MUSIC

The Let’s Hear It! musical showcase features indie-rockers Ludic, Travis Adams' The Odd Neighbourhood, modern folk musician and Cassidy Waring.

Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward, 7pm, Free with RSVP

Vancouver based folk-indie-pop-jazz band Tatters & Ravens perform songs with quirky, soulful of harmonies. With guests Fallow State, Space Queen, and Sayde Black Music.

Railway Stage & Beer Café, 579 Dunsmuir, 8pm, $10

American electronic rock duo BoomBox tour with ETHNO, Jeff Franca of Thievery Corporation.

Fox Cabaret, 2321 Main, 7:30pm, $16.50

Sweet & Sawa, the Vancouver Afro Beats series featuring DJs Freeky P, Bombae and Mario at Fortune.

Fortune Sound Club, 147 East Pender, 10pm, $10

Barnstormer is Roaring 20's inspired ensemble featuring Babe Ruth on clarinet, Albert Einstein on drums, Al Capone on guitar, Salvador Dali with the upright bass and lead vocalist Melanie Dekke  aka Mela. With guests Loverock the Band and Matthew St John.

Blarney Stone, 216 Carrall, 8pm, $10

Singer, songwriter, and anthem singer for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Marie Hui is one of Vancouver's most powerful and emotive soul singers.

Guilt & Co, 1 Alexander, 9:30pm, Pay-What-You-Can

Celebrate Chinese New Years at D6 Lounge at Parq. Dance the night away to the sound of Son of James, Elvis tribute artist Aaron Wong, and other special guests.

Parq Vancouver, D6 Lounge, 39 Smithe, 8pm, Free

THEATRE

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is a comedic drama set in 1956 where the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?

GO Studios, 210-112 East 3rd, 7pm, $15

Clara Brennan's Spine charts the explosive friendship between a ferocious, wise-cracking teenager and an elderly East End widow. Mischievous activist pensioner Glenda is hell-bent on leaving a political legacy and saving Amy from the Tory scrapheap because "there’s nothing more terrifying than a teenager with something to say".

Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial, 8pm, $20

PuSh Festival presents the Western Canadian premiere of Dana Gingras’ FRONTERA. Gingras’ dance company, Animals of Distinction, collaborates with the post-rock band Fly Pan Am and members of the UK-based collective United Visual Artists to create a multimedia experience of motion, sound, and light.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton, 8pm, From $39

Skyborn introduces never-before-seen Musqueam/Sto:lo visual storytelling and animation, as well as inter-Indigenous sound and puppetry. ▶ Read our review.

Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables, 7:30pm, From $26

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling is one of the darkest and most sensual of the 17th century English tragedies. A tale of hidden sexual desires, bloody deeds, and characters who realize their intentions are less than pure.

Telus Studio Theatre, 6265 Crescent Rd., UBC, 7:30pm, From $11.50

The Believers Are But Brothers explores the modern masculinity crisis as a generation of young men find themselves burning with resentment; without the money, power and sex they think they deserve. 

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, 8pm, $15-36

Noises Off, the play-within-a-play comedy classic, treats audiences to a peek at a second-tier acting troupe performing a show. With egos, insecurities, and tempers flaring backstage, forgotten lines, missed cues, and misplaced sardines onstage—the cast threaten to undermine the play and each other.

Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville, 7:30pm, From $29

ARTS

The VSO Afterwork concert series presents The Majesty of Bruckner. The evening begins with a happy hour then moves to the main attraction, Bruckner’s 4th and most popular Romantic symphony conducted by VSO Music Director Otto Tausk. After the performance you can mix and mingle with VSO musicians.

Orpheum Theatre, ADDRESS, 5:30pm, $28

Left of PuSh #3 offers three mixed bills by local and visiting artists working across disciplines with works by olive theory, the interdisciplinary duo Shion Skye Carter and Stefan Nazarevich, and theatre artist, Gilles Poulin-Denis.

Left of Main, 211 Keefer, 5pm, $15-25

The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents seven emerging Indigenous artists creating works on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish people in What We Bring With Us.

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby, Until April 12

Vancouver violinist Jasper Wood performs music from the film The Red Violin by John Corigliano, concerto movements by Antonio Vivaldi, and "Road Movies" by John Adams. 

ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, 10am, $27.50

Vetta Chamber Music presents The Immortal Flute performed by Lorna McGhee, one of the world‘s pre-eminent flautists.

West Point Grey United Church, 4595 West 8th, 2pm, $20/25

FOOD & DRINK

WildTale Coastal Grill welcomes famed Chef Guillermo González Beristáin from Monterrey, Mexico for the World Chef Exchange. Beristáin is a proud advocate of Mexico’s culinary heritage at his restaurant Pangea, winner of Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants. This collaboration dinner will include a multi-course menu that celebrates the bounty of land and sea, with a twist. ▶ Read our profile.

WildTale Coastal Grill, 1079 Mainland, 7pm, $173.97

Get hands-on experience making farm-to-cone sorbetto and gelato in Uno Gelato's Gelato 101 lab.

Uno Gelato, 2579 West Broadway, 7pm, $59.74

The Hawksworth Long Table Series offers a five-course B.C. tasting menu paired with local wines guided by Chef and Sommelier. Part of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival.

Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W Georgia, 6:30pm, $152.44

MOVIES

Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s 1927 short story, Color Out of Space follows Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family after a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm and they find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism that infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare. ▶ Read our review.

Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, 10pm, $13

In Clemency, years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard). As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill. ▶ Read our review.

Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, 3:45pm, $13

Explorer, adventurer, writer (The Songlines; In Patagonia) Bruce Chatwin and Werner Herzog were kindred spirits and close friends before the Englishman's untimely death from AIDS in 1989. In Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Herzog travels to the regions that proved inexhaustible sources of inspiration for this incredible talent: Patagonia, Australia, and the Ivory Coast.  

Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, 6pm, $13

In Uncut Gems Adam Sandler is a New York jeweler and natural-born gambler who bets the farm on uncut black opals he smuggles in from Ethopia, but foolishly shows them to NBA star Kevin Garnett (who insists on borrowing them as a good luck charm).

Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, 7:50pm, $13

Natalie Portman stars as Jacqueline Kennedy in the biopic Jackie, in the hours and days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Cinematheque, 1131 Howe, 8:30pm, $12

The Cinematheque's Best of the Decade film series continues with Stranger by the Lake, a homoerotic Hitchcockian thriller. French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s slow-burning, carefully controlled exploration of danger and desire is set over ten days at a lakeside cruising spot for gay men.

Cinematheque, 1131 Howe, 6:30pm, $12

COMEDY

Dino Archie (Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Comedy Network, Just For Laughs, Adam Devines House Party) headlines the Wolf & Hound Pub for this one night only comedy event.

Wolf & Hound Pub, 3617 W. Broadway, 8pm, $12

Weekly stand-up showcase Jokes Please! has host Ross Dauk welcoming some of the city's best stand-up comedians.

Little Mountain Gallery, 195 East 26th Ave, 9pm, $10

The Bomb Shelter Amateur Comedy Night's open mic lets anyone sign up and perform their comedic material.

Keto Caveman Cafe, 605 W Pender, 7pm, $10

TRIVIA

Pub Trivia at Tavern with host Ed Garcia of CFOX challenges your brains with pop culture trivia. Win Donnelly gift cards good at any location.

Tavern, 1141 Hamilton, 7pm, Free

Yagger's Downtown Pub Trivia pits teams against each other to see who's got the biggest brain. Prizes include gift certificates and rounds of drinks.

Yagger's Downtown, 433 West Pender, 8:15pm, Free

▶ Find all the trivia nights for each day of the week here.

ETCETERA

Wrestling legend Raven stop by the Rio to tell stales from his career in the world of pro-wrestling. Stories from ECW, WCW, WWF/WWE, TNA and more. Bring your questions for the audience Q&A and have a chance to see this athlete up close at the meet and greet.

Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, 7pm, From $30

Experience the breeding season activity and vocalizations of Stanley Park’s owls on this popular nighttime walk.

Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, 610 Pipeline Road, 6:30pm, $5 - $12.50

Herstory highlights the empowerment of women through a fashion show at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The event aims to raise $50,000 for the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.

Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby, 6:30pm, $50

Ecologist and author Alejandro Frid reads from his recently published book Changing Tides: An Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the Anthropocene.

Massy Books, 229 East Georgia, 6:30pm, Free

The 22nd annual Pacific Agriculture Show is the largest agricultural exhibition in Western Canada.  Learn about the latest technology in the industry or bring the family out and visit the petting zoo and have fun at the Bobcat square dance.

Tradex Trade & Exhibition Centre, 1190 Cornell St., Abbotsford, 9am, $15

Historian and author Lorenzo Veracini discusses how the settlement of ‘empty lands’ was used by nations throughout history to solve internal social tensions at the lecture Displacement as Method. Veracini is Associate Professor of History at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne where his research focuses on the comparative history of colonial systems.

SFU Harbour Centre Campus, 515 West Hastings, 6:30pm, Free