Metro Vancouver events on April 17, 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

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

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

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

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

Eddie the Eagle

Described as “funny, inspiring, delightfully feel-good”, EDDIE THE EAGLE features TARON EGERTON and Academy Award nominee HUGH JACKMAN in a high-flying story inspired by true events

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Banks

Jillian Rose Banks, known simply as Banks, is an American singer and songwriter from Orange County, California. She is signed to Harvest Records and Good Years Recordings

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

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

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