Metro Vancouver events on April 27, 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

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

West Van Carnival April 26-29

West Coast Amusements, the largest Canadian midway operation in Western Canada is coming to you!

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Kitty Stryker Talk: “It Takes a Village: Community Care for Survivors”

Kitty Stryker, consultant to Juggalos and Sex Educators alike, presents a talk on how to have thoughtful conversations about sexual assault when it impacts someone you love, mixed with Q&A for attendees to ask questions about their own experiences

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Lecture

BC Dine & Vine - Wine & Food Pairings from our own Backyard

Join The Dirty Apron for a night of BC food and wine pairings you won’t soon forget. Revel in cooking with local ingredients while you sip Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Syrah as well as a sparkling and dessert wine

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

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 2: Bouts at Havana Theatre

Canada’s best performance poets show us their strongest two and three minute poems to decide who will advance to finals

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day 2: Bouts at Cafe Deux Soleil

Canada’s best performance poets show us their strongest two and three minute poems to decide who will advance to finals

Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

Taste of Trieste

Join us in this exploration of the foodie highlights of Trieste, city that borders with Slovenia and that is famous, among other things, for its cold wind, called bora

Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

5th Annual Night for the Museum Fundraiser

Join us in celebrating the building of our new community museum with a fabulous night at the Polygon Gallery!

North Vancouver | The Polygon Gallery | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella by Magee Mainstage Production

This year’s Magee Mainstage production is the musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Vancouver | Magee Secondary School | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Musical

Tea & Rum Tasting: A fun encounter of two worlds

Experience the taste of summer with an unique fusion of flavours and aromas. A selection of premium Teas from China will be paired with Rums from the Caribe and South America

Vancouver | O5 Tea | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Kasbo at Celebrities Nightclub

Go worlds away with Kasbo as he brings his Places We Don't Know Tour to Celebrities Nightclub for an early show with support from BAYNK

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Gamelan Gita Asmara and Guests

This is a two-days event featuring Vancouver based gamelan groups

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

pARTy@PdA: Dance & Dine - Foxtrot Friday

Get dancing at Place des Arts in celebration of International Dance Day! This edition of Dance & Dine is all about the Foxtrot!

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Derek Stanyer and Edmundo Gonzalez: Masterworks of the Piano

Vancouver | Showcase Pianos | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Urban Alchemy 8

The Urban Alchemy was formed to bring the urban/street dance community of Vancouver together for one evening, under one roof. The UA provides a performance opportunity for our urban/street dance artists in our community to present their work

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | Dance

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

stage43 Presents: The Ladies Foursome

A funny, fast-paced and heartwarming story of friendship... over the course of eighteen holes

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 3:00 am | Theatre

Giggles & Gags

Giggles & Gags, Vancouver's hilarious sketch comedy group, is back to tickle your funny bone! Come have a few laughs, a few drinks, and help us raise funds for Vancouver's Mom2Mom Poverty Initiative

Vancouver | PAL Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy

Post Malone

Post Malone With guests SOB X RBE

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Blindside

After her recent American, Canadian, and European tour, one-eyed multiple award winner Stéphanie Morin-Robert returns to Vancouver to recount her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a superpower

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Theatre

ABRA Cadabra - A Tribute to ABBA

The music of ABBA & Elton John comes to The River Rock Casino Show Theatre on April 27th with world renowned ABBA Tribute Show "ABRA Cadabra"

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

4th Annual Vancouver World Music Festival - Zimbamoto, The Boom Booms, Bloco Energia

Cubbyhole Artists presents: 4th Annual Vancouver World Music Festival featuring: The Boom Booms, Zimbamoto, Bloco Energia

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | 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

The History of the World Based on Banalities

A youngster decides to look after his mother in the last months of her life. Starting from run-of-the-mill situations and objects, he embarks on a quirky voyage through her past and that of the world

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

Métis Mutt

A comedic, heartbreaking and unpredictable performance piece that recounts the journey of a young Metis man finding his way out of a destructive circle, through music, comedy and inventive story-telling

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Stéphanie Morin-Robert: Blindside

After her recent American, Canadian, and European tour, one-eyed multiple award winner Stéphanie Morin-Robert returns to Vancouver to recount her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a superpower

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Shakespeare in Hollywood by Ken Ludwig

In 1934 the Warner Bros. movie studio decided to do a “class picture”: an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Max Reinhardt was invited from Germany to direct. ..

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

Desi Nights w/ DJ Branestorm at Elements Casino

A-Town Presents: Desi Nights @ The Dragon Lounge inside Elements Casino. Surrey's only monthly South Asian Event

Surrey | Elements Casino Surrey | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party | Free

Skullcandy Presents The Straight Series feat. Bishop Briggs with guest Matt Maeson

Sarah Grace McLaughlin, known by her stage name Bishop Briggs, is an English musician and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Zaytoven at Fortune Sound

Grammy award winning hip-hop producer, Zaytoven Beats (Gucci Mane, Migos, Drake) returns to Happy Ending Fridays at Fortune Sound Club on Fri, Apr 27th

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

ATMOS with Goa Pete, Delikatny & Zeroplayer

Electric Love / Chrome Techno Fridays / Restricted Entertainment & Goa Trance Mission Present... ATMOS

Vancouver | The Hindenburg | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Verses Festival of Words 2018. Interrobang?! Billy-Ray Belcourt, Virago Nation, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

In the guts of artists everywhere is a driving force, a question that begs for answer, churning engine of the inquisitive mind

Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 10:40 pm to 0:30 am | Lecture