Dancers from the Guangdong Modern Dance Company. | Photo courtesy of the Vancouver International Dance Festival
The snow is melting and the weather is pleasant – so what excuse is there to not get out and do something fun? Treat yourself to a classical concert at the Vancouver Symphony Opera or explore the architecture of Daniel Evan White at the Museum of Vancouver. If you like to explore, come learn more about the fascinating pictographs of Indian Arm.
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Voice After and Mustard Seed
March 8, 8:00 p.m.
Vancouver Playhouse
601 Hamilton St., Vancouver
604-662-4966
www.vidf.ca
The Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GDMC) for a very special opener to the festival. In Voice After, a work choreographed by its resident choreographer, Liu Qi, the dancers depict the tranquility of ocean waves, flocks of gulls and the hidden storm surging below. Then, the evening culminates with the premiere of Mustard Seed – a spectacular performance featuring dancers from GDMC and the Vancouver-based Goh Ballet.
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International Women’s Day Celebration
March 6, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
The Hycroft
1489 McRae Ave., Vancouver
info@pirs.bc.ca
Co-sponsored by Pacific Immigrant Resources Society and The University Women’s Club of Vancouver, this event features four accomplished speakers who have each, in their own ways, transformed lives and empowered women. The speakers are: women’s rights activist Patsy George, diversity specialist Meharoona Ghani, actress and writer Carmen Aguirre and educator and dancer Rosa Tatiana Celis.
Viviane Hagner. | Photo courtesy of Vancouver Symphony
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VSO Musically Speaking: Glazunov Violin Concerto
March 8, 8 p.m.–10 p.m.
The Orpheum
601 Smithe St., Vancouver
604-876-3434
www.vancouversymphony.ca
One of the most critically-acclaimed violinists of her generation, Viviane Hagner makes her Vancouver Symphony Orchestra debut performing Glazunov’s brilliant Violin Concerto. Other pieces to be performed include Kodaly’s exquisite Dances of Galanta, which movingly recall the composer’s childhood in what was then his northern Hungarian hometown.
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Good Day Sunshine
March 9, 3 p.m.–7 p.m.
Studio 700, CBC Office
700 Hamilton St., Vancouver
www.vi-co.org
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra does the Beatles and more! Come join this musical celebration of spring: a fun afternoon of groovy folk, pop and traditional tunes, performed on instruments from all over the planet. Featured performers include Ali Razmy, Bic Hoang and Lan Tung.
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Pictographs of Indian Arm
March 12, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Special Collections (7th Floor), Central Library
350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Come and take a photographic tour of the pictographs (rock art) of Indian Arm, a steep-sided glacial fjord in British Columbia. The tour will be led by author Ralph Drew, who has studied these archaeological sites for his recently published book, Forest and Fjord.
Joyfully I See Ten Caribou, by Joseph Pootoogook. Stonecut on Japanese wove paper. | Photo by Scott Massey, courtesy of Burnaby Art Gallery
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First Nations and Inuit Prints
Until April 6
Burnaby Art Gallery
6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby
Explore and discover Native art in a new exhibition by the Burnaby Art Gallery, which has recently received the gift of a significant collection of First Nations and Inuit prints that were created during the 1970s to the early 1980s. This exhibition features masterpieces by Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona, Joseph and Kananginak Pootoogook, Richard Hunt, Bill Reid and Roy Henry Vickers, among others.
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The Inside Story
March 10, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Alice MacKay Room, Central Library
350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Are you interested in writing or illustrating books for young readers? Join seven professional children’s authors and illustrators to find out how they broke into this exciting and competitive field and how they built their careers.
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Play House: The Architecture of Daniel Evan White
Until March 23
Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver
604-736-4431
www.museumofvancouver.com
Daniel Evan White knew exactly how to play with houses. The modest Vancouver architect drove innovation along the West Coast from 1960 to 2012, creating homes that his clients claim were life changing. In the first retrospective of his career, Play House ventures through Daniel Evan White’s mind, hands and eyes to explore the creative process that transforms the dream home from desire into reality.
A house designed by Daniel Evan White. | Photo courtesy of Museum of Vancouver
