transfer stations and landfills in the metro Vancouver area. Waqif’s architectural structure will also incorporate an interactive acoustic system using microphones, effects pedals and speakers. Visitors are encouraged to move through the installation maze allowing them to actively experience the architecture instead of passively observing it.
Runs until: Sunday April 15, 2017

Winter Farmers’ Market

Winter Farmers Market
Where: Nat Bailey Stadium
What: Each week you can look forward to finding locally grown vegetables and fruit, meat and seafood from local ranchers and fishermen, artisan cheese and bread, herbs and seasonal nursery items, baked goods, prepared foods and artisanal craft.
Runs until: April 21, 2018 (Saturdays)

N. Vancouver

N. Vancouver
Where: The Polygon Gallery
What: The show in the newly-opened gallery will pay tribute to the evolution of North Vancouver and will feature commissioned works by more than 10 artists, including Andrew Dadson, Gabrielle Hill, Althea Thauberger, Stephen Waddell and Tracy Williams, paired with existing work by Stan Douglas, Greg Girard, Fred Herzog, Curt Lang, and Jeff Wall, among others.
Runs until: Sunday April 29, 2018

In a Different Light

In a Different Light
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: More than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia. These objects are amazing artistic achievements. Yet they also transcend the idea of ‘art’ or ‘artifact’. Through the voices of contemporary First Nations artists and community members, this exhibition reflects on the roles historical artworks have today. Featuring immersive storytelling and innovative design, it explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.
Runs until: Spring 2019

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Featuring fifty-five remarkable works, some newly created for the presentation in Vancouver, this retrospective offers a critical and serious meditation on the current state of Japanese society in the midst of a complex, global world, while highlighting Murakami’s important role as a committed and often conflicted commentator on cultural production.
Runs until: Sunday May 6, 2018

Living Building Thinking: Art and Expressionism | Portrait of Anna Grünebaum by Otto Dix (image cropped)

Living, Building, Thinking: Art and Expressionism
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The term Expressionism is invariably associated with the period of art and social activism in Germany between 1905 and 1937, encompassing visual art, literature, philosophy, theatre, film, photography and architecture. Explore the development of Expressionism in art from the early 19th century to the present day through the German Expressionist collection from the McMaster Museum of Art.
Runs until: Monday May 21, 2018

Bombhead | Untitled by Carel Moiseiwitsch (image rotated for the screen)

Bombhead
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What:  A thematic art exhibition organized by guest curator John O’Brian that explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age as represented by artists and their art. Encompassing the pre- and postwar period from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011, BOMBHEAD brings together paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photographs, film and video that deal with this often dark subject matter.
Runs until: Sunday June 17, 2018

What are you up to this weekend? Tell me and the rest of Vancouver in the comments below.

 

 




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