*check regularly for additions
Currently ongoing --Spring 2015 1954 British Empire Games Special Exhibit
10 am - 5pm daily Admission $15 BC Sports Hall of Fame at BC Place Stadium, Gate A in Vancouver
http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/visit-us/museum-exhibitions-galleries/
5th Wednesday -- Canadian Forestry and Railway troops in WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force in Western France
6:45pm Free Vancouver Public Library (Dunbar branch)
This talk by
Peter Broznitsky will describe Canadians, many of our province, who did logging and construction of the railways in the Western Front areas of France.
6th Thursday -- Curator's Talk
- Artware: Northwest Coast Design & Everyday Objects
7 pm Admission $15 Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver
http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/programs/calendar
9th Sunday-- Antiques Show
8:30 am - 5 pm Admission $1.75 Vancouver Flea Market in Vancouver
http://vancouverfleamarket.com/
9th, 16th, 23rd, &30th Design Sundays: Housing for a Connected City series
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Admission $15 Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver
http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/programs/calendar
13th Thursday-- Fraser Valley Anitques & Collectables Club monthly meeting
Queensborough Community Centre, 924 Ewen Avenue in New Westminster
7 pm - 9pm Guests welcome. Buy & Sell, meetings often have a short talk on a theme.
13th Thursday -- Surveying Southern British Columbia
7pm Free Vancouver Public Library (Central branch downtown)
Author
Jay Sherwood will present his new book about early 1900s surveyor Frank Swannell's work.
http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/surveying-southern-british-columbia/
15th Saturday-- Free historical talk:
"The Wild McLean Gang and the Price Paid"
1pm - 3 pm Admission is free Agassiz Museum in Agassiz
.The story of this gang of youths who terrorized the BC Interior with tragic consequences in the late 1870's is being told by local historian
John Mitchell through 200 photos, short videos and oratory, with questions taken at the end of the presentation.
http://itsmysite.com/bchistory/
15th Saturday & 16th Sunday-- Historical Arms Collectos Society of B.C. show
8:30am - 1pm Free admission Operating Engineers Hall in Burnaby
http://www.hacsbc.ca/
16th Sunday-- Sports Collectables Show
10am - 4pm Bonsor Recreation Centre in Burnaby
http://www.bossashows.com/
16th Sunday --The Main Street Vinyl Fair
11am - 5pm admission $4 Heritage Hall at 3102 Main Street in Vancouver
www.vinylrecordfair.com
16th Sunday-- 21st Century Flea Market
7am Early Bird admission $20 10am general admission $5 Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancovuer
http://www.21cpromotions.com/flea_market/index.html
16th Sunday -- Historical advertising postcards of Vancovuer
Van couver Postcard Club monthly meeting topic
12 Noon at Hastings Community Centre in Vancouver Guests are welcome free/
Neil Whaley will present a talk featuring many of his postcards with advertising in old Vancouver.
http://vancouverpostcardclub.ca/
16th Sunday-- Victoria Stamp & Coin Fair
9 am - 5pm Admission is free. Comfort Inn Victoria Downtown
http://www.vicstamps.com/pdf_docs/stamp_directory.pdf
17th Monday--British Columbia & The Great War
7:30pm Free Vancouver Public Library (Central branch downtown)
Some interesting stories of life with World War One going on, from
Dr. James Wood
18th Tuesday -- Canoe Crossings: Understanding the Craft that Shaped British Columbia
7pm Free Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
From his recent book of same title,
Sanford Osler gives an illustrated talk on canoes & kayaks.
19th Wednesday -- Life and Art of Harry & Jessie Webb
7pm Free Vancouver Public Library Central branch downtown
Presented by
Adrienne Brown with a look at two prominent artists in the 1950s-60s bohemian art and poetry scene in Vancouver. This talk is derived from her book of the same name that is the seventh in a series of unheralded artists of British Columbia from Mothertongue Publishing, Saltspring Island.
21st Friday -- Short films:
A Community Remembers and
We Have Stories
6:30pm Free Vancouver Public Library (Central branch downtown)
VPL's Aboriginal Artist in Residence
Rosemary Georgeson shows her two recent films which the first describes the role aboriginal woman played in the fishing industry of British Columbia, the second being about aboriginal youth today. In collaboration with research film maker
Jessica Hallenback and
Dory Nelson, associate professor UBC.
22nd Saturday-- Historical Fashion Show:
"From Rationing to Ravishing: Vancouver Women's Clothes during the 1940s & 50s
7pm Admission $15 Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver
http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/programs/calendar
27th Thursday-- French Canadians in British Columbia
7 pm Admission is free, Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver
Jean Barman will trace the history of French Canadians in BC from the fur trade day to present.
http://www.vancouver-historical-society.ca/events.htm
28th & 29th -- Vernon Collectors Club Show/Sale
Friday 3pm - 8 pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Vernon Recreation Centre in Vernon
sumas@shaw.ca
December 5/6 -- Vancouver Stamp Fair
Friday 11am -6pm Saturday 10am -4pm PNE Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Vancouver
http://www.vicstamps.com/pdf_docs/stamp_directory.pdf