Local Arts

Vancouver Opera's Madama Butterfly runs for six performances, March 5-13. Tickets from $45; VancouverOpera.ca. The very first time Leslie Dala conducted the opera Madama Butterfly, he noticed it: a kind of Puccini code talking to him from the score.

Filmmakers work round the clock in competition

The Wave. Directed by Roar Uthaug. Starring Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp.

Capilano University hosts "Neither, Nor: How to Circumnavigate the Gender Binary in Seven Thousand Easy Steps: A Performance by Ivan Coyote" in the Bosa Theatre on Thursday, March 3 at 5 p.m.

Dance Vancouver International Dance Fest Sweden's Memory Wax and Cuba's Retazos perform two Canadian premieres Possible Impossible and Crisálida at the 2016 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) March 11 and 12.

Tiny seaside village alive with charm and luxury

Triple 9. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Anthony Mackie, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet.

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Centennial Theatre hosting concert with Canadian superstar

Odd couple usher in new era of pop in John Logan play