Things to Do in Vancouver this Weekend: March 9, 2017

March 9, 2017
DV
By Destination Vancouver
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This weekend, celebrate women, sports, and culture in Vancouver. International Women’s Day continues with a film festival, art, and music. The Rugby Sevens are on, along with wheelchair rugby on Sunday. The Art Gallery is throwing a party on Friday where you can see art by people from Hong Kong and Coast Salish backgrounds, and the MOA has a show about Indigenous South American culture.


Friday March 10

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin.
Runs until: January 28, 2018

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

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Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: This five day celebration, beginning on International Women’s Day, is organized by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, a volunteer-run not-for-profit society founded in 1989 to advocate for, celebrate and promote women working in screen-based media.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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ReFUSE
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Live performances in the Gallery spaces, DJs and unexpected surprises make FUSE Vancouver’s favourite art party—a place to see some of the best in local performance art, theatre, contemporary dance and music.

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Guided Tour: Women’s Art, Women’s Issues
Where: Bill Reid Gallery
What: Join Curator, Beth Carter and Education Programmer, Samantha Nock in a guided tour and discussion of the themes of Indigenous women’s art and issues in theJudy Chartrand: What a Wonderful World exhibition.

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Vancouver Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament
Where: Richmond Oval
What: For fans it’s one of the few opportunities to see some of the best quad athletes in the world play the fast paced sport poetically named murderball. For some players, it’s an opportunity to compete and train among the best in the world. For veterans, it’s training ground for the World Championships and the Olympics.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Kids Get in For Free
Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden and Bloedel Conservatory
What: Take advantage of up to two free child admissions with the purchase of a regular price adult, senior, or youth admission at VanDusen Garden or Bloedel Conservatory.
Runs until: Friday March 31, 2017

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Black Mountain
Where: The Vogue
What: Local psychedelic rock. With guests, Destroyer and zZz.

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CelticFest
Where: Various locations
What: A rich cultural celebration of the seven Celtic nations’ kinship and community.The festival showcases the best of Celtic music, dance, spoken word as well as film, foodand fare and the much-anticipated St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Runs until: Sunday March 18, 2017

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Le Gala des Rendez-vous de la Francophonie Présenté par Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver
Where: The Cultch
What: The 9th edition of Vancouver’s annual Francophone comedy event is back. Presented by the Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, in collaboration with Juste pour rire (Just for Laughs), Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie and the Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue, this show brings together well-known and emerging Franco-Canadian talents to delight the audience with a memorable evening of comedy, in French.

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Vetta Chamber Music: In Praise of Women
Where: West Point Grey United Church
What: To celebrate International Women’s Day – a program of all woman musicians performing compositions by women or inspired by them. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Trentemøller
Where: Venue
What: Danish electronic music.

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East Side Flea
Where: 1024 Main St.
What: Over 50 local vendors, food trucks, a live deejay, artisan showrooms, seasonal drink specials, pinball and more.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Where: The Commodore Ballroom
What: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings originally formed in 1996 when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett.

Saturday March 11

HSBC Canada Sevens

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HSBC Canada Sevens (Saturday)
Where: BC Place Stadium, 10:00am
What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Abraham in Motion
Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
What: The multi award-winning Abraham entwines a sensual and provocative choreographic vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behaviour and all things visual, creating work that is manipulated and molded into something fresh and unique.Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Monday March 13, 2017

Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Where: Rogers Arena, 7:00pm
What: It’s a hockey game! Go, cheer, have a drink, wear matching shirts.

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HSBC Canada Sevens Prop House Party
Where: The Commodore Ballroom, 7:00pm
What: Reviving the brightest and straight-up fun decade for one night only, this year Prop House will transform the Commodore Ballroom into what can only be remembered as the best Video Dance Party of the 90’s (legally it’s not Electric Circus, but pretty close). Come as you are or suit-up in your best Rugby Sevens ‘fancy dress’ costume.

Alessio Bax with the VSO
Where: Orpheum Theatre
What: Maestro Tovey conducts a program that features the music of three American composers and one of their most accomplished counterparts from Canada. The Second Piano Concerto of Edward MacDowell, a composer/pianist championed and influenced by Liszt, is an eclectic, triumphant, quintessentially American work that will be performed by remarkable Italian pianist Alessio Bax, and VSO Principal Clarinet Jeanette Jonquil stars in Bernstein’s funky, jazzy Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.

