Easter at the Vancouver Aquarium

When it comes to animals, what seems weird to us is normal to them. This Easter, uncover all of the quirky and curious facts about the 50,000 creatures living at the Vancouver Aquarium – where weird is normal. • Take part in our eggs-tradordinary Easter scavenger hunt, and discover which animal uses its mouth as […]

Mal and Cara

Written and directed by West Vancouver resident, Clive Scarff, and starring North Vancouver resident, Malcolm Stead. Mal and Cara is a comedy (play) about a Vancouver married couple coasting along in typical Vancouver fashion; that is, until one of them announces they want to make a radical career change. (Some fun Bowen Island and Horseshoe […]

After Hours at the Vancouver Aquarium

Raise a glass of suds in celebration of charismatic harbour seals, sea lions and fur seals – collectively known as pinnipeds – at a special edition of After Hours at the Vancouver Aquarium®, an Ocean Wise® initiative. On Saturday, May 4, learn about these fascinating animals and their incredible rescue and rehabilitation stories through never-seen-before […]

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

The beloved classic, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, is the focus of the April 13 & 14 concerts by the 110 voices of Capilano University Choirs and the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra. Brahms chose to write this piece in his native language, German, and chose Biblical texts which he believed would give comfort to the living. Indeed, […]

Spring Break at the Vancouver Aquarium

Did you know that sloths can hold their pee for 156 hours? Or that penguins have two sets of eyelids? Experience the weird, wonderful – and intriguingly normal – this Spring Break at the Vancouver Aquarium. • Get up close with a penguin, python or tortoise during our special daily programming. • Catch a screening […]

20th Annual North Shore Writers Festival

Celebrate 20 years of the North Shore Writers Festival April 5 and 6, featuring award-winning Cree, Lakota and Scottish author Monique Gray Smith; award-winning Audiobook Narrator Erin Moon; Vancouver-based author and Canada Reads 2019 finalist Lindsay Wong in conversation with JJ Lee; and Cree author Darrel McLeod in conversation with Alexander Dirksen. Rounding out the […]

Pro Nova Ensemble plays Bloch, Herrmann and Glass Quartet No. 5

The Pro Nova Ensemble features guest clarinettist AK Coope in the rarely played Bernard Herrmann clarinet quintet, Souvenirs de Voyage. Herrmann is best known as a film composer, particularly for Psycho and several other Hitchcock films. This quintet is the last concert piece that he ever wrote. Also on the program, the Bloch Prelude and […]

Food As Medicine

Join us for an educational and interactive talk, tour, and tasting on optimizing your health with nutrition. Learn how specific food elements can influence your health and how healthy food choices can nourish your mind, body, and spirit. March 13th 6:30-7:30pm March 20th 10-11am March 30th 10-11am   

Reverberations at Presentation House Theatre

At Presentation House Theatre March 7-17. Watch a life slowly unfold through the sound equipment used to capture it. In Reverberations, audiences are divided into small groups of 20 to rove through five different performance spaces. Based on the memories of writer and award-winning sound designer Brian Linds, multiple sound mediums are mixed with live […]

IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s

The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s is the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s flagship fundraiser and is a way British Columbians can celebrate and remember people in their lives who have been affected by dementia, while they raise valuable funds and awareness to create change. Each year we honour a member of the local community […]