Metro Vancouver events on May 1, 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

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

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

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

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

Lil Windex

Infamous comedic trap-rapper & internet personality Lil Windex plays an All Ages show with special guest Kryple

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Men’s Bible Study and Prayer Group

Men’s Bible Study and discussion group, meets weekly to read scripture and respond to prayer requests. Non-denominational, open to everyone

North Vancouver | St. Andrew's United Church | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Graham Hancock: “America Before” Canadian Book Tour

Hancock’s research takes readers on a series of journeys and encounters with the scientific rebels responsible for the recent breakthroughs.

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

Vancouver Opera: La Cenerentola

Vancouver Opera presents: In Rossini’s masterpiece, La Cenerentola (Cinderella), the evil stepmother trades places with a malevolent stepfather, the fairy godmother is a philosopher, and the legendary glass slipper is replaced with a bracelet

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera

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

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 | 7:30 pm to 10:00 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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Nick Waterhouse

MRG Concerts Presents: Nick Waterhouse with guest Ben Pirani

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

Firehall Arts Centre: Gold Mountain - Turtle Island

A musical love story set in the early fifties between a young First Nation’s woman and a Chinese café worker set on the North Coast and in Vancouver’s Chinatown

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

Phil Dwyer Trio

Phil Dwyer (tenor sax/piano) needs no introduction to jazz audiences

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