Metro Vancouver events on January 26, 2018

Krav Maga Force

Krav Maga Force™ Is a modern self-defense system designed to address and defend against present day street assaults and confrontations

Richmond | Premier Martial Arts | 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health

6th Annual Swing Summit Winter Retreat 2018

Welcome to the Sixth Annual 2018 Swing Summit Winter Retreat

Abbotsford | Suburban Swing Abbotsford | 7:30 am to 11:00 pm | Dance

Compassionate Inquiry - Vancouver

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world

Vancouver | Unity of Vancouver | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Missions Fest 2018

Missions Fest Vancouver is part of Missions Fest International and highlights global mission opportunities, showcases over 230 international Christian organizations, and features world class speakers within the context of over 100 seminars

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada

Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery

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

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

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

Trout Lake Family Concert

Children friendly - open gym - family concert hosted by Trout Lake Community Centre!

Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Music

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

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

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 | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Critical Ideas: Object-Oriented Performance Practices

Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free

KDocs Presents: Girl Unbound

This is the story of a young woman, known as Genghis Khan, who is doing that today...

Surrey | Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film | Free

RDSP parent information night

An opportunity for you to treat yourself to dinner and have an opportunity to come and hear about RDSPs and ask all of your burning questions. I have arranged for Calvin Warneke Investment Funds Advisor From Worldsource Financial Management Inc

Surrey | Ricky's Family Restaurants | 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up

Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Gallery Opening: Into the Arctic

Join Vancouver Civic Theatres and the Vancouver Maritime Museum for the public gallery opening of Cory Trépanier’s exhibit, Into the Arctic. The evening will also feature live entertainment, light snacks, and a cash bar

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

A Special Pre-Tu B'Shevat Family Shabbat Dinner

Join us for a fun and delicious dinner celebrating Tu B'Shevat

Vancouver | Community Kollel | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Family | Free

Hip-Hop Dance Classes

Hip Hop Dance Classe(s) ft. Rare Candies Dance Team

Vancouver | 1745 W 4th Ave | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Active Life / Health

Jeremy Tardif Band Live at the Shed

Come out Friday January 26th to party with us and the Jeremy Tardif Band

Langley | The Water Shed Arts Cafe | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Tyler the Creator with Vince Staples & Taco

Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known by his stage name Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, record producer, and music video director

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

La Belle Provence Dinner Class

Relax and let the scents and flavours of la belle Provence whisk you off to France. Where the herbs are grown fresh and the food is tantalizing, Chef Kristoff exceeds expectations in his art of french cuisine

Maple Ridge | Golden Ears Cheesecrafters | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking

Davey Boy Smith Jr Seminar

2 hour Seminar with current New Japan Wrestling Star Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Surrey | All Star Wrestling | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports

Sleeping Beauty Dreams

A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:35 pm | Theatre

Hollow Twin with guests Porteau and Little Crow

Hollow Twin is dark folk rock based in Vancouver, BC. The band is fronted by Emmalee Watts and Becky Wosk who bonded over their old souls and love of classic mu…sic (Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Heart)

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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 | 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm | Performing Arts

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

Divers Social - Cave Exploration and Diving in Mexico

Divers of Vancouver, We have invited Natalie L Gibb, cave explorer, to speak on January 26th, 2018. This will be a diver's social. We will have a reception and drinks on either side of an incredible presentation about the underworld of Mexico

Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Endings - Tamara Saulwick (Australia)

Amidst a vast black space, a light traces the outlines of objects and bodies: an old-style record player, a reel-to-reel recorder, a singer and his guitar, and creator and performer Tamara Saulwick

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts

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 Comic Strippers

The Comic Strippers - A Male Stripper Parody And Improv Comedy Show. A Show for all genders 19+ only

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

The Vancouver Chamber Choir. Rivers of Light: Choral Explorations I with Timothy Shantz

Our guest conductor for this concert is Timothy Shantz from Calgary, where he is the music director of Spiritus Chamber Choir and Luminous Voices, as well as Chorus Master for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

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

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

Ruined by Lynn Nottage

Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Jitters By David French

Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

MGB (Matt Mitchell/Gordon Grdina/Jim Black)

Complex, intricate, idiosyncratic, and rockin'—those are the adjectives that best describe this cross-border collaboration between Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina, and New York’s Matt Mitchell piano, and Jim Black drums

Vancouver | Western Front | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Tribute to Django Reinhardt

Blending swing and Roma musical traditions into jazz melodies made Belgian-born Django Reinhardt a legend in Europe and eventually, around the world

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King

Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...

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

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Joseph Keckler

Vocal virtuoso, charming raconteur, master prose stylist—Joseph Keckler is all the above and more. This artistically ambidextrous performer can boast so many talents it’s a wonder he’s so modest

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

Friday Night Live

Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Passion Pit

Passion Pit has announced plans for a 2018 North American headline tour to start the new year

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: HinkyPunk - Fakeknot (Canada)

Striking, subversive and gorgeous to behold, Ralph Escamillan’s dance spectacular has its creator decked out in “sequin skin”—a layer of shiny ornamentation that serves to mask and reveal all at once

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Performing Arts

LUSH

TURU Presents LUSH. A night focused on the smooth, melodic and emotive side of underground electronic music

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

12th Planet #StereotypeFridays

Dubstep pioneer and leader of SMOG Records, 12th Planet makes his return to Vancouver for the ‘Sooo Sick Tour’!

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Deorro by Solid

Panda Funk mastermind Deorro makes his Vancouver return at the Harbour Event Centre!

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Talk Felty To Me: Season's End

Goodbye Sesame Street, hello Commercial Drive! Who needs skin when you've got felt?

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy