Metro Vancouver events on May 1, 2018

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman - exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with approximately thirty photographs by Mattie Gunterman

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

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 - exhibition

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

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

Living, Building, Thinking: art and expressionism - exhibition

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

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

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

May Day 2018: Stand Up, Fight Back!

Join the Vancouver and District Labour Council and affiliated unions in marking International Workers Day with a march and rally in Vancouver

Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts

Devushka v podarok. Девушка в подарок. Комедийный детектив

Hеожиданный подарок-сюрприз, сделанный неизвестным "клиентом", переворачивает всю его жизнь… заставляет заново ее переосмыслить… заглянуть в прошлое, чтобы иметь право на будущее…

New Westminster | Douglas College | 3:11 pm to 9:40 pm | Comedy

Book Launch Party - On the Line

Join us as we launch our landmark book: On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement by Rod Mickleburgh

Burnaby | Hilton Vancouver Metrotown | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Party

Is There A Comic In The House? by McMath Drama Production

McMath Drama Department presents their spring play, Is There A Comic In The House?

Richmond | McMath Secondary School | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Lobby Nights. Holy Wow Poets

Share your poetic flair or simply sit back and relax while listening to exciting and invigorating poems and songs.

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

Stephen Stills & Judy Collins

50 years ago, singer-songwriter Stephen Still met singer-songwriter Judy Collins, known for her piercing ocean blue eyes

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Jonathan Darlington Tribute

An Evening of music with the Maestro at the piano and leading a chamber ensemble alongside singers from the cast of Eugene Onegin as well as members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

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

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

explorASIAN 2018: Illumination of Vancouver City Hall

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month of May and the launch of the explorASIAN festival 2018, Vancouver City Hall will be illuminated in red!

Vancouver | Vancouver City Hall | 9:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

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