Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

January 28, 2016
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ByDestination Vancouver
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This is the week to indulge your inner early bird. Our nearest planets are aligned – meaning if you are up early, you can catch Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter all visible at the same time if you look south just before sunrise. While you’re up, why not go to a dance party first thing in the morning on Friday? Or on Sunday, learn about the birds of Stanley park – or perhaps a Dine Out Yaletown brunch crawl on Saturday? Not a fan of waking up? Don’t worry – there is plenty to keep you out late as well.


Friday January 29

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The Queer Songbook Orchestra
Where: The Fox Cabaret, 7:00pm
What: The Toronto 11-piece chamber pop orchestra, makes their West Coast debut and takes a look back at the last century of popular music through a queer lens. They shed new light on the great classics by uncovering remarkable and little- known personal backstories, and re-imagine the music that has shaped the LGBTQ community.

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Wake & Shake
Where: Beaumont Studios (316 West 5), 6:15am
What: If you are a morning person (or at if you really want to be) get up to stretch, be massaged, do some yoga, and dance as the night turns to day – before you head to work.

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Pride and Prejudice
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Relive the wit and charm of one of literature’s most beloved romantic comedies in this elegant and lavish production.
Runs until: Sunday February 28, 2016

Battle of the Brush

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Battle of the Brush
Where: Heritage Hall (3102 Main), 8:00pm
What: A live painting competition where teams of artists compete in a time-limited competition before their spontaneous collective works are displayed and judged by local art connoisseurs

Tea Gastronomy Experience

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Tea Gastronomy Experience
Where: The Urban Tea Merchant (1070 West Georgia)
What: Enjoy a unique evening at The Urban Tea Merchant with a special event created especially for Dine Out Vancouver Festival guests. The Tea Gastronomy experience draws from the vast collection of TWG Tea’s fine harvest and exclusive blends, integrating a myriad of these signature teas into the Chef & Tea Sommelier’s 5-Course Tasting Menu – introducing a whole new world of sensations and flavours to foodies and tea lovers. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

CommonGrace

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Common Grace
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: After spending six months running from her past, Colleen is forced to return home for her father’s funeral. Between the flowered cards, casseroles, over-priced caskets, and hidden bottles of wine, she must decide if she can fit into the world she left behind. A provocative and relatable family drama.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016

Lapin Blanc, Lapin Rouge

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Lapin Blanc, Lapin Rouge
Where: Studio 16, 8:00pm
What: An actor stands on stage. He has just opened an envelope. He has never read the play that is in the envelope and has no idea what is coming. Naturally, he is a little nervous. He received a list of fourteen precise instructions written by Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian playwright. Nassim has refused to do his military service, and for that reason his passport has been taken away. Unable to leave his country, he wrote this play to travel the world.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Leftovers

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Leftovers
Where: The York Theatre
What: Born in 1980, between the elections of Thatcher and Reagan, comedian Charlie Demers emerged from that reactionary era a proud socialist. How much have things improved since the 80s? The answer is as obvious as it is infuriating: not much. In this comic show, Demers is asking why.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

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2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Five short films, all beloved by The Academy.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016

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Vancouver Short Film Festival
Where: Vancouver
What: Short films The Academy probably isn’t aware of.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Works from Harold Coego and Jeff Wilson

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Works from Harold Coego and Jeff Wilson
Where: The Cultch Gallery
What: New work from two artists.
Runs until: Saturday February 20, 2016

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The Grape Debate
Where: UBC
What: The ultimate act of delayed gratification – purchasing a bottle of wine with the intention of not opening it, possibly for many years. While the temptation of a well-stocked wine cellar is great, the rewards for aging bottles are often much greater. Yet not all wine is made with the structure to support extended aging. Stylistic decisions made by the winemaker can play a large role in determining when a wine is ready for drinking. Does the average wine drinker want to wait? Should the winemaker care? Should wines be made to be collected or enjoyed? Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Miss Understood

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Miss Understood
Where: Performance Works
What: It’s been a long journey for this trans* woman: from life as a middle-class husband and father to the turmoil of a gender-identity crisis to the Downtown Eastside, where she lived as a drug-addicted sex worker. But now is the moment of her triumph. She is a spoken word artist, and when she speaks you’ll be riveted.
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

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Corb Lund
Where: Commodore Ballroom
What: Canadian Country music.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Doug
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery, 7:00pm
What: Originally commissioned by The Common Guild and first presented at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow in 2014, an ensemble of six vocalists leads the audience through a nine song cycle of imagined disasters. Voice and the structures inherent in music are used to give shape to these visceral moments, while Kerbel’s lyrics take the form of a series of rhythmic verse outlining a sequence of events going from bad to worse with titles such as Blast, Fall, Hit, Crash and Slip.

Marlon Williams

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Marlon Williams
Where: The Media Club, 9:00pm
What: An Australia-based singer-songwriter.

Man Up

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Man Up
Where: The Cobalt, 9:00pm
What: Drag shows! Dancing! General fun times and gender non-conformity!

Games People Play

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Games People Play
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: Board game art by Michael Soltis.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016

Rennie

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Group Exhibition from the Rennie Collection
Where: 51 East Pender
What: Bringing together a variety of practices and media, this survey aims to reveal the chaos of the world by addressing enduringly pertinent issues, from migratory displacement to an in-depth examination of identity and history.
Runs until: Saturday April 23, 2016

MassacreTheatre

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The Massacre TheatreSports Festival
Where: The Improv Centre (Granville Island)
What: Improvisers square off in head-to-head round robin sets to determine who will be the best of the best. Will Margret Nyfors garner more laughs than Ken Lawson? Will the audience show some love to Graeme Duffy or will Denise Jones be the ‘shining star’ of the festival? All this and more will be decided by the audience as they determine the action through their suggestions and root for their favourite performers.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016

Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me
Where: Hot Art Wet City (2206 Main), 7:30pm
What:Supplies provided. No talent necessary. Draw With Alicia Tobin and then enjoy some comedic critique of your 5-minute drawings.

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MetaWorld Vol.1

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MetaWorld Vol.1
Where: The Beaumont
What: A selection of mixed media work from Vancouver based visionary artist Stazi Q aka MetaStazi.
Runs until: Monday March 1, 2016

Saturday January 30

MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture & PuSh Festival

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MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture & PuSh Festival
Where: The Fox Cabaret, 8:00pm
What: Composer and multimedia artist, DJ Spooky is joined by locals Peggy Lee and Stefan Smulovitz to re-score Situationist International founder Guy Debord’s 1973 film critique of hyper-consumerism, made from found footage and collage.

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Where: The Rio Theatre, 1:00pm
What: Director Charles Wilkinson (Oil Sands Karaoke, Peace Out), completes his environmental trilogy with Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World. Winner of the top prize at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto and winner of Most Popular Canadian Documentary at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival, the film tells the story of a group of remarkable characters living on Haida Gwaii, a remote archipelago off the Northwest coast of B.C. Hip Hop artist Jerlyn Webster (aka “JB the first lady”) will be performing beforehand and introduce the film and director Charles Wilkinson will be in attendance to answer questions after the screening.

Food-tography: A Culinary Photography Tour

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Food-tography: A Culinary Photography Tour
Where: Downtown Vancouver, 2:00pm
What: Tour participants will eat and sip their way through three local eateries while getting tips and lessons from a seasoned photography pro. Bring your camera and your appetite and learn how to properly capture your favorite food moments. Whether you’re new to photography or want to improve on your skills, all levels are welcome. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

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Pluck!
Where: The Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour), 8:00pm
What: Mood and melody, with miniature masterpieces by modern masters Max Richter, Lou Warde, Michael Nyman, Benjamin Yarmolinsky, Osvaldo Golijov, Vladimir Martynov and a World Premiere by Stefan Hintersteininger. Joining the vocal quartet and string quartet is guitar, double bass, piano, flute, saxophone and clarinet.

Interrupting the Stigma: Putting an End to Size Shaming
Where: UBC Robson Square, 12:00pm
What: In honor of eating disorders awareness month coming up in February, the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library are presenting a FREE panel event.

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Involvers: Entertain, Inform, Inspire
Where: Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial), 1:30pm
What: A benefit for the Vancouver Food Bank. Groove to the music of Sylvi MacCormac and Horizon, Jeff Standfield, and Richard Quan. Be inspired by the Loving Spoonful, Megaphone, and Judy Graves (homeless advocate).

Egyptian Concerto
Where: The Orpheum
What: VSO associate conductor, Gordon Gerrard, leads a classical program that includes one of Beethoven’s most famous overtures, a dramatic captivating symphony by Jean Sibelius, and one of the most beautiful and exotic piano concertos in the French repertoire, performed by one of Canada’s most famous and highly respected artistic leaders, wonderful pianist Louis Lortie.
Runs until: Monday February 1, 2016

The Bright Light Social Hour

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The Bright Light Social Hour
Where: The Biltmore, 7:00pm
What: A band from Austen, The Bright Light Social Hour, contemplates a “Future South” sound on their second full-length album, Space Is Still the Place.

Youth Assembly

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Youth Assembly
Where: Roundhouse Community Centre, 2:00pm
What: A free day-long performance arts conference just for arts-minded young people who hope to pursue a life or maybe a career immersed in and around the performing arts. There will be a focus on emerging artists and youth engagement.

The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

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The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers
Where: The Media Club
What: Traditional gospel sounds with rock foundations.

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The Fab Fourever: A Beatles Tribute Night
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: Beatles cover band – no overdubs, nothing pre-recorded, just one band’s love to another.

Paper
Where: Embark from Quayside Marina, 10:00am & 3:30pm
What: Introducing us to K, a woman who runs a small, family restaurant off a mysterious island along the shores of Japan, the narrative develops as a series of strange events seen through a portal created by a tiny hole in her paper menu. The journey culminates for participants in a traditional chagayu (tea porridge that integrates salmon and rice) often consumed by Japanese Canadian fishermen on lengthy fishing trips out at sea.

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East Van Garage Sale
Where: The Astoria, 12:00pm
What: Buy clothing , jewelry, decor, oddities, records, collectibles, books, crafts and more while sipping cheap beer and eating vegetarian food.

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Earth Heart Hum Community Fundraiser Celebration
Where: The Beaumont, 7:00pm
What:Community, music, art, and tea.

Enforcer & Warbringer
Where: The Rickshaw, 7:00pm
What: Swedish and American metal, with guests Cauldron, Exmortus, Dead Asylum and Torrefy.

Sunday January 31

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Sing Bowie
Where: Studio Records (919 Granville), 7:30pm
What: Join Impromptu Rock Choir in singing a tribute to David Bowie. Learn 3-part harmonies to Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World & Modern Love, and sing them with 250+ other fans. This is not a spectator event – crowd participation is absolutely required and no musical experience is necessary.

The Wood Brothers

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The Wood Brothers
Where: The Vogue Theatre, 7:00pm
What: American roots and blues band featuring Oliver and Chris (Medeski Martin & Wood) Wood, on tour to support their new release “Paradise.”

Birds of a Feather: Winter Birds
Where: Stanley Park Nature House, 9:00am
What: Enjoy the birds of winter and discover how many species call Stanley Park home during the chilly months of the year. Join a two-hour easy walking exploration to learn about bird identification and behaviour.

