40 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Thursday, January 12

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      Looking for something to do on Thursday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 40 events happening in or around Vancouver on Thursday, January 12.

       

      CONCERTS

      American actor and rapper T.I. plays the Commodore, touring in support of his latest release Us or Else.

      Victoria-based folk-roots band Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra celebrates 10 years at the Rickshaw Theatre.

      Canadian jazz trio led by pianist Miles Black performs the music of Gene Harris at Frankie's Jazz Club.

      Jazz Concert Series presents saxophonist Dylan Cramer and pianist Ron Johnston at Roedde House Museum.

       

      ETCETERA

      Take a closer look at bird anatomy as you practice basic taxidermy techniques at Stanley Park Pavilion and help build the Stanley Park Ecology Society's specimen collection for educational programming.

       

      FORUMS

      Leah Honka discusses sea otter feeding behaviour in the Great Bear Sea at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver.

      Mountain climber JoAnne Marceau explains how to change your thinking to change your results at a Climbing to Success talk at the Arbutus Club.

      Get set up to start scanning your photos, film, or slides in a one-hour introductory lesson at West Vancouver Public Library.

      Session at Brainstation Vancouver will teach attendees the specifics of developing an effective resume and cover letter.

      Discover the achievements and bold propositions made by iconic women in history, from Cleopatra to Clinton, in a lecture at Dunbar Community Centre.

      Learn simple meditation techniques based on the teachings of Sri Chinmoy at Vancouver Public Library.

       

      COMEDY

      Fundraising comedy at Seven Dining Lounge by headliner Simon King and guests Ed Konyha and Sam Tonning, with poceeds to Union Gospel Mission and Covenant House.

      Los Angeles-based comedian, standup comic, actor, and writer Brent Morin performs the first of three nights at the Comedy Mix.

       

      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.

       

      MUSIC

      Learn Salish social songs, drumming, and dance with composer, producer, and traditional Lil’wat singer Russell Wallace at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.

      Sing the music of David Bowie with a community choir at Presentation House Theatre's Drop In Rock Choir.

       

      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

      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.

      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.

      Sticks and Stones Theatre present a performance of This Is Our Youth, Kenneth Lonergan's play about three lost young souls in the big city at the dawn of the Reagan Era.

      The SMP Dramatic Society presents the opening of the pantomime Beauty and the Beast at North Vancouver's St. Martin's Hall.

      The Sidekick Players present the opening 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.

      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.

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

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

       

      MOVIES

      Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the spandex-clad Japanese superhero Ultraman at the Rio with screenings of Ultraman X: The Movie and Ultraman Ginga S the Movie: Showdown.

      Screening at the Cinematheque of a new restoration of Monte Hellman's 1966 Western The Shooting, starring Warren Oates and Jack Nicholson.

      The Vancouver Italian Film Festival continues at the Vancity Theatre with screenings of Fellini's Roma, Indivisible, and Splendor.

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

       

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