Metro Vancouver events on January 25, 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

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

Opening Reception: Boobies and Wieners SIX

Hot Art Wet City is bringing back your favourite immature and dirty art show for a sixth, sexy year. This time, we’re partnering with Arts Factory for this little quickie

Vancouver | Arts Factory Society | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party | Free

Early Music Vancouver: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation

J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation blends 21st-century technology with an exploration of the tradition and skill of old world craftspeople and artisans

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

What if Romeo and Juliet by Presentation House Theatre

Take a new look at Shakespeare’s magnificent and tragic love story. Do we all have the potential to become a Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt or Mercutio? Could there be another ending to this beloved and famous tale?

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre

Black Art Jazz Collective featuring Jeremy Pelt

With Jeremy Pelt trumpet, Wayne Escoffery saxophone, James Burton III trombone, Xavier Davis piano, Vicente Archer bass, and Johnathan Blake drums

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

CapU Jazz Series: A Tribute to Africa with "A" Band and NiteCap

Artist-in-residence Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo leads CapU's "A" Band, NiteCap and faculty guests in this exploration of African jazz roots

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 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

Love & Mercy: Presenting Erick Lichte from Portland/Vancouver

The final audition concert presents Erick Lichte, whom Vancouverites know as the Artistic Director of Chor Leoni Men’s Choir

Vancouver | Shaughnessy Heights United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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

The Comic Strippers

Your favourite comedy bodies are back with a new show, more moves and even quicker wits! The Comic Strippers is a male stripper parody and improv comedy show for all genders

Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show