How It’s Made: A Winery, Brewery and Distillery Tour
Where: Waterfront Station, 5:00pm
What: Ever wanted to go behind the scenes at some of your favorite drinking establishments? Well now’s your chance – join Off the Eaten Track on a beer, wine, and spirits tour where we will get a unique behind the scenes look at how their products are made.

Hazel Meyer: Muscle Panic

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Hazel Meyer: Muscle Panic
Where: Contemporary Art Gallery, 2:00pm
What: Hazel Meyer’s mutable body of work, Muscle Panic, considers the performance of the athletic. Evoking the imagery of momentous sports history, the bodily gestures and actions of a drill or warmup and the aesthetics of the gymnasium, Meyer instigates an arena of sweat and queer desire. Multiple iterations of Muscle Panic have taken the project from a rogue basketball gym built in an abandoned barn to a clandestine locker room to a warehouse-like gymnastics studio.

Saintseneca

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Saintseneca
Where: The Cobalt
What: Ohio indie-folk band, on tour to support their latest release “Such Things” out now on Anti- Records.

Paper
Where: Embark from Quayside Marina, 10:00am & 3:30pm
What: Introducing us to K, a woman who runs a small, family restaurant off a mysterious island along the shores of Japan, the narrative develops as a series of strange events seen through a portal created by a tiny hole in her paper menu. The journey culminates for participants in a traditional chagayu (tea porridge that integrates salmon and rice) often consumed by Japanese Canadian fishermen on lengthy fishing trips out at sea.

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ImprovAfterDark

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Improv After Dark (ends this weekend)
Where: 1502 Duranleau Street (Granville Island)
What: This edgy show is 60 minutes of non-stop, fast-paced no-holds-barred comedy for grown-ups. Featuring a roster of all your favourite improvisers, and a fully-stocked bar.
Runs until: Friday January 29, 2016

Tea Gastronomy Experience

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Tea Gastronomy Experience (ends this weekend)
Where: The Urban Tea Merchant (1070 West Georgia)
What: Enjoy a unique evening at The Urban Tea Merchant with a special event created especially for Dine Out Vancouver Festival guests. The Tea Gastronomy experience draws from the vast collection of TWG Tea’s fine harvest and exclusive blends, integrating a myriad of these signature teas into the Chef & Tea Sommelier’s 5-Course Tasting Menu – introducing a whole new world of sensations and flavours to foodies and tea lovers. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Lapin Blanc, Lapin Rouge

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Lapin Blanc, Lapin Rouge (ends this weekend)
Where: Studio 16, 8:00pm
What: An actor stands on stage. He has just opened an envelope. He has never read the play that is in the envelope and has no idea what is coming. Naturally, he is a little nervous. He received a list of fourteen precise instructions written by Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian playwright. Nassim has refused to do his military service, and for that reason his passport has been taken away. Unable to leave his country, he wrote this play to travel the world.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Traces That Resemble Us (ends this weekend)
Where: The Monte Clark Gallery and The Cinematheque
What: Motivated by Jeff Wall’s history as a former film programmer at The Cinematheque, Traces That Resemble Us invites twelve prominent Vancouver-based artists to each program a film that has been influential to his or her practice, and to exhibit artwork for a corresponding group exhibition at Monte Clark Gallery.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

The Special

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The Special (ends this weekend)
Where: Hot Art Wet City (2206 Main)
What: The Special is not at all about the strict documentation of the city, but rather presents a crafted idea of it as it exists in our thoughts and memories. By artist Kevin Lanthier, the assembly of the pieces is done with the intention of creating a series of hyperreal, yet nostalgic little worlds, each of them distinctly and recognizably Vancouver.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

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All New People (ends this weekend)
Where: Havana Theatre
What: This fast-paced, four person play was created by actor/writer Zach Braff, known for his role in Scrubs, and his writing and directing of the films Garden State and Wish I Was Here.
Runs until: Saturday January 30, 2016

Dine Out Vancouver Festival

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Dine Out Vancouver Festival (ends this weekend)
Where: Various locations
What: Canada’s largest food and drink festival dishes up 17 days of culinary events and experiences. Try a 3-course meal at hundreds of Vancouver restaurants at $20, $30, and $40 price points. Stay at one of the hotels participating with special rates and full-experience packages. Check out one of the many events – this weekend there’s beer pairings, tea pairings, a brunch crawl, tours, classes and more!
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

Miss Understood

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Miss Understood
Where: Performance Works
What: It’s been a long journey for this trans* woman: from life as a middle-class husband and father to the turmoil of a gender-identity crisis to the Downtown Eastside, where she lived as a drug-addicted sex worker. But now is the moment of her triumph. She is a spoken word artist, and when she speaks you’ll be riveted.
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

The Gund Collection

The Gund Collection

The Gund Collection: Contemporary and Historical Art from the Northwest Coast (ends this weekend)
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The Gund collection includes magnificent nineteenth-century masks, feast bowls, argillite carvings and other objects from across the region, including from the Haida, Nuu-chahnulth, Kwawaka’wakw, Tlingit, Heiltsuk and Nuxalk First Nations.
Runs until: January 31, 2016

RookieNight

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Rookie Night (ends this weekend)
Where: 1502 Duranleau Street (Granville Island), 7:30pm
What: These 90 minutes of improv will showcase the talent of these new players and prepare them for the bright lights of main stage.
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

Food-tography: A Culinary Photography Tour

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Food-tography: A Culinary Photography Tour (ends this weekend)
Where: Downtown Vancouver, 2:00pm
What: Tour participants will eat and sip their way through three local eateries while getting tips and lessons from a seasoned photography pro. Bring your camera and your appetite and learn how to properly capture your favorite food moments. Whether you’re new to photography or want to improve on your skills, all levels are welcome. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Sunday January 31, 2016

Egyptian Concerto
Where: The Orpheum
What: VSO associate conductor, Gordon Gerrard, leads a classical program that includes one of Beethoven’s most famous overtures, a dramatic captivating symphony by Jean Sibelius, and one of the most beautiful and exotic piano concertos in the French repertoire, performed by one of Canada’s most famous and highly respected artistic leaders, wonderful pianist Louis Lortie.
Runs until: Monday February 1, 2016

Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions
Where: 221A (221 E Georgia) opening reception at 7:00pm
What: Not readymades, but ready-to-be-mades. These objects and images that have been called, for the moment, “art” seem too strange and slick to have simply been picked from the mundane cache of the “real world;” they smack of a virtual well of potential forms that is somehow both more generic and at the same time more customized.
Runs until: Saturday February 6, 2016

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Where: Various locations
What: Groundbreaking work in the live performing arts: theatre, dance, music, and various forms of multimedia and hybrid performance.
Runs until:Sunday February 7, 2016

Gaze

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Gaze
Where: Ayden Gallery opening reception at 7:00pm
What: The female body is the most painted, sculpted, sketched, posed, obsessed over, fetishized, and analyzed to death subject in the history of art. We’ve been transcendent, holy, and virginal. We’ve been shocking, seductive, and surreal. But always, we have been the art subject – only rarely the creators of our own depiction. Through realist and surrealist painting, drawing, digital art and collage, Gaze will explore what the visual landscape might look like dominated by a female perspective.
Runs until: Sunday February 7, 2016

Human Library photo: Liesbeth Bernaerts

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Human Library
Where: Central Vancouver Public Library
What: Borrow a book, discover a life. In Human Library we’re invited to borrow a “human book” from a curated collection of 30 topics that range from “Drag King” to “In Recovery” and “Eight-Year-Old Inventor.” It’s a 20-minute one-on-one conversation with a human book that will take you on a personal adventure and open your eyes to the world.
Runs until: Sunday February 7, 2016

Candygrams

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A Loving Spoonful’s Candy Grams
Where: Canada
What: Select a friendly, flirty or frisky message either as yourself or as an anonymous secret admirer. CandyGrams include a special-edition Valentine’s Day card and a variety of treats. Proceeds will go directly to assisting those with HIV/AIDS.
Runs until: Monday February 8, 2016

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Mythos
Where: The Fall Tattooing & Artist Gallery opening reception at 8:00pm
What: An art show dedicated to fables and tall tales – help us celebrate the weird and wonderful world of myths. Hosted by the FALL tattoing and artist gallery and featuring artwork from Emily Carr students and alumni.
Runs until: Wednesday February 10, 2016

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Boom
Where: ArtsClub Theatre
What: Rick Miller presents “25 years in 100 minutes.”Using a selection of archival videos and photography, and giving spot-on impersonations of over 100 notable figures, Miller guides us through over two decades of history in documentary-like style.
Runs until: Saturday February 13, 2016

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Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
Where: Various Locations
What: Vancouver’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes, gelato and ice cream parlours join forces to make the humble hot chocolate hotter than it has ever been before.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016

CommonGrace

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Common Grace
Where: Pacific Theatre
What: After spending six months running from her past, Colleen is forced to return home for her father’s funeral. Between the flowered cards, casseroles, over-priced caskets, and hidden bottles of wine, she must decide if she can fit into the world she left behind. A provocative and relatable family drama.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016

MassacreTheatre

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The Massacre TheatreSports Festival
Where: The Improv Centre (Granville Island)
What: Improvisers square off in head-to-head round robin sets to determine who will be the best of the best. Will Margret Nyfors garner more laughs than Ken Lawson? Will the audience show some love to Graeme Duffy or will Denise Jones be the ‘shining star’ of the festival? All this and more will be decided by the audience as they determine the action through their suggestions and root for their favourite performers.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016

Remote Viewing

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Remote Viewing by Noxious Sector Arts Collective
Where: Grunt Gallery (350 East 2nd)
What: A performance and responsive installation presenting human and camera interactions as a site for contemplation.
Runs until: Saturday February 14, 2016

Ideas of Breath

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Ideas of Breath
Where: Ayden Gallery opening reception at 7:00pm
What: A 35 piece exhibition from local and internationally published artists in a variety of mediums; photography, mixed media and fibre art.
Runs until: Sunday February 7, 2016

Walking on the Line

Walking on the Line

Walking on the Line
Where: Centre A
What: Through large-scale re-assemblages of his ongoing photographic documentation of urban environments and architectural structures, Seung Woo Back investigates the precarious nature of the medium of photography, while offering an opportunity to gain a fresh perspective regarding our relationship to our built environment.
Runs until: February 20, 2016

Voices of the Corridors

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Voices of the Corridors: Repression of the Self, Repression of a Movement, Oppression of a People
Where: Gallery Gachet
What: A curated art exhibition in which collective members engage themes regarding contemporary disability and mental health activism by way of their diverse and politicized community– based art practices.
Runs until: Sunday February 21, 2016

Cross Vancouver

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Cross Vancouver
Where: Various locations
What: A photo based exhibition of works spread across 15 Transit shelters. These images captured by Korean artist Seung Woo Back during his Residency at the Vancouver Biennale are reflections of the deindividualized nature of Vancouver’s urban landscape which now reflects the shift towards a global singular identity.
Runs until: Sunday February 21, 2016

Games People Play

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Games People Play
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: Board game art by Michael Soltis.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016

pride-and-prejudice

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Pride and Prejudice
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: Relive the wit and charm of one of literature’s most beloved romantic comedies in this elegant and lavish production.
Runs until: Sunday February 28, 2016

MetaWorld Vol.1

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MetaWorld Vol.1
Where: The Beaumont
What: A selection of mixed media work from Vancouver based visionary artist Stazi Q aka MetaStazi.
Runs until: Monday March 1, 2016

