Metro Vancouver events on May 13, 2018

Offsite: Shigeru Ban - exhibition

Shigeru Ban is the 17th installation in the Gallery’s Offsite series. Offsite is located at 1100 West Georgia Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, west of the Shangri-La Hotel

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

Mother's Day at the Market

Treat your mom on us! Celebrate Mother's Day at the Market with great live music, a complementary cup of our famous pink tea from Blue Teapot and

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Food / Wine

Mother's Day Brunch

Bring your family and friends and join us for Mother's Day Brunch!

New Westminster | Sapperton District Taphouse | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

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

Illusive - A Circus of Possibilities

Illusive - A Circus of Possibilities is a show where the world is turned inside out and challenges all inside to create new paths, and solve problems through circus collaboration to escape

Vancouver | PNE Garden Auditorium | 12:30 am to 2:30 pm | Show

MAMMA MIA! by Catherine Johnson

The Smash-hit Musical Based on the songs of ABBA

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Paul Lewis - Performance 2

The Vancouver Recital Society presents Paul Lewis - piano in an afternoon concerta at the Vancouver Playhouse

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

MOM=WOW – The Mother of All Mother’s Day Shows

Make mom laugh 'til her sides hurt on May 13 with this special one-performance-only mom-themed show exploring the many facets of motherhood

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Show

3rd Annual Mother’s Day Party

Come join us for our 3rd Annual Mother’s Day fun event full of games, laughs, dinner & dance

Surrey | Royal King Palace | 6:00 pm to 0:00 am | Party

East Van Showcase: Rio Rising

The 2nd night of EVS madness. See film students from all over BC compete in the first ever Student Showdown at the legendary The Rio Theatre

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Love's Not Color Blind with Kevin Patterson

Join Thorntree Press for an evening with Kevin A. Patterson, author of the new book Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities

Vancouver | HIVE | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Books

Atif Aslam and Neha Kakkar in Vancouver!

Pakistan's Atif Aslam & India's Neha Kakkar perform together for the first time in Vancouver on a Special Day for what promises to be the ' Musical Event on Mother's Day 2018 ' !

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Sarah Hagen: Perk Up Pianist!

With an enthusiastic performance schedule that has taken her all the way to Carnegie Hall, Sarah Hagen transforms her award-winning role as “concert pianist” into a stand-up, or rather, sit-down comedy.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Black Gardenia - Anza Club

The Anza club and Black Gardenia present an Evening of Vintage Jazz with Black Gardenia | Lucky Star Home Tour! continues celebrate the launch of their new Record "Lucky Star"

Vancouver | AnzaClub Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Writers Fest: An Evening With David Sedaris

The Vancouver Writers Fest presents An Evening with David Sedaris, author of bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Books

Symphony at the Annex - A Short, Slow Life

A Short, Slow Life is a meditation on love, devotion, and the fragility of time, featuring scenes from Bramwell Tovey’s latest opera

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

ITSAZOO Productions: Wet

Wet is a raw, in-yer-face play set during the height of Canada’s involvement in the Afghanistan War. A soldier returns home from combat after suffering from a head injury

Vancouver | The Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts