Metro Vancouver events on January 18, 2017
January 18, 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
Know Show
The KnowShow provides a perfect platform for industry leading brands and Canadian retailers to connect and do this business.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Business / Finance
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
Lunar New Year at Oakridge Centre
Come celebrate Lunar New Year at Oakridge Centre with LunarFest craft workshops, live performances, and loads of fun activities for the whole family!
Vancouver | Oakridge Centre | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free
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
2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Mess
Caroline-Horton-Mess-1Josephine is putting on a play – Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones).
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Theatre
Judy Chartrand: What a Wonderful World
Judy Chartrand: What A Wonderful World features the remarkable ceramics of Judy Chartrand
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Bill Reid Creative Journeys
An exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
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
Strong Female Character
Group exhibition featuring Mandy Tsung, Bronwyn Schuster and Sherri Rogers. Strong Female Character looks at feminine identity, both past and present, as defined within Western culture.
Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Better Balance Workout for Seniors
This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health
The Nether by Jennifer Haley
The Nether made its Vancouver premiere at this year’s Fringe Festival and was a favourite amongst critics. A detective story that explores the nature of virtual realms, fantasy and morality.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Theatre
2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Dance Dance Revolution: Shorts Program
Whether it’s tear gas in your eyes or genuine tears, sometimes you just gotta dance it out!
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Film | Free
Herbs for Health - The Backyard Medicine Cabinet
Discover herbs that can be grown in gardens, planters, or your kitchen to be used as everyday medicines. Claire Smith will discuss a brief history of traditional uses of herbs for healing properties, and medicinal plant gardens throughout the world
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Sam Sullivan's Public Salon 27
Short presentations by Vancouver's leaders and thinkers that will entertain, educate and provoke. Hosted by former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
UBC Theatre: Love and Information By Caryl Churchill
A scientist dissects a brain. Someone tells the police. Another puts an elephant on the stairs. Over 100 vibrant characters in a series of vignettes search for meaning in their lives; through sex, death, feeling, thinking, taxidermy, and karaoke
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Incite 2017
Incite is a free, bi-monthly reading series presented by the Vancouver Writers Fest and Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Musica in casa - Soprano and Piano Duo
Our series of intimate house concerts in support of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's fundraising efforts returns for a third season!
Vancouver | Casa Miles-Nowell | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
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 Nether by Jennifer Haley
The Nether made its Vancouver premiere at this year’s Fringe Festival and was a favourite amongst critics. A detective story that explores the nature of virtual realms, fantasy and morality.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
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
2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Sweat Baby Sweat. Jan Martens (Belgium/Netherlands)
A man and a woman: that’s what you get in Jan Martens’ brilliant piece of dance. Onstage, dancers Kimmy Ligtvoet and Steven Michel enact a story of love with their bodies, complemented by music and projected text
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Dance
The Fighter and The Kid Live with Brendan Schaub & Bryan Callen
The Fighter & The Kid is a weekly podcast featuring former UFC heavyweight Brendan "Big Brown" Schaub and actor/comedian Bryan Callen.
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy
Emanuel Ax with the VSO
Maestro Bramwell Tovey teams with legendary pianist, the great Emanuel Ax, in a program that features two piano concertos: Beethoven’s powerful Emperor Concerto, and Mozart’s beguiling Piano Concerto No. 22.
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie With Guest
Rapper from the Bronx NY, on tour to support his latest EP release “TBA”.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:20 pm | Music
Way Up! Wednesdays
Every Wednesday with DJs Arems, Hoppa + special guests
Vancouver | Alexander Gastown | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music