Metro Vancouver events on April 5, 2018

2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships by Curl BC

This Canadian event features Masters Men & Women curlers competing to earn the prestigious title of Canadian Champions.

Surrey | Cloverdale Curling Club | 9:00 am to 7:30 pm | Sports

2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships by Curl BC - White Rock

This Canadian event features Masters Men & Women curlers competing to earn the prestigious title of Canadian Champions.

White Rock | Peace Arch Curling Club | 9:00 am to 7:30 pm | Sports

Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories

Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery

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

Exhibit Beta Vulgaris

Exhibit by Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon with Keri Latimer

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Memory - History - Story Exhibition

This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.

North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Tea & Trumpets - The Magic of Dance

The magical, musical world of dance is centre stage, with the talented dancers of Goh Ballet, and music by Dvořák, Lehar’s Gold & Silver Waltz, excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, and Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

Lindy Bout XII

Join us to celebrate our twelfth year of Lindy Hop competition in Western Canada!

Vancouver | Performance Works | 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Dance

Meat Eaters Unite - The Ultimate Meat Class

Learn how to choose the right cut and cook it to juicy perfection, as well as a bit about some of the lesser-known cuts of meat

Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking

waaw! Talks by Cicely Blain Consulting

waaw! Talks is a series of events that encourages critical thinking among professionals

Vancouver | Lost + Found Cafe | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Demo & Dine: You, Me & The Sea

Come join us for our Demo & Dine-style cooking class series, where you will join us for an intimate evening of culinary education, delicious food and beautiful wine

Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School, Delicatessen & Catering | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking

Shut Up and Say Something

Shane Koyczan has become a spoken word superstar by giving a powerful voice to the underdogs: the loners, the losers, the kids who grow up believing they don't measure up somehow

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 7:52 pm | Film

Capture Photography Festival Launch & Feature Exhibition Opening

Join us for the launch of Capture Photography Festival and the opening of our Feature Exhibition, The Blue Hour, in partnership with the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Artist Salon with Darren O’Donnell at Lulu Series

The April session of the Artist Salon is a partnership with the City of Richmond’s Lulu Series , featuring Darren O’Donnell a filmmaker, performance director and the Artistic and Founding Director of Mammalian Diving Reflex

Richmond | Richmond City Hall | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Where Culture Works: How can we preserve culturally valuable spaces?

Vancouver is rapidly losing culturally valuable spaces in favour of condos and other high priced residential development

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture

The Humans by Stephen Karam

Family drama, on more than one level

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

The Stampeders Live in North Vancouver!

THE predominant Canadian Rock‘n Roll band of the 1970s - The Stampeders – are hitting the road and bringing all their classic hits to North Van in April, 2018

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Funny Money

Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier ! Crooked cops, threatening phone calls, and impatient cab driver and more mistaken identities than you can keep track of this one of the funniest plays ever written...

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 7:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

Misery By William Goldman

Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Cécile Doo-Kingué

Montreal-based guitarist/singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué blends blues, Afro-roots and soul to create a unique sound

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart - Dark Comedy

North Vancouver | The Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Faith Healer

The masterpiece of one of the greatest playwrights of the last 50 years, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer is an Irish meditation on the role and responsibility of the artist in society

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts

The Dance Centre presents WEE/Francesco Scavetta

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: WEE/Francesco Scavetta - Hardly Ever

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Not to be missed - the Firehall brings its hit show back to the stage in celebration of our 35th season and to pay homage to the late Mr. Cohen

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Acid Mothers Temple with guests

Formed in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata at the same time as the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective. The group released its debut album in 1997 on PSF Records (Japan), and it was selected as one of the year's best albums in the The Wire magazine (UK)

Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play

After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

4000 Miles By Amy Herzog

A humorous and uplifting story of growing up and growing old!

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Bar Mitzvah Boy by Mark Leiren-Young

Joey is a successful lawyer who is used to things going his way. When he suddenly decides he needs a bar mitzvah he doesn’t expect to have to wait, or take classes

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

Enron by United Players

Enron, the Texas-based energy company ascended to great heights (and a staggering stock price) before declaring bankruptcy in 2001 amid one of the largest financial scandals in history, having deceived its 20,000 employees, Wall Street, and the general pu

Vancouver | Jericho Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Performing Arts

Mishka Yaponchik - Soul of Odessa. Мишка Япончик - Душа Одессы

Эксклюзивный музыкальный шоу-проект по мотивам знаменитого сериала

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

C'est la vie!

The latest comedy from the directors of The Intouchables, C’est la vie! tracks a wedding day from the point of view of the caterer, Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri). This is to be a grand affair, at an ancient chateau

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:10 pm to 10:10 pm | Film

Letterkenny Live!

The stars of the wildly popular award-winning CraveTV Original Series Letterkenny, a 90-minute comedy experience, starring Jared Keeso (Wayne), Nathan Dales (Daryl), K Trevor Wilson (Dan) and Mark Forward (Coach) bring their national tour to Vancouver

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

DJ Tunez at Fortune Sound

Afrobeats pioneer and Wizkid's official DJ, DJ Tunez brings his inimitable sound to Fortune Sound Club with support from OGA Rossco, Will TOA & FreekyP

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic Thursday in the Comedy Basement at Goldies

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic goes down every Thursday in the Comedy Basement at Goldies, from 10pm until we run out of comics!

Vancouver | The Comedy Basement at Goldies Pizza | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy | Free