Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Take your romantic thoughts and secret confessions to the Regional Assembly of Text and craft a hand-written letter using the brilliant collection of paper, cards and stamps. It’s called the Letter Writing Club. It’s free, open to everyone, and supplies are provided.
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Write: Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Take your romantic thoughts and secret confessions to the Regional Assembly of Text and craft a hand-written letter using the brilliant collection of paper, cards and stamps. It's called the Letter Writing Club. It's free, open to everyone, and supplies are provided.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m., 3934 Main St., free, www.assemblyoftext.com
Collaboration: The Love Letter Project started last year with an invitation for individuals to submit letters about challenging times and how they got through them with love. Letters were posted online so other people facing tough times could read them and find encouragement. The response was great, so organizers decided to take it one step further by gathering 18 local artists and asking each to choose a letter that spoke to them in such a way as to inspire a visual response. Head to Omega Gallery to see the results at the Love Letter Project book launch and exhibition. This show continues until Feb. 14.
Friday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., 4290 Dunbar St., www.theloveletterproject.ca
Opening: Gallery Jones launches a new showing of works by Vancouver's George Vergette. According to the gallery, the artist's "fluency with his materials is evident in this new body of work, featuring resin on canvas paintings that defy expectations and exhibit a fluidity and malleability not seen before in Vergette's rich history with resin, oil and pigment painting."
The show, entitled Mysterious Mountain, kicks off Thursday with a reception.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 5-8 p.m., 1725 West 3rd Ave., www.galleryjones.com
Gather: The Nostalgia of Food is a group show of works by photographers and artists inspired by food. Hit the opening reception this Thursday for art, conversation and food. This show runs until March 1 and will include some food-related workshops such as sake-making on Feb. 15 and Play With Your Food (using food for mark-making and pattern-making on tea towels) on Feb. 18.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Studio 126 (126 E Pender St.), www.studio126yvr.com
Opera: The UBC Opera Ensemble and UBC Symphony Orchestra are getting together to perform Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). Directed by Nancy Hermiston with guest conductor Neil Varon.
Feb. 5-7, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 8, 2 p.m., Chan Centre (6265 Crescent Rd., UBC), $37, www.chancentre.com
Irie: Reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley was born in Jamaica on Feb. 6, 1945, and died in May, 1981. Head to the Grandview Legion this Saturday for a night of live reggae music and Jamaican food in celebration of the man who inspired many. Birthday cake for everyone. Tickets are available at Highlife Records (1317 Commercial Dr.) and Riddim and Spice (1945 Commercial Dr).
Saturday, Feb. 7, 9 p.m., 2205 Commercial Dr., $18, www.reggaefereal.com
Coyote City: Coyotes are growing in numbers and increasing in brashness. The Stanley Park Ecology Society team is leading a walk and talk that will cover the species basics and talk about how to co-exist safely with them. E-mail to register: programs@stanleyparkecology.ca.
Sunday, Feb. 8, 3:30 p.m., Stanley Park Nature House (foot of Alberni Street by Lost Lagoon), $10, www.stanleyparkecology.ca
Family Day: Hustle over to the Pacific Spirit Regional Park where there will be a Nature Fun by the Fire event involving wildlife storytelling and songs, nature talks and marshmallows roasting – all in a beautiful rain forest. This event is free.
Monday, Feb. 9, 1-4 p.m., 4915 West 16th Ave., www.metrovancouver.org