Metro Vancouver events on April 17, 2018

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

Bombhead - exhibition

BOMBHEAD is a thematic exhibition organized by guest curator John O’Brian that explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age as represented by artists and their art

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

Takashi Murakami. The Octopus Eats its Own Leg - exhibition

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is the first major retrospective of Takashi Murakami’s paintings to be shown in Canada. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is a major retrospective exhibition of the monumental paintings of intern

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

A Cultivating Journey: The Herman Levy Legacy

This exhibition reflects the remarkable acumen of Levy as a collector and explores new scholarship and perspectives on the objects and the collector himself, demonstrating the continuing impact of one man's passion for art

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

Living, Building, Thinking: art and expressionism

Living, Building, Thinking: art and expressionism uses the German Expressionist collection from the McMaster Museum of Art to explore the development of Expressionism in art from the early 19th century to the present day

Vancouver | Vancouver 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

Nine Dragons

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

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre

Chef's Favourites - A Celebration of The Dirty Apron’s Most Beloved Dishes

If The Dirty Apron team had a culinary wish list the dishes from this class would most certainly make the cut. Join us and learn to prepare some of our most beloved dishes while we share our passion for food.

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

Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver

These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

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 | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Golden Ears Writers

If your artistic medium is the written word, join Golden Ears Writers for a series of adult events and workshops designed to build and nurture our local writing community

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books | Free

Verses Festival of Words 2018: Andrea Gibson Q + A with Molly Billows at Massy Books

“Do you want to hear the best story you’ve ever heard in your life?” Andrea Gibson asks into the microphone. The audience leans forward in silent anticipation

Vancouver | Massy Books | 7:00 pm to 8:30 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

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

All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night

Four favourite stars from the hit CBC Radio Show THE DEBATERS are back for the 3rd Annual All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night. Join hilarious, seasoned all-star comedians for a night of belly-laughs and insight — all while supporting our theatre and programs

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Explanation

Two heterosexual men - one of whom likes to dress in women’s clothes - just happen to fall in love with one another. An exploration of the constructs we adopt to make our own realities and ways of imagining a life that’s not only endurable...

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Theatre

World Without Us

Ontroerend Goed, creators of Fight Night, bring us a new piece about the end of humanity and what comes after. We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitted scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes, and no honey kept in glass jars

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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

Parno Drom - Eastern European Romani Music

Incorporating audience suggestions, The Fictionals Comedy Co. and The Radical Improv Comedy look back at the unique local events, celebrities and secrets that made New Westminster the beautiful city it is today

New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | 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

CMS Clarinet, Piano & Strings by the Friends of Chamber Music

A number of highly acclaimed and regularly visiting Chamber Music Society friends return, with the addition of a new visitor...

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

Carpenter Brut - Leather Patrol Tour

Carpenter Brut is a French electronic music artist whose real name is Franck Hueso, based in Poitiers, France

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Tuesdays at Celebrities

All year round, Tuesdays at Celebrities are packed with party animals

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Dance