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Moonage Kingdom: Sailor Moon Inspired Burlesque
Where: The Rio
What: Inspired by the original Japanese version, Moonage Kingdom Live combines pop culture magic with messages of positivity, self-love and female power.

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Sebastian Maniscalco
Where: The Vogue
What: One of comedy’s rising new stars. Born and raised in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, he moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue his comedy career. There, he employed the work ethic his father instilled in him to build his name – simultaneously working as a waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel – and eventually drew the attention of actor Vince Vaughn, who cast him in Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show. Maniscalco also stars in his own wildly popular The Pete and Sebastian Show podcast every Friday night.

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Spectral Theater’s Late Night Double Feature
Where: Red Gate Granville Island
What: Two diabolical scripts by local writers performed in the style of old radio shows. Stories are brought to life by a talented cast of voice actors, accompanied by a team of imaginative sound designers.

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Insomnia 2017
Where: The Pacific Coloseum
What: It’s a dance party, featuring Hardwell, Laidback Luke, Ookay, Mark Sixma and Amozfears.

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Smash Boom Pow
Where: The Biltmore
What: Local pop/electronica.

Stop the Pipelines Start the Music. Featuring the Boom Booms
Where: The Imperial
What: Benefit concert for Unist’ot’en camp. All proceeds go to the building of the Healing Lodge at the Unist’ot’en Camp in Northern BC.

Sunday March 12

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Kitty Nights Spring Burlesque Showcase
Where: The Biltmore
What: Featuring ten different performances of innovative burlesque in a wide range of styles! Glamour, nerdlesque, comedic, dramatic, gothic… et cetera.

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The Wood Brothers
Where: The Imperial
What: American roots and blues band featuring Oliver and Chris (Medeski Martin & Wood) Wood, on tour to support their latest release “Paradise”.

HSBC Canada Sevens

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HSBC Canada Sevens (Sunday)
Where: BC Place Stadium, 10:00am
What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement.

Archgoat & Blasphemy
Where: The Rickshaw
What: Finnish and Canadian black metal co-headliners with guests Valkyrja, Weregoat and Hellfire Deathcult.

VSO: Inspector Tovey
Where: The Orpheum, 2:00pm
What: For kids – Maestro Bramwell Tovey dons the Inspector hat to investigate the instruments of a symphony orchestra, in a fun and educational concert centred on Saint- Saëns’s famous Carnival of the Animals.

Ongoing

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The Men in White (ends this weekend)
Where: Arts Club Theatre
What: When Abdul’s cricket team decides to take action to end their losing streak, they talk of recruiting Abdul’s brother, Hasan, who is an expert at the sport. But bringing Hasan from India to Canada will take more than just a plane ticket, and not all members of the team agree with the high cost.
Runs until: Saturday March 11, 2017

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (ends this weekend)
Where: VanCity Theatre
What: This five day celebration, beginning on International Women’s Day, is organized by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, a volunteer-run not-for-profit society founded in 1989 to advocate for, celebrate and promote women working in screen-based media.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Vancouver Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament (ends this weekend)
Where: Richmond Oval
What: For fans it’s one of the few opportunities to see some of the best quad athletes in the world play the fast paced sport poetically named murderball. For some players, it’s an opportunity to compete and train among the best in the world. For veterans, it’s training ground for the World Championships and the Olympics.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Elbow Room Cafe: the Musical (ends this weekend)
Where: The York Theatre
What: A candid look inside the world of Vancouver’s iconic Elbow Room Café, home of raucous service, celebrity sightings, and hearts of gold. This show explores the notion of legacy: how we age together in a technicolour world.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Mizoguchi the Master: Seven Films (ends this weekend)
Where: The Cinematheque
What: One of cinema’s towering talents, and arguably the preeminent master of classic Japanese film (although Ozu and Kurosawa have their champions, to be sure), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was responsible for some of the most ravishingly beautiful films ever made.
Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

