Metro Vancouver events on January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
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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
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
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
Tree, Earth, Sky - VR Headset Experience
Experience the liveliness of an old growth grove, with its vibrant soil community and powerful ancient trees.
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Show
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Street Food City 9
Celebrating its ninth anniversary, Street Food City is your opportunity to sample from a collection of Vancouver's Street Food carts all in one convenient location
Vancouver | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Stage 43 presents The Lion in Winter
Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – The Lion in Winter, is a modern-day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: BBQ, Fried Chicken & Brewery Tour
Hop on tour with Vancouver Brewery Tours to enjoy Vancouver’s best barbecue, fried chicken and craft beers!
Vancouver | inside Waterfront Station | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Food / Wine
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
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: The Mashup - Beer, Wine and Distillery Tour
Vine&hops hosts a unique mashup tour, giving you a sneak peek into the tastes and flavours of three Vancouver based establishments
Vancouver | Yaletown Roundhouse Skytrain Station | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine
King Khan and BBQ Show with guests
The King Khan & BBQ Show is a Canadian garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, who mix doo-wop and punk
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Dine Out Vancouver Festival: Hawksworth Long Table Dinner Series
As part of Dine Out, Hawksworth Restaurant is pleased to present Hawksworth Long Table Dinner Series in our private dining space, The York Room
Vancouver | Hawksworth Restaurant | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
ECCW Ballroom Brawl XIII
2-Day Show Offer ECCW Ballroom Brawl XIII Jan 17 & 18, 2020
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Sports
Vancouver Warriors vs Colorado Mammoth
The Vancouver Warriors are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports
Vancouver Giants vs. Victoria Royals
The Vancouver Giants host the Victoria Royals in regular season action
Langley | Langley Events Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports
Volcano Theatre (Toronto): Infinity
A surprising, funny, and revelatory new play about love, sex, and math
Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
UBC Department of Theatre and Film: The Changeling
A tale of hidden sexual desires, bloody deeds, and characters who realize their intentions are less than pure, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling is one of the darkest and most sensual of the 17th century English tragedies
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
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 | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
An Arts Club Theatre Company production: The Shoplifters
Comic mishaps for society's haves and have-nots
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The VSO Pops presents: Singin' the Blues from Billie Holiday to Bob Dylan
Featuring Bria Skonberg
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Stage 43 presents The Lion in Winter
Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – The Lion in Winter, is a modern-day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Pharis and Jason Romero
Two-time Juno Award-winning duo perform gorgeous, old-timey songs that go straight to your heart
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Khanvict
Surrey based Asad Khan, better known by his stage name Khanvict, has built his name around a sound that seamlessly blends the eastern influences of Bollywood and Punjabi music with a signature West Coast bass music punch
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Frisky Friday
Bring the sizzle to your Friday night as improvisers explore the funny side of naughty. For adults 19+
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 11:59 pm | Show