53 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, March 26

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      Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 53 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, March 26.

       

      CONCERTS

      Canadian indie-rock band Mother Mother plays the second of five shows at the Commodore, with guests guests K.Flay.

      Duo composed of Heather Keizur & Steve Christofferson performs jazz classics and French chansons at Frankie's Jazz.

      American prog-rock singer-songwriter Delicate Steve plays Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of new album This Is Steve.

      Mongolian traditional ensemble Anda Union performs at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

       

      ETCETERA

      Racers make their cars out of beer cans and run them down a giant track at the WISE Hall's Beer Can Derby II.

      See and buy orchids at VanDusen Botanical Garden during the Vancouver Orchid Society's show and sale.

      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 Vancouver Gem and Mineral Show at the PNE Forum features unique gems, fine crystals, rare fossils, handmade jewellery, and lapidary art.

      Over 20 vendors sell new and vintage clothing, jewellery, glassware, art, housewares, oddities, records, knickknacks, and books at the Astoria Pub's East Van Garage Sale.

       

      FASHION

      Film scholar Michael van den Bos screens a collection of clips at Vancity Theatre that represent the world of fashion in film. Other event highlights include a miniature fashion show and a presentation of historical garments by costume historians Ivan Sayers and Claus Jahnke.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      Playdome, Western Canada’s largest indoor carnival, continues at BC Place, with more than 45 rides and attractions, carnival snacks, and games.

      Kids of all ages can experiment through hands-on activities featuring paint, clay, fabric, music, and dance at Vancouver Art Gallery's Family FUSE Weekend.

      Story Theatre Company's Rhymes, Reason, and Rascals at Upstairs River Market features short stories and poems full of wisdom.

       

      TAKE ACTION

      March against racism, Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry, hate propaganda, and the resurgence of fascism at Thornton Park.

       

      COMEDY

      Solo and group sketches at Dusty Flower Shop by Kat Single-Dain, Candy Roberts, Ashley Whitehead, Christache, Nonny P, Alastair Knowles, Aaron Malkin, Travis Bernhardt, and Patrick Kearns. 

      American comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor Marc Maron performs at the Vogue Theatre on his Too Real Tour.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      The closing program for Judy Chartrand's What a Wonderful World exhibition includes a curatorial tour, refreshments, and a chance to interact with the artist.

      Kitty Nights presents an evening of nerdy burlesque by Burgundy Brixx, Kitty Glitter, Riannaconda, Dezi, Lady Marianne Toilette, Midnight-Truffle Black, and Baby LeStrange at the Biltmore Cabaret.

      Artists showcase their work in front of an audience filled with peers, friends, and family at Guilt and Co.'s Emotions Open Mic.

       

      MUSIC

      Early Music Vancouver presents the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. SOLD OUT.

       

      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.

       

      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.

      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

      Performance at Studio 58 of The Refugee Hotel, writer-director Carmen Aguirre's dark comedy about eight Chilean exiles who struggle with the effects of fleeing their homeland.

      Puppeteer provocateur Ronnie Burkett and his resident company of over 40 marionettes perform The Daisy Theatre at the Cultch.

      Performance 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.

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

      United Players present a performance at the Jericho Arts Centre of The Train Driver, Athol Fugard's exploration of guilt, suffering, redemption, and the powerful bonds that grow between strangers.

      The Sidekick Players present a performance at Tsawwassen Arts Centre of Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose's 1954 teleplay about the jury at a murder trial of a young man accused of the fatal stabbing of his father.

      Fabulist Theatre presents Songs For a New World--a song cycle exploring themes of immigration, war, motherhood, poverty, and the singular moments that transform our lives--at PAL Theatre.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

      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.

      The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library. 

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

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

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

      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.

      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 Personal Shopper, Olivier Assayas's mystery-thriller about a woman who stocks up on clothing for her supermodel boss while she searches for a sign from her deceased twin.

      Screening at the Rio Theatre of Looking for Infinity: El Camino, director Aaron Leaman‘s immersive voyage along the ancient pilgrimage El Camino De Santiago.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Franca: Chaos and Creation, director Francesco Carrozzini's intimate portrait of his mother Franca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia since 1988.

      Screening at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture of Haya Newman's documentary Claire Klein Osipov: Life Sung Yiddishly.

      Celebrate short web series made in the past year with ceremonies, screenings, and award presentations at the Rio Theatre.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Sieranevada, writer-director Cristi Puiu's three-hour, deadpan domestic comedy.

      Screening at the Rio 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.

       

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