74 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, March 18

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      Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 74 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, March 18.

       

      CONCERTS

      The Dreadnoughts play the second of two nights at the Rickshaw, with guests Los Furios, Space Chimp, K Man and the 45s, and Devil in the Wood Shack.

      Portland folk-pop trio Joseph plays the Biltmore, touring in support of latest album I'm Alone, No You're Not.

      American indie-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah plays the Imperial, touring in support of its latest album The Tourist.

      The Victoria B.C. Ska Society presents L.A. ska band Save Ferris at Venue, with guests the Elixxxirs and Vista Kicks.

      Coastal Jazz presents New York jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein in the second of two nights at Frankie's Jazz.

      Los Angeles-based funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers play Rogers Arena, with guests Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue.

      Atlanta-based punk rockers the Coat Hangers play Fortune Sound Club, with guests the Birth Defects.

      Vancouver electro-soul act I M U R celebrates the release of its debut album Little Death at Celebrities.

      ABBA tribute band Abbamania plays the River Rock Show Theatre, with Bee Gees tribute band Night Fever and Cher impersonator Kara Chandler.

      French-Canadian folk-soul singer-songwriter Bobby Bazini plays the Rio Theatre.

      Vancouver psychedelic-folk singer-songwriter Ora Cogan performs at Hidden City Records, with guests Ian William Craig and Missy Donaldson.

      Jamaican reggae star Chronixx and his band Zinc Fence Redemption play the Commodore, with guest Tank Gyal.

      Global-groove music by DJ Michael Laycock, DJ Julio Montero, and percussionist Sacha Levin at the Backstage Lounge's Worldbeat Sessions.

      CelticFest Vancouver features music by the Wheat in the Barley, Bad to the Bow, Pat Chessell Band, North Shore Celtic Ensemble, the Shenanigans, Tiller's Folly, and headliners the Paperboys at the Celtic Village at Robson Square.

       

      BENEFITS

      Fundraising scavenger hunt at Cypress Mountain, with proceeds to the Chill Foundation, which inspires youth to overcome challenges through board sports. 

       

      FOOD & DRINK

      Enjoy local vendors at Lonsdale Quay's Lucky March Market, and sample Irish stew from Sharky's Chophouse and stout from Green Leaf Brewing Company.

       

      FORUMS

      New York jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein performs and talks about improvising around the melody at a free clinic at Frankie's Jazz.

      Real Talk Summit at Vancouver Convention Centre features conversations with business trailblazers, philanthropists, and leaders about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. Keynote speaker is entrepreneur, investor, and author Gary Vaynerchuk.

      The fourth annual Vancouver Web Fest continues at Performance Works, featuring workshops, screenings, pitch sessions, panels with industry experts, and an awards gala.

      Free event at Creekside Community Centre inspires young women to explore career options by connecting them with mentors who have created careers.

      Sign up for a 30-minute appointment to receive individualized help using iPads, Androids, and other mobile devices at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

      Respectfully discuss death as a natural part of life at a Death Café at Mountain View Cemetery's Celebration Hall.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      Learn to weave cedar-bark bracelets at an all-ages workshop with professional artist Todd Giihlgiigaa DeVries at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Art.

      Family-friendly activities at Fraser River Discovery Centre's Transportation Day include an import-export game, train crafts, build-a-boat and build-a-plane sessions, a scavenger hunt, exhibitors, and guest Salty the Seagull.

       

      SPORTS

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

       

      TAKE ACTION

      Pipeline Protest Party at the Russian Hall features music by the Murray Porter Band, Michael Fraser, M' Girl Music, Ronnie Dean Harris, and Chimerik, with proceeds to the Coldwater and Tsleilwaututh Nation legal-defense fund against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

       

      COMEDY

      Vancouver comedian Graham Clark performs the third of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.

      Palestinian-Canadian comedian Eman El-Husseini performs the third of three nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

      Comedian Abdul Aziz tries to make sense of the world's most treasured works of art, with little to no formal training, at Hot Art Wet City Gallery.

      Damian Johnson hosts comedy by Hector Rivas, Chris Allen, Vanessa Woznow, and Colin Sharp at the British Ex-Servicemens Association.

      Comedian Brian Aylward performs with opening comic Michael Lynch and guests Simon King and Jane Stanton at Pat's Pub and Brewhouse.

      Vancouver standup and improv comedians battle for your laughs at Little Mountain Gallery's Bloodfeud.

       

      LITERARY

      Aboriginal storyteller-in-residence Jules Koostachin shares highlights from recent multimodal storytelling projects and walks you through her work in the areas of writing, documentary film, and media installation at Vancouver Public Library.

      Evening of literature, art, and video games at Richmond's Lipont Art Centre features readings by Jane Shi, Danielle LaFrance, Raoul Fernandes, Adrienne Gruber, Hasan Namir, Mohamad, Kebbewar, Aidan Chafe, Christopher Evans, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, and Curtis LeBlanc.

       

      DANCE

      Under the leadership of artistic director Emily Molnar, Ballet BC Program 2 features world premieres by choreographers Wen Wei Wang, Company 605, Lesley Telford, and the return of critically acclaimed Solo Echo by Crystal Pite.

      The Vancouver International Dance Festival continues, featuring performances at various Vancouver venues by world-class dance artists.

       

      GALLERIES

      Pacific Crossings at the Vancouver Art Gallery features works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s.

      Susan Point: Spindle Whorl at the Vancouver Art Gallery surveys Point’s entire career through more than a hundred artworks that take the spindle whorl as their starting point.

      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.

      Retainers of Anarchy at the Vancouver Art Gallery features new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance.

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

       

      MUSIC

      Jeff Tyzik conducts the Mambo Kings and the Vancouver Symphony in a program of music by Piazzolla, Ginastera, Gershwin, Santana, and Dave Brubeck at the Orpheum Theatre.

      The Sonic Boom Festival 2017, a showcase of B.C.’s contemporary and classical music scene featuring composer Dorothy Chang, the Erato Ensemble, and musician Marina Hasselberg, continues at various Vancouver venues.

       

      MUSEUMS

      Amazonia: The Rights of Nature at at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.

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

      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.

       

      THEATRE

      Final performance at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts of What A Young Wife Ought To Know, about a young working-class wife who has a lot to learn about love, sex, and birth control.

      UBC Theatre presents a performance at Frederic Wood Theatre of Les Belles-Soeurs, Michel Tremblay's play about an unexpected windfall that ends up breeding resentment among a woman and her friends.

      Final performance at the Cultch of Peninsula Productions' Belfast Girls, about five young women who escape the Irish famine in 1850 aboard a ship bound for Australia.

      Standing Room Only Theatre presents the final performance at Havana Theatre of Almost a Stepmom, Keara Barnes's darkly comic tale about the ups and downs of becoming a stepmother.

      Western Gold Theatre presents a performance at PAL Theatre of its staged reading of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night, directed by Anna Hagan.

      Carousel Theatre for Young People presents a kid-friendly stage version of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat at the Waterfront Theatre.

      Performance at Douglas College's Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre of A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare's comedy of errors.

      Preview at the Firehall Arts Centre of Refuge, Mary Vingoe's provocative story of the pitfalls of seeking sanctuary in today’s suspicious world, directed by Donna Spencer.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

      Soar from coast-to-coast across the Canadian landscape with a 25-minute ride featuring effects such as wind and scents at FlyOver Canada.

      The Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition features over 250 privately-owned bikes from around the world.

      Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

      Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

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

      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.

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

      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 Antarctica: Ice and Sky, director Luc Jacquet's portrait of French glaciologist Claude Lorius.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Tony Palmer's documentary Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, which captures the late musician and poet at his creative peak, on his 1972 European concert tour.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Weirdos, Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald's quirky coming-of-age road movie set in 1976 Nova Scotia.

      Screening at the Rio Theatre of director-actor Nathaniel Arcand's short film Sister, Daughter, with pre-show performances by Friends of Change and Enter-Tribal.

      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.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of The Skyjacker's Tale, Jamie Kastner's documentary about Ishmael Muslim Ali (aka Ronald LaBeet), former petty crook, U.S. soldier, and Black Panther militant.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees, an advocacy documentary featuring botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of director Ceyda Torun's documentary Kedi, which uses specially crafted camera rigs and an extreme measure of observational patience to capture all of the hard-to-reach places where cats go in Istanbul.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Linda Ohama's documentary A New Moon Over Tohoku, which chronicles the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident that devastated the coastal Japanese region of Tohoku.

       

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