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January
1, 2009
Polar
Bare Plunge. Surrey's two naturist groups present the third
annual
Crescent Rock Naturist Beach Polar Bare Plunge. Hot coffee and
chocolate will be provided by South Surrey's Holy Smoke Coffee.
Registration fees are by donation (suggested $10.00). All proceeds will
be donated to the War Amps / Child Amps program. Registration starts at
11:30am. https://club.skinnydipper.ca/polar_bare/polar_bare.php
January 8, 2009
Vicki
Robin. Vicki Robin is co-author with Joe Dominguez of the
national
best-seller, Your Money Or Your Life: Transforming our Relationship
With Money & Achieving Financial Independence. Vancouver
Public
Library, Central Branch 350 W. Georgia Street, 604-331-4040, www.vpl.ca
January 10, 2009
Burn
the Floor. BURN THE FLOOR is a dazzling display of Ballroom dance
that
forever blurs the line between the frenetic energy of an electrifying
rock and roll arena show and the seductive glisten of Broadway-style
theatre. Featuring a high-voltage, superbly executed blend of Rumba,
Cha-Cha, Samba, Salsa, Waltz, Tango, Quickstep, Swing and Jive, BURN
THE FLOOR ushers in a new era of Ballroom dance. Stripped of pretence,
the performances have an unbridled energy that makes this sensuous mix
of dance and music a stunning rhythmic spectacle of dramatic
sophistication never before seen on stage.Tickets, $29.50 - $69.50, are
on sale through Ticketmaster.ca or by calling 604-280-4444. Queen
Elizabeth Theatre.
January 10, 2009
For
the Luv of It! Entertainment Workshops. In addition to the "For
the
Luv of It Pro!" and For the Luv of It Youth!" performances (Jan 10
&11), “For the Luv of It” is offering free workshops on January 10
on how to make it in the entertainment business. www.fortheluvofit.com
January 10 - 31, 2009
The
Playhouse Theatre Company presents Miss Julie. In this new
adaptation,
August Strindberg’s play about class, gender and power is transposed to
Mississippi in 1964, adding a new layer of racial conflict to the
sexual tensions simmering below the surface of a hot night. Miss Julie,
the white daughter of a Mississippi judge, incites a dangerous liaison
with the family’ black chauffeur, John, leading to a struggle for
control and power that shatter the social bonds that restrict – and
shield – them. Vancouver Playhouse, https://www.vancouverplayhouse.com
January 11, 2009
For
the Luv of It Youth! “For the Luv of It Youth!” is a live
entertainment showcase which highlights the burgeoning talents of
Greater Vancouver’s up and coming singers, musicians and dancers. ARTS
CLUB THEATRE (GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE); www.fortheluvofit.com
January 12, 2009
UBC
Botanical Garden Lecture: Glacier National Park, Montana. Going
to the
Sun in Search of Wildflowers - Glacier National Park, Montana. Images
of plant communities and rock formations from Two Dog Flats to Logan
Pass and Hidden Lake. A sacred place preserved. Its Canadian sister in
peace is Waterton Lakes National Park. www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org
January 13, 2009
DanceHouse:
Speaking of Dance. "Speaking of Dance" is a speaker's series developed
to enrich and deepen the Vancouver public's experience of dance.
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 W. Georgia Street,
604-331-4040, www.vpl.ca
January 14, 2009
Grandparenting
in the 21st Century. A screening of Simon Fraser University's Seniors
Outreach interactive video project. The project aims to provide seniors
in our community an opportunity to engage in dialogue and exchange
ideas. Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 W. Georgia
Street,
604-331-4040, www.vpl.ca
January 14, 2009
SEEING
EYE TO EYE. SEEING EYE TO EYE is a charity event for Operation
Eyesight on January 14 at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Yaletown.
Music, art and theatre collide for one night. The Adam Woodall Band,
Friends With Liam, Tessa Amy, The Racoons, and Fully Loaded perform
inside this gallery event featuring a short theatre performance.
