Metro Vancouver events on April 3, 2017

Exhibition: Breaking Down the Fourth Wall

Diego Bastianutti and Jon Guido Bertelli explore life in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside through word and image. Their art focuses on the homeless and the addicts, underscoring their resilience, their undeniable humanity and dignity

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Window Gallery: Qaqtis, Graffiti Therapy, First Nations and graffiti on street wear

My art is a combination of my two favourite art forms – First Nations art and graffiti. By painting clothing such as hoodies and shoes, I bring together the worlds of the retail industry and the immense graffiti scene in this city

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

We Come to Witness: Sonny Assu in Dialogue with Emily Carr

Sonny Assu continues his ongoing body of work Interventions on The Imaginary, creating a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures

The title of the exhibition, Ambivalent Pleasures, refers to the complex nature of pleasure in the early 21st century as we become increasingly aware of the social, economic and environmental costs of our desires, habits and patterns of living

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Dawn Michelle Russell: Thirteen to Zero: exploring sustainable design

The Craft Council of BC is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition, 'Thirteen to Zero', by Dawn Michelle Russell.

Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition

Genre Workout by Instant Theatre

Explore the world of genre at Instant Theatre, with a new and different genre work out every month! Expand your skills and knowledge of tropes and forms as our instructors take you through a four hour workshop intensive

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Dare to be Heard - A Literary Salon

Come read your story, poem or memoir piece. This free drop-in session, hosted by the North Shore Writers Association, celebrates local writing without critiquing

North Vancouver | City Library | 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm | Books | Free

Zumba - Free Trial Class

This class fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic workout system that will blow you away

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Introduction to Adobe After Effects

This two part workshop series will introduce students to the basic workflow and tools in Adobe After Effects

Vancouver | Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society 300 | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop

​Royal Moscow Ballet's Don Quixote

Don Quixote can rightfully be called one of the most popular performances in the Royal Moscow Ballet’s repertoire

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Stand Up Level 1 with Adam Pateman

Would you like to learn stand-up comedy from one of the best? Adam Pateman will show you the ropes of this exciting style of comedy.

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop

VSO Masterworks presents The Music of Mozart and Bruckner

Mozart’s sublime Violin Concerto No. 4 is performed by Henning Kraggerud, whose lyrical and seductive playing is praised by audiences and critics worldwide.

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music