What to do in Vancouver on April 14 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC will commence their seventh season in Major League Soccer when they host Seattle Sounders FC

Vancouver | BC Place | Sports

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

Easter Eggstravaganza

Hop on down to our annual spring event! We have the bouncy castle, arts & crafts, balloon art, cookie decorating, and an egg hunt!

Vancouver | Sunset Community Centre | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family

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

Stanley Park Railway Easter Train

Hop on the Stanley Park Train for an egg-citing Easter ride through Stanley Park.

Vancouver | Stanley Park Railway | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Kids

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

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

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

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

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

L’albero degli zoccoli New Restoration at the Cinematheque

The movie is a portrait of peasant life in late-19th-century Lombardy, rendered with a sublime understatement, humanism, and lyricism that recaptures the best of Italian neorealism.

Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Seasons Festival 2017

Seasons Festival is back this April at the Pacific Coliseum!

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Music

Tinder Tales: Live at the Fox Cabaret

Professional/Amateur Daters, Storytellers, Comedians, and everyday people confess their most outrageous Tinder Tales and other online dating disasters live on stage at the Fox Cabaret

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Mozart's Requiem, Presented by United Voices and Chamber Orchestra

United Voices and Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Dr. Greg Caisley, Co-Director of Music at Dunbar Ryerson United Church, present Mozart's Requiem

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prozzäk: Forever 1999 Tour with guest K.I.D.

Prozzäk is a Canadian pop music group that consists of Jay Levine and James Bryan McCollum. Animated group Prozzäk are ready to blow the roof off of 2017 with their upcoming Canadian "Forever 1999" tour.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

REDPATCH

Premiering on the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, REDPATCH is a historical drama that focuses on a young Métis man from the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of Vancouver Island who volunteers to fight in the First World War

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 9:45 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 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

PARADE

In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13 year old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ.

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

Tara Cheyenne Performance: How To Be

Choreographer/creator Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg presents an exciting blend of dance and theatre with her signature comic sensibilities.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 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 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

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

Snoop Dogg "Wellness Retreat" Tour in Vancouver

Wellness Retreat Tour with guests Cypress Hill, Method Man & Redman, Berner

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Small Glories, Evie Ladin & Keith Terry

The Rogue Folk Club presents: Co-bill with Evie Ladin & Keith Terry and The Small Glories

Vancouver | St. James Community Hall | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

Testament

Like Christmas Presence, but without Christmas! Fact is, Jesus grew up – and during Passion Week, we’re going to dig into those songs and stories.

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

Vancouver Chamber Choir: Aeterna. Pergolesi Stabat Mater & Duruflé Requiem

The Vancouver Chamber Choir brings you the finest repertoire for chorus and orchestra every Good Friday in hopes that you will make this annual Orpheum concert part of your family's musical and holiday tradition.

Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Music

Garrett Clark

Today, Garrett is a busy comedian working in both Western and Eastern Canada, and aspires to world domination in the next few years. Help him takeover the world and book Garrett Today!

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

Best Night Ever

Equal parts pop, soul and rock n roll, Best Night Ever is a brand new group with a commitment to leave every dance floor in a hot mess.

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

Dave Martone

Dave Martone is a Canadian fusion guitarist and record producer, based out of Vancouver, British Columbia