Calendar of Events

Vive les voyageurs Winter Festival January 28-29 Historic Boot Camp & Historic Half Marathon February 18-19 Spring Break March 10-25 Easter Egg Hunt April 8; Easter Egg Hunt 1 pm Victoria Day May 21 Learn to Camp Weekend June 16 (pre-registration required) Aboriginal Day at Fort Langley June 23 Canada Day July 1 Parks Day July 21 The 2012 Prospera Valley Granfondo July 22 Ride into History Jul...

What is a museum collection? How does it reveal the personalities and particulars of an institution? For eighty years, the Vancouver Art Gallery has been acquiring artworks, and drawn exclusively from this permanent collection. An Autobiography of Our Collection considers the fascinating history of collecting at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The exhibition uses the concept of autobiography to explor...

Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata Written by Bill Richardson and Veda Hille Presented with the PuSh Festival Your personal ads, set to music! Irregular hats for cats, mounted lobsters, autographed copies of the Bible: this premiere from composer Veda Hille and the CBC’s Bill Richardson explores what humanity has to offer and turns it into sidesplitting musical fare. Who ...

Calendar Girls By Tom Firth The revealing 1 story When middle-aged Annie Clarke loses her husband to leukemia, her best friend suggests a—ahem—cheeky new way to raise money for research. But their fellow Women’s Institute members balk at baring—well, almost baring—it all! Gradually, though, these prim tea-and-crumpets ladies “of a certain age” come ar...

Intimate Apparel By Lynn Nottage A richly textured love story It’s 1905. New York City. 35-year-old Esther is an independent African-American woman who makes a good living sewing exquisite undergarments and corsets for brides-to-be. But she yearns to wear one of her own creations. When a mysterious stranger from the Caribbean strikes up a pen-pal relationship, the romance that blooms p...

Bill Reid was in awe of the elegant traditional Northern-style sea-going canoe and what it represents visually, symbolically, and culturally. To him, the canoe was more than a means of transportation; it was art. Reid, who called himself “a maker of things”, was convinced that the canoe played a generic role in the evolution of Northwest Coast art. In his words, “Western art star...

Tale as old as time, 1 as it can be. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to you! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers inc...

Vancouver's newest festival! Blessed with 3 world class ski resorts and a vibrant downtown core, Vancouver offers slope lovers the premier destination to cover all their needs. City & Slope adds music, special 3 slope passes, light shows and on-slope events to an already beautiful City and North Shore. There are tons of free and ticketed events happening throughout the city between Februa...

Encore! A Musical Improv Series will have audiences singing the praises of improvisational comedy. New and original music-based formats will be presented every other week. New genres, themes and formats will tantalize tour improv ear drums, so be prepared to hear your favourite musical genres re-invented in a way you’ve never heard before. Encore! Plays every Wednesday at 7:30pm.

Events at the Fairview Pub, February 8-11, 2012 For more information, check out the website at http://www.fairviewpub.ca/ WED. FEB 8 @  9 pm - Acoustic Open Mic Night - Host Patrick Jacobson THURS. FEB 9 -  6 to 9 pm - Live Swing Jazz with "The John Nolan Trio"  THURS. FEB. 9  @ 10 pm -  Live original funky R&B with "BRICKHOUSE" FRI. F...

Chelsea Hotel... the music and words of Leonard Cohen Previewing: February 3-7, 2012 Opening February 8 and running to March 3, 2012 Leonard Cohen's powerful and inspirational music and lyrics are the heartbeat for CHELSEA HOTEL, an illusory world full of enchantment, desire, passion and love. As the Writer seeks inspiration for a new song, muses from his past battle for his attention while ...

Visitors will get a glimpse of Vancouver's big city lights of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s in this exhibition of the MOV's neon sign collection. The remarkable signs, some lit for the first time since they were rescued from the junk yard, are accompanied by the tale of how the city went through a war of aesthetics that resulted in a transition of the very way Vancouver imagines itself. In this ...

For 15 years, Rogers Arena has been thrilling and entertaining fans. For 15 years, our Vancouver Canucks have battled on the ice in the race to capture the title of Stanley Cup Champions. For 15 years, we have staged the best entertainment the music industry has to offer. We have opened our doors and welcomed over 21 million people. We have even reveled in Olympic gold when the Canadian women's a...

3 course shared brunch DJ spinning from 11AM Pitchers of sangria, mojitos and caesars Sponsored by Veuve Clicquot $18 per person* January 29 February 12 February 26 *excludes alcohol, tax and gratuity

No Hearts... No Flowers... No Mercy! The Vancouver TheatreSports® League presents Vancouver's most ruthless, daring and competitive improv: The 24th Annual Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. A ruthless improvisational TheatreSports tournament. Featuring both local and international talent, St. Valentine's Day Massacre pits world-class improv teams from across the continent and around the world ...

New Animal Choreography by Dana Gingras (Animals of Distinction, The Holy Body Tattoo) Performed by The 605 Collective “…605 Collective emerged like an antidote, kicking it up more than a few notches. The five dancers that comprise 605 are electrifying… Influenced by everything from hip hop to ballet, they delivered in a stunning way” - The Seattlest   New...

This small sample is a preview of the almost 2,000 artifacts that make up the Vancouver 2010 Legacy Collection. Visitors will enjoy reminiscing over the mascots (highlight is on Miga), the Torch Relay and the very popular red mittens, the Four Host First Nations, button collecting, the medals. Please Note: This is a very SMALL exhibition, including five cases of memorabilia.