CALENDAR
LITERARY
Meet the Author: Aislinn Hunter
Aislinn discusses her internationally acclaimed novel, The World Before Us • Christianne’s Lyceum, 3696 W. 8th Ave. • March 31, 7 p.m. • $22, includes wine and refreshments, 604-7331356, christiannehayward.com
Jennifer Teege
Jennifer Teege in conversation with Marsha Lederman, shares her unique story as told in her new memoir, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past • Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 W. 41st Ave. • April 1, 8 p.m. • $21-$29, ticketstonight.ca, 604-684-2787
World Poetry Reading Series
Multicultural and multilingual poets, writers and musicians, plus an open mic and a youth component. • Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch, 1661 Napier St. • April 2, 1-3 p.m. • Free, 604-665-2222, vpl.ca/events
Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat
Meet these cookbook authors as they celebrate the release of their latest cookbook Lick Your Plate, a must-have collection of 160 recipes. • IndigoSpirit, Granville and Robson • April 4, noon • chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/events/listings
Dewey Decibel Youth Poetry Slam
Bring your words to life and speak at this monthly slam. A workshop with established spoken word artists will be followed by a poetry slam. All poetic styles are welcome. • Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch • April 6, 5:30-9 p.m. • Free, 604-331-3603, vpl.ca/events
Vancouver Tree Book Launch Party
Celebrate the launch of Vancouver Tree Book, a pocket-sized ticket to urban adventure with profiles of more than 100 kinds of trees. • Book Warehouse, 4118 Main St. • April 6, 7-9 p.m. • 604-879-7737
Chinatown Stories: Making Local History
Celebrate the launch of VPL’s Chinatown Stories — a collection of narrated slide shows EDWARD SNOWDEN LIVE WEBCAST: BIG DATA, SECURITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS Edward Snowden will join this conversation live via weblink about the power, promise and peril of big data. Snowden will provide a keynote presentation, followed by a moderated discussion led by CBC’s Senior Correspondent and Host, Laura Lynch. • Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton St. • April 5, 7 p.m. • $20/$10, sfu.ca/publicsquare.html assembled from interviews with longtime Chinatown residents. Conducted in English with support for Cantonese speakers. • Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch • April 7, 7-8:30 p.m. • Free, 604-331-3603, vpl.ca/events
TWS Reading Series
A great cross-section of readers will be on the stage including emerging writers, TWS alumni and established authors, plus feature reader, Timothy Shay. • Cottage Bistro, 4470 Main St. • April 7, 8 p.m. • Free, SFU.ca/reading-series
TALKS/FORUMS
Auditing Terrorism: A Panel Discussion
Join Pi Theatre for an exploration of the connections between the global financial system and terrorism. Look at the belief in fundamental ideologies from capitalism to religion — what do they have in common and how far do people go to defend their convictions? • Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St. • March 31, 7 p.m. • Free, 604-872-1861, pitheatre.com
Pecha Kucha Richmond Vol. 14:
Brainspace A casual and energetic celebration of the art of live storytelling. Speakers share their unique stories told through 20 slides that are shown for 20 seconds at a time. • Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 8771 Lansdowne Rd., Richmond • March 31, 7 p.m. • Free, 604-5992612, pkn14richmond.eventbrite.ca
Gold Mountain Dreaming and the History of the Cantonese Pacific
Dr. Henry Yu, UBC historian; and Sarah Ling, Educational Developer at UBC, explain the role of the Fraser River as the corridor along which Chinese migrants engaged with First Nations and European migrants. • Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St. • April 2, 2-3:30 p.m. • Free, 604-658-8880, cccmuseum.blogspot.ca
SFU Philosophers’ Café
Topic: Beyond the Myth of Economic Rationality • Vancouver Public Library, Kitsilano Branch, 2425 MacDonald St. • April 4, 7-8:30 p.m. • Free, vpl.ca/events
Climate Change Denial: Where Do We Go from Here?
