Metro Vancouver events on May 4, 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

BMO Vancouver Marathon Expo

Discover the latest innovations in health and fitness at Vancouver’s largest premium sports and fitness expo. The Health, Sports & Lifestyle Expo is FREE and open to everyone aspiring to lead healthy, active lifestyles

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

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

Sasy Live in Vancouver

Sasy is an Iranian Pop Singer-songwriter born in Ahvaz, Iran. He is currently signed under RJ Label and has produced hits such as Saaghiya, Salam and Noosh

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Music

CBC Studio 700 Composer Series. A Study in Contrasts: The Music of Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich

Featuring the Shostakovich Piano Trio no. 2 (28 mins) and Rachmaninoff Romances Op 38 (18) for soprano and piano

Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

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

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

Franco La Cecla - Against Architecture

Anarchist author of Against Architecture and the forthcoming Against Urbanism. Born in Palermo in 1950, Franco La Cecla is a renowned anthropologist and architect.

Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books

Vancouver Crossroads Conference: Evening Panel

Vancouver is facing crises on multiple fronts - sky-high rents, the overdose crisis, homelessness, social isolation, rising sea levels - and the community is fragmented on solutions

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Lecture

Kid Koala’s Vinyl Vaudeville: Floor Kids Edition

MRG Concerts Presents Kid Koala The Vinyl Vaudeville Show: Floor Kids Edition with guests

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Lindbjerg Academy Presents Madagascar Jr. and Honk Jr.

Join our Youngstars and Shining Stars in this Double Feature of Madagascar Jr. and Honk Jr.

Port Coquitlam | Terry Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Music for a Night in May

Consists of three distinct but thematically related compositions. Each is inspired by ideas of origin: of the earth, the sea, the forest, the night sky, the creatures we’ve evolved from and through

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Overcoat - a musical tailoring

A much anticipated co-production with Toronto’s Canadian Stage Company and Tapestry Opera, The Overcoat - a musical tailoring is an operatic reinterpretation Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling's 1998 smash-hit play, The Overcoat

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:40 pm | Opera

The Championship Tour

The Championship Tour complete with the label’s all-star roster including Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, Lance Skiiiwalker and more

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Release Party

Some Assembly Theatre Company is proud to produce and present the world premiere of The Release Party, a new and original play created by youth working in collaboration with professional artists

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre | Free

Requiem for a Lost Girl: a chamber musical about homelessness

Exploring themes of homelessness, poverty, mental illness, addiction and the plight of missing and murdered women - this strikingly original chamber work unfolds as a memorial service for a young woman lost to the street

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Tapestry International Celebration of Women’s Choirs

To round out the season, Elektra is thrilled to welcome choirs from Iceland (Kvennakór Garðabæjar), Japan (Frisches Ei), and Los Angeles (VOX Femina) to its triennial Tapestry International Celebration of Women’s Choirs

Vancouver | St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music | Free

Stephanie Nilles

The Chicago-born and New Orleans-based jazz/punk/barrelhouse pianist performs original songs and covers of classic jazz tunes in an eccentric and captivating style that turns heads

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Yuja Wang - piano

Musical America’s 2016 Musician of the Year, Yuja Wang’s prodigious talent has taken her around the globe and then some

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

O'wet/Lost lagoon

Quelemia takes us on dreamlike canoe odyssey, guided by her Great grandmother. The play delves deep into the generational effects of colonialism, memory and the reclaimation of land and self. It encompases a family's determination to reclaim lost parts of

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

Frenship - Good Morning, Goodbye Tour With guest Yoke Lore

Frenship is an American electropop duo, consisting of James Sunderland and Brett Hite

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Nana Mouskouri Forever Young Tour

Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, one of the best-selling artists of all time, comes to River Rock Show Theatre for her Forever Young Tour

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

The Money Shot a wicked comedy by Neil LaBute

Starring Lara Amelie Abadir, Michael Patrcik Denis, Kate Issac and introducing Vivian Tang. Directed by David C Jones. Karen and Steve are glamorous movie stars with one thing in common: desperation

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

Rainbow Kitten Surprise - The Friend, Love, Freefall Tour

American rock band, on tour to support their latest release “How to: Friend, Love, Freefall”

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

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

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

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

The Vancouver Bach Choir meets Orchid Ensemble

The Bach Choir joins the Orchid Ensemble for an intensive residency culminating in a performance at the beautiful St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. The evening will also feature the world premiere of a commissioned work by Vancouver composer Rodney Sharm

Vancouver | St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Joyryde at Celebrities

Electronic hard-hitter Joyryde brings his unique blend of bass-house, trap and old school UK garage to Celebrities Nightclub for Stereotype Fridays with support from sara sukkha + Fishy!

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

Slushii: There x2 Tour at Commodore Ballroom

Julian Scanlan, known professionally as Slushii, is an American musician, Disc Jockey, vocalist and record producer based in Los Angeles

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music