Metro Vancouver events on February 2, 2017

Diego Samper Dreamscapes

Dreamscapes Scapes - landscapes, seascapes, dreamscapes - images that are born from a deep and intimate experience of the places where Diego has had the fortune to live: the temperate rain forest and seashore of the Pacific Northwest and the Amazon tropic

North Vancouver | City Atrium Gallery | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Art Rental Show 2017

200 new artworks have been added to our Art Rental collection! Visit CityScape Community Art Space for the Art Rental Show, our semi-annual salon-style exhibition featuring original artworks by local artists

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Out of Sight: Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton

Discover the work of two photographers who were revolutionary in making time stand still

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | 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

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

You know that world-famous Public Market in your backyard? It's time for you to enjoy the spoils! Take charge of your local status with this special edition of the Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

Vancouver | Edible Canada | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Food / Wine

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

Things with Wings

Freedom to Soar. Fireflies, crows, fairies, dragonflies, owls, angels, butterflies, bats and beyond; all celebrate the miracle of flight.

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show

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

Sarah Ronald: i spy wild | life

Artist Sarah Ronald shows new drawings, paintings, and installations which spur viewers to tune in and seek out the contradictions present in our daily lives, specifically around our relationships with wild animals in both suburban and natural environment

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 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

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

Hank Bull: Connexion

Take a closer look at renowned Vancouver artist Hank Bull

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 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

Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada!

FlyOver Canada is proud to once again present Flight of the Dragon; a flight ride experience that takes you over the breathtaking countryside and renowned landmarks of China

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Roundtable: New Models N.O.W.

N.O.W. (New Open Working process for the performing arts) is a European network of performing arts professionals providing a compelling example of how presenters and artists are building new models for transnational collaboration

Vancouver | The Post at 750 | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Festival

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

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

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

Vuja De. New paintings by Claire Sarfeld

I enjoy creating work in which I’m not limiting myself in my creative endeavors. I push the picture plane to create layers and shapes, unconventional horizon lines, and find moments of clarity, to achieve an overall sense of discovery.

New Westminster | Douglas College | 10:00 am to 7:30 pm | Exhibition

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

River Rock Casino Resort Year of the Rooster Double Money Tree Cash Giveaway

Year of the Rooster Double Money Tree Cash Giveaway

Richmond | River Rock Casino Resort | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Show

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

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Discover Railtown Culinary Tour

Never heard of Railtown before? Well you soon will.

Vancouver | Uncommon Café | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Craft Beer and Tacos Brewery Tour

Hop on tour with Vancouver Brewery Tours to experience the greatest pairing mankind has ever seen, Craft Beer and Tacos!

Vancouver | Waterfont Station | 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. PushOFF Mixer

Join PushOFF producers and artists for an informal meet-and-greet. PushOFF, produced by Theatre Replacement in partnership with Company 605, is an independent, curated platform of tour-ready projects and works in development by Canadian artists

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Festival

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

You know that world-famous Public Market in your backyard? It's time for you to enjoy the spoils! Take charge of your local status with this special edition of the Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

Vancouver | Edible Canada | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Woodward's Community Singers 2017 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Ocean Wise Pop-Up With Chef Ned Bell at Vancouver Aquarium

Forget the fish 'n' chips. During Dine Out Vancouver Festival, award-winning executive chef Ned Bell will transform the Café at the Vancouver Aquarium into a one-of-a-kind bistro dining experience you won't want to miss

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks

The regular season game

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Sports

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Wallflower

In Wallflower the performers endeavour to remember every dance they’ve ever danced

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Side Dishes by Hawksworth Restaurant

Hawksworth Restaurant returns to its roots this Dine Out, with a series of sommelier and supplier led long table dinners that celebrate the people who have sourced the best ingredients and fine wines for Hawksworth over the years

Vancouver | Rosewood Hotel Georgia | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Improv Night in Richmond

Alright you hosers, it's late in the 3rd and we're gonna need 110% from every gee-golly-one of you. So let's keep our skates sharp, our sticks down and our puns on net, because the hopes of our nation rest on this one fateful night... Improv Night!

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Artist Salon: February Session

Join us for the first session of this new program for working artists!

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Sing... George Michael! Drop In Rock Choir

We are singing some fantastic songs at our drop-in choirs - Join in and sing! This week we're singing FREEDOM! '90 by George Michael and Riptide by Vance Joy!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

As I Lay Dying

The evocative and absurd southern gothic masterpiece

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Audience

Broadway’s royally entertaining hit play

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

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, they dis

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Eugene Onegin

The story is that of a selfish hero - Eugene Onegin of the title, who rejects the love of a young woman and fatally confronts his best friend in a duel.

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera

Odysseo

Odysseo, Cavalia’s new adventure, has been touring under the world’s largest big top since fall 2011. Odysseo is a veritable revolution in live performance

Vancouver | Olympic Village | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

John K. Samson & The Winter Wheat

Singer/songwriter John K. Samson enlists the rhythm section from his renowned band The Weakerthans for much of his second solo album, Winter Wheat

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time: 9th Anniversary Hot Tub Party!

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time is going to be celebrating 9 amazing years of awesome

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Mouthpiece

Mouthpiece follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice. The push and the pull, the past and the present, the progress and the regression: this is the inner conflict that exists within a modern woman’s head.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 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.

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

You Will Remember Me

A wistful and wise drama about the unexpected and unforgettable.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Ocean Wise Pop-Up With Chef Ned Bell at Vancouver Aquarium

Forget the fish 'n' chips. During Dine Out Vancouver Festival, award-winning executive chef Ned Bell will transform the Café at the Vancouver Aquarium into a one-of-a-kind bistro dining experience you won't want to miss

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather by David Mann

A classic tale of power, destiny, betrayal and honour: what if Shakespeare had written The Godfather? This brilliant comic premise takes on surprising dramatic power as Coppola’s movie masterpiece shows itself to be true Elizabethan tragedy.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. The City and the City. Upintheiar/The Only Animal

From China Miéville’s award-winning novel comes this unique theatre experience from Upintheair Theatre and The Only Animal. The play itself is a tale of two cities, with a twist: the cities are in the same place

Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. FOLK-S, Will you still love me tomorrow? Alessandro Sciarroni

Choreographer Alessandro Sciarroni takes a traditional dance form and works it for all it’s worth. It’s a sheer physical feat of performance

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Studio 58 presents: 42nd Street

The quintessential backstage musical comedy classic, 42nd Street is the song and dance fable of Broadway with an American Dream story and includes some of the greatest songs ever written..

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Musical

Towards Zero

Vagabond Players Presents Towards Zero By Agatha Christie. Directed by Miles Lavkulich

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Lydia Loveless With Guests at Biltmore Cabaret

American singer-songwriter, on tour to support her latest release "Real"

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music