24 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, January 8

Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 24 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, January 8.

CONCERTS

Canadian country singer-songwriters Tim Hicks and Chad Brownlee (above) coheadline the second of two nights at the Commodore Ballroom.

BENEFITS

The ongoing Lights of Hope Christmas lights display at St. Paul's Hospital raises funds for the St. Paul's Foundation.

ETCETERA

Last day to stroll through the lights decorating the suspension bridge, Treetops Adventure, Cliffwalk, rainforest, and canyon at Capilano Suspension Bridge's Canyon Lights.

Browse through the antiques of 80 vendors at the Vancouver Flea Market Antique Show.

FORUMS

Yoga therapist Shivani Wells leads a class at YYoga Downtown Flow to help participants shift out of unconscious patterns that keep them feeling stuck.

COMEDY

Chelsey Stuyt (above), Nikolai Witschl, Brad Duffy, Travis Bernhardt, and Max Tennessen spin stories filled with unexpected twists and turns at Havana Theatre's The Outer-Middle Zone: Improvised Twilight Zone Episodes.

MUSIC

At the UBC Concerto Competition at Roy Barnett Recital Hall, UBC School of Music students compete to perform as a soloist with the UBC Symphony Orchestra.

GALLERIES

Ceramics by Judy Chartrand at Bill Reid Gallery present her own personal history and insights into life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

Walker Evans: Depth of Field at the Vancouver Art Gallery features more than 200 black and white and colour prints from the 1920s through to the 1970s.

Juxtapoz x Superflat exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery offers a unique insight into contemporary art and its place in cultural life.

Stare exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery features photographic works that evoke a fixed and concentrated gaze on the part of artist and viewer.

MUSEUMS

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 130 diverse cultural garments, from Japanese kimonos, to colourful Indian saris, to the elaborate feather cloaks of the Maori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC hosts an exhibition that features the carvings of Papua New Guinea's Iatmul people.

At the Museum of Vancouver, you can explore the cultural power and significance of collecting through wall-to-wall displays of unconventional objects.

THEATRE

Final performance at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage of the Arts Club's Mary Poppins, a musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film.

Performance at the Firehall Arts Centre of And Bella Sang With Us, Sally Stubbs's play about constables Lurancy Harris and Minnie Miller, Vancouver's first female police officers.

ATTRACTIONS

Cypress Mountain features skiing and snowboarding lessons, snowtubing park, cross-country ski trails, downhill skiing and snowboarding trails, and snowshoeing tours.

Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.

Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean, as well as skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, mountain ziplines, and the Peak of Christmas.

Mount Seymour features skiing and snowboarding lessons from the Mt. Seymour Ski and Snowboard School, tubing and tobogganing, and snowshoe trails.

Robson Square Ice Rink offers free ice-skating in downtown Vancouver, with skate rental available.

MOVIES

Screening at the Cinematheque of a new restoration of the 1961 Marlon Brando Western One-Eyed Jacks.

The Vancouver Italian Film Festival continues at the Vancity Theatre with screenings of L'Amore Molesto, Banat (Ill Viaggio), Arianna, and The Mass Has Ended.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of Studio Ghibli's 1989 animated film Kiki's Delivery Service, in Japanese with English subtitles.

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