SoarOverChina

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Flight of the Dragon
Where: FlyOverCanada
What: A fully immersive experience including wind, mist, and even scents. Follow a mythical dragon as you soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery during Flight of the Dragon, then stay seated and take off again to experience
FlyOver Canada, a thrilling flight ride that takes you from east to west across Canada.
Runs until: Sunday March 6, 2016

Dana Claxton: Made to be Ready

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Dana Claxton: Made to be Ready
Where: SFU Audain Gallery
What: Claxton’s new photographs and video works in Made To Be Ready are informed by her attention to Indigenous womanhood and sovereignty. Drawing on the ideas of Anishinaabe writer and scholar Gerald Vizenor, particularly his notion of survivance which unifies survival and resilience as a means of resistance, Claxton’s photos picture Indigenous women commanding their own mediation of cultural, political and spiritual ways of being and doing.
Runs until: Saturday March 12, 2016

Gwaii Haanas: Land Sea People
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Stories of the only place in Canada protected from mountaintop to seafloor. Thirty years after the Haida took a stand at Lyell Island, this unique place exists as an unprecedented example of cooperative management, between the Haida Nation and the Government of Canada.
Runs until: March 27, 2016

Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out

Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out

Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out
Where: Science World
What: Body Worlds creator and anatomist, Dr Gunther von Hagens takes you on an anatomical safari. As you explore this captivating exhibition, you will experience the intricate biology, zoology and physiology of a variety of the world’s most spectacular creatures.
Runs until: Sunday March 28, 2016

(In)Visable: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art

(In)Visable: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art

(In)Visable: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: Against a backdrop of skyscrapers and mountains, ghosts and spirits haunt the island of Taiwan. Taiwan’s urban and rural life cycles are filled with rituals and ceremonies of various faiths ranging from Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism to Christianity, Chinese folk religions and animistic beliefs of Taiwan’s Aboriginal peoples. While religion affects, challenges and intermingles with the secular world, myths, legends and fairytales add other layers to the spiritual world of Taiwan.
Runs until: April 3, 2016

Ghost Passages of the McKenzie Shipyard

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Ghost Passages of the McKenzie Shipyard
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: Through a varied collection of painting, photography and sculpture, Vancouver-based artist Tracy McMenemy seduces the viewer into endless and ongoing passage of time in her latest series, Ghost Passages of the McKenzie Shipyard. McKenzie Barge and Marineways was a landmark along the Burrard Inlet in Deep Cove, BC; an epicenter of industrial development in the North Vancouver community since 1932.
Runs until: Sunday April 3, 2016

Rennie

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Group Exhibition from the Rennie Collection
Where: 51 East Pender
What: Bringing together a variety of practices and media, this survey aims to reveal the chaos of the world by addressing enduringly pertinent issues, from migratory displacement to an in-depth examination of identity and history.
Runs until: Saturday April 23, 2016

Winter Farmers Market

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: Saturday April 23, 2016 (Saturdays)

Across the Top:

Across the Top: The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Across The Top: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum
What: This exhibit will transport you to the Arctic where you will learn about its environment and people; the many voyages of discovery; the search for John Franklin’s lost expedition (both historical and modern), and the ultimate discovery of HMS Erebus by Parks Canada.
Runs until: May 2016

Your Future Home: Creating a New Vancouver

The Queer Songbook Orchestra

Your Future Home: Creating a New Vancouver
Where: Museum of Vancouver
What: In response to mounting concern about a rapidly changing region, this exhibit will immerse visitors in an experience that spotlights 20 visions for tomorrow’s city, while focusing on four topical issues: housing affordability, residential density, ease of transportation, and quality of public space.
Runs until: Monday May 16, 2016

What are you up to this weekend? Tell me and the rest of Vancouver in the comments below or tweet me directly at @lextacular

Vancouver
weekend activities
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
sunrise
dance party
Stanley Park
birdwatching
Dine Out Yaletown
brunch crawl