Metro Vancouver events on April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019

Fri

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

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

Vaisakhi Gala 2019

The Times of Canada Vaisakhi Gala will Lavish an affair of cultural performance, Cultural Display, and authentic Punjabi Food. It will be an evening to celebrate Vaisakhi with Family and Friends

Surrey | Bombay Banquet Hall | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Hypocrisy & Fleshgod Apocalypse

with Aenimus, Obsidian, Blackwater Burial

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Trouble Notes – Lose Your Ties Tour

The Trouble Notes·Monday, October 1, 2018 “The Trouble Note’s music is an eclectic fusion of genre across the entirety of the musical spectrum, creating a sound that is truly unique to its own.” – Rob Underwood, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:03 pm | Music

Dreamstate Vancouver 2019

Insomniac Events x Harbour Convention Centre presents, Dreamstate 2019 Vancouver - "Your Trance Destination"

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Sabrina Benaim with Clementine von Radics

Author, poet, and spoken-word savant Sabrina Benaim returns to Vancouver for her Slumber Party Tour!

Vancouver | LanaLou's | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Books

Bethel Music Victory Tour

Bethel Music returns to Vancouver. Bethel Music presents The Victory Tour with special guests Tasha Cobbs-Leonard and Housefires

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

Cantus & Chor Leoni Men’s Choir

Cantus Male Vocal ensemble, hailed by Fanfare magazine as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States,” shares the stage with Canada’s beloved Chor Leoni in a collaborative concert to open the 2019 VanMan Male Choral Summit

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:03 pm | 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

EDAM Presents

EDAM Dance presents New Workby Idan Cohen, Jennifer McLeish-Lewis and Peter Bingham

Vancouver | Edam Dance | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

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

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

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 | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

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

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Revolutionaries: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich

This concert features three Russian composers who dealt with the political minefields of Russia and the Soviet Union in very different ways

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

The Lalas Burlesque Show

The Lalas Burlesque Show is coming to Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on Friday, April 12, for one unforgettable performance

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

MOMIX (US) - Viva MOMIX

In honour of MOMIX’s celebrated history, Viva MOMIX distills more than three decades of work into a compilation of audience and critical favourites

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

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

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Plantrea x Cofresi

Plantrae roams the forests and detritus of modernity, crafting earthy beats music clearly evocative of its NW origin.

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

The Attractions

The Attractions are a band comprised of four extremely talented musicians who love to play music

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music