Paul Pigat plays Mel Lehan Hall
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: American filmmaker and pop-culture icon John Waters performs his latest spoken-word show, Devil’s Advocate, at the Rio Theatre.
FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Hornby Blues, a blues show featuring performances by Rick Fines, Samantha Martin, Paul Pigat, and Tim Willliams at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James. Here’s my interview with Paul Pigat from 2021.
FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks Road Game Viewing Party at Rogers Arena features a live broadcast of the third Canucks vs. Predators playoff game from Nashville, shown on the arena’s 1,300-square-foot scoreboard. with all proceeds benefiting the Canucks for Kids Fund.
Otto Tausk leads the VSO at the Orpheum
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: musical director Otto Tausk leads the Vancouver Symphony, violinist Paul Huang, and the Elektra Women’s Choir in a program of works by Dmitri Shostakovich, John Adams, and BC composer Nicholas Ryan Kelly at the Orpheum Theatre. Here’s my interview with Otto Tausk from 2021.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices explores 30-plus years of Indigenous tattooing from around the world and showcases the artists who are reconnecting with traditional skin-marking practices, at the Museum of Vancouver.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Vancouver Canadians take on the Spokane Indians in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium.
Velvet Terrorism at Polygon Gallery
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: through videos, photographs, testimonies, song lyrics, and reflections, the exhibition Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia offers an account of infamous feminist art collective Pussy Riot’s non-violent actions, running until June 2 at the Polygon Gallery.
SATURDAY: Party for the Planet at the Surrey Civic Plaza is a free Earth Day celebration featuring live music and dance, environmental education, food trucks, kids’ activities, and an expanded sustainable marketplace.
SATURDAY: veteran Vancouver folk-rock singer-songwriter Roy Forbes, aka Bim, performs tunes from his latest album Edge of Blue at Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre. Here’s my interview with Roy Forbes from 2021.
Lamenting for Ukraine at Shadbolt Centre
SUNDAY: Lamenting for Ukraine at Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts features an original lamentation ritual created by the Lamentation Singers and performance artist Roksolana Uhryniuk, with music by Anna Pidgorna (Ukraine/Canada), Arvo Pärt (Estonia), Kaija Saariaho (Finland), Jocelyn Morlock (Canada) and Yevhen Stankovych (Ukraine), performed by violinist Jack Campbell and pianist Anna Sagalova.
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