Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and whether you’re partnered, coupled, or some other variation, make sure to enjoy it! After all, it has been over 1000 years since St. Valentine of Rome and, in that time, the definitions of romance and relationships have been modernized quite a bit. Want to show some love to your platonic lifemates? Do it. Want to celebrate yourself in an awesome day of turning your phone off and doing whatever you want? Sounds fantastic. If you’d rather cuddle up to your lover and coo at each other – do that! Throw in some heart-shaped things and a bit of hedonism and you’ve got yourself a good day.
Friday February 12
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Bigmouth
Where: The Cultch
What: The sell-out hit of the Edinburgh Fringe from one of Europe’s hottest theatre companies. In a performance that has received universal critical acclaim, Valentijn Dhaenens weaves together seminal speeches from everyone from the Grand Inquisitor and Socrates to Mohammed Ali and Osama Bin Laden, paying tribute to 2,500 years of oration.
Runs until: Saturday February 21, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
I Chew Chew Chew You
Where: Hot Art Wet City (2206 Main) opening reception at 7:00pm
What: Pizza Punks zine and Hot Art Wet City bring you a group art show tribute to your favourite food: pizza! Show pizza how much you love it with this Valentine’s show. Paintings, drawings and digital works depicting the beauty that is pizza.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Yoga Date Night – Friday
Where: YYoga Downtown Flow, 8:00pm
What: Experience contact partner yoga – a practice that predates acro yoga, and that focuses on trust, support, and evolution between partners. This rich, nourishing practice explores duo asana, basic flying techniques, and finishes with Thai massage. New poses included. Open to all levels.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Just Film Festival
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Social justice and environmental documentaries that go to the heart of issues confronting communities here and around the planet.
Runs until: Saturday February 13, 2016
The Vancouver Chopin Society Presents Dénes Várjon
Where: Vancouver Playhouse 7:30pm
What: Dénes Várjon studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with, amongst others, composer György Kurtág. He is a regular guest at festivals including the Salzburger Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Marlboro Music Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and Edinburgh Festival. He is invited annually to András Schiff’s and Heinz Holliger’s Ittinger Konzerttage in Switzerland every year and enjoys a longstanding relationship with the Open Chamber Music-Prussia Cove (UK). Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Forbidden Vancouver Date Nights
Where: Downtown
What: If you’re looking for something a little more unique than dinner and a movie this Valentine’s Day, try a Forbidden date night. Do a tour and learn about Vancouver’s prohibition days, or creep into the lost souls of Gastown and cuddle up!
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Vancouver Wellness Show
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre
What: Everything you need to know about wellness – info, products, demonstrations and more.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The 1st Annual Whammys
Where: The Wise Hall, 5:00pm
What: A local independent awards ceremony that brings humour, entertainment and recognition to the local largely underground and under-celebrated musical talent in Vancouver. The event is hosted by local “celebrities” and involves live entertainment. As opposed to having nominations being exclusively reserved to industry elites, this is for the people, by the people.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Nina Forever
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Remember Ghost – the Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze movie? Well this is like Ghost, except that the tragically deceased and much mourned Nina (Fiona O’Shaughnessy) isn’t much like the soulful Swayze; rather, she turns up (and turns on) in bed when supermarket clerk Rob (Cian Barry) and his new girlfriend Holly (Abigail Hardingham) make love, oozing blood and demanding her piece of the pie.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Collective Howl Pop-Up Gallery & Art Market
Where: 230 East Pender
What: Art and jewelry that’s a tad towards the dark and mysterious side.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Saturday February 13
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Gathering: Chinese New Year Folk Art by Gao Jing
Where: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
What: This show incorporates personal experiences with rich understanding of Chuang Guandong (New Year paintings), and presents them on traditional scrolls.
Runs until: Monday February 29, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
A Swingin’ Sinatra Valentines Party
Where: The Fox Cabaret, 7:30pm
What: Experience an ultra-swanky evening of live performance, cocktails, and music inspired by Frank Sinatra.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Lunar New Year With Avan Yu
Where: Orpheum Theatre, 7:30pm
What: Welcome the Year of the Monkey with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver-born, internationally-renowned piano sensation Avan Yu, for a very special celebration. Come early to celebrate with Lion Dancers and lucky red envelopes!
