ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS
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artsclub. • Jan. 19- com Feb. 11 • $ 35/$ 25, 604- 687- 1644,
» Langley Victoria’s Players House present Fred Carmichael’s ghostly country mystery house on set the in coast 1900 in of a England. haunted • Langley • Jan. 19- Playhouse, Feb. 18 • $ 15, 4307 604- 200th 534- 7469, St., Langley
langleyplayers. com
» Danny and the Deep Blue Sea I n a rundown bar in the Bronx, two strangers meet at the end of their ropes in Pacific Theatre’s remount of Aunnuciation Pictures’
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. • Pacific Theatre, 1420 W. 12th Ave. • Jan. 20- Feb. 4 • $ 16.50$ 29.50, 604- 731- 5518, pacifictheatre. org
» Duet for One
A brilliant concert violinist is forced to
re- evaluate her life when struck down by
unforeseen tragedy. Presented by United Players. • Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St. • Jan. 20- Feb. 12 • $ 16-$ 20, 604- 224- 8007, ext. 2, unitedplayers. com
» Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot
A musical adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s comic and haunting social critique following the trials and tribulations of a man who is entirely and completely good. • Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Rd., UBC • Jan. 20- 29 • $ 28-$ 36, 604- 822- 2678, pushfestival. ca
» Gunmetal Blues Set in a piano bar in a second- rate hotel, this musical pastiche of the hard- boiled detective story tells the tale of a private eye solving the mystery of a missing blond, while lounge singer Buddy Toupee narrates through song. • Vancouver Playhouse Recital Hall • Jan. 23- Feb. 4 • $ 20, 604- 873- 3311,
vancouverplayhouse. com
» Guided Tour A guided tour for the post- modern age, this site- specific presentation is a mixture of video and intimate performance exploring the nature of architectural spaces and memories. • Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby • Jan. 25- 29 • $ 26-$ 34, 604- 684- 2787,
pushfestival. ca
» Calendar Girls
When middle- aged Annie Clarke loses her husband to cancer, her best friend suggest a cheeky new way to raise money for research. Presented by Arts Club Theatre Company. • Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage • Jan. 26- Feb. 26 • $ 29-$ 65, 604- 687- 1644, artsclub. com » Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell
Speech Director Toshiki Okada explores the subtext of professional office etiquette, water- cooler gossip and corporate culture in Japan. • Studio T, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St. • Jan. 26- 28, 8pm • $ 26-$ 34, 604- 684- 2787, pushfestival. ca
» Looking
Surrey Little Theatre presents Norm Foster’s comedy that tells the story of four middleaged singles who are seeking relationships. • Surrey Little Theatre, 7027 184th St., Surrey • Jan. 26- Feb. 18 • $ 15, 604- 576- 8451,
surreylittletheatre. com
» Looking for a Missing Employee By Rabih Mroué, presented by the Push Festival with grunt gallery and
the Contemporary Art Gallery. Merging storytelling with live sketch art, this performance puzzle takes us on a search for truth. • Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews • Jan. 26- 28, 8 p. m. • $ 26-$ 34, 604- 684- 2787,
pushfestival. ca
» Waiting for Godot Blackbird Theatre presents Samuel Beckett’s profound, comedic masterpiece where nothing happens... twice. • The Cultch, 1895 Venables St. • Until Jan. 21 • $ 16+, 604- 2511363, blackbirdtheatre. ca
» Don Quixote Arts Club on tour presents this epic comedy of love and delusion, reimagined with masks, magic and mayhem. • Until Jan. 28: Surrey Arts Centre, 604- 501- 5566, artsclub. com » Red A Rothko, 20th his moving growing century, one and riches of whose compelling the and greatest struggle praise account artists became to accept of of the Mark his ultimate • vancouverplayhouse. Until Feb. undoing. 4 • $ 32-$ • Vancouver 59, com 604- 873- Playhouse 3311, » The ( abridged) Complete Works of William Shakespeare
An the irreverent, Bard’s plays fast- as paced three madcap romp through men in tights of Shakespeare’s weave their comedies, wicked way histories through and all tragedies. • Metro Theatre, Presented 1370 by SW Metro Marine Theatre Dr. • Until metrotheatre. Feb. 11 • org $ 22/$ 19, 604- 266- 7191,
» The Amarillo Push Festival and SFU Woodwards present story of Teatro a man who Linea vanishes de Sombra on his with way the to the U. S.- Mexican border. • Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, 149 W. Hastings St. • Jan. 19, 8 p. m. • $ 26-$ 34, 604- 684- 2787,
pushfestival. ca
» Glory Days This new musical finds four best friends reuniting a year after graduating high school, only to find that a few more things have changed than they expected. Presented by the Boys Upstairs Equity Co- op. • The Cultch, 1895 Venables St. • Until Jan. 28 • $ 18-$ 25, 604- 251- 1363, thecultch. com
» Your Brother. Remember?
