36 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday, January 24

Looking for something to do on Tuesday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 36 events happening in or around Vancouver on Tuesday, January 24.

 

CONCERTS

American rock band AFI plays the Commodore, with guests Chain Gang of 1974 and Souvenirs.

Toronto jazz-rap duo Dream Warriors plays the Fortune Sound Club, performing on its Legends of the 6ix Tour.

 

FOOD & DRINK

Tequila brand Patron and a local Mexican-dining personality present an evening of cocktails and three-course pairings at Legacy Liquor Store.

The Dine Out Vancouver Festival continues, featuring guided dining adventures, brunch crawls, cocktail masterclasses, wine debates, guest chef dinners, B.C. VQA wine and craft-beer tastings, street-food markets, and hundreds of restaurants offering multi-course dinners at $20, $30, or $40.

Taste White Rock continues at various White Rock restaurants, giving foodies the opportunity to select from a wide variety of three-course, prix-fix menus, many complemented by B.C. wines, craft beer, and special cocktails.

 

FORUMS

Ronnie Gao of Trinity Western University presents his primary research findings to provide real answers to questions about market segmentation at TWU Richmond.

Learn advanced tips and tricks to get the most out of your time online at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

Class at the Art of Loving will cover the basics of wax play including safety, types of wax, and clean up, as well as exploring some fun styles, tips, and tricks to get the most out of your experience. Includes a live demonstration.

 

COMEDY

The Fictionals present an evening of comedy at Café Deux Soleils inspired by classic novels and the latest bookshelf hits.

 

ARTS ETCETERA

The 2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival runs at various Vancouver venues, featuring groundbreaking theatre, dance, music, and multimedia art from 11 countries. Highlights include an all-star Australian indigenous band, South Korean performance art, Bavarian folk dancers, and participatory recitation from Portugal.

In Portraits in Motion at the York Theatre, Volker Gerling uses the flipbook to show us intimacy in motion through the beginning and end of a smile, an awkward embrace, and glimpses of a long-time love affair. Part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

 

GALLERIES

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

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.

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.

 

LITERARY

Theresa Nicassio discusses the importance and the ins-and-outs of reviews, awards, and book fairs that can help you take your book to the next level at the Alliance for Arts and Culture.

 

MUSIC

The Friends of Chamber Music present the CMS Piano Quartet performing works by Brahms and Faure at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Opening night at the Orpheum Theatre of the VSO New Music Festival, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presenting an exploration of new creations and contemporary composers.

 

THEATRE

Performance at the Firehall Arts Centre of Jennifer Haley's The Nether, a detective story that explores the nature of virtual realms, fantasy, and morality.

Performance at the BMO Theatre Centre of the Arts Club's production of William Faulkner's Southern gothic masterpiece, As I Lay Dying. Part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

Square Planet Theatre presents a performance at Studio T of Happy Days, Samuel Beckett's darkly comic eulogy to the human spirit.

Upintheair and the Only Animal present opening night of the participatory theatrical experience The City and the City at the Russian Hall. Part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

Made it Ma Equity Co-op presents the opening at Studio 1398 of Bull, Mike Bartlett's play about two people who play a fast-paced game of cat-and-mouse with a coworker as they await news of a job termination.

City Stage New West presents the opening at The Galbraith of Shaw Shorts, featuring George Bernard Shaw's How He Lied to Her Husband and Renée Bucciarelli's Love Letters to Mrs. Patrick Campbell.

 

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.

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.

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

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 of the Rio Theatre of To the Ends of the Earth, a documentary that examines the state of our energy system and features concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction. Director David LaVallee will be in attendance for a Q&A session.

Sceening at the Rio Theatre of The Arrival, the recent sci-fi flick about a linguistics professor who is tasked with interpreting the language of apparently alien visitors.

 

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