Make Your Own Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Where: Abbotsford ChocolaTas
What: Bring your own strawberries for a chocolate dipping extravaganza. Master Chocolatier Wim Tas, will assist you in creating a unique Valentine’s gift.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Forbidden Vancouver Date Nights
Where: Downtown
What: If you’re looking for something a little more unique than dinner and a movie this Valentine’s Day, try a Forbidden date night. Do a tour and learn about Vancouver’s prohibition days, or creep into the lost souls of Gastown and cuddle up!
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Booker T Jones
Where: The Vogue
What: It can be argued that it was Booker T. Jones who set the cast for modern soul music and is largely responsible for its rise and enduring popularity. On classic Stax hits like “Green Onions,” “Hang ‘Em High,” “Time Is Tight,” and “Melting Pot” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Musicians Hall of Fame inductee and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient pushed the music’s boundaries, refined it to its essence and then injected it into the nation’s bloodstream.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Valentine’s Day Showshoe Fondue
Where: Grouse Mountain
What: Enjoy an hour long guided group snowshoe tour followed by a delicious chocolate fondue, served in an intimate setting.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Yoga Date Night – Saturday
Where: YYoga Kitsilano, 8:00pm
What: Experience contact partner yoga – a practice that predates acro yoga, and that focuses on trust, support, and evolution between partners. This rich, nourishing practice explores duo asana, basic flying techniques, and finishes with Thai massage. New poses included. Open to all levels.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Crow’s Roost Twilight Bike Ride
Where: Meet at Renfrew Skytrain Station, 4:30pm
What: Follow the crows on the Central Valley Greenway towards Burnaby(5km round trip). Dress for the weather, bring snacks to share, and don’t forget your bike lights. This free family friendly event is co-organized by Still Moon Arts Society and Windermere Bike Society.
Jazz Icon and Celebrated Saxophonist, Branford Marsalis
Where: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 8:00pm
What: Performing with his critically lauded quartet, the NEA Jazz master and three-time GRAMMY Award-winner delivers an evening of groundbreaking original works, and brilliant renditions of timeless jazz standards.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The Dreadnoughts
Where: The Rickshaw, 7:30pm
What: One part roaring sea shanty, one part haunting folk melody, and a solid chaser of gut-crunching street punk.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Boots & Babes Ball
Where: Commodore Ballroom
What: Country music party for those who love cowboy boots, big hats, plaid shirts and twangy sounds.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Cider Wise
Where: 12 Kings Pub (395 Kingsway), 12:00pm
What: A celebration of cider and gluten-free beer. Attendees will learn the intricacies of making cider, gluten-free beer on the education stage with some of Vancouver’s best cider educators.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
East Side Flea
Where: The Wise Hall, 10:00am
What:Vintage clothes, collectibles, records, and all kinds of Valentine gifts up for grabs by local vendors, artists, and makers.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Burlesque Duos
Where: The Rio Theatre
What: Burlesque duos team up to create new and fun performances together.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Fast Times at Sad Mag High
Where: Remington Gallery and Studio (108 East Hastings), 8:30pm
What: SAD Mag presents the high school issue -join them for an evening of nostalgic school dance fun (minus the crying in the bathroom), magazines, music, drag, drinks, snacks, and more.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The People’s Prom
Where: 154 East 10th ave, 8:00pm
What: The prom you never had in high school: it’s a radical, community-oriented, anti-capitalist, queer, cross-dressing, gender bending, bike loving, slow dancing, big dress wearing, good time.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Get Together
Where: Pacific Colosseum
What: It’s a dancey trance-y Valentine-ish dance party.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Hearts and Crafts
Where: Indigo Chapters locations, 11:00am
What: Chapters Indigo locations will be holding crafting events at all stores in Vancouver.
Sunday February 14
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Robocop Borscht Valentine Feasting Ritual
Where: Stormcrow Tavern on Commercial Drive, 7:00pm
What: Satisfy your nerdiest romantic interest with dinner and a movie in a tavern fit for anyone who has spent hours filling out a character sheet. Book in advance, and don’t forget to roll the D20 for shots!
