Metro Vancouver events on January 4, 2020
January 4, 2020
Sat
Emmanuel Christmas Tree Chipping & Bottle Drive
Bring your bottles and your Christmas Tree and we'll take care of it!
Surrey | Emmanuel Covenant Church | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Surrey Fire Fighters' Annual Tree Chip - Newton Athletic Park
Come get your Christmas tree chipped while supporting a great cause!
Surrey | Newton Athletic Park | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Surrey Fire Fighters' Annual Tree Chip - Guildford Town Centre
Come get your Christmas tree chipped while supporting a great cause!
Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
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
Christmas Tree Chipping by Knights of Columbus
Get your Christmas tree chipped at this event sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
Surrey | St. Matthew's R.C. Parish | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
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
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: Echoes
Join us for the Exhibition for Echoes at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
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
Big Freeze Swims
Start the new year with a refreshing swim!
Surrey | Newton Recreation Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
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
Snow White
Snow White A Traditional British Panto Written & Directed by Ellie King Magical, sparkling, toe-tapping fun abounds in this most traditional of British Pantos
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre
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
New York Rangers @ 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
Langley Rivermen vs. Surrey Eagles
Come cheer on the Langley Rivermen as they take on the Surrey Eagles!
Langley | George Preston Recreation Centre | 7:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Sports
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
Pleasant Comedy at Our Town
On the first Saturday of every month, nice boy Colin Sharp brings top touring comedians from Vancouver and across the country right into the heart of Mount Pleasant
Vancouver | Our Town | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Arash and Masih Ap Live in Vancouver
Arash and Masih Ap perform live in Vancouver
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Performing Arts
Salsa & Latin Dance Night with Alberto Gonzalez & Teresa Szefler
Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Dance
TheatreSports™
Razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of players are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
The Late Show - Adult Only Improv Comedy
We're taking the furry hand-cuffs off our improvisers to present edgy, uncensored improv comedy for adults 19+
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy