Metro Vancouver events on April 28, 2019

ARVO 2019 Annual Meeting. From Bench to Bedside and Back

Today, more and more, the research conducted in labs travels the full journey from bench to bedside

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture

Views of the Collection: The Street

Views of the Collection: The Street is part of a series of presentations on the 4th floor that comprise thematic perspectives on the Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

41st Annual VanDusen Plant Sale!

The Plant Sale has a lasting legacy of greening Vancouver, connecting people to plants, and increasing awareness of the Gardens

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

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

Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market

Located on the PNE Fairgrounds between the Forum & the Agrodome, the Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market brings fresh local goods every Sunday from November-April

Vancouver | 2901 E Hastings St | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

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

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Moving Still: Performative Photography from India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography

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

Contemporary Landscapes - KPU Fine Arts Exhibit

We will be hosting a group art show upstairs in the Big House featuring artwork by 3rd year students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, exploring the relationship between landscapes, art and politics

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Cannery Farmers’ Market

The Cannery Farmers’ Market is Steveston’s indoor winter market, held at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market | Free

WorkSafe BC Day of Mourning Ceremony

WorkSafeBC will be hosting the Day of Mourning ceremony at the Vancouver Convention Centre

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Family

The Rogue Folk Club presents The Rogue Folkies Jam - Acoustic Old Time, Folk and Bluegrass

Do you play a musical instrument? Are you interested in playing/singing with other musicians in a jam session setting? Come to Aberthau Mansion at the West Point Grey Community Centre on a Sunday morning

Vancouver | West Point Grey Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | Free

The Franchise Expo

Come to Western Canada's Largest "Own Your Own Business" Event! See the most successful franchises + brand new opportunities from every industry.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Art Vancouver 2019

Art Vancouver presents over 100 galleries and artists from around the world. Exhibitors present some of the most dynamic recent works and continue to bring to light what is happening now in the art scene

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Jack and the Magic Bean by Presentation House Theatre

Jack and the Magic Bean is coming home!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Kids

Paint Star Party

Featuring “BLUE JAYS,” the first painting from the Song Bird Series by Pro Artist Cheyenne

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Party

Surrey Little Theatre: Sealed For Freshness - A Comedy by Doug Stone

Hostess Bonnie invites a group of neighbours over for a Tupperware party. The guest list: perky, rich Jean, her very pregnant sister Sinclair, ditzy-blonde Tracy Ann, and new neighbour Diane, who's made quite a career selling Tupperware

Surrey | Surrey Little Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Kids' Koncerts presents Classical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs

The world famous production of Beethoven Lives Upstairs features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his uncle

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids

Pacific 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Zee Zee Theatre presents - Dead People's Things

Phyllis, a Millennial, inherits a house and all of its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company: The Great Leap

A jump shot across borders. As the story jumps back and forth in time, tensions rise right up to the final buzzer and history collides at the leap for a 3-point shot

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Pre-Mother's Day Celebration by JCC Children & Family

Children are invited to bring their mom, significant family member or caregiver to a Special Celebration

Vancouver | Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

The Vancouver Recital Society presents - Tetzlaff Trio

Three of the most prominent performers in classical music - violinist Christian Tetzlaff, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, and pianist Lars Vog - embark on their first trio tour of North America in three years

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

Walkin’ on Broadway

Enjoy an afternoon of sensational Broadway theatrics featuring symphonic and choral music performed by the VPOPS Orchestra and Choir

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Sunday Afternoon Tours

Join CAG Visitor Coordinator Jocelyn Statia for a Sunday afternoon tour of the current exhibitions

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Lauren Ruth Ward

Live Nation Presents: Lauren Ruth Ward With guest Jesse Jo Stark

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

If You Strip Away: Reimagining a Classic

Five singers and five musicians will re-examine songs from Jesus Christ Superstar; removing the riffs, the rock, and the spectacle

Vancouver | VSO School of Music | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Consciousness

The 5th installment of Brinkman’s “Rap Guide" series, Rap Guide to Consciousness is part rap concert, part standup comedy, and part Ted Talk, a new species theatre that Broadway Baby has called “Mind-blowingly, awe-inspiringly good!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture

Boperation

Boperation deploys again at Frankie’s. Vancouver’s finest Boperatives take you on a musical journey back to the early 60s when hard bop reigned supreme in jazz. The best in jazz from 1945 to 1965. All bop-bebop, hard bop, post bop-all in

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music