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Abraham in Motion (ends this week)
Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
What: The multi award-winning Abraham entwines a sensual and provocative choreographic vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behaviour and all things visual, creating work that is manipulated and molded into something fresh and unique.Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.
Runs until: Monday March 13, 2017

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17th Annual Chutzpah! Festival (ends this week)
Where: Various locations
What: Breathtaking dance, discerning theatre, hilarious comedy and globally-celebrated music highlight this year’s festival with world-class performances and workshops by international, Canadian and local artists.
Runs until: Wednesday March 15, 2017

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Bad People: Portraits of the Punishable
Where: Hot Art Wet City
What: Sadly, it is the final show of this fantastic little gallery. Come see the worst, the naughtiest, the darkest, the damnedest, the shady, the skittish, the last and the least, yourself. We know you’ll take a thing or two away. With miniature pieces and their miniature prices, it may even be some art.
Runs until: Saturday March 18, 2017

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CelticFest
Where: Various locations
What: A rich cultural celebration of the seven Celtic nations’ kinship and community.The festival showcases the best of Celtic music, dance, spoken word as well as film, foodand fare and the much-anticipated St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Runs until: Sunday March 18, 2017

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Haroon Mirza
Where: The Contemporary Art Gallery
What: The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by British artist Haroon Mirza.
Runs until: Sunday March 19, 2016

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Vancouver International Dance Festival
Where: Various locations
What: A broad spectrum of dance presentation ranging from the slow introspection of butoh to the dynamic precision of ballet.
Runs until: Saturday March 25, 2017

Judy Chartrand, What a Wonderful World
Where: The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
What: Her beautiful and provocative work presents her own personal history and insights into life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and commentary on racism and post–colonial relations between Indigenous and non–Indigenous cultures.
Runs until: Saturday March 25, 2016

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Kids Get in For Free
Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden and Bloedel Conservatory
What: Take advantage of up to two free child admissions with the purchase of a regular price adult, senior, or youth admission at VanDusen Garden or Bloedel Conservatory.
Runs until: Friday March 31, 2017

Layers of Influence

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Layers of Influence
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: This stunning exhibition will explore clothing’s inherent evidence of human ingenuity, creativity and skill, drawing from MOA’s textile collection — the largest collection in Western Canada — to display a global range of materials, production techniques and adornments across different cultures and time frames.
Runs until: Sunday April 9, 2017

vancouver-special

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Vancouver Special
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: The first iteration of this series and it features works by 40 artists produced within the last five years—Vancouver’s post-Olympic period. The exhibition includes many emerging artists as well as those who are more established but whose ideas were prescient. Some are recent arrivals to Vancouver, while others are long-term residents who have already made significant contributions. Others are nomadic, less settled in one place and are working energetically between several locations.
Runs until: Monday April 17, 2016

Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market

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Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market
Where: Nat Bailey Stadium
What: Don’t fret the summers Farmers markets packing up – winter is here, and you can still shop local for fresh produce, preserves, baked goods, and crafts.
Runs until: Saturday April 22, 2017

Hastings Park Farmers Market

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Hastings Park Farmers Market
Where: Hastings Park (near the PNE)
What: The Hastings Park Farmers Market features a great selection of local produce; nursery items, fish, meat & dairy; artisan prepared foods, baking and treats; local crafts, and of course, food trucks.
Runs until: Sunday April 30, 2017

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Susan Point: Spindle Whorl
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: Since the early 1980s, Susan Point has received wide acclaim for her remarkably accomplished oeuvre that forcefully asserts the vitality of Coast Salish culture, both past and present. She has produced an extensive body of prints and an expansive corpus of sculptural work in a wide variety of materials that includes glass, resin, concrete, steel, wood and paper.
Runs until: Sunday May 28, 2017

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Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: June 2017 marks the 20-year anniversary of the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from the United Kingdom to mainland China. In the lead up to the handover, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents immigrated to Canada, many choosing to settle in Vancouver, and among them were a significant number of artists. Pacific Crossings presents works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s.
Runs until: May 28, 2017

Retainers of Anarchy

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Retainers of Anarchy
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery
What: A solo exhibition featuring new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia, a traditional form of martial arts literature, as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance.
Runs until: May 28, 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology
What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin.
Runs until: January 28, 2018

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

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