Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 44 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, February 2.

CONCERTS 

English pop-rock/indie-pop singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole plays the Rio Theatre.

The Andrew Collins Trio & Annie Lou perform acoustic roots, old-time folk, and bluegrass at St. James Hall.

Italian reggae/dancehall artist Alborosie & The Shengen Clan plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Arise Roots from L.A. and Vancouver's Tank Gyal.

ETCETERA

Day Two of the two-day Wellness Show, the largest health and lifestyle showcase in Western Canada, at Vancouver Convention Centre.

KIDS' STUFF

Performance at the Nest of Robert Leveroos's High Water as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

COMEDY

The Anxiety Show at Kino Cafe is an alternative-comedy show with a mental-health focus, featuring Megan Phillips.

John Hannah gathers together family, friends, and guests for a fun-filled variety show at Havana Theatre.

Rookie Night at the Improv Centre on Granville Island features improv comedy by Vancouver TheatreSports Rookie League players.

ARTS ETCETERA

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival features 27 works from 24 companies--including six world premieres by local artists--at various Vancouver venues until February 9. Performances today include 600 Highwaymen's The Fever at the Annex.

DANCE

Turning Point Ensemble and Wen Wei Dance combine their talents in Flying White, a new signature piece premiering at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

MUSIC

Flutist Lorna McGhee is featured in a Vetta Chamber Music program of works by Mozart, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Beethoven, and Dvořák at Pyatt Hall.

THEATRE

Final performance at GO Studios of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, a comedic drama set in 1956 when communists threaten an idyllic town.

Performance at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage of Noises Off, a farce about the egos and insecurities of a second-tier acting troupe putting on a show.

Performance at Burnaby's Michael J. Fox Theatre of Shrek the Musical, about a hulking green ogre who, mocked and feared his entire life, retreats to an ugly swamp.

GALLERIES

Cindy Sherman at the Vancouver Art Gallery explores the development of Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day, with selections from each of her major series, including new and rarely seen works.

Transits and Returns at the Vancouver Art Gallery explores the dynamic between place and movement in the work of twenty-one Indigenous artists from around the Pacific.

The Sodomite, Invasion Experimentation, Politics and Sexuality in the work of Jimmy DeSana and Marlon T. Riggs runs until April 25 at North Van's Griffin Art Projects.

Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries at the Vancouver Art Gallery is drawn primarily from the gallery’s permanent collection.

Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980 at the Vancouver Art Gallery features rarely seen prints, drawings, collages, sculptural works, and large-scale works from one of the most experimental periods in the artist's career.

MUSEUMS

In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC showcases ceramic works by 11 B.C.-based artists expressing strong opinions on urgent social issues.

Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition at the Museum of Vancouver is guest-curated by Kwiaahwah Jones and features more than 450 works by carvers, weavers, photographers, and printmakers, collected as early as the 1890s.

Ship's Company: The Royal Canadian Navy at Work & Play at the Vancouver Maritime Museum features photography by Kathryn Mussallem celebrating the diverse humanity of Canadian naval forces. 

ATTRACTIONS

The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum features permanent galleries devoted to Terry Fox and Rick Hansen, a rock-climbing wall, a virtual sports simulator, and history galleries.

North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain features a Skyride to the peak with views of the city and the Pacific Ocean, plus ziplines, skiing and snowboarding, a sliding zone, snowshoeing, and a skating pond.

Granville Island in False Creek features a public market, artisan gift shops, studios, galleries, microbrewery tours, and is home to the Arts Club Theatre and Vancouver TheatreSports.

Hastings Racecourse features indoor and outdoor viewing of live thoroughbreed racing, simulcast betting, restaurants and lounges, and a gaming floor with over 600 slot machines. 

Parq Vancouver is a 24-hour casino with 600 slot machines and 75 table games, eight restaurants and lounges, and the sixth-floor outdoor Parq.

Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

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

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is an authentic representation of an age-old garden tradition that reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

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

North Vancouver's Mount Seymour features skiing and snowboarding, lessons, chairlifts, terrain parks, 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.

The Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition features more than 250 privately-owned bikes from around the world.

Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8-kilometre seawall and totem park featuring eight poles by First Nations artists.

Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia with waterfalls, stone lanterns, audio guides and tours, and a ceremonial teahouse.

West Vancouver's Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse with viewpoint.

Richmond's Steveston Village is an historic fishing village that's home to the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Steveston Museum, the Steveston Tram, and London Heritage Farm.

MOVIES

Screenings at Vancity Theatre of five 2020 Oscar-nominated animated shorts, including films from the U.S., France, and the Czech Republic. Films include Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre's 12-minute "Memorable" (above).

Screening at the Cinematheque of David France's 2012 AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague as part of the series The Rage to Live: Queer Film Legacies and the Work of David Wojnarowicz and Marlon Riggs.

Afternoon screening at the Rio Theatre of Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated film Spirited Away. 

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