Metro Vancouver events on January 10, 2018

Free Ice Skating at Robson Square

This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun

Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop

This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop

Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City

A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories

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

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Welcome Week Spring 2018

Join us for our multi-campus, week long welcome back event! The KSA's 2018 Spring Welcome Week will be Jan 8-11th at Langley(8th), Surrey(9th), Richmond (10th) and Tech(11th) Campuses

Surrey | Kwantlen Student Association | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture

Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter

This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy

Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Memory - History - Story Exhibition

This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.

North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

1900 by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival

A rare opportunity to see Bertolucci’s massively ambitious political saga, set on a farm in the Po Valley between 1900 and 1945, in its full, five hour plus form. The film chronicles the fortunes of two young men, one the son of a landowner, the other a w

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 12:30 am to 3:30 pm | Film

The Pipeline Project

A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Performing Arts

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth

The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Musical

Afro-Futurism Trading Card Workshop Series for Black Youth

Join multi-disciplinary artist Ruby Smith Díaz in advance of Black Futures month for the creation of Afro-Futurism Trading Cards!

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Chinese Lantern Festival

Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Open Mic Jam with Karen Fowlie and Copper Cove Road Band

This Is The Official Advance Sign Up List For The January 10 Open Mic Jam

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Padre Padrone by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival

The Tavianis most important work is Padre Padrone (aka Father, Master), based on a memoir by the academic linguist Gavino Ledda about his harsh upbringing as the son of a psychologically and physically abusive peasant farmer in postwar Sardinia

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Alcohol Free PNW Forest Ridge Paint Night

We’re delighted to announce another brand new exclusive to 100 Braid St painting! This Forest Ridge scene really captures the beauty of the Pacific Northwest

New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts

Almond Blossoms by: VanGogh - Paint & Sip Night - Snacks Included

As part of our famous artist paint night series our teacher Iris Mes Low is creating a painting based on VanGogh’s Almond Blossoms painting

New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts

Winter 2018 Bellydance classes with Tamara

Start the year off with a technique intensive 6 week session with Tamara. We will be working with taking the basics to the next level, expanding your technical repertoire and focusing on smooth transitions through the evolution of movements

Burnaby | Dancin Stars | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance

Theatre series. Misery

Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?

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

Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory

Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

The Pipeline Project

A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts