Vancouver

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Vancity Theatre.jpg|thumb|upright|Opened in 2005, [[VIFF Centre]] houses production rooms and offices for the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]].]]

===Theatre, dance, film and television===
====Theatre====
Prominent theatre companies in Vancouver include the [[Arts Club Theatre Company]] on [[Granville Island]] and [[Bard on the Beach]]. Smaller companies include [[Touchstone Theatre]], and [[Studio 58]]. The Cultch, the Firehall Arts Centre, United Players, Pacific, and Metro Theatres run continuous theatre seasons. [[Theatre Under the Stars (Vancouver)|Theatre Under the Stars]] produces shows in the summer at [[Malkin Bowl]] in Stanley Park. Annual festivals that are held in Vancouver include the [[PuSh International Performing Arts Festival]] in January and the [[Vancouver Fringe Festival]] in September.

The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company operated for fifty years, ending in March 2012.<ref>Hall, Neal & Lee, Jeff  (March 9, 2012).[https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Vancouver+Playhouse+Theatre+Company+close+final+curtain+Saturday/6279311/story.html "Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company to close"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212191928/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/vancouver+playhouse+theatre+company+close+final+curtain+saturday/6279311/story.html |date=December 12, 2018}} ''Vancouver Sun''</ref>

====Dance====
Vancouver is home to [[Ballet BC]], a [[ballet company]] whose principal venue is the [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]]. Ballet BC was founded in 1986 and is British Columbia's only ballet company.<ref name="Strate-Forzle-2015">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Strate |first1=Grant |last2=Forzle |first2=Richard |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Ballet British Columbia |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ballet-british-columbia/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206114512/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ballet-british-columbia |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Scotiabank Dance Centre, a converted bank building on the corner of Davie and Granville, functions as a gathering place and performance venue for Vancouver-based dancers and choreographers. Dances for a Small Stage is a semi-annual dance festival.

====Film====
The [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], which runs for two weeks each September, shows over 350 films and is one of North America's most prominent film festivals. The [[VIFF Centre]] venue, the Vancity Theatre, runs independent non-commercial films throughout the rest of the year, as do [[the Cinematheque]] and the [[Rio Theatre|Rio]] theatres.

=====Films set in Vancouver=====
{{Category see also|Films set in Vancouver}}
Vancouver has become a significant film location,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver, British Columbia |url=http://www.whatsfilming.ca/ |website=What's Filming? |access-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223456/http://www.whatsfilming.ca/ |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> known as [[Hollywood North]], as it has stood in for several U.S. cities. However, it has started to appear as itself in several feature films. Among [[:Category:films set in Vancouver|films set in the city and its surroundings]] are the 1994 US thriller ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]'', starring [[Richard Gere]] and [[Sharon Stone]]; the 2007 Canadian ghost thriller ''[[They Wait]]'', starring [[Terry Chen]] and [[Jaime King]]; and the acclaimed Canadian 'mockumentary' ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'', and was named the second-best Canadian film of the last 15 years, in a 2001 poll of 200 industry voters, performed by Playback. [[Genie Awards|Genie Award]]-winning filmmaker [[Mina Shum]] has filmed and set several of her internationally released features in Vancouver, including the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]]-screened ''[[Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity]]'' (2002).

====Television shows produced in Vancouver====
Many past and current TV shows have been filmed and [[:Category:Television shows set in Vancouver|set]] in Vancouver. The first Canadian [[prime time]] national series to be produced out of Vancouver was ''[[Cold Squad]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Ian |title=On set: Cold Squad |url=http://playbackonline.ca/1997/09/22/19261-19970922/ |website=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]] |publisher=Brunico Communications |date=September 22, 1997 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021131901/http://playbackonline.ca/1997/09/22/19261-19970922/ |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Ian |title=Groundbreaking cop series takes final bow |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2004/10/11/history-20041011/ |website=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]] |publisher=Brunico Communications |date=October 11, 2004 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911092438/http://playbackonline.ca/2004/10/11/history-20041011/ |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and its storyline was also physically set in the city. Other series set in or around the city of Vancouver include ''[[Continuum (TV series)|Continuum]]'', ''[[Da Vinci's Inquest]]'', ''[[Danger Bay]]'', ''[[Edgemont (TV series)|Edgemont]]'', ''[[Godiva's]]'', ''[[Intelligence (Canadian TV series)|Intelligence]]'', ''[[Motive (TV series)|Motive]]'', ''[[Northwood (TV series)|Northwood]]'', ''[[Primeval: New World]]'', ''[[Robson Arms]]'', ''[[The Romeo Section]]'', ''[[Shattered (2010 TV series)|Shattered]]'', ''[[The Switch (TV series)|The Switch]]'', and ''[[These Arms of Mine (TV series)|These Arms of Mine]]''.

Television shows produced<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heeb |first1=Emily |title=Did you know These 20 TV Shows were filmed in Vancouver? |url=http://www.bcmag.ca/Vancouver_TV_Film_Set_Mecca |work=[[British Columbia Magazine]] |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107042643/http://www.bcmag.ca/Vancouver_TV_Film_Set_Mecca |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> (but not set) in Vancouver (that have been produced by American and Canadian studios alike) include ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'', ''[[The 4400]]'', ''[[Airwolf]]'', ''[[Almost Human (TV series)|Almost Human]]'', ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'', ''[[Backstrom (TV series)|Backstrom]]'', ''[[Caprica]]'', ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]'', ''[[Chesapeake Shores]]'', ''[[The Commish]]'', ''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'', ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]'', ''[[Haters Back Off]]'', ''[[Hellcats]]'', ''[[Intelligence (Canadian TV series)|Intelligence]]'', ''[[iZombie (TV series)|iZombie]]'', ''[[The Killing (American TV series)|The Killing]]'', ''[[The L Word]]'', ''[[Life Unexpected]]'', ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', ''[[Psych]]'', ''[[Reaper (TV series)|Reaper]]'', ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'', ''[[Rogue (TV series)|Rogue]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'', ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[The Tomorrow People (U.S. TV series)|The Tomorrow People]]'', ''[[The Magicians (American TV series)|The Magicians]]'', ''[[Tru Calling]]'', ''[[Van Helsing (TV series)|Van Helsing]]'',  ''[[Wild Cards (Canadian TV series)|Wild Cards]]'', ''[[Witches of East End (TV series)|Witches of East End]]'', and ''[[The X-Files]]''.

===Libraries and museums===
{{see also|List of museums in British Columbia}}
[[File:Vancouver and Science World blue hour dusk 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Science World (Vancouver)|Science World]] is an interactive [[science centre]]. The building was originally constructed for [[Expo 86]].]]
Libraries in Vancouver include the [[Vancouver Public Library]], with its main branch at Library Square, designed by [[Moshe Safdie]]. The central branch contains 1.5{{nbsp}}million volumes. Altogether, twenty-two branches contain 2.25{{nbsp}}million volumes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vpl.ca/about/cat/C788/ |title=Vancouver Public Library Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Vancouver Public Library |access-date=July 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042615/http://www.vpl.ca/about/cat/C788/ |archive-date=June 23, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Vancouver Tool Library]] is Canada's original tool lending library.

The [[Vancouver Art Gallery]] has a permanent collection of nearly 10,000 items and is the home of a significant number of works by [[Emily Carr]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/visit_the_gallery/visit_the_gallery.html |title=Welcome from Kathleen Bartels, Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery |publisher=Vancouver Art Gallery |access-date=November 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107115909/http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/visit_the_gallery/visit_the_gallery.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007}}</ref> However, little or none of the permanent collection is ever on view. Downtown is also home to the [[Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)]], which showcases temporary exhibitions by up-and-coming Vancouver artists. The [[Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery]], with a small collection of contemporary works, is part of the University of British Columbia.

In the [[Kitsilano]] district are the [[Vancouver Maritime Museum]], the [[H. R. MacMillan Space Centre]], and the [[Museum of Vancouver|Vancouver Museum]], the largest civic museum in Canada. The [[Museum of Anthropology at UBC]] is a leading museum of [[Pacific Northwest|Pacific Northwest Coast]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] culture. A more interactive museum is [[Science World (Vancouver)|Science World]] at the head of [[False Creek]]. The city also features a diverse collection of Public Art.

