Metro Vancouver events on April 11, 2019

Capture Festival

At Science World, the goal is to share these ideas in new and interesting ways and show how art can sometimes be a better way to communicate a science concept than words alone

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show

Lynne Cohen: These Walls

Lynne Cohen is best known for her photographs of institutional interior spaces. Generally inaccessible to the public, these spaces include medical laboratories, private offices, factories, shooting ranges and military installations

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Affinities: Canadian Artists and France

This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century

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

Mowry Baden

This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present

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

Displacement

This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery's collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive

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

Coffee Concert: A Broadway Cabaret

This time the Bergmanns team up with vocalist Nadya Blanchette to interpret some of the most memorable tunes of Broadway with music by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 12:15 am | Music

Adad Hannah - The Decameron Retold

HaAdad nnah’s, The Decameron Retold, is a newly commissioned artwork by the Richmond Art Gallery based on the 14th-century literary work, The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

SWART

We are a creative bunch!Come by to enjoy an eclectic collection of photography, paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures and more, all created by the staff at Science World!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Elements Film Festival

ELEMENTS is a showcase of the best environmental films from British Columbian, Canadian and International filmmakers.

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Film

Jack and the Magic Bean by Presentation House Theatre

Jack and the Magic Bean is coming home!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Kids

AJJ & Antarctigo Vespucci

MRG Concerts Presents: AJJ & Antarctigo Vespucci with guest Lisa Frank

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Pre-show Artist Talk with Cristina Pato

Cristina Pato joins us onstage to talk about her journey as an artist, and her passion for sharing the music of the Galician bagpipes with audiences around the world

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

AJJ & Antarctigo Vespucci with guest Lisa Frank

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Orchard (After Chekhov)

Timeless family drama set in the Okanagan Valley. Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Royal City Musical Theatre presents Singin’ in the Rain

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Royal City Musical Theatre is excited to present the movie classic, Singin’ in the Rain

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

UBC Theatre Presents: A One Act Double Feature!

It's that beautiful time of year again - the UBC Theatre MFA Directing One Acts! Come and see two spectacular shows directed by MFA Directing Candidate Sloan Thompson and PhD Theatre Candidate Mark Swetz!

Vancouver | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free

Strange Noize Tour Ft. Stevie Stone & Madchild

Stevie Stone is hitting the road with Battle Axe Warrior Madchild for an extensive North American tour.

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

The Arts and Alley Theatre: The Good Bride

A one-woman comedy about a Quiverfull Christian girl

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

Vagabond Players: Detroit

In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might be Detroit, Ben and Mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a barbecue

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Firehall Arts Centre presents: The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The Tashme Project: The Living ArchivesA verbatim theatre project created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Almost, Maine By John Cariani

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote mythical town of Almost, Maine

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Satanic Surfers & Belvedere, with guests The Corps, Blacked Out

Co-headlining show featuring Swedish and Canadian punk bands

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Jane Austen’s Persuasion Adapted by Tim Luscombe

An adaptation of Jane Austen’s last novel, Persuasion features her most mature heroine, Anne Elliot

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

Cherry Docs by David Gow

Danny is an ambitious Jewish defense lawyer assigned to defend an unrepentant neo-Nazi accused of murder.

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

Great Russian Ballet: Giselle

Canada, we are coming back with one of the most breathtaking ballets of all time

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Performing Arts

Delinquent Theatre presents: Never the Last

Berlin 1919: A violin prodigy and composer meets an expressionist painter and war veteran. She is passionate, rude, and gifted; he is witty, emotional, and compassionate

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Blindside by Stephanie Morin-Robert

In a feat of riveting comedy, one-eyed storytelling champion and cancer survivor Stephanie Morin-Robert recounts her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a superpower

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

Cristina Pato Quartet

Cristina Pato is a musical force to be reckoned with. A master of the gaita (Galician bagpipes), her sophisticated sound skirts the boundaries of jazz, classical, folk, and world music

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

Grateful Shred

Timbre Concerts proudly presents Los Angeles-based Dead tribute band on their West Coast Spring 2019 tour

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Steel Panther with guest Bruiser Brody

Steel Panther is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics, as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that reenact the stereotypical "glam metal" lifestyle

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music