Metro Vancouver events on January 17, 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

Know Show Fall/Winter 2018

KnowShow is an engaging B2B marketplace where leading lifestyle fashion brands unveil their seasonal products to Canadian Retailers

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibitions at Place des Arts

Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: 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 9:00 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

Gentle Yoga

Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health

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

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

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

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

Reassembled, Slightly Askew

An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

Lezervations Vancouver - Volume XIV

Welcome in 2018 with your favourite queer women's dinner party!

Vancouver | Nicli Antica Pizzeria | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Make Brioche!

In this class we will show you how all the basics to make Brioche! This magic dough is more than a sweet bread!

Vancouver | Kensington Community Center | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cooking

Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Sex, Drugs & Age, the last taboo by Colleen Ann Fee

Age is our last taboo. We resist aging by all possible means. Sex, Drugs & Age, the last taboo physically dramatizes the hazards of mixing sex and drugs with age

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out - Neworld Theatre

This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts

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

Macaulay Point by: Emily Carr - Paint and Sip Night - Snacks Included

We couldn’t think of a better way to provide a unique to BC experience except to have artist/teacher Iris Mes-Low create a painting based on one of Emily Carr’s paintings

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

North Shore International Winter Film Series

The North Shore International Film Series is presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival

North Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

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

Beth White + Reece and Dustin + The Ship Of

Mid Week Crisis is back full steam and this time we have an early show with Happy Hour!

Vancouver | LanaLou's | 7:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

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

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen

In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Dance Centre presents Nicola Gunn

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Nicola Gunn - Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts

Comedy Woman в Ванкувере

Шпильки, шутки и подкаблучники: юбилейный концертный тур Comedy Woman "10 лет на шпильках" 17 Января в Ванкувере!

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre

From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting

Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

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

Black Boys

A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 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