By sromkey on April 20, 2012
Vancouver’s Chinatown is full of beautiful and interesting photo opportunities. For the next month you can have your Chinatown photo on display at Kee’s Laundry Gallery on 228 East Georgia, and also online through their gallery site (be patient and give it a few minutes to load- it’s worth it!). Using the popular photo sharing application Instagram, you can take a photo and give it the hashtag #chinatownyvr to have it included in the gallery and online.
The exhibition is curated/sponsored by the advertising agency St. Bernadine Mission Communications. According to the Kee’s Laundry site, the agency moved to Chinatown in 2011 and wanted to do something to celebrate their new neighbourhood. What a great idea! Because Kee’s Laundry is a window gallery, you can go and view the exhibition from the street anytime of day or night.
If you’re curious about how Kee’s Laundry got it’s name, they have a little bit of history here – looks like they did a little archival research!
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By sromkey on April 18, 2012
Two upcoming events of interest to Chung Collection researchers, both with Vancouver Heritage:
Their slate of upcoming walking tours includes Chinatown tours on April 27, May 25 and June 22 from noon to 1:30. The tour price is $12 per person, and leaves from the SE corner of Carrall and Pender (walk-ups welcome).
And on April 25, a brown bag lunch lecture at the downtown BCIT campus will discuss the influence of the Canadian Pacific Railway company in shaping downtown Vancouver. The lecturer is Michael Gordon, the Senior Central Area Planner for the City of Vancouver. The lecture admission is also $12.
Be sure to check out their website for other great heritage events!
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By sromkey on April 17, 2012
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II became the second-longest reigning monarch in British history, celebrating 50 years on the British throne. Despite the deaths of her sister, Princess Margaret and her mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in February and March of 2002 respectively, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Phillip, undertook an international tour […]
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By sromkey on April 5, 2012
A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed on Good Friday (April 6) and Easter Monday (April 9). We are however open on Saturday April 7 from 12-5 as usual. For full details on RBSC hours, click here. The broadside above is from a collection of […]
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By sromkey on April 2, 2012
Our next featured B.C. place based on the room names in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is Qualicum Beach, sometimes called Qualicum for short. Qualicum Beach is located outside of Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island. The town’s primary industry is tourism, and is also a popular retirement town. As of the 2011 census, it had […]
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