This weekend you can see Nosferatu backed by a live choir, check out some fancy cars at the auto show, cheer on some national soccer or make waves at a Canucks game. There’s also performance that works with projections on nudity, a tale re-told with a Punjabi-Sikh family in the Okanagan Valley, and the marketing extravaganza you’ve no-doubt seen information for everywhere, Shen Yun is finally happening.
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Ongoing
Friday March 22
The Orchard (After Chekhov)
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: It’s Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, but told through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh family in the Okanagan Valley. With the bank calling and money low, will the Basrans be able to save their beloved orchard? Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty.
Runs until: Monday April 22, 2019
Multiple Organism
Multiple Organism
Where: Culture Lab
What: A genre and gender-bending surrealist comedy for adults (18+) about having a body and how our body is seen by others. Expect bizarre and hilarious nudity using the body as a projection surface, plus colourful shadow puppetry projections, and an original musical soundtrack.
Runs until: Saturday March 30, 2019
Resilience: Through Laughter
Resilience: Through Laughter
Where: Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery
What: Corrine Hunt’s experience with adversity takes us on a personal path through her latest mixed-media exhibition. Resilience is one of the most important aspects in our lives, and laughter can often be an antidote – the art of coping – with life’s circumstances that challenge our very being. In facing these challenges, Corrine pushed through with grace, perseverance and strength to give new purpose and pleasure to her art form.
Runs until: Friday April 26, 2019
Shen Yun
Shen Yun
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Travel back to the world of ancient China. Experience a lost culture through the incredible art of classical Chinese dance, and see legends come to life with a unique blend of stunning costuming, high-tech backdrops, and an orchestra. Be prepared for a theatrical experience that will take your breath away.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Vancouver International Auto Show
Vancouver International Auto Show
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre
What: A personal opportunity in a hassle free, no sales pressure environment to fact find and close the information loop by learning about (and, in some cases, driving) an incredible variety of vehicles. More than 500 vehicles will be on display from the world’s best manufacturers, including test drives of clean energy vehicles (Presented by Toyota and CEVforBC – Electric Vehicle Experience Test Drives).
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Boca del Lupo presents Envision
Where: Performance Works
What: An adventure of nine immersive micro excerpts of new contemporary work by women of colour, multiracial, Indigenous and Metis artists.
Festival du Bois
Where: Mackin Park (Coquitlam, BC)
What: A weekend celebration of francophone and French-Canadian culture–the largest in BC. Come enjoy amazing music, dance, traditional food and shows for kids.
Runs until: Saturday March 23, 2019
Sonic Boom Festival
Where: The Annex
What: A four day festival of exciting new music created by BC’s finest composers, performed by eclectic combinations of some of BC’s finest musicians.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
VSO Music Director Otto Tausk
VSO Music Director Otto Tausk (show 1 of 2)
Where: Chan Centre
What: Mozart was one of history’s greatest composers, and hearing his final three symphonies performed together in one concert is a transcendent musical experience and a unique insight into one of the greatest creative geniuses the world has ever known.
Ella Vos
Ella Vos
Where: The Biltmore
What: A classically trained pianist, Vos worked as a keyboardist for BØrns before deciding to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter after the birth of her son in 2015.
Vancouver Warriors vs. Colorado Mammoth
Vancouver Warriors vs. Colorado Mammoth
Where: Rogers Arena
What: Join the Vancouver Warriors for pro-Lacrosse action against the Colorado Mammoth.
The Juniper Tree
The Juniper Tree
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Icelandic musical phenom Björk vowed to never act again after her heartrending, Cannes-winning performance in Lars von Trier’s devastating Dancer in the Dark. It feels like a miracle, then, that her ethereal onscreen presence can be experienced anew thanks to the rediscovery and re-release of The Juniper Tree, her first feature-film role.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Saturday March 23
Nosferatu
Where: The Orpheum
What: With some of the most iconic imagery in film, Nosferatu is brought to life with a newly imagined score for choir and small ensemble by Andrew Downing.
Live Painting
Live Painting
Where: LeSoleil Fine Art Gallery
What: A family-friendly live painting event where you can meet the artist and watch them demonstrate their technique.
Steve Hoffstetter
Steve Hoffstetter
Where: Yuk Yuks
What: Hofstetter, who has a whopping 100 million views on YouTube, is also the host of Finding Babe Ruth on FS1. His book Ginger Kid is a top 5 pick on Amazon and debuted at number one in its category.
VSO Music Director Otto Tausk (show 2 of 2)
Where: Chan Centre
What: Mozart was one of history’s greatest composers, and hearing his final three symphonies performed together in one concert is a transcendent musical experience and a unique insight into one of the greatest creative geniuses the world has ever known.
Royal Canoe
Royal Canoe
Where: The Biltmore
What: A Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames
Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames
Where: Rogers Arena
What: It’s a Western Canada hockey face-off.
Hot Fruit
Hot Fruit
Where: 1410 Venables
What: A dance party that is QTBIPOC centred. This is an event for us to sweat and hold community. Not really into dancing? Have to work early? From 9-10:30 there will be a more relaxed community space for drawing, talking, and singing along.
Sunday March 24
Canada Mens Soccer vs. French Guiana
Canada Mens Soccer vs. French Guiana
Where: BC Place Stadium
What: Canada, perfect through their first three qualifying matches, need a result to clinch their spot among the top-six nations in the qualifying stage. From 34 nations in Concacaf Nations League Qualifying, six nations will advance to Group A alongside pre-qualified nations Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and USA.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Vancouver Canucks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Where: Rogers Arena
What: It’s a hockey game.
Ongoing
Jesus Freak
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: The Campbell family prides themselves on their West Coast open-mindedness; from pot to political resistance, nothing is off the table. But when their daughter Clara comes home and announces she’s become a Christian, their tolerance is put to the test.
Runs until: Saturday March 23, 2019
Marine Life | Image by Erin Gleig
Marine Life
Where: Firehall Arts Centre
What: The story revolves around an environmental activist who falls in love with her opposite. Incorporating magic realism, humour and live music, Marine Life explores themes of environmentalism, creativity, mental illness and personal responsibility in a delicately dark romantic comedy, set against a backdrop of apocalyptic proportions.
Runs until: Saturday March 23, 2019
Gross Misconduct
Where: Gateway Theatre (Richmond, BC)
What: Now in his early fifties, Deke has been in Millhaven Prison without a cellmate for the past twenty years. He is surprised and annoyed when Corey, a twentysomething rich kid, joins him in his cell. Deke is convicted for killing his sister Abigail’s rapist, and “newbie” Corey is in prison for sexual assault.
Runs until: Saturday March 23, 2019
Festival du Bois
Where: Mackin Park (Coquitlam, BC)
What: A weekend celebration of francophone and French-Canadian culture–the largest in BC. Come enjoy amazing music, dance, traditional food and shows for kids.
Runs until: Saturday March 23, 2019
Anne Low: Chair for a Woman
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: Low’s artistic research is typically rooted in a close looking at historical objects, materials and surfaces, especially those created immediately prior to the Industrial Revolution. She is concerned with the specific conditions under which such objects are produced and consumed—particularly by women—and the domestic spaces they defined.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Aslan Gaisumov
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery
What: This exhibition brings together two works never previously shown together and, in so doing, offers a new means through which to consider many of the concerns that have shaped the artist’s practice over the past eight years.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Sonic Boom Festival
Where: The Annex
What: A four day festival of exciting new music created by BC’s finest composers, performed by eclectic combinations of some of BC’s finest musicians.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Vancouver International Auto Show
Vancouver International Auto Show
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre
What: A personal opportunity in a hassle free, no sales pressure environment to fact find and close the information loop by learning about (and, in some cases, driving) an incredible variety of vehicles. More than 500 vehicles will be on display from the world’s best manufacturers, including test drives of clean energy vehicles (Presented by Toyota and CEVforBC – Electric Vehicle Experience Test Drives).
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
The Juniper Tree
The Juniper Tree
Where: The Cinematheque
What: Icelandic musical phenom Björk vowed to never act again after her heartrending, Cannes-winning performance in Lars von Trier’s devastating Dancer in the Dark. It feels like a miracle, then, that her ethereal onscreen presence can be experienced anew thanks to the rediscovery and re-release of The Juniper Tree, her first feature-film role.
Runs until: Sunday March 24, 2019
Vancouver International Dance Festival
Where: Various locations
What: A diverse and dynamic roster of internationally celebrated artists and local favourites, presenting three weeks of endlessly enriching performances, workshops, and a host of dance activities
Runs until: Saturday March 30, 2019
Hot Brown Honey
Where: The York Theatre
What: Packing a punch of hip hop politics, the Honeys will make you laugh, cry, clap and shake what your mama gave you. This posse of phenomenal women make noise as they defiantly smash stereotypes and remix the system.
Runs until: Sunday March 30, 2019
Multiple Organism
Multiple Organism
Where: Culture Lab
What: A genre and gender-bending surrealist comedy for adults (18+) about having a body and how our body is seen by others. Expect bizarre and hilarious nudity using the body as a projection surface, plus colourful shadow puppetry projections, and an original musical soundtrack.
Runs until: Saturday March 30, 2019
Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: Showcasing for the first time in MOA’s history a presentation of all-women artists, this exhibition features the artworks of nine Aboriginal women, who are all celebrated artists from tiny remote communities across Australia’s deserts and tropical north. Encompassing a wide range of subjects from the natural to sublime and from minute organisms to vast celestial bodies, the exhibition invites visitors to explore the immutable tension between the universal and the specific, and discover the power of traditional Indigenous knowledge in an increasingly digital world.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Spring Break at the Space Centre
Spring Break at the Space Centre
Where: HR Macmillan Space Centre
What: Do you have a young space enthusiast in the family? Join us over Spring Break for some special activities and programming focused on exploring the sun and exploring the moon.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Redpatch
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Between 1914 and 1918, over four thousand Indigenous men volunteered to fight and die for Canada in WW1. Redpatch tells a part of this story through the eyes of a soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island. From his childhood home to the battlefields of France, follow him as he endures the horrors of the Great War in a new play that uses dance, myth, and mask to tell both a universal and a personal tale.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Shen Yun
Shen Yun
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
What: Travel back to the world of ancient China. Experience a lost culture through the incredible art of classical Chinese dance, and see legends come to life with a unique blend of stunning costuming, high-tech backdrops, and an orchestra. Be prepared for a theatrical experience that will take your breath away.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”
Where: Waterfront Theatre
What: Join best friends, Gerald and Piggie, on a day where anything is possible! Filled with beloved characters and lively songs, it’s the perfect adventure for young audiences .
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
Fitness For All
Where: 1100 West Georgia Street
What: Chinese contemporary art collective Polit-Sheer-Form Office (PSFO) has produced a five-piece set of exercise equipment specially designed for the Vancouver public. The artists’ decree suggests that establishing a more collective self-awareness fosters inclusivity and collaboration within a community.
Runs until: Sunday March 31, 2019
The Orchard (After Chekhov)
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: It’s Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, but told through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh family in the Okanagan Valley. With the bank calling and money low, will the Basrans be able to save their beloved orchard? Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty.
Runs until: Monday April 22, 2019
Resilience: Through Laughter
Resilience: Through Laughter
Where: Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery
What: Corrine Hunt’s experience with adversity takes us on a personal path through her latest mixed-media exhibition. Resilience is one of the most important aspects in our lives, and laughter can often be an antidote – the art of coping – with life’s circumstances that challenge our very being. In facing these challenges, Corrine pushed through with grace, perseverance and strength to give new purpose and pleasure to her art form.
Runs until: Friday April 26, 2019
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
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Where: Hastings Park
What: Find a weekly selection of locally grown fruit and veggies, farm fresh meat, eggs and dairy products, fresh baked sourdough bread and treats, craft beer, wine and spirits, artisanal prepared food, local crafts, hot coffee and food trucks.
Runs until: Sunday April 28, 2019 (Sundays)
French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Sixty paintings and sculptures from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European permanent and long-term loan collections. Identifying France as the artistic centre of international modernism from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, these works—which are diverse in subject matter, style and scale—were created by leading artists of the period, intended both for private collections and public display.
Runs until: Monday May 20, 2019
Affinities: Canadian Artists and France
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Looking at the significance that French art and culture has held for Canadian artists over the past 120 years, this exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century.
Runs until: Monday May 20, 2019
Counternarratives: Paintings by Archibald Fairbairn
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: The watercolour paintings of Archibald Fairbairn (1888 – 1979) document the beauty of totem poles and communities during the early 20th century. This exhibition juxtaposes an idealistic painter’s postcolonial gaze with critical discourse from contemporary Indigenous voices.
Runs until: Sunday June 2, 2019
Displacement
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present. Baden is known for producing intricate, sometimes humorous sculptural works and installations that borrow from the fields of perceptual psychology, science and architecture, and often solicit the audience’s participation.
Runs until: Sunday June 9, 2019
Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives
Where: Museum of Vancouver
What: This exhibition delves into the life stories of local animals and plants—how they relate to each other and how they connect people to nature in the city. Scenic design, videos, taxidermy, crowd-sourcing technologies, and the display of natural specimens breathe life into these tales of co-habitation. The immersive nature of the exhibition, including hands-on activities, encourages visitors to examine their relationship with nature, think about momentarily disconnecting from their devices, and find equilibrium with the natural world around them.
Runs until: July 2019
Making Waves: The Story and Legacy of Greenpeace
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: With humble beginnings in Vancouver, Greenpeace has grown into a large organization with offices in 40 countries. The NGO has protested numerous causes: whaling, deforestation, mining, genetic testing, and nuclear testing. Explore this exhibit that goes from their first voyage from Vancouver to Amchitka to protest Nuclear testing on an old fishing vessel to how cities, government, and industry today are developing new policies, technologies, and sustainable practices to ensure the preservation of our environment.
Runs until: Monday September 9, 2019
Shake Up: Preserving What We Value
Where: Museum of Anthropology
What: The exhibition will bring to light the convergence of earthquake science and technology with the rich Indigenous knowledge and oral history of the living cultures represented in MOA’s Northwest Coast collection. Beyond scientific discoveries, knowledge of earthquakes and natural disasters has been passed down through generations throughout many cultures, including those of the Northwest Coast First Nations. Also as part of the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to see the majestic poles of the Great Hall undergo conservation, many for the first time in 40 years.
Runs until: Fall 2019
How Far Do You Travel
Where: Select B-Line TransLink busses
What: Five Canadian artists — Diyan Achjadi, Patrick Cruz, Rolande Souliere, Erdem Tasdelen and Anna Torma — are being commissioned to graphically wrap the exterior of a series of articulated buses traveling on major routes in Metro Vancouver.
Runs until: Tuesday December 31, 2019
What are you up to this weekend? Tell me and the rest of Vancouver in the comments.
