Metro Vancouver events on May 3, 2019

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

Jurassic Quest: Job fair

Would you like to work with Dinosaurs?! This is an amazing event to have the opportunity to work at!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Fair

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

Health, Sports & Lifestyle Expo - BMO Vancouver Marathon

The 2019 BMO Vancouver Marathon Expo will run from Friday, May 3 to Saturday, May 4. It’s the perfect place for visitors to soak up the inspiring atmosphere at Vancouver’s largest premium sports and fitness expo

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

VSO Tiny Tots: Muzical Zoo for Me & You!

Dance with teddy bears, rock with dinosaurs, and boogie with orangutans in this favorite show full of bouncy originals and classic melodies. Accompanied by Clarinet, Trombone, and String Bass

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 10:00 am to 12:15 am | Kids

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

41st Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival

The Hellenic Community of Vancouver is thrilled to announce our 41st Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival, from May 3rd - May 5th, 2019!

Vancouver | Hellenic Community of Vancouver | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Shipyards Friday Night Market

The best Friday Night Market in the Lower Mainland located in the historic Shipyards District of lower Lonsdale in Beautiful North Vancouver, B.C.

North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market

Shishi Israeli Shabbat Dinner

Join Beth Tikvah, RJDS and Jewish Federation Gesher Program for an Israeli style Shabbat Dinner and Kabbalat Shabbat on May 3rd

Richmond | Beth Tikvah Congregation | Family

Epik High - night 2

MRG Concerts Presents: Epik High with Yoshi Flower. Epik High is a South Korean alternative hip hop group from Seoul, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

First Impressions Theatre: Duets

A gloriously funny examination of the chaotic world of love, relationships and why the grass is never greener. Duets is a hilarious tribute to the strength and madness of the human heart

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Presented by Stage43: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

After scheming his way into a short mental institution stay over a prison sentence, a charming rogue causes mayhem among his fellow patients and enrages the head nurse

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

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

Communication Doors by Alan Ayckbourn

In this thrilling time-travel comedy, three women attempt to save themselves and each other at the hands of the same man but in 3 different time periods

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

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

Dizzy

Dizzy is a Canadian indie pop band from Oshawa, Ontario, whose debut album Baby Teeth won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Diamond series: Bramwell Conducts Louis Lortie

Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts the World Première of his own Concerto for Orchestra, a work commissioned by the VSO to commemorate his appointment as Music Director Emeritus

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

The Boom Booms with guest Sophia Danai

The Boom Booms are a celebrated Canadian band from Vancouver, BC. They blend storytelling and dance music with draws on funk, soul and latin styles

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Perturbator with Gost & Guests

James Kent, known by his stage name Perturbator, is a French synthwave musician from Paris

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

River of Light

The River of Light is an exciting world premiere of a large scale work for chorus, soloists and orchestra conceived and composed by Brian Current

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

Hotel California - A Salute to the Eagles

For more than two decades, tribute band Hotel California has faithfully recreated the Grammy award-winning sounds of the Eagles

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

Tom Keenlyside Quartet

New and exciting mixed with old faves

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

16th Annual A4K Hollyburn Boxing Gala

North Burnaby Boxing Club is hosting the 16th Annual A4K Boxing Gala in May 2019

West Vancouver | Hollyburn Country Club | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Sports

Raincity

Raincity crosses vintage aesthetics with contemporary sounds, blending together powerful vocals, sultry saxophone, and feel-good rhythms

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

Club Buck at The Buck & Ear

Come out for a fun evening of food, friends, entertainment at The Buck & Ear with DJ Montresor!

Richmond | Buck & Ear Bar & Grill | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Food / Wine