63 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, March 17

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      Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 63 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, March 17.

       

      CONCERTS

      Celtic folk/roots band Tiller's Folly performs at Centennial Theatre in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

      American comedic glam-metal band Steel Panther plays the third of three nights at the Commodore Ballrooom.

      The Dreadnoughts host the second of two nights of local punk/folk/ska/metal at the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Bishops Green, ATD, Something About Reptiles, and Paddy Waggin.

      St. Patrick's Day Festival at the Blarney Stone features live music by the Doolins, the Shenanigans, the Sheets, and the Whiskeyjays.

      American pop-rock singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips plays the Vogue Theatre on his Magnetic Tour.

       

      BENEFITS

      Relay For Life at UBC Rashpal Dhillion Track and Field Oval raising funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

      Dress up in green and take part in a fun run at Stanley Park Pavilion that raises money for Diabetes Canada.

       

      FASHION

      Shop from 30 Canadian indie fashion and accessory designers, including Bronsino, at Heritage Hall's First Pick Handmade.

       

      ETCETERA

      Illusionist Vitaly presents an all-new take on magic at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre.

      Purchase craft items created by adults with developmental disabilities, including hand-dipped beeswax candles, clay items, and hand-woven willow baskets, at Cascadia Society for Social Working.

       

      FOOD AND DRINK

      Join top chef Cameron Stauch on a food journey through the vibrant culinary scene of Vietnam at Vancouver Public Library's Peter Kaye Room.

      Viva La Vodka! event at Yew Seafood and Bar includes vodka tasting, oyster-shucking lesson, martini and oyster pairing, and a sneak preview of YEW’s soon-to-launch cocktail program paired with small plates.

       

      FORUMS

      Seven speakers at TEDxECUAD cover topics such as neotropical birds, skin, non-verbal communication, the psychological effects of makeup, feminist activism, pollinators, and music technology at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      Family-friendly activity stations at Britannia Mine Museum allow kids to explore the world of minerals and fossils at DIG Day.

      Free skating, free lessons, music, and performance at West End Community Centre Ice Rink's Skate Into Spring.

       

      SPORTS

      The Vancouver Canucks take on the San Jose Sharks in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.

        

      TAKE ACTION

      Be the Change conference at New Westminster's Anvil Centre features 12 speakers presenting on truth & reconciliation, homelessness, the opioid crisis, and resistance, resilience & recovery. Speakers include Bif Naked, Melanie Mark, Hon. Judy Darcy, Dina Lambright, Duane Howard, Chief Ernie Crey, and Dr. Vikki Reynolds.

       

      COMEDY

      Vancouver TheatreSports presents Shamrocks & Shenanigans, three Irish-themed improv shows, at the Improv Centre.

      Canadian comedian Jess Salomon performs the third of three nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club

      American comedian Mike Vecchione performs the third of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

      Matty Vu and Malcolm Mcleod host a night of standup and improv by Vancouver comedians at Little Mountain Gallery.

      Graham Clark's Quiz Show at the Fox Cabaret cherry-picks the best segments of game shows and presents them all in one bizarre event.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      Join exhibiting artist Mahtab Firouzabadi at the Ferry Building Gallery for a hands-on experience where participants are invited to explore the meaning behind the symbols of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year celebration.

      Ten Vancouver burlesque artists perform to music by local acts at the Rio Theatre.

       

      DANCE

      The Vancouver International Dance Festival runs until March 24 at various Vancouver venues. Performances today include White Wave Dance's iyouuswe at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre.

      Carnival-themed dance performances by students, with special performances by the SHIAMAK Vancouver Dance Team, at Surrey's Bell Performing Arts Centre.

       

      MUSIC

      Percussionist Sumire Yoshihara and koto player Kazue Sawai perform works by Maki Ishii, Michio Kitazume, Teizo Matsumura, and Yoichi Sugiyama at the Orpheum Annex.

      Chamber ensembles of VICO musicians perform repertoire that weaves together different world music traditions, including new pieces by emerging Canadian composers at the Surrey Arts Centre.

       

      THEATRE

      Carousel Theatre for Young People presents The Velveteen Rabbit, the tale of a toy rabbit transformed by one little boy’s love, at the Waterfront Theatre.

      Opening night at the Firehall Arts Centre of Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, which pays homage to the late Canadian poet and singer-songwriter.

      The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Forget About Tomorrow, Jill Daum's play about a woman whose husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

      Final performance at Metro Theatre of director Joan Bryans's adaptation of She Stoops to Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith’s self-described "laughing comedy" about a young bachelor who discovers that his love has the power to overcome his fear.

      First Impressions Theatre presents the final performance of A Few Good Men, a play that sees a lawyer and his team uncover a conspiracy at the highest level while defending their clients accused of murder, at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre.

      Exit 22 Company Productions (Capilano University Theatre) presents Anne of Green Gables, the iconic Canadian story of a fiercely imaginative little girl who touches the lives of everyone she meets, at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts.

      Realwheels Theatre presents Sequence, a fast-paced science thriller that explores the intersection of math, nature, and spirituality, at Presentation House Theatre.

      Director Jessica Anne Nelson puts a 2018 spin on The Crucible, Arthur Miller's timeless parable of morality, at UBC's Frederic Wood Theatre.

      Gateway Theatre presents the world premiere of I Lost My Husband, Leanna Brodie's translation of Catherine Léger's comedy about an aging party girl and her dreams of independence.

      Canadian playwright Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets tells the stories of many interconnected lives, and one little girl whose experience threads them together, at the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre.

      Naked Goddess Productions presents Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor's story of love and friendship, A Beautiful View, at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.

      Western Gold Theatre kicks off its 25th anniversary season with Harvey, a comedy about a man and his best friend, an invisible and very tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit, at PAL Studio Theatre.

      Opening night at Performance Works of Little Miss Glitz, a musical that follows the story of a naïve, starry-eyed little girl as she navigates her way through her first beauty pageant.

       

      GALLERIES

      Bombhead at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a thematic exhibition exploring the emergence and impact of the nuclear age as represented by artists and their art.

      空/Emptiness: Emily Carr and Lui Shou Kwan at the Vancouver Art Gallery uses works by Emily Carr and Lui Shou Kwan to explore how each artist experimented with modernist movements and mysticism through their respective depictions of nature.

      Two Scores is a solo exhibition of work by Canadian artist Brent Wadden at Contemporary Art Gallery.

      Polygon Gallery's inaugural exhibition, N. Vancouver, explores how a specific locale can be reflected through existing and newly commissioned artworks by artists from Vancouver and beyond.

      More than 55 paintings and sculptures are featured in Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, the first-ever retrospective of Murakami's work in Canada, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

      Living, Building, Thinking: art & expression at the Vancouver Art Gallery uses the German Expressionist collection from the McMaster Museum of Art to explore the development of Expressionism in art from the early 19th century to the present day.

       

      MUSEUMS

      In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

      The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC takes visitors on a journey through the past 200 years of Salish wool weaving.

      The Lost Fleet at the Vancouver Maritime Museum investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

      At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

      West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain features skiing and snowboarding lessons, snowtubing park, cross-country ski trails, downhill skiing and snowboarding trails, and snowshoeing tours.

      Mount Seymour features skiing and snowboarding, lessons, chairlifts, terrain parks, tubing and tobogganing, and snowshoe trails.

      North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain features a Skyride to the peak with views of the city and the Pacific Ocean, as well as ziplines, a wildlife refuge, helicopter tours, paragliding, dining, and the Grouse Grind.

      Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

      The new Parq Vancouver features two luxury hotels, a 24-hour casino with 600 slot machines and 75 table games, eight restaurants and lounges, and the sixth-floor outdoor Parq.

      Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, gardens, beaches, and West Coast rain forest, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8 kilometre seawall.

      The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

      Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

       

      MOVIES

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Western, director Valeska Grisebach's 2017 study of masculinity, which follows a German construction crew that sets up camp in the backwoods of Bulgaria.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Birdland, writer-director Peter Lynch's Toronto-shot post-noir mystery, a story told through surveillance, memories and flashbacks of a marriage in trouble and an ex-cop who is unravelling a mystery.

      Screenings at the Cinematheque of Ingmar Bergman's The Passion of Anna and The Magician.

       

       

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