53 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, April 13

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 53 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, April 13.

 

CONCERTS

The Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian folk duo the Small Glories, with guest Evie Ladin, at the St. James Hall.

Vancouver indie-rock band Coastline Pilot takes the stage at Studio Records.

Ghost-Note, composed of musicians from Snarky Puppy and Prince, hits Alexander Gastown with guest MonoNeon.

Local rock band Redwoods, with Quantum Council and Opposite Shores, takes over the Roxy.

Los Angeles punk band the Generators, with guests Knifedogs, Car 87, and No Klasse, headlines at Pat's Pub & Brewhouse.

American rapper Snoop Dogg performs on his Wellness Retreat Tour, with guests Cypress Hill, Method Man and Redman, and Berner, at Rogers Arena.

Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter Homeshake performs tunes from latest album Fresh Air at the Rickshaw Theatre.

Canadian pop group Prozzak performs on its Forever 1999 Tour at the Commodore Ballroom.

 

ET CETERA

You can play board games like Catan, Carcassonne, and Ticket to Ride at Instant Theatre Company.

 

KIDS' STUFF

The Egg-ucational Easter Scavenger Hunt provides trivia clues and leads visitors on a journey through the Vancouver Aquarium’s galleries.

At the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Easter festivities include family-friendly activities such as a scavenger hunt, games, and crafts.

Highlights of Easter at Flyover Canada include appearances by the Easter bunny.

Kids can ride through the forest, meet the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs, and get their face painted at the Stanley Park Railway Easter Train and Carnival.

 

GALLERIES

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl at the Vancouver Art Gallery surveys Point’s entire career through more than a hundred artworks that take the spindle whorl as their starting point.

Pacific Crossings at the Vancouver Art Gallery features works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s.

Oh, How I Long For Home Marianne Nicolson's installation at the Teck Gallery, addresses a persistent idea of the city as a conflicted promise for indigenous people.

Sonny Assu creates a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Retainers of Anarchy at the Vancouver Art Gallery features new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance.

 

MUSEUMS

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature at at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.

 

MUSIC

Jon Washburn conducts the Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra in a performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Duruflé's Requiem at the Orpheum Theatre.

At Ryerson United Church, United Voices and Chamber Orchestra present Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor.

At St. Andrew's United Church, service includes poetry, sung prayers, stillness, scripture, and music by Taizé, John Bell, and Cathy Hardy.

St. Andrew’s Choir and Chamber Orchestra and director Lars Kaario perform Fauré’s Requiem at St. Andrew's United Church.

 

COMEDY

Canadian standup comedian Ivan Decker performs a solo show at the Comedy MIX.

At Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club, standup comedian, actor, and podcast host Byron Bertram performs a solo show.

Professional and amateur daters, storytellers, comedians, and everyday people share their online-dating stories at the Fox Cabaret.

At Story Story Lie, five Vancouverites share stories, but one story is a lie. Held at Cafe Deux Soleils.

Instant Theatre presents a cast of improvisers performing comedy mashups of your favourite martial-arts movies at the Havana Theatre.

 

THEATRE

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Approaches at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

United Players presents Athol Fugard's The Train Driver at the Jericho Arts Centre.

It's your last chance to catch August Fourth Productions presentation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the PAL Theatre.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Mom's the Word Collective's Mom's the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty at the Granville Island Stage.

Sci-fi theatre production Generation Post Script sees the human race survive in space stations in orbit around our now-uninhabitable planet. Held at Studio 1398.

Hardline Productions presents the world premiere of Raes Calvert and Sean Harris Oliver's historical drama Redpatch at Studio 16.

It's your first chance to catch Fighting Chance Productions presentation of Parade at the Norman Rothstein Theatre.

The WISE Hall presents the first night of Blue Lodge Society, a unique interactive theatrical event with burlesque and live music.

 

MOVIES

 

Screening at the Vancity Theatre of The Gardener, which reflects on the meaning of gardening and its impact on our lives.

The Rio Theatre screens The Void, in which a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures.

Screening at the Rio Theatre is Spirited Away, which follows a 10-year-old girl who wanders away to a world ruled by strange and unusual monster-like animals.

The Vancity Theatre presents a screening of Strangers on the Earth, Tristan Cook’s lively portrait of modern pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago.

Screening at the Vancity Theatre is Black Code, the story of how the internet is being controlled and manipulated by governments.

Paulina Ortlieb's documentary Somewhere to Go: punk Victoria screens at the Vancity Theatre.

The Rio Theatre hosts a screening of 8 Mile, which tells the story of white rapper who crosses over Detroit's arbitrary racial boundaries.

 

ATTRACTIONS

At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean, as well as skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, and mountain ziplines.

Soar from coast-to-coast across the Canadian landscape with a 25-minute ride featuring effects such as wind and scents at FlyOver Canada.

Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.

Cypress Mountain features skiing and snowboarding lessons, snowtubing park, cross-country ski trails, downhill skiing and snowboarding trails, and snowshoeing tours.

Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library. 

The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

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