The spring 2016 Wall Exchange will feature Naomi Oreskes, author, climate change activist, and historian of science, Harvard University. • Vogue Theatre, 918 Granville St. • April 5, 7:30 p.m. • Free, 604-688-1975, voguetheatre.com
How Streetcars and Real Estate Shaped Vancouver
As part of Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Evening Lectures at Hycroft series, historian and author John Atkin will examine how today’s Vancouver is a product of a streetcar system begun in 1889 that would open up vast areas for development. • University Women’s Club at Hycroft, 1489 McRae Ave. • April 5, 7:30 p.m. • $15/$9, 604-264-9642, vancouverheritagefoundation.org
Opera Speaks
Channeling Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical story of Eva Perón, a panel of experts explores what makes someone a star and discusses personality, public imagination and the public relations machine. • Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch • April 5, 7-8:30 p.m. • Free, 604-331-3603, vpl.ca/events
Music in the Morning: Tuning in with Eric Friesen
Veteran broadcaster, writer and speaker Eric Friesen in conversation with Tania Miller, the Director of the Victoria Symphony. • Vancouver Academy of Music, Kits Point • April 6, 10:30 a.m. • $16-$32, 604-873-4612, musicinthemorning.org
A Conversation with Anoushka Shankar
Acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar talks with CBC Radio One’s Sheryl MacKay about her extensive musical career and the legacy of her father Pandit Ravi Shankar. • Pyatt Hall, 843 Seymour St. • April 7, 6 p.m. • Free, 604-8229197, chancentre.com
Extreme Explorers Lecture Series
A four-part lecture series on the history of Arctic exploration. Learn about the environment and Inuit people of the Canadian North. • 6 p.m. on April 7, 14, 21 and 28 • Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Ave. • Registration required, vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
Increasing Density, as if Housing People of All Incomes Really Mattered
Architect and community activist Sean McEwen will present ideas regarding density and affordability as it pertains to Vancouver’s rezoning bylaws and development. • Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. • April 7, 7 p.m. • $15/$11, 604-736-4431, museumofvancouver.ca
FILM
Cemetery of Splendour
Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s masterpiece about a clairvoyant and volunteer who investigate a mysterious and possibly supernatural sleeping sickness. • The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St. • March 31-April 3 • $11/$9, 604-688-3456, thecinematheque.ca
Musik Klub 4: Good Times Ahead Edition
A screening series intended to highlight ongoing research into exciting or challenging music available on YouTube, accompanied by guest musical selectors. • UNIT/PITT Projects, 236 E. Pender St. • April 1, 7 p.m. • Free, 604-681-6740, helenpittgallery.org
UBC Next 100 Film Festival
A sample of the work of more than 400 UBC Film Production Alumni. UBC Film has produced some outstanding talent, many of whom have gone on to be critically acclaimed writers and directors. Part of the UBC100 Arts and Culture Initiatives. • Vancity Theatre, 823 Seymour St. • April 2 • viff.org
Farewell Chantal
A send off to the late Chantal Akerman, a boldly original and influential filmmaker who passed away last October. • The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St. • Until April 3 • $11/$9, 604-688-3456, thecinematheque.ca
Mexico Noir
Features a collection of rarely seen Mexican noir classics from the ‘40s and ‘50s, a subversive ‘70s parody, plus a brand new Bunuelian crime drama from Arturo Ripstein. • Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. • Until April 3 • viff.org
GALAS/FUNDRAISERS
Swing Into Spring Gala 2016: Disability Alliance B.C.
Dinner, entertainment & Outstanding Employer of the Year awards presentations. With host of CBC’s On the Coast, Stephen Quinn. • Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Dr. • April 7, 5:30 p.m. • $90, 604-875-0188, disabilityalliancebc.org/swingspring.htm
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Major Art Auction
The Vancouver Art Gallery’s biannual art auction and most significant charitable event features artworks by Dana Claxton, Rodney Graham, Jeff Wall and more. • Fairmont Pacific Rim • April 9, cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. • Ticket info: 604-662-4747, auction catalogue: artauction2016.ca
VISUAL ARTS
Back Gallery Project
Solo exhibition of works by Josema Zamorano curated by Manuel Piña-Baldoquín for Capture Photography Festival, 2016 • Opening reception April 2, 2-4 p.m., runs until April 21 • 602 E. Hastings St. • 604-336-7633, backgalleryproject.com
Bau-Xi Gallery
Sylvia Tait: West Coast Suite. A group of abstract canvases and several multimedia panels painted by Sylvia Tait over the past two years. | Chris Shepherd: Construct. A series of interventions on physical photographic prints. • Opening reception April 2, 2-4 p.m., runs until April 23 • 3045 Granville St. • 604-733-7011, bau-xi.com
Burnaby Art Gallery Arts Alive 2016. Annual showcase of works by students. • Opening reception April 7, 7-9 p.m., runs until May 8 • 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby • 604-297-4422, burnabyartgallery.ca
grunt gallery
análekta: New works by Merle Addison documents his switch from analog to digital. Reworking old images using digital overlays, the final prints owe as much to printmaking as photography. Opening reception April 7, 7-10 p.m., runs until May 7 • 116-350 E. 2nd Ave. • 604-875-9616, grunt.ca
Make Gallery
The Flowers are Talking: Original Photographs by Cate Cameron explore the Huichol community, an indigenous people that live in the Sierra Madre Occidental region of Mexico. • Opening reception, April 7, 7-10 p.m., runs until May 27 • 257 E. 7th Ave. • 604-255-0837, facebook.com/events/1135589133141794
Malaspina Printmakers Residence: New work produced by Scholarship Resident Darian Goldin Stahl, over her eight-month residency, opening reception April 7, 6-9 p.m., runs until May 1 • 1555 Duranleau St., Granville Island • 604-688-1724, malaspinaprintmakers.com
Museum of Anthropology In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, until Jan. 31, 2017 | (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art, until April 3 • 6393 NW Marine Dr., UBC • 604-822-5087, moa.ubc.ca
Museum of Vancouver Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver. Spotlights 20 visions for tomorrow’s city. • 1100 Chestnut St. • Until May 15 • museumofvancouver.ca
Petley Jones Gallery Inside by Deborah Worsfold • Opening reception April 7, 6-8 p.m., runs until April 21 • 1554 W. 6th Ave. • 604-732-5353, petleyjones.com
Richmond Art Gallery Peter Aspell: The Mad Alchemist. B.C. painter was among a core group of influential artists to gain early recognition in postwar Vancouver • Until April 3 • 7700 Minoru Gate • 604-2478300, richmondartgallery.org
Seymour Art Gallery 12th Annual Start With Art: This unique exhibit focuses on engaging, inspiring, and encouraging children to appreciate, collect, and curate their own art collection, April 6-May 7 • 4360 Gallant Ave., North Van • 604-924-1378, seymourartgallery.com
Surrey Art Gallery Sonny Assu: 1UP, until May 8 | Keith Rice-Jones: Monumental Sculptures, until Oct. 30 • 13750 88th Ave. • 604-501-5566, surrey.ca/artgallery
Surrey Museum Community Treasures: Ukrainians in Canada: 125 years, until July 9 | Kids Gallery: Explore the world of sustainable energy from a kid’s point of view. • 17710 56A Ave. • 604-592-6956, surrey.ca/heritage
Vancouver Art Gallery MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture. Explores how artists incorporate found images, objects, sounds and words into their work. • 750 Hornby St. • vanartgallery.bc.ca
Vancouver Maritime Museum Arctic Encounters: Photographic Exhibition • April 7-July 3 • 1905 Ogden Ave. • 604-2578300, vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
Winsor Gallery Brian Howell: A Survey. A survey of Brian Howell’s photography from the past 25 years • April 2-26 • 258 E. 1st Ave. • 604-681-4870, winsorgallery.com