38 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, January 15

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      Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 38 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, January 15.

       

      CONCERTS

      The David Blake Quartet--composed of guitarist David Blake, trumpeter Brad Turner, bassist Darren Radtke, and drummer Joe Poole--plays Frankie's Jazz.

       

      ETCETERA

      Play puzzles, meet like-minded people, discuss tips and techniques, enhance knowledge, and have fun at Gordon Neighbourhood House's free, all-ages Puzzle Party.

      Discover hundreds of products while learning from leading experts in gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and diabetic-friendly diets at the Vancouver Convention Centre's two-day Specialty Food Expo.

       

      FASHION

      Ivan Sayers discusses the recent acquisitions of the Society for the Museum of Original Costume at the What's Old Is News fashion event at Hycroft Manor.

       

      FORUMS

      Aili Storen teaches variations of the handstand, the headstand, and four-arm stand at an Inversions Yoga Workshop at Semperviva Yoga Kits Beach Studio.

       

      SPORTS

      The Vancouver Canucks take on the New Jersey Devils in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.

       

      COMEDY

      Adam Pateman headlines an evening of comedy at Big Rock Urban Brewery, with guests Katie Burrell, Brett Skillen, Pam Choi, Ryan Williams, and Mark Nesbitt.

      Instant Theatre Company presents an hour of head-to-head short-form improv at Havana Theatre.

       

      DANCE

      Contemporary-dance collective Warehaus performs works choreographed by Vanessa Goodman and Megan Hunter at Waterfront Theatre.

       

      LITERARY

      Poetic Justice at New Westminster's Boston Pizza Columbia Square features readings by E.D. Blodgett (above) and Chelsea Comeau.

       

      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.

      Oh, How I Long For Home, Marianne Nicolson's installation at the Teck Gallery, addresses a persistent idea of the city as a conflicted promise for indigenous people.

      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.

      Solo exhibition at Emily Carr University's Charles H. Scott Gallery by Irish artist Sean Lynch.

       

      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.

       

      MUSIC

      The Classical Concert Series presents music by Australian harpist Tegan Peemoeller at Roedde House Museum.

      Opera Pro Cantanti presents its fully staged and costumed production of Donizetti's bel-canto-style operatic masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor.

      Otto Tausk conducts violinist Simone Lamsma and the Vancouver Symphony in a program of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman: Overture, Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances at Surrey's Bell Performing Arts Centre.

       

      THEATRE

      Eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments to fill the stage with rhythms for STOMP at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

      Bleeding Heart Theatre presents a performance at the Cultch of Sean Harris Oliver's The Fighting Season, which investigates the Afghan war through the eyes of three Canadian medical personnel.

      The Sidekick Players present a performance of Yasmina Reza's play Art at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre.

       

      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.

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

      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.

      At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

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

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

      The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

       

      MOVIES

      Screening at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre of the Médecins Sans Frontières documentary, Access to the Danger Zone, about the challenges of delivering humanitarian aid in armed conflicts.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of André Mélançon's holiday classic The Dog Who Stopped the War as part of the Cinema Sunday series.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Arthus-Bertrand's documentary Humanwhich spans the globe to cover the land, its peoples, and the stories they have to tell.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves as part of Canada's Top Ten Film Festival.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of The ApologyTiffany Hsiung's documentary about the personal journeys of three former comfort women who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

      Screening at Vancity Theatre of Theater of Life, Peter Svatek's film about the relationship forged between the finest haute cuisine chefs in the world and Milan's most disadvantaged groups.

       

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