April 10 2025 edition: Vancouver fashion doesn’t have to be boring

Hey there. How are you holding up? 

Despite respiratory illness season being supposedly over, it feels like everyone in Vancouver is sick right now. Having a cold in April feels incongruous: you mean the germs don’t magically disappear just because the sun’s out? Sounds fake.

— V.
Associate Editor

— FEATURE — 

Your very Vancouver April 2025 horoscopes

What does Aries season have in store for you? Our resident not-actually-an-astrologer Rachel Burns looks towards the stars to help you navigate the 604, offering sage advice like: “consider initiating a new Opera Man trend”; and “true love doesn’t mint their own meme coins”.

SPONSORED BY VANCOUVER RISE FC

Rise FC Kicks Off Era Next Wednesday

Vancouver Rise FC will make history next Wednesday, April 16, at BC Place, as the city’s first professional women’s soccer team debuts in the Northern Super League (NSL) against Calgary Wild FC.

The historic match kicks off at 7:00 p.m., with the team’s remaining home games hosted at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Led by Olympic medalist Quinn and various Canadian and international players, Rise FC aims to inspire a new generation of players and fans. 

Single-game tickets and season tickets are now available.

The NSL, founded by Diana Matheson, features six teams across Canada, with Rise FC poised to become a cornerstone of women’s soccer on the West Coast.

— LIVING —

Designer Alex S. Yu embraces the contradictions

Vancouver-based womenswear designer Alex S. Yu fuses nostalgia and futurism, softness and structure, practicality and play—and that push and pull is helping him take his latest collection in a new direction.

• Mine & Yours founder Courtney Watkins thinks you should buy the bag (second-hand)

• Mike Usinger unpacks the latest season of The White Lotus

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SPONSORED BY EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Celebrate Music and Dance from France

Step into Renaissance France with music and dance from ensemble Doulce Memoire and choreographer Hubert Hazebrouq.

April 12, 2025 at 7:30pm | Vancouver Playhouse

— ARTS —

PSA: Bard on the Beach tickets are now on sale

The 36th season of Bard on the Beach is starting surprisingly soon, with a program promising much ado about multiple shows.

• Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra turns a spry 95 

• Theatre Under the Stars returns with two summery musicals

• Starting tomorrow! VIFF's Canadian Film Week champions local artists, diversity and resistance. Screening 18 films, including six Vancouver premieres, plus returning classics, free screenings and Q&As.*

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— MUSIC —

Rare Americans pulls off an uncommon feat

Despite coming from Vancouver, Rare Americans have found a big audience south of the border. “We’re definitely much more popular in the U.S.,” shares frontman James Priestner ahead of the band’s hometown show.

• On Our Radar: Kids With Knives get nostalgic with “I Found a Frog”

• Jessie Reyez brings her biggest tour yet to Vancouver this fall

• The West Coast is calling! Book 3+ nights by April 30 for stays through May and get 33% off each night at Black Rock Resort.*

— ICYMI —

• Golden Plates nominations are only open for a few more days

• Vancouver’s progressive new councillors send a message to Sim City 

• See Chinatown through new eyes with street photography exhibition, Vitality

• A new book examines Olympic Village’s development woes

• Five spots to get your cherry blossom foodie fix

— THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND —

BOOKS: Verses Festival of Words, Canada’s largest spoken-word festival, returns. (April 10 to 20 @ Chill X Studio) 

MUSIC: Get into rap-rock like it’s 2009 with Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne. (April 10 @ Harbour Convention Centre)

PERFORMING ARTS: Venture inside puppeteer Ingrid Hansen’s twisted mind with Epidermis Circus. (April 10 to 11 @ Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver) 

PERFORMING ARTS: Pin-Up Posse puts on a cabaret and burlesque showcase, Spring Spectacular. (April 11 to 12 @ Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre)

THEATRE: Upintheair premieres a speculative new play, Dead Drone. (April 11 to 19 @ Russian Hall) 

VISUAL ARTS: Mary Sui Yee Wong’s retrospective Restless by Nature opens. (April 12 to June 8 @ Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond) 

LIVING: Grab your signs: the Global Climate Strike returns to demand better climate action. (April 13 @ Vancouver Art Gallery)

Want to know what else is happening in Vancouver? Check out our events listings.

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