Metro Vancouver events on April 11, 2017
April 11, 2017
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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
Michael Bednar: The Fraser, Living River
Large-format photographs documenting the importance of the Fraser River to Richmond by Michael Bednar an award-winning travel and documentary photographer
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Omnis Temporalis
Omnis Temporalis is a multiform collaborative project that combines artistic genres by drawing together the cartoon work by renowned Canadian cartoonist Seth with original music and performance by Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 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
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
Drop-in Hatha Yoga
Grab your mat and take a break! Join Pamela at noon for FREE drop-in Hatha Yoga. Increase flexibility, tone, strengthen and detoxify your body, while releasing stress and tension through proper breath work and meditation
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
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
Reshaping the Familiar: Mark Bowen & Bob Leier
Artists Mark Bowen & Bob Leier explore the of reality of what we see through new eyes
West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 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
Western Canada Premiere: The Watershed
A rollicking road trip in pursuit of a nation’s disappearing lifeblood.
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
Budweiser presents Blue Jays Home Opener with special musical guest
Blue Jays Home Opener Viewing Party Followed immediately by Special Musical Guest
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 3:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Show | Free
Reshaping the Familar Opening Reception!
Artists Mark Bowen & Bob Leier explore the of reality of what we see through new eyes
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Arts Council | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts
12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
Artists: Linda Hayes, Molly McDermott, Marissa Wong
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Dance
A Firehall Arts Centre Residency: Presentation Hong Kong Exile - Room 2048
This multi-media dance theatre piece explores the socio-political realities of the Cantonese diaspora, sourcing themes of loss, nostalgia and desire that re-occur with selected works of Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Dance
The Real Estate Crisis in Vancouver with Michael Hudson
Renowned economist Michael Hudson will discuss the foundations of the real estate crisis in Vancouver and what we can do about it, followed by a moderated dialogue
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Paint "Ode To La La Land" at The Hard Rock Casino
Paint Star Party is hosting a Canvas and Cocktails evening
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:30 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
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 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella - National Tour
A new take on Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night! at the Presentation House Theatre North Vancouver
Four of the Stars from the hit Radio Show The Debaters return to PHT for the 2nd Annual All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night.
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
魅力凝聚新時代」初夏來琳 雙黃壓陣 TVB Fairchild Fans Party 2017
四月春暖花開，初夏將至，「魅力凝聚新時代」為大家帶來嶄新陣容，黃浩然加上黃智賢，雙黃壓陣，配搭凱旋而歸的陳凱琳及人氣花旦林夏薇，四位皆是首次登陸「魅力凝聚新時代」舞台，定必為加拿大東西兩岸的觀眾送上貼心驚喜。
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Nicolas Jaar
nicolas jaar is a chilean music producer, mixing engineer, and dj based in ny
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Han Finckel Setzer Trio
Cellist David Finckel, violinist Philip Setzer, and pianist Wu Han make as fine a piano trio as the world knows
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
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
Generation Post Script
It is two generations into the future. What is left of humanity survives in space stations in orbit around our planet. Interstellar travel is not yet possible and Earth is uninhabitable
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Machine Gun Kelly
Colson Baker, better known by his stage names MGK and Machine Gun Kelly, is an American rapper and actor, from Cleveland, Ohio. MGK embarked on a musical career as a teenager, releasing a mixtape in 2006
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 9:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music