Tickets are $37 for adults and $22 for 26 years and under with 100% of
the ticket sales going to Operation Eyesight. Online tickets are
available at www.stubmatic.com/seeingeyetoeye/event/237
or by phone at 604 803 0555. Further information is available at www.seeingeyetoeye.ca.
Roundhouse Community Centre, Yaletown.
January 15 - 17, 2009
Ballet
BC's Swan Lake. Witness the grace and intensity of one of
ballet’s
most famous masterpieces – Swan Lake. Performed by the Universal Ballet
of Korea to Tchaikovsky’s immortal score, Swan Lake tells a tragic tale
of love and betrayal. January 15-17, 2009 at 8pm at the Queen Elizabeth
Theatre. Tickets from $35.75 at www.ticketmaster.ca,
604-280-3311, or www.balletbc.com,
604-732-5003, ext. 207.
January 17, 2009
Tiller’s
Folly Robbie Burns Special at the Gateway Theatre, Richmond. A musical
concert celebrating Robbie Burns Day. This event is for all
ages!
Disability access is available with designated parking spaces. For more
information contact: RICHMOND CONCERT ASSOCIATION Phone:
6042742168 or
Visit https://www.richmondconcertassociation.ca/
January 17, 2009
Greighlan
Crossing & White Sport Pipe Bands Robbie Burns Night. Pipe Band
presentations; solo performances; Highland Dancers; Owen Barrington,
2008 World Irish Dance Champion; silent auction; whisky tasting. All
welcome. North Delta Recreation Centre 11415 – 84th Avenue, Delta;
604-882-0953, https://www.whitespotpipeband.org/burn09-new.pdf
January 17, 2009
Indie
I Do. Indie I Do - the first show of its kind in Canada
revolutionalizes an industry that is dominated by commercial products
and provides couples with the opportunity to think outside the box!
Bringing together local independent, edgy, and innovative exhibitors,
Indie I Do provides alternatives to express your unique personalities
and style.Whether you're going for totally off-beat or traditional with
a touch of personality, this will be the place to find it. www.indieido.com Heritage
Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver;
January 18, 2009
21st
CENTURY FLEA MARKET. Boho chic to 50's kitsch, collectibles and
memorabilia to vintage kitchenalia, 175 tables of bargains on deluxe
20th century junque! Retro furnishings, books, antiques, dolls &
toys, jewelry, country stuff, china & glass, records, mid-century
Modern, linens & lace, postcards, garden accessories, lamps &
shades, sports items, silverware, paintings & prints, advertising,
collectibles & much, much more...Plus Drop-In Appraisals All Day -
Call or Visit www.21cpromotions.com
for Full Details - General Admission $3 at Door - Children Under 13
Free - Free Parking - On-Site Snack Bar. Croatian Cultural
Centre,
3250 Commercial Drive at 16th Avenue, Vancouver.
January 18, 2009
Centennial
Theatre proudly presents the 2008/2009 Family Festival Series: Corpus -
Les Moutons and A Flock of Flyers. Discover the delightful and
quirky
Les Moutons, a unique live installation that brings a typical country
scene right into the theatre lobby. Children are encouraged to
participate as CORPUS enacts a carefully studied and hilarious overview
of sheep behaviour. (604) 984-4484, www.centennialtheatre.com
January 19, 2009
Drew
Hayden Taylor. Join award-winning author Drew Hayden Taylor
reading
from his novel "The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel", and his
most recent anthology, "Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and
Sexuality." Taylor is widely known for his thoughtful and sharply witty
observations on Aboriginal subjects and issues. (Free admission. We
gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of The Canada Council
for the Arts). Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 W.
Georgia
Street, 604-331-4040, www.vpl.ca
January 21 to February 8, 2009
PuSh
International Performing Arts Festival 2009. The annual PuSh
International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature
events. Produced over 20 days each January, the PuSh Festival presents
groundbreaking work in the live performing arts: theatre, dance, music
and various hybrid forms of performance. It attracts acclaimed local,
national and international artists and their work For more
information
and show descriptions visit www.pushfestival.ca
January 24, 2009
Gung
Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns 250th Birthday & Chinese New Year's
Eve. Cross-cultural literary, music and food celebration,
blending
BC's Scottish and Chinese history and culture. This is the dinner that
inspired the CBC TV performance special and the SFU Gung Haggis Fat
Choy Festival. Featured performers: Silk Road Music Ensemble, Opera
Soprano Heather Pawsey + guests, Rita Wong BC Book Prize for Poetry
winner, debut of the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Pipe Band, Robbie Burns
Chinese clapper tale by Dr. Jan Walls, Joe McDonald "rapping bagpiper",
lots of special guests, a Gung Haggis dragon dance, special celtic
musicians, lots of Robert Burns poetry, lots of surprises, more to be
announced! Floata Seafood Restaurant, #400 - 180 Keefer
St.,
Vancouver Chinatown; www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com
January 26, 2009
Chinese
/ Vietnamese / Korean New Year. Year of the Ox. The first day
after
the new (dark) moon is a religious and cultural festival celebrated by
Chinese, Vietnamese, and Koreans of Buddhist and other backgrounds as
New Year's Day for the year 4707 in the Chinese calendar. INFORMATION
SOURCE: Multifaith Calendar produced by the Multifaith Action Society
of Vancouver. For more information please contact the Multifaith Action
Society directly, or visit www.multifaithaction.org
January 28 - 31, 2009
The
Cultch presents England. Forget thoughts of skinheads or
nostalgia,
England is about an empire of a different kind — one of transmigrations
and transplantations. It’s the story of one thing placed inside
another: a heart inside another person’s body, a culture inside another
country’s culture, theatre inside a gallery, a character inside an
actor, a play inside its audience. The Vancouver East Cultural
Centre;
https://www.thecultch.com/
January 28 to February 15, 2009
The
22nd Annual St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Vancouver Theatresports
League presents the 22nd Annual St. Valentine's Day Massacre. A
ruthlessly funny & cuttingly competitive comedy improv tournament
to be held from January 28th to February 15th 2008 at the New Revue
Stage on Granville Island. Visit www.vtsl.com
for up to date programming information.
January 30, 2009
Critical
Mass in Vancouver; Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public
space -- a bike ride and skate -- held the last Friday of every month.
You are invited to enjoy the safety and comfort in the car-free space
that we create by simply riding together! Bicycles, skateboards,
rollerskates, self propelled couches, and any other form of human
powered locomotion are all welcomed! We ride around the city wherever
people want to go - this is decided collectively - the length of the
ride depends on enthusiasm and is also collectively decided. No one who
comes is forced to or needs to break the law in order to
participate.
Meet 5 to 5:30 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, leave at 6pm; Critical
Mass in Vancouver (https://www.bikesexual.org/cm/)
January 31, 2009
Monster Jam at BC Place; www.monsterjamonline.com.
January 31, 2009
SWINGIN'
WITH BOB CHILCOTT Choral Jazz. Brilliant British composer and conductor
Bob Chilcott is our special guest for this delightful programme. (You
may remember Bob’s first Vancouver appearances many years ago as the
tenor in the King’s Singers.) He’ll lead the Vancouver Chamber Choir in
a jazz-influenced repertoire including his own A Little Jazz Mass and
some “jazzy folksongs”, along with other music by Shearing, Bennett,
Berring and Oscar Peterson. Christ Church Cathedral - 690 Burrard
Street at West Georgia Street; 604-738-6822.
January 31 to February 1, 2009
Chinese New Year Tea. Come and celebrate the beginning of "The
year of
the Ox" at London Heritage Farm with a special new year tea and
cultural displays. For more information visithttps://www.londonheritagefarm.ca
This event is for all ages!
February 15, 2009
Centennial
Theatre proudly presents the 2008/2009 Family Festival featuring Jack
Pine, A Vancouver Opera World Premiere. Vancouver Opera brings
the
World Premiere of this delightful story of the tenacious and truly
remarkable Jack Pine to Centennial Theatre before heading out on tour
across BC. Sung in English and commissioned specifically for children,
this magical 45-minute production will transport children and families
deep into Canada’s vast forests and will introduce them to the beauty,
relevance and sheer fun of opera. (604) 984-4484, www.centennialtheatre.com
February 21, 2009
2009
Kidswapmeet at Cloverdale Fair Grounds 6050 -176st , Cloverdale. Huge
event for parents and those expecting. 9am-1pm Baby to teen
itemsClothing , books , furniture, toys ect .Too much to name All name
brands you can imagine , FisherPrice , Roxy, Little Tykes , Childrens
place and more .See your kids stuff call 604-513-8880 or email kidswapmeets@hotmail.com
March 22, 2009
Kids’
Stuff Swap Meet. If you have children’s toys, clothes, or books you no
longer use then this is your chance to sell these items instead of
keeping them in storage. Tables are sold by first come, first served.
Money raised from the tables goes directly towards Children’s
Programs. Coal Harbour Community Centre (480 Broughton Street,
Vancouver). 604.718.8222.
Ongoing until January 7, 2009, 2008
Banner
Years - Hidden Hockey Treasures. This hockey season be
sure to take a
break and check out the newest exhibit at the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
Banner Years - Hidden Hockey Treasuresis like a look into an old hockey
bag; you never know what you'll find. So now's your chance to get
up
close to items representing British Columbia's great hockey heritage.
Here's a list of just a few items on display in the exhibit: -
Five
Original Vancouver Canucks' banners, Hockey cards from the
ultimate
hockey card collection, Giant signed "white towel" from 1982, A look at
the stories of the 8 hockey teams and 26 players inducted for
hockey; https://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/
Ongoing to February 15, 2009
The
Unnatural History of Stanley Park. We interfered with, altered,
and
rearranged Stanley Park's forests, creatures and people to make nature
more 'natural'. With "The Unnatural History of Stanley Park" exhibit,
the Vancouver Musuem sheds some light on puzzling blind spots in our
romance with this national treasure, which turns 120 this year.
The
exhibit showcases souvenirs collected by park visitors over 120 years,
behind-the-scenes stories of the park's plants, animals, people and
landmarks, and a selection of proposals to 'improve" Stanley Park - a
list that includes the bizarre, amazing, and scary, as well as the
sublime. Vancouver Musuem, 604-736-4431, www.vanmuseum.bc.ca
Ongoing
For
the last 12 years I've been running a non-profit organization in Delta
called Air Time Canada. We offer a free Aviation Camp where kids
(and
adults) learn how to co-pilot an airplane and get a chance to try it
out for real. It's completely free, in that we cover the cost of
the
ground school, food, flights, fuel, instructors, etc.
Participants do
have to pay for their own classroom supplies. You can find out a
lot
more at: https://www.airfun.org
David Black, Director, Air Time Canada;
Ongoing
MR
DANCE in Vancouver - Social and ballroom dancing every Sunday and
Tuesday. We are teaching dancing since 1991.
Admission: $6.00 for a
group lesson and a dance. No partner required. No
membership. Learn
to dance like the Stars in 2008. FREE ticket for new people every
Tuesday. Location: Vancouver, Astorino's Hall, 1739 Venables
Street.
Visit www.MrDance.ca or call Esie
at 604 436 4436 for more information.
Ongoing
Totems
- Silent Messengers of the West Coast. Visit the largest and most
diverse collection of totem poles Vancouver has seen and pay homage to
this ancient icon in Pacific Northwest Coast native culture, known as
the silent messenger. Coastal Peoples Fine Arts, 1024 Mainland St.,
Vancouver; 604.685.9248, https://www.coastalpeoples.com
Ongoing
Vancouver
Public Library presents OPEN MIKE FOR TEENS. Are you tired of
singing
in the shower or reading poetry to your cat? We are too and we're here
to do something about it! On the first Monday of every month between
October and June, teens are invited to come on stage in the Peter Kaye
room at Central Library and do their thing! Anything goes, from
stories to poetry to songs. It can be your own material or someone
else's. It doesn't matter who wrote it, we wanna hear it. Library
Square, 604.331.3691.
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