25 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, March 18

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 25 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, March 18.

CONCERTS

English indie-folk band Daughter plays tunes from new album Not to Disappear, with guests Wilsen, at the Vogue Theatre.

Vancouver punk bands the Shit Talkers, Bound by None, War Amp, and Brothers in Arms take the stage at Funky Winker Beans.

Music by the Psychic Alliance, Parenthesis, Simple Machines, Chronfused, Redrick Sultan, Renaissance Babies, the Food, and DJ So-and-So raises money for Foods Not Bombs. Held at the WISE Hall.

Vancouver folk-rocker Jeremy Allingham releases solo debut album Memory Electric, with guest Westwinds, at the Biltmore Cabaret.

French-Algerian fingerstyle guitarist Pierre Bensusan gives a concert at Bluedog Guitars.

BENEFITS

The Burke Beer House hosts a fundraiser that aims to help Syrian refugees resettle in the Tri-Cities area.

ET CETERA

Richpex 2016, Western Canada's largest stamp, postcard, and postal-history auction, hits the Executive Hotel & Conference Centre.

The Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show comes to the Tradex Trade & Exhibition Centre.

FORUMS

Keynote speaker and author Harold Troper delivers a speech at a multifaith symposium on refugee settlement. Held at the Chapel of the Epiphany.

Leslie Buck explores how we receive and evaluate claims that impact our lives and nations. Held at the West Vancouver Memorial Library.

Randall MacKinnon moderates a discussion exploring if the medium is the message. Held at the Vancouver Public Library Oakridge Branch.

SPORTS

The Vancouver Giants take on the Kelowna Rockets in Western Hockey League action. Held at the Pacific Coliseum.

COMEDY

Pittsburgh standup comedian Steve Byrne performs a solo show at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

Join Graham Clark and friends as he explores his high-school yearbook and the yearbooks of the audience. Held at the Hot Art Wet City Gallery.

ARTS ET CETERA

The Shooting Gallery Performance Series includes new work by Sarah Gallos, Elissa Hanson, Robert Azevedo, Katie Cassady, and Ashley Pietro. Held at the Dusty Flowershop.

DANCE

At Words in Motion, you can discover how movement breathes life into words with three award-winning narratives interpreted by a trio of distinct choreographers. Held at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Local urban-dance artists Praise Team, the Source Dance Company, Vancity Lockers, KTL, Street Kings, Diamonds in the Rough, 247 Company, ITP, the SOULdiers Co., Aviary, and GTX perform at the Michael J. Fox Theatre.

MUSIC

Early Music Vancouver and Pacific Baroque Orchestra present a performance of Handel's Apollo e Dafne, as well as Bach's Orchestral Suite in C Major. Held at the Vancouver Playhouse.

The UBC Chamber Strings under the direction of Eric Wilson perform highlights from their winter term at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Classic fables come to life through the masterpieces of opera and music theatre, performed by the Vancouver Opera Young Artists Program. Held at the West Vancouver Memorial Library.

The Laudate Singers and Couloir present world premieres by Vancouver composers Stephen Chatman and Chris Sivak, as well as works by Jocelyn Morlock and Gustav Holst. Held at St. Andrew's United Church.

THEATRE

The Departments of Theatre and Stagecraft & Event Technology at Douglas College present Moisés Kaufman's story The Laramie Project at the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre.

MOVIES

A Last Stand for Lelu takes you to the frontlines of the fight to save Lelu Island and Flora Bank. Screened at the Grandview Calvary Baptist Church.

Vancouver Web Fest shines a spotlight on the progressive evolution of entertainment and programming created exclusively for the Internet. Held at Performance Works.

The Vancouver Public Library Kitsilano Branch hosts a screening of Our Man in Tehran.