===Visual art===
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{{See also|Public art in Vancouver}}
[[File:Inukshuk.jpg|thumb|''[[Inukshuk (Kanak)|Inukshuk]]'' at [[English Bay (Vancouver)|English Bay]]. The [[inuksuk]] sculpture is one of several pieces of [[public art]] on display in Vancouver.]]
Vancouver is home to 13 of the 190 [[Canadian artist-run centres|Artist Run Centres]] in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist-Run Initiatives in Vancouver |url=https://artistrunalliance.org/loc/vancouver/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=Artist-Run Alliance |language=en-US |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327034733/https://artistrunalliance.org/loc/vancouver/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2014 |title=About |url=https://directory.arca.art/about |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=Directory |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327034746/https://directory.arca.art/about |url-status=live }}</ref> Artwork and cultural artifacts from nations Indigenous to the land on which Vancouver is located are available to view at the [[Museum of Anthropology at UBC]], largely because these artifacts were stolen as part of colonization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moa.ubc.ca/ |title=Home – Museum of Anthropology at UBC |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730062424/https://moa.ubc.ca/ |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Music and nightlife===
{{See also|Music of Vancouver}}
Musical contributions from Vancouver include performers of classical, folk and popular music.<!--Listing of noted classical composers and performers resident/emergent is needed--> The [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]] is the professional orchestra based in the city. The [[Vancouver Opera]] is a major opera company in the city, and [[City Opera of Vancouver]] is the city's professional chamber opera company. The city is home to several [[Canadian composers]], including [[Rodney Sharman]], [[Jeffrey Ryan]], and [[Jocelyn Morlock]].
[[File:Olymp 31.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Granville Entertainment District]], downtown, can attract large crowds to the street's many bars and nightclubs.]]
The city produced a number of notable [[punk rock]] bands, including [[D.O.A. (band)|D.O.A.]] Other early Vancouver punk bands included the [[Subhumans (Canadian band)|Subhumans]], the [[Young Canadians]], the [[Pointed Sticks]], and [[U-J3RK5]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Buium |first=Greg |title=Sound and Fury: Reliving Vancouver's punk explosion |work=CBC News |date=April 15, 2005 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/soundandfury.html |access-date=January 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827080236/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/soundandfury.html |archive-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref> When [[alternative rock]] became popular in the 1990s, several Vancouver groups rose to prominence, including [[54-40 (band)|54-40]], [[Odds (band)|Odds]], [[Moist (Canadian band)|Moist]], the [[Matthew Good Band]], [[Sons of Freedom (band)|Sons of Freedom]] and [[Econoline Crush]]. Recent successful Vancouver bands include [[Gob (band)|Gob]], [[Marianas Trench (band)|Marianas Trench]], [[Theory of a Deadman]] and [[Stabilo (band)|Stabilo]]. Today, Vancouver is home to several popular independent bands such as [[The New Pornographers]], [[Japandroids]], [[Destroyer (band)|Destroyer]], [[In Medias Res (band)|In Medias Res]], [[Tegan and Sara]], and independent labels including [[Nettwerk]] and [[Mint Records|Mint]]. Vancouver also produced influential metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]] and pioneering [[electro-industrial]] bands [[Skinny Puppy]], [[Numb (band)|Numb]] and [[Front Line Assembly]]; the latter's [[Bill Leeb]] is better known for founding ambient pop super-group [[Delerium]]. Other popular musical artists who made their mark from Vancouver include [[Carly Rae Jepsen]], [[Bryan Adams]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Prism (band)|Prism]], [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]], [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]], [[Payolas]], [[Moev]], [[Images in Vogue]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[DYLN|Stef Lang]] and [[Spirit of the West]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Gooch |first=Bryan N. S. |title=Music in Vancouver |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vancouver-bc-emc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033715/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1SEC842192 |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

More significant musical performances are usually held at venues such as [[Rogers Arena]], [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]], [[BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] or the [[Pacific Coliseum]]. In contrast, more minor acts are held at places such as the [[Commodore Ballroom]], the [[Orpheum (Vancouver)|Orpheum Theatre]] and the [[Vogue Theatre]]. The [[Vancouver Folk Music Festival]] and the [[Vancouver International Jazz Festival]] showcase music from around the world in their respective genres. Vancouver's Hong Kong Chinese population has produced several [[Cantopop]] stars across the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Similarly, various Indo-Canadian artists and actors have a profile in [[Bollywood]] or other aspects of [[India]]'s entertainment industry.

Vancouver has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether food and dining or bars and nightclubs. The [[Granville Entertainment District]] has the city's highest concentration of bars and nightclubs with closing times of 3{{nbsp}}am, in addition to various after-hours clubs open until late morning on weekends. The street can attract large crowds on weekends and is closed to traffic on such nights. [[Gastown]] is also a popular area for nightlife with many upscale restaurants and nightclubs, as well as the [[Davie Village]], which is the centre of the city's [[LGBT]] community.