An experiment with before- and- after photographs, splicing and dicing home videos, Hollywood footage, and live performance. One brother becomes an actor, and one self- destructs. Which is which? • Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St. • Until Jan. 21, 8 p. m. • $ 28, 604- 605- 8284,
pushfestival. ca
■ ■ DANCE
» Swingcouver Canada’s premier West Coast swing event, features world- champion instructors and performers. • Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle, 1128 W. Hastings St. • Jan. 20- 22 • Spectator pass/$ 15, swingcouver. com
» La La La Human Steps Montreal- based dance troupe performs Edouard Lock’s New Work, which takes inspiration from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice. Centre for Performing Arts • 777 Homer • Jan. 21- 22 • 8 pm $ 68/ 61/ 33 ticketmaster. ca/ » Spain’s Soledad most Barrio respected and Noche flamenco Flamenca ensemble returns critically- to acclaimed heat up Vancouver blend of music with their and dance. Tickets • at Chan Ticketmaster Centre, UBC or Chan • Jan. box 21, 8 office, p. m. •
604- 822- 2697, pushfestival. ca
■ ■ FORUMS/ TALKS
» Ocean Cruising Adventures
Around the World in a 34’ Sailboat: With two kids born along the way, Bruce and Tiffany Halabisky tell their story of sailing around the world on an old wooden sailboat. • H. R. Macmillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut St. • Jan. 20, 8 p. m. • $ 13/ lecture, 604 257- 8300
» A Grizzly Tale tell the tale. • The Hive, # 210- 128 W. Hastings • Jan. 25, 12 p. m. • Free, natureconservancy. ca/ bc
» Langara College Lecture Series: Change Change in Time Perspective and Well Being: A lecture by Jeffrey Webster. • Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch • Jan. 25, 12 p. m. • Free, 604- 331- 4044, vpl. ca
■ ■ LITERARY
» Sachiko Murakami and Nick Thran Readings and conversation with poets Sachiko Murakami ( Rebuild) and Nick Thran ( Earworm). • UBC Bookstore, Robson Square • Jan. 19, 7 p. m. • Free, 604- 822- 6453,
robsonreadingseries. ubc. ca
» Shoot It! Book Launch
Launch of author and film critic David
Spaner’s new book on indie cinema,
• People’s Co- op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Dr. • Jan. 22, 2 p. m. • 604- 2536442, arsenalpulp. com
» Author Talk: Kucki Low
Kucki Low talks about her memoir, This is
Kucki Your Pilot Speaking, an account of her challenges, triumphs and joys of being a 20th- century aviation pioneer. • Parkgate Branch Library, North Van • Jan. 24, 7 p. m. • Free, 604- 929- 3727, nvdpl. ca
» William Gibson Science fiction visionary discusses his first collection of essays, Distrust That Particular
Flavor. • Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch • Jan. 25, 7: 30 p. m. • Free, 604- 6816330, writersfest. bc. ca » ■ Bob ■ COMEDY/ Saget CABARET
Star of family- friendly Full House performs stand- up. • River Rock Show Theatre, Richmond • Jan. 20, 8 p. m. • $ 64.50/$ 54.50,
Ticketmaster, riverrock. com
» Electro Swing Circus Living Groove swing/ jazz band, burlesque show, circus performances and DJ That African & Spry • Canvas Lounge, 99 Powell St. • Jan. 20- Feb. 1, 9 p. m. • $ 12, 604- 609- 9939,
canvaslounge. ca
» Gerry Dee: Life After Teaching The former Canadian Comedy Award- winner for Best Comic in Canada. • Centennial Theatre, North Van • Jan. 21, 7: 30 p. m. • $ 45, 604- 984- 4484, centennialtheatre. com
» Aloha Nights Some of Vancouver’s brightest burlesque stars will shimmy and shake to raise money for PACE. • Cobalt, 917 Main St. • Jan. 26 • $ 10, 604- 719- 8627, yesyoumae. com
■ ■ VISUAL ARTS
» Burnaby Art Gallery
Chronicles of Form and Place: Works on
Paper by Takao Tanabe. Features drawings and watercolours dating from the late 1940s to the present day. • 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby • Runs until Jan. 22 • 604- 297- 4422,
burnabyartgallery. ca
» Elliott Louis Gallery Alan Fulle: Illuminated Village. Seattle- based artist presets eight multi- coloured resin towers. • Opening reception Jan. 19, 6: 30- 9 p. m. • 258 E. First Ave. • Runs until Feb. 11 • 604- 736- 3282, elliottlouis. com
» Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry. • Opening reception Jan. 19, 8- 10 p. m. • Poetry presentation Jan. 20, 12- 1 p. m. • Artist’s talk by Michael Morris, Jan. 21, 1: 30- 3 p. m. • 1825 Main Mall, UBC • Runs until April 8 • 604- 8222759, belkin. ubc. ca
» Museum of Anthropology A Green Dress: Objects, Memory, and the Museum, until Feb. 12 • Hiroshima: A series of 48 photographs of objects and personal effects left behind and found in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, until
Feb. 2 • 6393 NW Marine Dr. • 604- 822- 5950,
moa. ubc. ca
» Richmond Art Gallery Fantasy Gardens: Drawings and photographs by Stuart Mccall and Neil Wedman. • Opening reception Jan. 26, 7- 9 p. m. • 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond • Runs until April 1 • 604- 247- 8300, richmondartgallery. org
» Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey Photography Club Exhibiton, until Feb. 12 • Beyond Vague Terrain: The City and the Serial Image. Runs until March 18 • Open Sound 2012: On Air, Underground – Making the Inaudible Audible. Runs until Dec. 16 • 13750 88th Ave., Surrey • 604- 501- 5566
» Vancouver Art Gallery An Autobiography of Our Collection, until April 15 • The Distance Between You & Me, until Jan. 22 • Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection, until Jan. 29 • 750 Hornby St. • vancouverartgallery. ca
» West Vancouver Museum At the Intersection of Art and Medicine: Original anatomical artwork produced by
Canadian women illustrators in the late ’ 30s and early ’ 40s. • Opening reception Jan. 24, 7- 9 p. m. • 680 17th St., West Van • Runs until Mar. 10 • 604- 925- 7295,
westvancouvermuseum. ca
■ ■ CLASSICAL MUSIC » Out in Harmony’s Winter Concert: What I
Want
Local community choir presents their winter concert. • Central Presbyterian Church, 1155 Thurlow St. • Jan. 21, 7: 30 p. m. • $ 15/$ 10,
outinharmony. org » Royal Concert Music from the Time of the
Sun King
Three of the West Coast’s finest interpreters of baroque music on period instruments perform music written during the time of the Sun King, Louis XIV. • Langley Community Music School, 4899- 207th St., Langley • Jan. 21, 7: 30 p. m. • $ 10-$ 22, 604- 534- 2848
» VSO: Mahlerplus
A magnificent three- concert festival,
culminating in a performance of Mahler’s masterpiece Symphony No. 2 ‘ Resurrection’ on Monday, Jan. 23. • Orpheum and Orpheum Annex • Jan. 21- 23 • $ 15-$ 84, 604876- 3434, vancouversymphony. ca
» The Opera UBC Tea Opera on the Ensemble Stage presents
shortened versions of operas in a cabaret setting. Light refreshments are served. • UBC Old Auditorium • Jan. 22, 2 p. m. • $ 20/$ 15, 604- 822- 6725, music. ubc. ca
» The Pacific Pacific Rim Rim String String Quartet Quartet with guest cellist Eric Wilson performs an allSchubert program. • Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, 1825 W. 16th Ave • Jan. 22, 3 p. m. • $ 20/$ 15, 604- 737- 7715,
pacificrimstringquartet. com
» Schubert Violinist Yuri Zaidenberg and pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov performs a selection of pieces from Schubert. • Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Van • Jan. 19, 10: 30 a. m. • $ 15/$ 12, 604- 9257292, silkpurse. ca
» B. A. M.!
Redshift Music Society’s 10th anniversary celebration featuring a pounding parliament of some of the most profound and percussive personalities in the province. • Busson Spinal Cord Centre, 818 W. 10th Ave, $ 15/$ 10 • Jan. 20, 8 p. m. • redshiftmusic. org
» Cap Classics: Apparitions
An exploration of the mystical, the sensual and the transcendent. • Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Van • Jan. 20, 11: 45- 1 pm • Free, 604- 984- 4951, music@ capilanou.
ca
» Out for Lunch Clarinetist Gene Ramsbottom joins cellist Lee Duckles and pianist Richard Epp in trios by Nina Rota and Carl Fruhling. • Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby St. • Jan. 20, 12: 10 p. m. • Free for VAG members, or with gallery admission, 604- 662- 4700, vanartgallery. bc. ca.
» Pro Nova Ensemble
Chamber music concert featuring works by Handel and Beethoven. • Mt. Seymour United Church, North Van, Jan. 22, 7: 30 p. m. • Kay Meek Centre, West Van, Jan. 25, 7: 30 p. m. • By donation, 604- 921- 9444, pronova. ca
» Rigoletto
Opera Pro Cantanti presents Verdi’s tragedy
about fatherly love and revenge gone horribly wrong. • Cambrian Hall, 215 E. 17th Ave. • Jan. 22, 7 p. m. • $ 18/$ 12, 604- 340- 8545,
procantanti. com » West Coast Chamber Music: Two Glorious
Piano Trios
Features Beethoven’s Archduke Trio and