65 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, February 25

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      Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 65 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, February 25.

       

      CONCERTS

      German hard-rock guitarist and former Scorpions member Uli Jon Roth performs the group's Toyko Tapes album at the Red Room Ultrabar.

      Canadian folk-rock band the Rural Alberta Advantage plays the Fox Cabaret.

      The Quannum MCs Tour at the Vogue Theatre features music by Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Lateef the Truthspeaker.

      Canadian world-fusion singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia delivers a mix of Indian and Pakistani grooves, Western jazz, and Saharan blues at Maple Ridge's ACT Arts Centre.

      English alt-rock singer-songwriter Banners plays the Imperial.

      Seattle Afro-beat octet Polyrhythmics plays the Rickshaw.

      Nunavut band the Jerry Cans mixes Inuktitut alt-country, throat singing, folk-rock, and reggae at the Media Club.

      The Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival at Langley's Kwantlen Polytechnic University features performances by Michael Chapdelaine, Itamar Erez, and Kris Schulz.

      American garage-rock band Meatbodies plays the Fortune Sound Club.

      Beatles tribute band the Day Trippers celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Centennial Theatre.

       

      ETCETERA

      The Eastside Flea Market at the Ellis Building features over 50 local vendors, five artisan showrooms, a food truck, an outdoor courtyard, music, and pinball.

      The B.C. Home and Garden Show at BC Place features more than 425 exhibitors and features, seminars and live demos by Vancouver culinary masters, and home, horticulture, and landscaping specialists such as HGTV's Carson Arthur (above) and Bryan Baeumler.

       

      FASHION

      Anumation, Mahari Collection, and Jessie Sohpaul present an exclusive art and fashion showcase at the Playground.

       

      FORUMS

      Yoga class with Clara Roberts Oss at Semperviva Yoga Kits Beach Studio covers techniques that can help activate, energize, focus, and ground you on and off the mat.

      Panelists at SFU Segal Graduate School of Business discuss issues such as the erosion of B.C.'s employment standards laws, the need for better apprenticeship programs, and green jobs.

      A panel of transportation experts at John Braithwaite Community Centre discuss how North Vancouver traffic and transit issues impacting people's lives.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      ArtStarts presents Sand Northrup in an interactive performance and hands-on workshop at Artstarts that features a mix of physical comedy and circus skills.

      Royal City Literary Arts Society presents story time, writing, and discussion for children eight to 12 years of age at New Westminster's Gallery at Queen's Park.

       

      SPORTS

      The Vancouver Canucks take on the San Jose Sharks in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.

       

      COMEDY

      American standup comedian and actor Colin Qinnn performs the second of two nights at the Rio Theatre as part of JFL NorthWest.

      American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer Sarah Silverman performs at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as part of JFL NorthWest.

      Canadian comedian, TV host, and actor Jon Dore performs the second of two nights at the Comedy Mix as part of JFL NorthWest.

      Andy Kindler hosts the second of two nights of alternative-comedy anarchy at the Rio Theatre as part of JFL NorthWest.

      American standup comedian Todd Glass performs the third of three nights at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club as part of JFL NorthWest.

      American comedian and podcast host Tom Segura performs as the Vogue Theatre as part of JFL NorthWest.

      American standup comedian Aparna Nancherla performs at the Biltmore Cabaret as part of JFL NorthWest.

      Damian Johnson hosts standup comedy by headliner Cliff Prang and guests Nancy Ho, Ed Hill, and Alissa MC at the British Ex-Servicemens Association.

      Vancouver comedians perform original parody songs at Little Mountain Gallery's Weird Al Karaoke.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      Panel discussion with George Rammell, Nika Collison, and Dr. Martine Reid at the Bill Reid Gallery explores the continued significance of Reid's final major work, The Spirit of Haida Gwai.

      The Chutzpah Festival, a celebration of Jewish performing arts featuring dance, theatre, comedy, and music by local, Canadian, and international artists, continues at various Vancouver venues.

      The Talking Stick Festival, an indigenous performing-arts festival featuring film, theatre, dance, celebration of powwow culture, an aboriginal artisan fair, a talking circles, and workshops, continues at various Vancouver venues.

      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.

      Screaming Chicken presents performances by more than 20 burlesque artists at the WISE Hall's Taboo Revue.

       

      DANCE

      The Incubator Project features works by Burgundy Brixx, Scheherazaad Cooper, Vanessa Goodman, and Dayna Szyndrowski at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

      DanceHouse presents Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in a performance of works by Foniadakis, Galli, and Pederneiras at the Vancouver Playhouse.

      The Mars Hotel & Kwan Yin features performances by Ziyian Kwan, Noam Gagnon, Handmade Blade, Lihuen Kwan, and Peggy Lee at the Firehall Arts Centre.

       

      MUSIC

      Six emerging artists perform works by Elgar, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Prokofeiv, and Sibelius at Shaughnessy Heights United Church's VPO Youth Concerto Competition.

      The Vancouver Cantata Singers perform the music of Palestrina, Allegri, and Pizzetti at Holy Rosary Cathedral.

      The Vancouver Bach Choir, the Bergmann Piano Duo, and Fringe Percussion present Carl Orff's theatrical cantata Carmina Burana, Dove’s The Passing of the Year, and Bergmann’s Tubular Bells at the Orpheum Theatre.

      Burnaby Lyric Opera presents Bizet's classic opera Carmen at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Sung in French with English surtitles.

      The Vancouver Chamber Players Trio performs trios of Beethoven and Brahms at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

       

      GALLERIES

      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.

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

       

      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

      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”.

      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 Jericho Theatre of Liz Lochhead's Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, a raw telling of the familiar tale of the enmity between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.

      As part of the Talking Stick Festival, Urban Ink presents the opening of Margo Kane's indigenous Canadian play Moonlodge at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

      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.

      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.

      The School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU presents its version of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

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

      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.

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

      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.

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

      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

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Raoul Peck's documentary I Am Not Your Negro, which examines the issue of race in America through the too-short lives of Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X. 

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of My Life As a Zucchini, director Claude Barras's stop-motion animated film about a young boy who is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

      The Cinematheque presents screenings of the first two features by acclaimed Japanese auteur Takeshi “Beat” KitanoViolent Cop and Boiling Point, in brand-new digital restorations.

      See the premiere of the six Crazy8s 2017 short films made in just eight days at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts.

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

       

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