Upcoming events for BC History & Collectables

*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