Metro Vancouver events on January 13, 2018

Short Campbell River get away

No need to take a Friday off work. We will get out for a quick dip to Campbell River. Meet us Saturday morning at 5 am to get on the first ferry and we will make sure you are home for supper Sunday night.

Vancouver | Vancouver Diving Locker | 5:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports

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 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Exhibitions at Place des Arts

Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Transference - exhibition

Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Paint Anything - Drop in Painting

Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience

Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Lift Cannabis Expo

Canada’s cannabis capital invites you to the 2018 Lift Expo

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Fertility & Adoption Expo

Connect with and learn from Canada’s leading experts in fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and more!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

41st Annual Wedding Fair

Wedding Fair is the largest, most respected and sought after wedding show in British Columbia by exhibitors and brides

Vancouver | The Westin Bayshore | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fair

Gluten Free Expo - Vancouver

Welcome to Canada’s largest Gluten Free event! Discover, sample, and save on hundred’s of Gluten Free Products while learning experts help you thrive with special dietary needs and food allergies on stage

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Intro to Watercolours

Explore luminous watercolours methods. Learn how to mix colours and apply washes

Port Coquitlam | Colours Artists Supplies and Framing | 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | Visual Arts

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

Cineplex Family Favourites - Saturdays

Join us on Saturday mornings at 11am for Cineplex Family Favourites. Watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99

Vancouver | Cineplex Theatres | 11:00 am to 2:00 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

CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores

Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical

Ghost Spring opening reception & performances

A two-person show by Dilara Akay and Derya Akay looking at funeral practices within their own family in Turkey, passing down information from one generation to the next

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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 | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts

Chakra Balancing for 2018: Yoga & Sound Healing

Join sound healer Cindy Babyn and Yoga instructor Sandi Bain for a restorative yoga & sound healing session to start your new year right!

Maple Ridge | Epic Yoga & Fitness | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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 | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts

Theatre series. Misery

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

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

BLUE by Vancouver International Film Festival

Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. ...

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Film

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

JHC YA Winter Retreat

Hey everyone, we are going on a Retreat to the Camp Luther Mt. Seymour Chalet. Join us for a weekend of relaxation, Hot Chocolate, Board Games, sitting by the fire, eating plenty of food, skiing, hiking, movies or whatever you'd like to do to relax

North Vancouver | Mt Seymour | 5:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health

5th Annual SPFK Winter Classic

5th Annual SPFK Winter Classic Charity Hockey Game. Come out and support your favorite Sunday Funday players taking part in a fun game in support of SPFK and Make A Wish Foundation of BC & Yukon

Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Sports

Creating Healthy Habits in the Kitchen

Kick off your New Year with this healthy cooking class by Chef & Holistic Nutritionist Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition

Langley | Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cooking

Above the Hospital

Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Rainbow (Whacky) Bowling

The 2nd annual Bowling Event for the LGBT community.... No experience required!

Burnaby | Old Orchard 5 Pin Bowling Center | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Cacao Ceremony and Kundalini Dance at Ancient Fire

Cacao is a sacred plant medicine that is celebrated as the food of the gods and has been used in Shamanic ceremonies by the natives of Central and South America for thousands of years

Vancouver | Ancient Fire | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health

The Radical: Saturday Night Improv!

The Radical returns to North Vancouver for more Saturday Night Improv at the historic Anne MacDonald Hall in front of the Presentation House Theatre. Get ready for a fast-paced nigh of big laughs all inspired by your suggestions!

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

The ACT Arts Centre & BC CITT Presents: Line 49 & Guests

It is a concert where aspiring techs have a chance to run the equipment after learning the ins and outs from professionals in the fields of Lighting and Sound

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Tinder Tales: Live in the Comedy Basemen

Professional/Amateur Daters, Storytellers, Comedians & everyday people confess their most outrageous and hilarious Tinder Tales and other online dating stories live on stage, in the basement of a pizza place

Vancouver | The Comedy Basement at Goldies | 7:30 pm to 11:55 pm | Comedy

Private to Public Journey of the String Quartet - The Eybler Quartet

What we now recognize as the string quartet spent most of its early years in the drawing room, and only in the 19th century did established groups begin presenting public concerts with any regularity

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Theatre series. Misery

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

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

Rogue Folk Club: Connie Kaldor

Connie Kaldor is a Juno award winning artist who has sung for royalty (Joni Mitchell, the Queen) and is a member of the Order of Canada. Her touring has taken her across North America and around the world

Vancouver | Rogue Folk Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Salsa & Latin Dance Night

Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Dance

Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks

A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Puzzle Helix {{ Mind of a Snail + Only a Visitor }}

Shadow puppetry duo Mind of a Snail and the talented musicians in Only A Visitor are combining their creative powers to concoct an illuminating feast for the eyes and ears!

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Behind the Keys - VBC's Annual Fundraiser

Back by popular demand, our annual fundraiser finds a new home at the Vancouver Playhouse. Join our maestro, Leslie Dala, “behind the keys” for an intimate evening of song and solo piano

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Otto Tausk conducts Brahms and Dvořák

Music Director Designate Maestro Otto Tausk returns to the VSO, conducting a beautiful program of classics, including one of the greatest symphonies of them all, a work that emerged triumphantly from under the shadow of Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

Audien

Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun, better known under his stage name Audien, is an American DJ, record producer and musician

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Cairo Knife Fight with guests Spidercracker

Cairo Knife Fight is a super duo formed by Nick Gaffaney, one of New Zealand's top session drummers, and George Pajon Jr., who has toured as the guitarist for Black Eyed Peas (and now Fergie)

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Project Pablo, D. Tiffany, and DJ D.Dee

Vancouver! We've got more good news to report. Project Pablo and D. Tiffany are coming home and we've organized a little get together on our favourite dance floor in the city to celebrate the occasion.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art and Leisure | 11:00 pm to 5:00 am | Music