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AQUATIC AFFECTION
On Feb. 11, treat your valentine to good food and fishy fun
at the Hugs & Fishes Dinner & Sleepover at the Vancouver
Aquarium (page 56). Couples start with a three-course meal,
then meet with veterinarians for a lively lesson on how sea
animals get frisky. An up-close-and-personal look at the
aquarium’s marine residents follows, and a sizzling couples’
cooking competition tops off the night’s activities. Once
you’ve flaunted your culinary chops, snuggle up and doze
off together. After dreaming of seals and sea otters, rise and
shine to a hot breakfast buffet.—SPENCER vAN vLOTEN
of Jewish performing arts, including
music, theatre, dance and comedy.
Highlights of the 17th annual fest
include Spellbound Contemporary
Ballet, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg,
Silvia Gribaudi, The Klezmatics, David
Broza and Maya Avraham. Single
ticket $23-$50, four-pack $94. Various venues. Tickets 604-257-5145.
www.chutzpahfestival.com
Feb 17-19 WINTERRUPTION The
12th annual festival focuses on locally
acclaimed artists and cultural groups
as it welcomes visitors to experience
the diverse arts and culture of Granville
Island. Most events free. Various venues. www.winterruption.com Map 6
Feb 22-26 BC HOME + GARDEN SHOW
Exhibitors offer advice and inspiration
for design, renovation and landscaping
projects. BC Place Stadium, Robson
St. at Beatty. 604-639-2288. www.bc
homeandgardenshow.com Map 1: D6
concerts
Multiple Dates vANCOUvER SyMPHONy ORCHESTRA Special concert:
Salute to Vienna With the Strauss
Symphony of Canada featuring the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Michael Zehetner, conductor; Hege Gustava Tjønn, soprano; Martin Piskorski,
tenor; dancers from Kiev-Aniko Ballet
of Ukraine; and international champion
ballroom dancers (Jan 1). 2:30 pm.
Tea & Trumpets series: Fireworks With
William Rowson, conductor; and Christopher Gaze, host (Jan 5). 2 pm. VSO
Pops series: Ellis Hall—Soul Unlimited
With John Morris Russell, conductor;
and Ellis Hall, piano/vocalist (Jan 6, 7).
8 pm. Kids’ Koncerts series: Enchantment Theatre Company: The Firebird
With William Rowson, conductor; and
Enchantment Theatre Company (Jan
8). 2 pm. Masterworks Gold series:
Wagner, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff with Otto Tausk, conductor;
and Simone Lamsma, violin (Jan 14,
16). 8 pm. Special concert: Emanuel Ax
Beethoven and Mozart with Bramwell
Tovey, conductor; and Emanuel Ax,
piano (Jan 18). 8 pm. Masterworks
Diamond series: R. Strauss with
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; and
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano (Jan 21,
23). 8 pm. Musically Speaking series:
Prokofiev and Dvorák with Pietari
Inkinen, conductor; and Juho Pohjonen,
piano (Feb 4). 8 pm. Symphony
Sundays series: Prokofiev and Dvorák
with Pietari Inkinen, conductor; and
Juho Pohjonen, piano (Feb 5). 2 pm.
VSO Pops series: Sounds of Simon &
Garfunkel With Michael Krajewski, conductor; AJ Swearingen, vocalist; and
Jonathan Beedle, vocalist (Feb 10, 11).
8 pm. Kids’ Koncerts series: Platypus
Theatre: How The Gimquat Found Her
Song With William Rowson, conductor;
and Platypus Theatre entertainers (Feb
12). 2 pm. Tea & Trumpets series: Making Overtures With William Rowson,
conductor; Christopher Gaze, host; and
Joshua Tromans, piano (Feb 16). 2 pm.
Masterworks Diamond series: Brahms
and Schoenberg with Lahav Shani, conductor; and Kirill Gerstein, piano (Feb
18, 20). 8 pm. Orpheum, 601 Smithe St.
Tickets 604-876-3434. www.vancouv
ersymphony.ca X Map 1: C5
Multiple Dates UBC SCHOOL OF
MUSIC Barnett Wednesday Noon
Hours: Penderecki String Quartet (Jan
18); “Sanglots” Chansons of Love and
Loss with J. Patrick Raftery, tenor, and
Terence Dawson, piano (Jan 25); Corey
Cerovsek, violin, and Michelle Mares,
piano (Feb 1); PBO Chamber Players
(Feb 8); Stephen & Igor with Patricia
Hoy, piano (Feb 15). 12 pm. $5. Music
on the Point: Concerts with Personality (Jan 20). 7:30 pm. $20, student
$10. Barnett Hall, 6361 Memorial Rd.
604-822-2697. www.music.ubc.ca
Map 2: D1
Multiple Dates vANCOUvER CHAMBER CHOIR Brahms Requiem: The
Intimate Brahms (Jan 27). 8 pm. The
Essence of Music: Renaissance, Romantic
and Rustic (Feb 11). 8 pm. Ryerson
United Church, 2195 W. 45th Ave.
604-738-6822. Tickets 1-855-9852787. www.vancouverchamberchoir
.com Map 4: E3
Jan 27-28 BLUE RODEO Country rock
from the popular Canadian band. 8 pm.
RELIVE THE ’70S Bring on the bell bottoms! Written by Kate Bird, Vancouver in the Seventies
ties in with an exhibit of the same name at the Museum of Vancouver (to Feb. 26; page 56).
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