Metro Vancouver events on April 12, 2018

Emptying, Landing, Soaring

Montreal guest artist Andrew Harwood will be at EDAM this April teaching two workshops. The first, "Emptying, Landing, Soaring," is intended for dancers with a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation

Vancouver | Edam Dance | 9:30 am to 12:30 am | Workshop

Exhibition. Karilynn Ming Ho: For The Left Hand Alone

Vancouver-based artist Karilynn Ming Ho uses the metaphor of phantom limb syndrome to explore themes of fragmented realities in a time when bombardment by digital information leaves many people feeling physically and mentally disconnected and disenchanted

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Ho Tam: Cover to Cover

Acclaimed Canadian artist Ho Tam interrogates the mediated construction of public persona, revealing diverse facets of the self through a selection of photo, video, artist books and magazines spanning his career

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 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

Rockstar Puddle Party

Dress up, get wet, win prizes. Saturday, April 12, we are inviting you to join us on Mt Seymour for our last big party of the season, The Rockstar Puddle Party

North Vancouver | Mt Seymour | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Didar "The Meet" Persian Cultural Fashion Week

Aria Persys Film Production & Vancouver Iranian Film Proudly Presents: Didar (The Meet) First Persian Cultural Fashion Week in Vancouver

Vancouver | 50 E Pender St | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Power of the Purse

The Power of the Purse returns! Don't miss this fun night of fantastic purses, friends and fund raising

Langley | Newlands Golf & Country Club | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Demo & Dine - Carnivore Classics

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

Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking

Cosmic Nights: Yuri's Night

Join us at Cosmic Nights: Yuri’s Night, as we examine how sending humans to space has changed how we see our planet

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Film Screening: Heart of a Dog

Initially approached to create a film about her “philosophy of life”, visionary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson tells a dreamlike tale of loss and love, primarily starring her beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle

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

Verboden 2018 Pre Party! 2 Stages / 8 Acts

Verboden is a multi-day music festival occurring annually each April

Vancouver | Astoria Hastings | 7:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music

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

Xtreme Theatre Presents: Aladdin Jr. and Pirates Past Noon

Welcome to Agrabah and the Academy Award-winning adventure of the street rat that became a prince!

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

Me and You By Melody Anderson

Sibling rivalry in a double-edged comedy. From childhood until old age, Liz and Lou are sisters who go through life mostly as friends, but sometimes as foes...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

VSO Chamber Players - Tombeau, Trio & 2

The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written

Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Cabaret

Royal City Musical Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb

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

Indie series: Sink or Swim

Singer, actress Beverley Elliott (Once Upon A Time) is thrilled to be back with brand new stories and songs

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

Nine Dragons By Jovanni Sy

A World Premiere Production. A stylish murder mystery set in 1920s colonial Hong Kong.

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

Niall and Marcus Talk About Sh!t Niall Likes

Niall McNeil likes to talk and Marcus Youssef is one of his favorite people to talk to. They live around the corner from each other and have known each other since Niall was 18 years old

Vancouver | The Fishbowl | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Heroic Episodes

Aldous Huxley so very eloquently said "after silence that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Music has always been a vehicle through which the accomplishments of others are celebrated

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Incident at Vichy by Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's drama Incident at Vichy takes on a story of persecution and antisemitism during the early days of WWII. During the Nazi occupation, a group of prisoners in Vichy France are being detained in a warehouse under suspicion of being Jewish

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

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

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

A timeless comedy exploring love and marriage. Charles Condomine’s dinner party turns into mayhem when a seance led by Madame Arcati provokes the ghost of Elvira, his late first wife, and only Charles can hear her

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 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

Fabulist Theatre presents: Once On This Island

Once On This Island is a one-act musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, book and lyrics by Lynne Ahrens

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

Tambura Rasa - Global Grooves!

The Vancouver World Music Festival is excited to be partnering with TrebleFive Records and Tambura Rasa as part of the 2018 concert series at the Fox Cabaret called Global Grooves - featuring the best and funkiest local world beat/latin/afro/dance bands

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | 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