Metro Vancouver events on April 24, 2018

Grocery & Specialty Food West

Despite today’s digital age, nothing rivals face-to-face communication to establish, build and maintain business relationships. Grocery & Specialty Food West is the premier and must-attend B2B grocery & specialty food show of the year!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Community Poetry Workshop with JB the First Lady

Utilizing a unique creative writing process developed by the writer, hip hop artist, activist, and performer, JB leads workshop participants through activity and writing, exploring themes of remembering and belonging

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Workshop

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

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Ableism 101 Workshop with Q

Awareness is the first step in creating change. In this workshop, learn to recognize ableism in your speech and actions and begin to change your habits

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Workshop

Verses Festival of Words 2018: The Witching Hour

Triple book launch with Joelle Barron, Ellie Sawatzky, Alessandra Naccarato & special guests

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts

Richmond Sings 2018

Many Richmond choirs are hoping that their music will inspire people to open their hearts and pocketbooks during Richmond Sings, a benefit concert which will take place on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00pm

Richmond | Fraserview MB Church | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Celtic Jam with Nigel Tucker

Come join Nigel and his band of merry musicians in the spirit of the Celtic muse. Bring your instruments, voice or even just your ears as no experience is necessary and only the love of music required

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

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

Pause & Affect: A Monthly Course for Women. Lesson 6 Order from Chaos

“The Sabbath is to the week what the line break is to poetic language. It is the silence that forces you to return to what came before to find its meaning.”

Richmond | Chabad of Richmond | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Byrne and Kelly - Live in Vancouver

What began as Celtic Thunder's Neil Byrne and Ryan Kelly performing a series of shows together called 'Acoustic By Candlelight' back in 2012 has turned into what is now known as Byrne and Kelly

Vancouver | Pyatt Hall | 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

Arpanatolia - Contemporary Synthesis of Turkish Folk Music

The harp, lute and many wind instruments have been the dominant instruments over the centuries and still are in Turkish (folk) music

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Emerge on Main: Spotlight on Rising Musicians

Witness the emergence of 3 of Vancouver’s up-and-coming classical, new, and genre-bending musicians as they step into the spotlight: clarinetist Liam Hockley, pianist Nicole Linaksita, and composer and sound-artist Nancy Tam

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Verses Festival of Words 2018: Sounds Like Fire: Edzi'u, Joshua Whitehead, and Janet Rogers

Rich with voices of the past, present, and future, a powerhouse lineup of literary and lyrical titans guide us on a journey through poetic language, experience, story, and song

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

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