From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Evening Lectures at Hycroft:
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Vancouver Vaudeville – The Great White Way
Did you know that the original “Great White Way” is actually Hastings Street? Hastings Street was once Vancouver’s centre for vaudeville theatre, a performance style made popular in the 1880s which offered many different types of performance in a single show. The Pantages Theatre was the largest and most glamorous of Hastings’ Theatre Row, which also included The Rex and The Columbia.
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Join historian John Atkin and artist Tom Carter for an illustrated look at this uproarious era of traveling performers and elaborate theatres.
Tuesday, November 4
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Women’s University Club at Hycroft, 1489 McRae Avenue
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Brown Bag Lunch & Learn: Heritage and the SROs
Many of Vancouver’s government-run housing options are in heritage buildings. A number of Vancouver’s early hotels are currently used as single room occupancy residences, giving low-income housing options and heritage a distinct connection.
Mike Pistrin, Executive Director, Asset Strategies for BC Housing who is responsible for the single room occupancy (SRO) renewal initiative, will talk about the renewal of government-owned social housing in Vancouver including the initiative’s progress so far, and challenges and successes.
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Wednesday, November 19
12 – 1:30 pm
BCIT Downtown Campus, 555 Seymour Street
Tickets $12 (inc. tax)