Valentine’s Day Dinner at the Peak of Vancouver
Where: Grouse Mountain
What: Share a romantic 5-course dinner at The Observatory with your special someone this Valentine’s Day at the Peak of Vancouver, then take a stroll on the new Light Walk.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The Year of the Monkey Temple Fair
Where: Dr. Sun Yet-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 10:00am
What: The Garden will present dynamic and engaging Chinese and multicultural music and dance performances, martial arts demonstrations, traditional Chinese New Year customs, games and activities for the whole family. The festival is the opportunity for the Chinese community to share its cultural traditions and invite the wider public to participate in it.
Anti-Valentine’s Day: Shred Your Ex
Where: iLoveKickboxing Vancouver (136 Powell)
What: Got a bit of pent-up anger over your ex? Want to act a little nuts about it with other angry exes? Bring in a photograph of your former flame, tape it to a heavy bag, and then get punchy – letting out all of that heartbreak (and terrifying the rest of us.)
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Vhine Und Szong: Valentine Edition
Where: The Cultch Founder’s Lounge
What: Attention Lounge Lizards – come satisfy your craving for tunes from the sensational Veda Hille while savouring your favourite glass of wine or beer. Special guests: East Van Panto’s Dawn Petten and Maiko Yamamoto.
PRR First Half Marathon
Where: Downtown Vancouver
What: The run follows a seawall route up English Bay and around Stanely Park, with a brief detour on a gravel trail around Lost lagoon before heading back to the starting line. There are no major hills, save one small, short, demoralizer that pops up with about 600 meters to go.
Second Sunday Concert Series: My Funny Valentine
Where: Rhoedde House Museum, 3:00pm
What: This concert is part of a monthly concert series, taking place on the 2nd Sunday of each month, in the afternoon. Come at 1pm, for Tea and Tour before the concert (included in the price of the ticket), or show up right before 3pm for the concert, at your convenience.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Brad Paisley
Where: Rogers Arena, 7:30pm
What: Country music superstar Brad Paisley has announced his 2016 winter leg of his highly successful “Crushin’ It World Tour.”
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The Monthly: All Female Comedy Revue
Where: Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver
What: This month featuring headliner Kathleen McGee, MC Jane Stanton, plus Amber Harper-Young, Fatima Dhowre, and Kate Belton.
Romantic Stanley Park: Amorous, Curious, and Shady
Where: Stanley Park
What: Stroll through what has been known for decades as one of the most romantic spots in Vancouver. See rare historical photographs and learn about the Park’s past with a local historian.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
My Purple Valentine
Where: The Biltmore Cabaret, 7:00pm
What: A burlesque tribute to Prince, what could possibly be more romantic?
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Pink Afternoon Tea
Where: Faubourg Paris Kerrisdale
What: Vancouver’s elegant boulangeries-pâtisserie makes for a romantic coffee date, a buddy sugar binge, or even a good date with some tea, heart-shaped treats, a good book, and no one to interrupt.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Dances for a Small Stage 33
Where: Anza Club (3 West 8th), 10:00pm
What: An extravaganza of original dance inspired by Valentine’s Day. Expect performances that will embrace the underrated faces of love, ranging from the adoring bond between family and friends, to the passionate, twisted underbelly of betrayal, jealousy, and obsession.
Three-Course Pizza Valentine’s Day
Where: Rocky Mountain Flatbread
What: It’s fancier than you think! A delicious three course menu for Valentine’s Day that offers over 75 combinations to choose from – every course begins with a raw handmade chocolate from Koko Monk’s Chocolates.
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
An Affair to Remember
Where: Studio Records, 6:45pm
What: West coast Latin band, Mazacote, is playing live on Valentine’s Day.
Ongoing
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Boom (ends this weekend)
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Little One (ends this weekend)
Where: Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova)
What: When 4-year-old Claire is adopted into the family, 6-year-old Aaron has to learn to “love” his new monster of a sister. “Meticulously directed” (New York Times) by award-winning director and playwright Amiel Gladstone, Little One is told through the now adult voices of its two main characters and weaves stories of childhood horror and teenage humiliation into a twisted, wryly funny, and ultimately haunting narrative.
Runs until: Saturday February 13, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Just Film Festival (ends this weekend)
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Social justice and environmental documentaries that go to the heart of issues confronting communities here and around the planet.
Runs until: Saturday February 13, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (ends this weekend)
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Valentine’s Day Showshoe Fondue (this weekend only)
Where: Grouse Mountain
What: Enjoy an hour long guided group snowshoe tour followed by a delicious chocolate fondue, served in an intimate setting.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Common Grace (ends this weekend)
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The Massacre TheatreSports Festival (ends this weekend)
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Remote Viewing by Noxious Sector Arts Collective (ends this weekend)
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
The Grand Salon (ends this weekend)
Where: Ayden Gallery
What: The final show at Tinseltown as Ayden Gallery is closing it’s doors at International Village on February 15, 2016. Everything will be for sale. The retail price will be on display and any reasonable offer will be accepted. Cash and carry.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Four Play: New Works by Excited Writers (ends this weekend)
Where: Langara College
What: Original work by Studio 58 students and recent graduates, once again under the tutelage of award-winning playwright Aaron Bushkowsky. In two programs, directed by four of BC’s best directors, the five playwrights delve into contemporary themes with a sharp eye and fresh voice. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Collective Howl Pop-Up Gallery & Art Market (this weekend only)
Where: 230 East Pender
What: Art and jewelry that’s a tad towards the dark and mysterious side.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Nina Forever (this weekend only)
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: Remember Ghost – the Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze movie? Well this is like Ghost, except that the tragically deceased and much mourned Nina (Fiona O’Shaughnessy) isn’t much like the soulful Swayze; rather, she turns up (and turns on) in bed when supermarket clerk Rob (Cian Barry) and his new girlfriend Holly (Abigail Hardingham) make love, oozing blood and demanding her piece of the pie.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Vancouver Wellness Show (this weekend only)
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre
What: Everything you need to know about wellness – info, products, demonstrations and more.
Runs until: Sunday February 14, 2016
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Bigmouth
Where: The Cultch
What: The sell-out hit of the Edinburgh Fringe from one of Europe’s hottest theatre companies. In a performance that has received universal critical acclaim, Valentijn Dhaenens weaves together seminal speeches from everyone from the Grand Inquisitor and Socrates to Mohammed Ali and Osama Bin Laden, paying tribute to 2,500 years of oration.
Runs until: Saturday February 21, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
I Chew Chew Chew You
Where: Hot Art Wet City (2206 Main)
What: Pizza Punks zine and Hot Art Wet City bring you a group art show tribute to your favourite food: pizza! Show pizza how much you love it with this Valentine’s show. Paintings, drawings and digital works depicting the beauty that is pizza.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Games People Play
Where: Kimoto Gallery
What: Board game art by Michael Soltis.
Runs until: Saturday February 27, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
The (Post) Mistress
Where: BMO Theatre Centre
What: Set in the fictional Northern Ontario town of Lovely, The (Post) Mistress is a fun and quirky one-woman cabaret-style show, peppered with original music. Marie-Louise is the town’s postal worker. She is charismatic, effervescent, and seems to know everything about everyone in Lovely-and is eager to share all the gossip with the audience.
Runs until: Sunday February 28, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Food Truck February
Where: Vancouver Farmers Markets
What: Experience a world of local street food while shopping for the best selection of seasonal produce the city has to offer.
Runs until: Sunday February 29, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Unsung Heroes Festival
Where: Blue Water Cafe
What: A month-long festival was originally created to bring awareness to local and unique seafoods, and to avoid species that are over-fished or harvested in ways that can damage ocean beds. Try whelks, limpets, barnacles, and other delicious seafood you may have never heard of!
Runs until: Monday February 29, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
Gathering: Chinese New Year Folk Art by Gao Jing
Where: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
What: This show incorporates personal experiences with rich understanding of Chuang Guandong (New Year paintings), and presents them on traditional scrolls.
Runs until: Monday February 29, 2016
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
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
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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
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: 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
Bigmouth<br>photo: Maya Wilsens
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