Metro Vancouver events on January 17, 2017
January 17, 2017
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Robson Square Ice Rink
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun. Robson Square’s outdoor skating rink is open, so celebrate winter in style with skating in the heart of downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Robson Square Ice Rink | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45
Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45 explores interactions between Canadians in Europe and survivors of the Holocaust at the close of the Second World War and in the immediate postwar era
Vancouver | Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | History
Hong Kong: Heroes of the Dark Years
Discover the relatively unknown but inspiring stories of Chinese Canadians who were heroes during the battle, the occupation and the liberation of Hong Kong during WWII
Vancouver | Chinese Canadian Military Museum | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | History
Meryl McMaster, Confluence
The Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present Confluence, a touring exhibition organized by the Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa and curated by Heather Anderson.
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC offers a rich and rare window into the visual culture of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik region with In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver in the Seventies
Vancouver in the Seventies zooms in on key themes and moments from Vancouver’s coming of age: a time of protest, political upheaval, economic prosperity, and cultural blossoming
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures
We wear clothing not only to keep us warm, but to express our beliefs, social status and political identity. This stunning exhibition showcases more than 130 handmade textiles from around the globe, drawn from the largest collection in Western Canada
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Stare at Vancouver Art Gallery
Drawn from the gallery’s permanent collection, the exhibition will feature work by artists such as Roy Arden, Bernd and Hilla Becher, John Coplans, Barbara Probst and Mark Ruwedel among others
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
We Come to Witness: Sonny Assu in Dialogue with Emily Carr
Sonny Assu continues his ongoing body of work Interventions on The Imaginary, creating a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Coming Home: Traditions of Chinese New Year. Exhibition 万家团圓: 春节传统展
Family is at the core of Chinese New Year, and the rituals and customs of this traditional celebration are expressed through colourful symbols and lively stories that awaken the senses
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
Juxtapoz x Superflat at Vancouver Art Gallery
Juxtapoz x Superflat is a manifesto for new creative practices that can no longer be adequately described by the traditional categories of art and production
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures
The title of the exhibition, Ambivalent Pleasures, refers to the complex nature of pleasure in the early 21st century as we become increasingly aware of the social, economic and environmental costs of our desires, habits and patterns of living
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Three Cities: Prayer and Protest. Opening Exhibition
Artist: Mere Phantoms: Maya Ersan & Jaimie Robson. Three Cities: Prayer and Protest is a shadow-based installation that investigates sites of tension, controversy, and contact within three cosmopolitan environments.
Vancouver | Grunt Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Amie Siegel: Quarry
Amie Siegel's moving image work Quarry (2015) proceeds from the vast underground caverns of a Vermont marble quarry to the material’s high-end destination: the opulent sales galleries for Manhattan's newest residential skyscrapers.
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville Predators
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Sports
KMC Play Reading Series: A Fortunate Son by Jay Brazeau
A FORTUNATE SON is a very dark comedic look at three generations of fathers and sons and how the choices we make in our past may have frightful consequences in our future
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Dr Sketchy's - Twin Peaks
Created for Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School Vancouver. Next session, Bee Appletini plays Audrey Horne, the beautiful troublemaker. You can try to draw her, but Audrey Horne refuses to live within the boundaries of your narrow lines
Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop
Presented with Vancouver Jewish Film Festival: The Women’s Balcony
Infused with a lot of effortless humour, presenting witty, genuine characters that audiences can relate to and revel in watching.
Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Macbeth
Third World Bunfight brings us a free adaptation of Verdi’s opera - and by free, we mean daring, radical and uninhibited in its transformations.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
The Fighting Season
Inspired by his father’s deployment in Afghanistan, Sean Harris Oliver’s searing new play investigates the Afghan war through the eyes of a Canadian field medic, a doctor, and a recovery room nurse.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre
The (Post) Mistress
Marie-Louise is an effervescent, charismatic postal worker in the fictional town of Lovely who seems to know everything about everyone–and is eager to share all the gossip with you.
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
The Fictionals presents: R/Improv & Storytime!
The Fictionals Comedy Co. present award-winning improv comedy every Tuesday night at Cafe Deux Soleils
Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Oil Pressure Vibrator. Geumhyung Jeong (South Korea)
Part performance piece, part lecture, this is a show that will challenge your notions of sexuality, technology and the body - not to mention theatre itself.
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Ford Pier Tuesdays at The Lido in January!
Each and every Tuesday in the month of January of the year 2017, Vancouver musician Ford Pier will be seen at The Lido on Broadway
Vancouver | The Lido | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music | Free