Metro Vancouver events on January 24, 2019

Veronica Roth: Lost Stories Found

Veronica Roth is best known for her watercolour, ink, and chalk mixed media paintings on vintage and antique paper

North Vancouver | North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Art in Sacred Spaces

Join gallery staff for a day of art discovery and cultural explorations as we explore sacred sites around the Lower Mainland, including the Buddhist Temple in Richmond, Schara Tzedeck synagogue and Christchurch Cathedral in Vancouver

West Vancouver | Ferry Building Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

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

Celebrating Robbie Burns

Back by popular demand! 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 9:00 pm | Music

UBC Theatre - Lion in the Streets

Award-winning Canadian playwright Judith Thompson’s seminal play Lion in the Streets centres around Isobel, the ghost of a murdered nine-year-old Portuguese girl

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Blind Date

Experience all the exhilaration and excitement of new love as Mimi goes on a blind date with a different man every night—plucked right out of the audience!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Matchmaker

Mix-ups and matchups in a classic farce. Experience the pandemonium of this classic—and the inspiration for Hello, Dolly!—that embraces the unexpected in a truly modern way

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

International Guitar Night 2019

Each year, International Guitar Night’s founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries from around the world for special concert tours of North America highlighting the diversity of the acoustic guitar

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

CD Release! Etta Jones – A Soulful Sunday: Live at The Left Bank

Never-before-heard recordings from the late soul songstress

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Surrey Little Theatre: Night Watch

A woman sees a dead body in the window of the abandoned building across the way from her home. Her husband tries to comfort her but believes she is still affected by an earlier tragedy

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

A Prayer for Owen Meany by Simon Bent

An epic tale of faith, absurdity, and the power of a single voice

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

Murder on Reserve by Thomas Hischak

In small town Illinois things are a little too quiet, even for the Reference Section of the public library. A body is discovered and big city cops are called in

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

Global Dance Connections series: The Dance Centre presents Kuan-Hsiang Liu. Kids

Taiwanese choreographer and dancer Kuan-Hsiang Lui is an explosive new talent on the international dance scene, whose luminous works often have autobiographical roots

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Jokes Please!

Jokes Please! is an award-winning stand-up comedy show hosted by Ross Dauk that happens every Thursday at Little Mountain Gallery

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy