Metro Vancouver events on April 4, 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

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

The sustainability focused Kids Gallery is all about fun. Check out the latest theme: food!

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Community Treasures: My Disney World

Join the local Disney fan club for a display of rare Disney items from their collections

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 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

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures

We wear clothing not only to keep us warm, but to express our beliefs, social status and political identity. This stunning exhibition showcases more than 130 handmade textiles from around the globe, drawn from the largest collection in Western Canada

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Hank Bull: Connexion

Take a closer look at renowned Vancouver artist Hank Bull

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 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

Exhibtition: Contingent Bodies. Brigitta Kocsis

Brigitta Kocsis' paintings blend realism, illustration and expressive painterly gestures in a chaotic and visually charged landscape. Her current series, Contingent Bodies, focuses on the representation of bodies in transformation

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Song of the Open Road

Vikky Alexander, Robert Arndt, Gerard Byrne, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Kelly Jazvac, Kelly Lycan, Niamh O’Malley, Dawit L. Petros, Greg Staats, Lisa Tan

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts

Artist Talk - Greg Staats

Staats will discuss his multidisciplinary practice and the works on display for 'Song of the Open Road'

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Open House: Commemorative Design to Honour Irish-Canadians

Last year, the Park Board approved a proposal from the The Ireland Canada Monument Society to install a monument in George Wainborn Park that honours the contributions of Irish-Canadians to Canada

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Visual Arts

Deadline for Interplay Workshops for Canadian Composers

23rd Annual INTERPLAY. Interactive Workshops for Canadian Composers with Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver | Vancouver Chamber Choir | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Happy Hour with Vikky Alexander

We invite you to a special evening with renowned photographer Vikky Alexander

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | 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 | 6:35 pm to 7:35 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Speaking of Dance Conversations - Absent and Present

Speaking of Dance Conversations Absent and Present: Muslim culture in today’s society. How is Muslim identity positioned and perceived in the contemporary world?

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Dance | Free

Kaleo at Orpheum Theatre with Judah & The Lion

Every story has two sides, and that adage is certainly true for Kaleo, the four-piece band from Iceland who now call the US home.

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Desiigner: The Outlet Tour

Sidney Royel Selby III, better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He rose to prominence after the release of his debut single "Panda", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Rockridge Theatre Presents: Monte Cristo

Based on a book by Cindy Marcus & Flip Kobler, music by Dennis Poore & Flip Kobler

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Theatre

The Last Waltz Remembered

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of one of the most important rock and roll concerts in music history, Annerin Productions’ The Last Waltz Remembered re-captures the magic of The Band’s farewell concert this Spring

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

Angels In America. Partone: Millennium Approches

Hailed as one of the most important works of 20th-century theatre, Angels in America is a timeless tale of companionship and abandonment that takes place when the personal became political.

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Dance Series: Glory by Shay Kuebler Radical System Art

A mix of martial-arts and contemporary dance!

Chilliwack | HUB International Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Dance

The Out Vigil

With live music throughout the performance, The Out Vigil takes on a bold new form of magic realism that allows for a harmonious marriage of elements – fact and folklore, music and magic, the modern and the mythical

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Daisy Theatre

Returning after three sold out runs, don’t miss your chance to see the production The Georgia Straight called “one of the best shows you’ll ever see.”

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Studio 58 presents: The Refugee Hotel

Set in a run-down hotel in 1974, only months after the start of the torturous reign of Augusto Pinochet, eight Chilean refugees struggle, at times haplessly, at times profoundly, with the effects of fleeing their homeland.

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy

Heel Kick!

Heel Kick! smashes its way onto the big screen at the historic Rio Theatre in beautiful downtown Vancouver. Both shows include the exclusive HK!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:45 pm | Show