Metro Vancouver events on January 12, 2020

NORCECA Men’s Tokyo Qualification Tournament

The City of Vancouver has been selected as the host of the Norceca Men’s Tokyo Qualification Tournament

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Sports

January/February Exhibitions at the Place des Arts

Three new exhibitions: An Interactive Exhibition of Plant-Based Visual Art, photography and sculpture by Collaborative Alchemy; Happiness is a thing called, watercolours and water media by Tammy Pilon; The Influencer, oil painting by Alex Sandvoss

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

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

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

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

Gluten Free Expo 2020

Welcome to Canada’s largest gluten free event. A fun, tasty, and informative event for the whole family. Sample, shop, and save on hundreds of gluten free products while learning from leading experts.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market

The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

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

CAChurch: Town Centre

Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health

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

Vanhoover Pony Expo 2020

Vanhoover Pony Expo is a three-day family-friendly celebration of the community surrounding My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Richmond | Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Party

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: 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

VSO at the ANNEX presents Carte Blanche: Nicole Lizée

Called a “brilliant musical scientist,” JUNO-nominated composer Nicole Lizée creates new music from an eclectic mix of influences

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music

Dance Allsorts : I Am Gone From The Metal When The Metal Hits The Mould

This new dance work by emerging choreographer Zahra Shahab generates characters and identities that are in a continual state of morphological transformation

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts

Volcano Theatre: Infinity

A surprising, funny, and revelatory new play about love, sex, and math

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Recital Society presents George and Andrew Li

This lovely program is a mix of one piano four hands, piano solo, and two pianos. It offers a unique opportunity to see the artists’ hands… no matter where in the hall your seat is located!

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

House and Home By Jennifer Griffin A Firehall Arts Centre Premier Production

Jennifer Griffin’s biting, comic take on Vancouver’s current real estate crisis

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

The 6th Liusheng Cup Chinese Students Singing Competition

The purpose of this competition is to provide a platform for the students who love to sing to show their talents and to discover the best voices in Vancouver’s international student group

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Theo Katzman

American singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, on tour to support his upcoming new release - Modern Johnny Sings: Songs in the Age of Vibe

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Rookie Night

Rookie Nights feature our Rookie League players, who have all successfully completed improv training via the Improv Comedy Institute

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show