Metro Vancouver events on January 2, 2020
January 2, 2020
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Window Gallery: Carved Out And Stitched Together
An Indigenous Artist’s Journey of Learning, Creating, and Holding Space for Herself and Others. Artwork by Adele ᒪᐢᑿ ᐃᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Erwin Wurm
Offsite: Erwin Wurm is the 19th installation in the Gallery’s ongoing Offsite series. Offsite is located at 1100 West Georgia Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, west of the Shangri-La Hotel
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art at Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Wild Things: The Power of Nature in our Lives at Museum of Vancouver
The Museum of Vancouver and Nature Vancouver proudly present the illuminating exhibition, Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Holiday Break at the Space Centre
Do you have a young space enthusiast in the family? Come to the Space Centre over the Holiday Break for an out-of-this-world experience
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Kids
Exhibition: Transits and Returns
Transits and Returns presents the work of 21 Indigenous artists whose practices are both rooted in the specificities of their cultures and routed via their travels
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
22nd Annual Winter Ice Palace
Enjoy our annual seasonal skate and get into the Christmas spirit!
Surrey | Cloverdale Ice Arena | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Cindy Sherman
This important exhibition explores the development of Cindy Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Echoes
Join us for the Exhibition for Echoes at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty
Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty is the first retrospective of this notable Canadian artist whose work interrogates the mechanisms of display that shape meaning, beauty and desire in our culture
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980
Drawn primarily from the Gallery’s collection, Robert Rauschenberg 1965–1980 explores the artist’s experimental, radical approach to artmaking
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Olivia Whetung - Sugarbush Shrapnel
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the first solo exhibition in a major public institution of Chemong Lake based Anishinaabe artist Olivia Whetung
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition:A Line of Purpose
This fall, the Contemporary Art Gallery has partnered with the Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW) Mentorship Program to create a collaborative exhibition exploring intersections of contemporary art and Indigenous fashion
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: Sreshta Rit Premnath
For his first solo exhibition in Canada, Sreshta Rit Premnath will develop new work
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Aurora Winter Festival
This November, the Aurora Winter Festival will expand to fifteen acres for its 2019 event, which has been relocated to Hastings Park in order to accommodate the expansion and take the festival to a whole new level
Vancouver | Hastings Park | 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family
VanDusen Festival of Lights
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating 15 acres of VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family
Canyon Lights: A Winter Lights Festival
Celebrate Canyon Lights, A Winter Festival November 22, 2019 to January 26, 2020. Re-capture the feeling of wonder and excitement of the holiday season and be amazed by the hundreds of thousands of lights throughout the park
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Harrison Lights by the Lake
Get into the holiday spirit with the second annual Lights by the Lake! This free attraction will give you that warm Christmas feeling as you stroll along a Christmas light display down the waterfront of Harrison Hot Springs.
Harrison Hot Springs | Harrison Lake | 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Family | Free
Chicago Blackhawks @ Vancouver Canucks
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
East Van Panto: Pinocchio
East Van Panto returns for a seventh year, welcoming back the creative team behind last year’s hit Wizard of Oz: playwright Marcus Youssef, composer Veda Hille, and director Stephen Drover
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
2020 Year of Predictions
A comedic look at the news that might be with three special performances that will bring year 2020 to laughing start. A Comedic Look at the News That Might Be
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Patrick Street Productions presents It's A Wonderful Life
What would It’s a Wonderful Life have been like if Frank Capra had collaborated with the famed musical division of MGM? This heavenly musical adaptation brings you Capra’s beloved holiday story as a glorious new, classic musical!
New Westminster | Anvil Centre Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre