1. Check out The Real Group, an internationally acclaimed five-person a capella group from Sweden who perform an eclectic repertoire of songs. Quayside Voices opens for The Real Group’s performance at the Massey Theatre on Friday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.ticketsnw.ca or 604-521-5050.
2. Take in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play when the Vagabond Players’ present Rabbit Hole Saturday, Feb. 9 to Saturday, March 2 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. Performances run Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at www.vagabondplayers.ca or 604-521-0412.
3. Follow Qayqayt First Nations Chief Rhonda Larrabee’s journey of discovering she was of First Nation’s descent and re-establishing the New Westminster Band in the screening of the documentary film, A Tribe of One. It’s on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 11 a.m. to noon in Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St. Register for this free all-ages screening (code 16635) at 604-527-4640.
4. Check out the Coast Dance Festival 2019, where you’ll enjoy a celebration of Indigenous stories, song and dance from Canada and abroad. It runs Feb. 20 to 24 at Anvil Centre. Full details on the festival, which includes some ticketed performances, at www.damelahamid.ca/coastal-dance-festival.
5. Take a break from cooking and enjoy a tasty dinner at the Ukrainian Perogy Supper at Holy Eucharist Church hall, 501 Fourth Ave. It’s on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 4 to 7 p.m., with perogy sales taking place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 604-522-7711.
6. Enjoy an Organic Voices performance by the Laudate Singers chamber choir and guest organist Edward Norman when they perform Canadian and international works at Queens Avenue United Church on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 regular, $20 for students and seniors, and $10 for children at the door or through www.queensavenue.org.
7. Support outreach programs at St. Barnabas Church and get some new duds at the St. Barnabas Thrift Store, which is have a $5-a-bag clothing sale on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1010 Fifth Ave.
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