20 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Monday, January 9

Looking for something to do on Monday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 20 events happening in or around Vancouver on Monday, January 9.

CONCERTS

American indie-rock singer-songwriter and Typhoon lead vocalist Kyle Morton plays the Rickshaw, with guests Old.Soul.Rebel and Anthony D'Amato.

BENEFITS

Last day to see the Lights of Hope Christmas lights display at St. Paul's Hospital, which raises funds for the St. Paul's Foundation.

FORUMS

Lawyer Robert Leong discusses immigration issues faced by permanent and temporary residents including workers, students, and visitors at Burnaby Public Library Metrotown.

COMEDY

Stacked Comedy at Yagger's Kitsilano features headliner Jane Stanton, with guests Kevin Von Helvete, Jacob Samuel, Brett Nikolic, Tyler Brody Stein, Jordan Durcharme, Stuart Jones, Kelly Kreye, Phillip Kopczynski, and Gavin Clarkson.

GALLERIES

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.

DANCE

Amber Funk Barton and theatre director Mindy Parfitt explore their shared interest in neuroplasticity and the brain’s capacity for change by combining their skill sets of theatre and dance at Scotiabank Dance Centre.

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.

ATTRACTIONS

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.

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.

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.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

MOVIES

Screening at the Cinematheque of a new restoration of Robert Bresson's 1983 farewell film L'Argent.

The Vancouver Italian Film Festival continues at the Vancity Theatre with a gala launch featuring a screening of Theatre of Life.

Screening at the Cinematheque of a new restoration of Black Girl, the 1966 debut feature of Senegalese novelist and master filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. 

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