Metro Vancouver events on January 24, 2018

AME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference

We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences, AME’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2018 will take place January 22-25, in beautiful Vancouver, BC

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture

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

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

Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream

Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre

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

Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories

Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery

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

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt (Australia)

This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | Performing 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

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

Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks

A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

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

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Blind Cinema - Britt Hatzius (England/Germany)

From theatre artist Britt Hatzius, here’s a chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Audience members are seated in a theatre, with a row of children behind them, and together they experience a movie

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:40 pm | Film

French Gastronomy Series: East Country Pâtés by Valentine Kitamura

Introducing a cooking class series that will take you on a culinary tour of France! Every class brings you to a different region of France

Vancouver | The Uncommon Cafe | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking

Femopolis: Cities for women, by women, with women

Guest Speaker: Jennifer Fix

Richmond | Wilson School of Design at KPU | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Essentials of Landscape Design

Spring is just around corner, so it’s time to start thinking about garden design

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop

The Comedy Magic of Rod Boss

January 24th will be an evening of Award winning Comedy Magic presented by Rod Boss. A rare opportuniity to see Rod perform live at the Chief Sepass Theatre in Ft. Langely

Langley | Chief Sepass Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Show

Celebrating Robbie Burns

Join us for a fun-filled evening of Scottish music, dance and poetry in celebration of Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Music

Harnessing Inner Power with Samantha Skelly - West 4th

Come join us for an evening of diving deep with Samantha Skelly from Hungry For Happiness

Vancouver | RYU Apparel Inc | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Film Screening: Birth of a Family

Screening will be followed by a conversation with director Tasha Hubbard and two of the siblings featured in Birth of a Family

Vancouver | SFU Woodward's Goldcorp Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | Free

Club 49th Anniversary

All Levels Dance

Burnaby | Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavillion | 7:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Meeting - Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)

In this riveting display, Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe share the stage with 64 robotic percussion instruments. The gadgets chime, tap, click and shuffle while the humans move and speak in response

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

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

Topdog/Underdog

A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Adam Sandler plus surprise special guests

A successful actor, writer, producer and musician, Sandler's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and include box office hits such as "Grown Ups," "Just Go With It," "Bedtime Stories," "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

VSO Chamber Players - Mozart, Plus

The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written

Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band's line-up includes founder Josh Homme, alongside longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and recent addition Jon Theodore

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Theatre series: Misery

The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King

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

Yung Lean & The Sad Boys

Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, better known by his stage name Yung Lean, is a Swedish singer from Stockholm

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

John Maus at The Biltmore Cabaret

John Maus is a truly enigmatic musician. Broadly cut from the synth pop cloth, he’s fashioned the frosty minimalism of its fabric into a cloak of infinite meaning, genuine grace and absurdist humor over the course of three defining albums since 2006

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Hot Brown Honey

Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

I’m Not Here. Theatre Club

Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

RUTS debuts The Devil Room

Reuptrippyshit Debuts The Devil Room At Celebrities Nightclub

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 11:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Dance