As the end of the year approaches, Vancouver marks the final month of its 125th anniversary celebrations and year as a Cultural Capital of Canada with a host of arts and culture events throughout the city.
Now through February, a variety of events will provide entertainment and showcase Vancouver’s creative and cultural communities:
• Thunderbird Then and Now, a digital storytelling project with Thunderbird youth and elders, will host a screening at the Thunderbird Community Centre (Dec.12).
• Bold 125 Celebration honours the culture, heritage and success of Vancouver’s older lesbian women in a final event at Rhizome Café (Dec. 15).
• South Hill Community’s INSIDE STORIES includes a dialogue event (Dec.17), a website and giant outdoor photo murals on Fraser Street at 44th, 45th and 47th Avenue.
• Access Gallery’s Paragraph of Possibility exhibits the imaginative work of Ross House, Urban Native Youth Association and Bombast Furniture (through Dec.17).
• UNIT/PITT Projects’ Ill Repute: Emerging artists present works of critical reflection on the history of one of Vancouver’s oldest artist-run centres (through Dec. 17).
• Mapping the Everyday: Neighbourhood Claims for the Future is an exhibition presented by the Audain Gallery in partnership with the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (until Feb. 2012).
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Visit CelebrateVancouver125.ca for details on these and other events.
