53 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, February 11

Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 53 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, February 11.

CONCERTS

London rock band White Lies plays the Rickshaw, performing tunes from latest album Friends.

Local jazz ensemble the Maria Ho Quintet presents a Valentine's Day concert presented as a live radio show at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre.

Vancouver country band the Washboard Union performs at the Commodore with guest host and DJ jaXon Hawks. SOLD OUT.

American hip-hop artist Prof plays the Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of latest album Time Bomb.

Ween tribute band Japanese Cowboy plays the Backstage Lounge, with Crazy Diamonds and Iconix.

Vancouver outlaw-country band Ben Rogers and the Bloodred Yonder plays the WISE Hall.

Bob Marley Birthday Bash at the Grandview Legion features performances by the East Van All Stars, Daveton Jones, Doron Bell, and MC/DJ George Barrett.

BENEFITS

UBC's International Relations Students Association and Kinbrace present an evening in support of Canadian refugees and refugee resettlement, with speakers, performers, prizes, and networking opportunities at Performance Works.

FORUMS

One-day bootcamp at Brainstation Vancouver on how to navigate the Google Analytics platform to access and analyze data meaningful to marketing decisions.

KIDS' STUFF

Interactive traditional storytelling from Kenthen Thomas (Secwepemc), a Northwest Coast themed colouring station, and healthy child-friendly refreshments at Bill Reid Gallery.

SPORTS

The Vancouver Giants take on the Kelowna Rockets in Western Hockey League action at Langley Events Centre.

COMEDY

The Snowed in Comedy Tour at the York Theate features Canadian standup comedians Dan Quinn (above), Pete Zedlacher, Craig Campbell, and Paul Myrehaug.

New York City comedian Gina Brillon performs the third of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

ARTS ETCETERA

Cavalia presents Odysseo, a multimedia performance that uses equestrian arts, stage arts, and high-tech theatrical effects to examine the centuries-old relationship between human and horse, under the white big top at Olympic Village.

Showing at the Fairmont Pacific Rim of Japan Unlayered, an exhibition curated by master Japanese architect Kengo Kuma that presents Japanese traditions alongside contemporary design.

Music and Stories from China at the West Vancouver Memorial Library features the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble and storyteller/comedian Gerardo Avila.

DANCE

Visual artist Anne Riley and dancer Olivia C. Davies engage in explorations of shared story-weaving on themes of ancestral legacy and occupied space at Scotiabank Dance Centre.

Small Stage 35 at the ANZA Club showcases a mashup of genres from hip hop to jazz and urban street to contemporary, co-curated by Vancouver choreographer Heather Dotto.

Momentum at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts features three evenings of dance choreographed and performed by students in the School for the Contemporary Arts.

MUSIC

Michael Krajewski conducts the Vancouver Symphony and vocalists Jonathan Beedle and A.J. Swearingen (above) in a concert tribute to Simon and Garfunkel.

Internationally renowned classical guitarist Thibault Garcia makes his Vancouver debut at Pyatt Hall.

The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra performs chamber music with a colourful fusion twist at Presentation House Theatre.

Jon Washburn and five guest conductors lead pianist Stephen Smith and the Vancouver Chamber Choir in a performance of works by Palestrina, Victoria, Lassus, Josquin, Schubert, Schumann, Fauré, and Elgar at Ryerson United Church.

Vancouver Cantonese Opera presents a showcase of select arias from the Cantonese opera repertoire at Norman Rothstein Theatre.

GALLERIES

Sonny Assu creates a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Oh, How I Long For Home, Marianne Nicolson's installation at the Teck Gallery, addresses a persistent idea of the city as a conflicted promise for indigenous people.

MUSEUMS

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 130 diverse cultural garments, from Japanese kimonos, to colourful Indian saris, to the elaborate feather cloaks of the Maori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

At the Museum of Vancouver, you can explore the cultural power and significance of collecting through wall-to-wall displays of unconventional objects.

THEATRE

Theatre Passe Muraille presents Elle, the story of a young French noblewoman who is abandoned on a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland in 1542, at the Firehall Arts Centre.

Performance at the BMO Theatre Centre of the Arts Club's production of William Faulkner's Southern gothic masterpiece, As I Lay Dying. Part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

As part of Boca del Lupo's micro-performance series, creator-performer Karen Hines presents Crawlspace, a darkly comedic, cautionary tale about the brutal battleground of real estate. 

The hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots--which takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan--is at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Classic Chic presents a performance at Pacific Theatre of Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather, a tale of power, betrayal, and honour that combines Shakespearean drama and Coppola's movie masterpiece.

Performance at Studio 58 of 42nd Street, the song-and-dance fable of Broadway featuring songs like “We’re in the Money”, “Lullaby of Broadway”, and, of course, “42nd Street”.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents a performance of The Audience, Peter Morgan's play that explores imaginary glimpses into the audiences between Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her prime ministers, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

United Players present a performance at Jericho Arts Centre of Sunday in the Park with George, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine about the relationship between an artist and his lover and model.

Metro Theatre presents the final performance of Crossing Delancey, a romantic comedy about a Jewish grandmother who sets out to find a nice Jewish boy for her granddaughter to marry.

The Vagabond Players present a performance at Bernie Legge Theatre of Towards Zero, a murder mystery that probes the psychology of a jealous psychopathic killer.

Align Entertainment presents a performance at the Michael J. Fox Theatre of The Little Mermaid, the large-scale musical about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea.

Theatre Conspiracy presents the final performance of Foreign Radical, an interactive theatrical game that explores security, profiling, freedom of expression, and privacy in the age of cybersurveillance, at Studio 1398.

The rock-tinged musical Spring Awakening--which tells the story is of adolescent sexual awakening among a group of school children living in a socially repressive setting--is at PAL Theatre.

Exit 22 presents the final performance of Fawly Towers, director Bob Frazer's comedy about a quirky hotel run by acerbic Basil and his wife Sybil, at BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts.

ATTRACTIONS

At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

Cypress Mountain features skiing and snowboarding lessons, snowtubing park, cross-country ski trails, downhill skiing and snowboarding trails, and snowshoeing tours.

Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.

Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean, as well as skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, mountain ziplines, and the Peak of Christmas.

Robson Square Ice Rink offers free ice-skating in downtown Vancouver, with skate rental available.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

Mount Seymour features skiing and snowboarding lessons from the Mt. Seymour Ski and Snowboard School, tubing and tobogganing, and snowshoe trails.

The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

MOVIES

The 20th annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival presents screenings at the Rio Theatre, Cinematheque, Centennial Theatre, and Inlet Theatre.

Screenings at Vancity Theatre of The Oscar Shorts: Live Action and.

Screening at Vancity Theatre of Neruda, Chilean director Pablo Larrain's drama about an inspector tasked with hunting down Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda.

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