Arts & Culture
Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson: You Touch Me
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You Touch Me creates a complex web of duets amongst a group of individuals that were raised apart and far from one another. Six expert performers engage in a dance-off that touches on a range of common issues, including migration, ageing, and love. They also entertain, question, and challenge one another.
DATE&TIME Dec 8-10, 8 pm LOCATION Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie, Vancouver COST $25-34 |
sticky extensions: Romi Kim in Collaboration with Queer Based Media
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Sticky Extensions, an exhibition by artist Romi Kim, explores relationships through drag performance and play in a constructed environment. This exhibition explores the history, memories, and precarious survival of Warehouse, a queer DIY event space, as well as the Korean word, through a number of movies and installations.
DATE&TIME To Dec 8 Tue – Sat, 12 to 6pm LOCATION SUM gallery, #425 - 268 Keefer St., Vancouver COST FREE |
Ann Goldberg : Perennial Canadians
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Her most recent body of work, which was produced during the isolation of the Pandemic, focuses on a deeply considered exploration of flowers as an expression of life, connection, and inspiration. Ann Goldberg is a Vancouver-based painter who experiments with aspects of hyperrealism and abstract expressionism.
DATE&TIME To Jan 12, 2023 Monday – Wednesday: 9am – 6pm Thursday & Friday: 9am – 9pm Saturday: 9am – 5pm LOCATION Pendulum Gallery, HSBC Bldg., 885 W. Georgia COST FREE |
Jokes Please! - Fridays at Cambrian Hall
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For the past 10 years, Jokes Please! has presented entertaining stand-up comedy in Mount Pleasant every single week. With comedians from Just For Laughs, Comedy Central, and The Debaters, you can expect excellent laughs every Friday in a warm indie theatre. Watch the performance that The Georgia Straight called "Hilarious" here!
DATE&TIME Check More info LOCATION Cambrian Hall, 215 E. 17, Vancouver COST Advance Tickets: $16 + fees. Door Tickets: $20 |
The Maker’s Mark
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The 1950s art jewellery movement focused on artistic expression and questioned conventional ideas of value by using a variety of materials with minimal economic value. The values that helped launch the contemporary art jewellery movement are more common than ever now. These include a consensus that less is more, a focus on environmentally friendly production techniques, and a reconsideration of valuable and hierarchical materials.
The Maker's Mark features pieces by both up-and-coming and seasoned female artists who are carrying the torch for contemporary art jewellery, a field that has historically been dominated by men. While some of the exhibiting artists are well-known abroad for their contributions to the field of art jewellery, others are only beginning to make their mark, all deserve to be honoured in their native countries and communities. DATE&TIME NOV 10 TO DEC 17, 2022, 12-5PM COST FREE LOCATION 2-258 EAST 1ST AVE |
PHS - Inter Urban Art Gallery
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The InterUrban Art Gallery, so named after the former tram terminus across the street, honours the Downtown Eastside's extensive historical and cultural legacy.
The gallery provides exceptional visual art exhibitions, arts programmes and seminars, event space, neighbourhood activities, multi-media exhibitions, and, most crucially, by providing low-income artists and locals with a welcome and accessible place to exhibit and further their work. The InterUrban Gallery is a volunteer-driven community art venue created to include the local population, foster cultural exchanges, and assist up-and-coming artists. PROVIDER PROFILE Email : Info@phs.ca Phone Number : 604-683-0073 LOCATION 1 E Hastings St |
AFDS - Cultural Teachings
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Those who are interested in learning more about our culture can receive basic cultural instruction from the Aboriginal Cultural Worker. We observe daily how potential colonisation affects the people who live in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. We observe homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and poverty. Every day, we see acts of aggression, overdoses, and drug and alcohol consumption in public. The cultural programme makes learning more about fundamental Indigenous culture available to people as the first step on their road to recovery from addiction, homelessness, and poverty.
Talking circles, drumming, singing, beadwork, cedar weaving, drum manufacturing, and well-being talking circles are all introduced. PROVIDER PROFILE Email : info@abfrontdoor.org Phone Number : 604-697-5662 384 Main St |
La Boussole - Cultural Activities
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We provide a range of enjoyable activities because life is also entertainment.
Take some time for yourself, young and old. La Boussole provides a wide range of community events encouraging interactions, learning the language, and keeping in contact with Francophones from all walks of life. You're encouraged to take part in a variety of activities, including volunteering in community gardens, French-English seminars, writing, computer literacy workshops, photography workshops, employment aid workshops, and DIY workshops, among others. Come and enjoy the customary celebrations of Christmas, Halloween, and Saint-Jean-Baptiste as well. PROVIDER PROFILE Hours of operation : Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Email : laboussole@lbv.ca Phone Number : 604-683-7337 LOCATION 213 - 312 Main St |
PAFNW - Drum Circle
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Each Tuesday night, we meet virtually via Zoom. To join, send an email to info@pafnw.ca.
The Indigenous Women Rise Drum Group is honoured to represent various Nations and to spread joy via music and drumming. Since the summer of 2018, the Pacific Association of First Nations Women has conducted its drum circle. Early in the spring, the group held a workshop to make drums. The drum club, which now includes more than 20 women, first consisted of a few women. We meet every Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each group begins with a lunch, circle time, and song sharing. 2019 saw the beginning of our performances at a number of occasions, including the Surrey Children's Festival, the Stanley Park Performance, and others. PROVIDER PROFILE Email : info@pafnw.ca Phone Number : 604-872-1849 LOCATION 2017 Dundas St |
TalkBD Bipolar Disorder Podcast
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The TalkBD Bipolar Disorder Podcast gathers researchers, people with lived experience, healthcare providers, and top bipolar disorder experts from around the world to discuss and answer the most important questions about living with bipolar disorder. Since our first episode during initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, TalkBD has continued to generate substantial interest and engagement, making it one of the top resources for people living with bipolar disorder and their loved ones.
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Virtual Tour of Burrard Arts Foundation Gallery
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WHERE. Online
WHEN. Anytime COST. FREE Experience the Burrard Arts Foundation Gallery virtually and all of its exhibits without leaving your home. |
ᑯᐦᐸᑌᔨᒣᐤ | kohpâtêyimêw | In Contempt
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WHERE. 9 West Hastings Street
WHEN. October 22 - November 25, 2022, 12-6PM, Tue-Sat COST. FREE Trigger Warnings: Sexual violence, sexual content, references to medical settings, institutional and colonial violence. Translated from Cree as the act of being contemptible, Aiyana Joe Wood’s multidisciplinary exhibition visualizes the nuances of her identity as an Indigenous trans femme woman and sheds light on her childhood spent in institutions that were established to subvert her autonomy and humanity. |
Karaoke Thursdays
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WHERE. 926 Main St.
WHEN. Every Thursday from September 22- Dec 15 @ 9PM COST. FREE The American’s karaoke night is legendary! Bring your pals and wow the crowd with your singing chops or your knockout star power but most importantly just have a good time! |
Music Bingo
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WHERE. 926 Main St.
WHEN. Every Wednesday from Sept 28 - Dec 14 @ 8 PM COST. FREE Music bingo is a fun spin on traditional bingo that allows guests to jam out to snippets of their favourite songs while playing competitively against other music lovers! We’ll be mixing up the genres weekly and there will be prizes for winners from our sponsors! |
Latin Dancing in Style
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WHERE. 1489 E. Hastings
WHEN. Sept 23 To Dec 31, 9 pm, Every Saturday COST. $20 An electrifying Latin Night known to the world as “SALSATEKA” is getting ready to open its door on May 28. You will find Caliente music with Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia and Reggaeton. |
Full Pint Comedy
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WHERE. 3293 W. 4th Ave.
WHEN. Every tuesday Sept 27 to Jan 31 9-10:50pm COST. $12 ONLINE, $15 AT THE DOOR An acclaimed stand-up comedy show where pals Ryan Williams and Colin Sharp bring you outstanding professional comedians. |
IQ 2000 Trivia
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WHERE. 926 Main St.
WHEN. Every Tuesday Sept 27 to Dec 13 @ 7pm COST. FREE Bring your friends and test your knowledge at Vancouver’s premiere trivia night. Prizes sponsored by Fireball are awarded to the top three teams. Teams of 6 or less can compete – larger tables can split up into smaller groups. Make your reservation today! |
Elemental Cinema: Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman
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WHERE. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1825 Main Mall
WHEN. to Dec. 11 Tue 1 Fri 10-5pm. Sat & Sun 12-5pm Closed on Stats & Holidays COST. FREE Elemental Cinema brings together the collaborative film works of Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman. In this series of films, the four elements – water, earth, fire, air – inform the artists' considerations of an entangled existence, and of time and value that reimagine knowledge and existence "otherwise." |
Lam Wong: Ghosts from Underground Love
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WHERE. Canton-sardine, 268 keefer, unit-071
WHEN. Sept 22 To Nov 26 COST. FREE Lam Wong’s new solo exhibition features new works depict powerful emotions of bravery, passion, love, desire, fear and hope of young women concealed in the underground network of secret lover letters during their prison times under authoritarian surveillance, Institutional oppression and unjustified punishments. |
Brahm's Tams Drum Circle
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WHEN.EVERY SUNNY TUESDAY
WHERE. Third Beach, Stanley Park COST. FREE Brahm's Tams Drum Circle is an informal jam of drummers modeled after a similar drum jam in Montreal. It is done for the "Love of Unity, Rhythm and Community". 2022 is the 17th year that this drum circle happens. It occurs every sunny Tuesday night from March through September after work until sunset at Third Beach in Stanley Park. Note: There is usually some marijuana being smoked so it may not be completely family friendly. |
Highs & Lows Choir
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The Highs & Lows Choir is mental health choir. They are a peer-led, four part singing group that provides low barrier choral singing to those with lived experience dealing with mental illness. They recognize that there are numerous barriers that prevent individuals from engaging in community activities and are committed to making it easy for people to get involved. Highs & Lows Choir is accepting new members!
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Voices of the Street Podcast
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The 2021 Voices of the Street anthology, “INSIDE we are all the same,” jumps from the page in this special podcast series. Featuring interviews with writers and personal reflections on how their lived experiences merge with the themes of the text, this podcast series illuminates Voices of the Street in a new way.
The Voices of the Street podcast is a six-part series for Below the Radar, curated and hosted by participants of Megaphone’s Speakers Bureau. |
New Chinatown Storytelling Centre
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The Chinatown Storytelling Centre documents and shares the cultural stories of the Chinese Canadian community as experienced and witnessed through its historic epicentre, Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Those who have come before us have made many sacrifices and persevered with the hope they were creating a better future for the next generation. As we honour our past we are inspired to shape a better future. The Chinatown Storytelling Centre aims to share stories of resilience, sacrifice, and courage which lays the foundation for the lives we live today. |
Voxel Bridge Art Exhibition
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Voxel Bridge, created by Columbian artist Jessica Angel, is a one-of-a-kind public art installation featuring augmented reality and blockchain technology underneath the south end of the Cambie Bridge. The exhibition is 19,000-square-feet in size and was created in association with the Vancouver Biennale. The artwork explores how public space can be constructed and used both physically and digitally. Voxel Bridge will remain in place and open to the public until 2023.
When: Now until 2023 Time: Anytime Where: Underneath the south end of the Cambie Street Bridge Cost: Free |
Free Monthly Poetry Series
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Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique opportunity to celebrate poetry and is held the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
The raison d'être of Lunch Poems is to invite and welcome everyone to enjoy poetry in a relaxed and casual atmosphere, whether you are new to poetry or have had a long romance with it. We invite you to join us to lunch on words and feed your soul—just bring your curiosity, open mind and love of words. Sign up for the Lunch Poems @ SFU email list to receive news about upcoming events. |
Virtual Trips
A sample below.
Scenes of Isolation
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Scenes of isolation profiles a range of Vancouver shows and artworks that best express this pandemic.
Here are a few of the most affecting works to explore the unique experience of 2020’s pandemic purgatory—or to find an uplifting way to transcend it. Together they form an unforgettable archive of a surreal time. |
Theatre In Video
MEC Free Documentary Series
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From riding across Canada from coast to coast to coast on a fixed gear bicycle, to ticking off a truly unique bucket list, watch three Canadian adventurers share their own lived experiences with wild spaces. Created by three of Canada’s leading documentary filmmakers, these raw, genuine portraits explore how the outdoors inspires and challenges us, dialing in to personal triumphs and incredible feats. |
Covid 19 Call for Submissions: Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture
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Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture gives artists with disabilities a voice. They are are committed to supporting and promoting artists in every discipline, with all disabilities.
In coronavirus times, they are looking for literary, visual or performative artistic submissions from disability identified artists in the community. These works will investigate the creative process in this time of isolation, economic and health precariousness, and social uncertainty. To submit you need to be a member; memberships for those on a fixed income is $10; some 'by donation' memberships are available for those unable to pay. Selected writers/artists will be paid $100 for one blog post. |
We Live Here: West End Audio Tour for Covid 19 Times
Learn Languages for Free with Mango Languages
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Access over 70 self-paced language learning courses and dialects, with your Vancouver library card.
Learners are introduced to vocabulary, cultural insights, grammar and more. The courses are delivered by native speakers. Sign up for a Mango profile so you can track your progress & continue where you left off. Or use “Mango as a guest” to access the resource. |
Read Magazines from Around the World
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If you have a Vancouver library card, you can access magazines from around the world - on your computer or on your phone. Magazines on the Libby App You can now read digital magazines on-the-go with the Libby app. Tip for power users: use the "read the articles" mode to easily view individual articles. |
E-Books from the Library with No Waitlist
Great Canadian Short Films
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The National Film Board of Canada has a long history of award winning shorts. These are a great source of our history and superb entertainment.
Please click the links below to go directly to those films, or click the button to go to the NFB site and choose your own.
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CBC Canadian Videos
National Arts Centre
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National Arts Centre (website/Facebook)
Stream free theatre, dance, music, storytelling, talks and workshops as part of #CanadaPerforms.
Stream free theatre, dance, music, storytelling, talks and workshops as part of #CanadaPerforms.
Dancing Alone, Together |
A CENTRAL RESOURCE FOR THE DIGITAL DANCE WORLD
DESIGNED FOR THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME OF ISOLATION
These classes are free or by donation and the website includes videos on dance from around the world
DESIGNED FOR THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME OF ISOLATION
These classes are free or by donation and the website includes videos on dance from around the world
Virtual Museum Tours
Be sure to also check out our Music & Movies events.