Metro Vancouver events on April 7, 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

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

Bill Reid Creative Journeys

An exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Xi xanya dzam - Celebrating our Amazing Artists

Xi xanya dzam is the Kwak'wala word which describes the gifted people who create works of art, and is the title of our upcoming exhibition

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 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

Casey Wei: Karaoke Music Video Maker Free Store

On every Friday & Saturday in April, UNIT/PITT Projects will be transformed into a video store where you can make your own fabulous music video of a karaoke song (or your own material) in front of a green screen

Vancouver | Unit/Pitt Projects | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Music | Free

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

Train Dreams

The train looms large in the history of Canada, British Columbia and the Tri-Cities. It is just over 130 years since the first transcontinental train pulled into Port Moody from Montreal and, the Art Gallery at Evergreen presents the exhibition

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Indigenous Plant Use

Walk through the forest with an experienced guide of Coast Salish descent and learn about the traditional and present-day indigenous relationships with local flora and fauna.

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Peppa Pig Live!

The Peppa Pig stage show, based on Entertainment One’s (eOne) top-rated TV series airing daily on Nick Jr., is one of the most successful family tours this year.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Live Music Friday

Enjoy live music and beer every Friday from 5pm to 8pm at Green Leaf Brewing Co.

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

Peppa Pig Live!

The Peppa Pig stage show, based on Entertainment One’s (eOne) top-rated TV series airing daily on Nick Jr., is one of the most successful family tours this year.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

MovieNight presents: The Secret Path

Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada’s history - the long-suppressed mistreatment of indigenous children and families by the residential school system with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation

Vancouver | St. Paul's Anglican Church | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Film Concert

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is part of the Harry Potter film concert series. A rare opportunity to hear the masterful score performed live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, while watching the movie on the big screen

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 10:05 pm | Music

Monster Jam in Vancouver

The Monster Jam Triple Threat Series will be making it’s Vancouver debut with the all-new event format featuring the most extreme athletes of Monster Jam

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Show

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

Carlos Núñez in Concert! Prepare to Be Moved

Carlos Núñez Muñoz is a Galician musician and multi-instrumentalist who plays the gaita, the traditional Galician bagpipe, Galician flute, ocarina, Irish flute, whistle and low whistle

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

Royal City Musical Theatre: Anything Goes

Royal City Musical Theatre will bring the Massey stage alive with the Tony Award winning, tap-dancing musical, Anything Goes.

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

Friday Night Live. Life. Stories. Music.

What’s FNL all about? It’s a totally unique experience. Every week is different. It is an experience that you help create by sharing your life stories. Then, it’s music and storytelling

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Books

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

Marion Bridge By Daniel MacIvor

Daniel MacIvor's funny and touching play tells the story of three estranged sisters who reunite in their family home on Cape Breton Island to say goodbye to their dying mother

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

2000 by Joan MacLeod - Light Hearted Drama

Told with great humour 2000 is rich with human spirit.

North Vancouver | North Vancouver Community Players | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Abracadabra. Presented by Camilo The Magician

Prepare yourself for a night full of wonder with this chance to be part of a truly amazing and magical experience with Camilo the Magician

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

B3 for Bunny: From NYC Mike Ledonne with Cory Weeds Plays Earth, Wind & Fire

Michael LeDonne is a jazz pianist and organist known for post-bop and hard bop

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vinci By Maureen Hunter

Vagabond Players Presents Vinci By Maureen Hunter. Directed by Matthew Davenport. A Western Canadian Premier

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 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

The Dance Centre presents Global Dance Connections 6: Zab Maboungou / Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata: Mozongi

Montreal-based choreographer Zab Maboungou has earned an international reputation for pioneering a unique style which is deeply rooted in traditional African dances, but is imbued with a fiercely contemporary approach

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

DanceHouse Compagnie Herve Koubi

La Compagnie Hervé Koubi performs an inspired fusion of contemporary and street dance - What the Day Owes to the Night

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Mom's the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty

From the world-renowned creative team behind the Mom’s the Word series comes a new chapter in their stories of family and fracas.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Vanessa Carlton

MRG Concerts & Fource Entertainment Presents Vanessa Carlton With Special Guests. Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Music

Chor Leoni Men's Choir presents BC/Baltica

BC/BALTICA celebrates the amazing choral music that springs from this area of the world, and honours the foundation uponwhich Chor Leoni was established.

Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Redpatch

Redpatch is a historical drama that focuses on a young Métis soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island who volunteers to fight for Canada in the First World War.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Daniel Lapp Quartet - A Homage to Chet Baker and Beyond

Victoria-based Daniel Lapp is one of the finest fiddlers and roots musicians in Canada.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre Studio Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

Hyack Football Presents: Necessary Roughness 5

New Westminster Secondary School Hyack Football Presents: Necessary Roughness 5 - A Night of Comedy

New Westminster | The Columbia | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Western Canada Premiere: The Watershed

A rollicking road trip in pursuit of a nation’s disappearing lifeblood.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Valley Song

Torn between the hope of the new South Africa and the familiarity of all he has known, Abraam “Buks” Jonkers tills land he will never own while his granddaughter dreams of the Johannesburg stage.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

WIRE With Guests Golden Retriever

English rock band, on tour to support their latest release “Silver/Lead”. ‘Silver/Lead’ is the 15th studio album from musical pioneers Wire.

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

The Naked Magicians

The world’s naughtiest and funniest magic show strips away the top hats and capes to promise full-frontal illusions

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

Stand Up Comedy At Lana Lou's!

We got a cataclysm of comedy coming your way. Some of Vancouvers best comics as well as some of the best in the country are coming through to perform some stand up comedy for you!

Vancouver | LanaLou's Rock n' Roll Eatery | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Brad Upton

Brad Upton in a past winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and appeared recently at Caesar's Palace as part of the HBO Comedy Festival

New Westminster | Lafflines Comedy Club | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Pop Junkies

The Pop Junkies are well known on the West Coast as both a wildly entertaining band with a huge repertoire of songs covering the greatest hits in Rock, Pop and Country music

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free

Spirit Cool

Always Live. Armed with only an acoustic guitar, Spirit is one of the most multi-talented, entertaining, intriguing and captivating one-person performers of original, new Top 40, Pop, and classic songs

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free

Duke Dumont

Adam George Dyment, better known by his stage name Duke Dumont, is an English DJ, record producer and songwriter.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

BOSSY :: Hip Hop + R&B Dance Party At The Fox

The sweaty & sweet sounds of Femme Powered Hip Hop and R&B Feauring resident DJs Softieshan, Sugarbrowne & Thucc_nolte, plus new guests

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Blood Diner

Join us for a very special Friday Late Night Movie screening of director Jackie Kong‘s BLOOD DINER, presented in partnership with the Northwest Horror Show

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 11:55 pm to 1:30 am | Film