Metro Vancouver events on January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020
Thu
AME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference 2020
AME is the lead association for the mineral exploration and development industry based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships are coming to Langley January 18-26, 2020!
Hope | George Preston Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 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
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
Watercolour Meetups at VanDusen Garden
Bring your paint, questions, and ongoing projects to our weekly series of meetups hosted by instructor Susan Pearson
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Visual Arts
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
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
PuSh Festival 2020: Back to Back Theatre (Australia) - The Democratic Set
This is not a performance—it’s a model for the way we could live. In The Democratic Set, members of the local community are invited to help make a movie
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Festival | Free
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Chinatown Dumpling Masterclass
Everyone loves dumplings! We will learn how to make authentic Chinese dumplings with creative ingredients
Vancouver | Say Hey! Cafe | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop
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
CFA Forecast Dinner 2020
42nd Annual Forecast Dinner. We are proud to be hosting Steven Eisman from Neuberger Neuman as the keynote speaker of our 2020 Forecast Dinner.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Business / Finance
Cosmic Nights: Space Debris
Grab a friend and join us for Cosmic Nights - Space Debris
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
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
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Lonsdale Quay - Taste of the Market
Explore the Market's sprawling array of food and beverage options, all locally sourced and produced
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Food / Wine
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Le Vieux Pin Winery Dinner at L'Abattoir
Join us in welcoming Le Vieux Pin, one of the South Okanagan's most iconic wineries, to Gastown dining institution, L'Abattoir for an unforgettable evening
Vancouver | L'ABATTOIR | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
Science World After Dark
Science World After Dark is a special monthly event where adults take over the dome! With admission, you are free to explore the exhibits and galleries at your leisure
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party
Vancouver Giants vs. Everett Silvertips
The Vancouver Giants host the Everett Silvertips in regular season action
Langley | Langley Events Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Winter Exhibition Opening
Join us for an evening of art and mingling to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition season
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Magic Dinner Show Live 2020
Join us for an unforgettable, all-inclusive evening with an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner and an incredibly unique magic show featuring award-winning magician and mentalist headliner, Ben Train
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
Sounds of the Gamelan: A Journey from Traditional to Experimental
Join MOA and Gamelan Gita Asmara for a unique night of classical and experimental gamelan—led by Indonesian composer, teacher and musician, I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot)
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
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
The 7 Fingers / Artcirq / Taqqut Productions
The oral history of the Inuit people is the inspiration for Unikkaaqtuat, a multidisciplinary work that combines the traditional practices of throat-singing, hunting and competitive games with circus arts
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Amber Liu Tour X with Meg & Dia, Justice Carradine
Amber Liu, or shall I say the awesome rapper/singer, and also dancer. What makes her unique and different from other "typical rappers" is that she has a tomboy style of which hands down makes everyone [boys and girls] admire her
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
An Arts Club Theatre Company production: The Shoplifters
Comic mishaps for society's haves and have-nots
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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 | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
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
PuSh Festival 2020: Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey
A black hole, hungry ghosts, a Grandmother wolf—Quelemia Sparrow’s Skyborn is an epic odyssey grounded in Indigenous ancestral knowledge
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
Of The Fields, Lately by David French
This play follows the fortunes of the Mercer family, ex-pat Newfoundlanders living in Toronto. Son Ben returns after a long absence to attend his aunt’s funeral, only to discover that his father has recently suffered a heart attack
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Music on Main: Little Volcano - Veda Hille with Theatre Replacement
Veda Hille combines music and storytelling in this intensely personal performance
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 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
Blizzard by FLIP Fabrique
Hailing from Quebec, Flip Fabrique are blowing into town to make their BC debut—and they’re bringing the weather with them! Join these talented cirque performers on a whimsical winter adventure
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Show
PuSh Festival 2020: BERLIN: The Last Cabaret
This political cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Mama's Boy
It is an intimate and beautiful performance, told through the eyes of one of Canada’s most popular comedians
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver TheatreSports presents OK Tinder - Swipe Right Comedy
Vancouver TheatreSports pokes fun at Vancouver’s notorious dating scene with our latest late-night show, OK Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
Feel So Good Thursdays
Introducing Feel So Good - a new Thursday weekly spot to dance, vibe & drink
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party