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Coming Events: An Evening at the Penthouse
Join Heritage Vancouver for an evening of entertainment at Vancouver's historic Exotic Night Club, the Penthouse (1947). Step back in time with Danny Filippone on his famous behind the scenes tour of one of Vancouver's famous landmarks. You'll visit the Steak Loft Dining Lounge and the VIP room where his uncle Joe Filippone entertained high profile guests, such as Frank Sinatra. After the tour, enjoy a talk by UBC professor Becki Ross “Busting the Union Shop Hookers: The Penthouse and Prostitution Politics, 1975-1985”.
Get your tickets early as this event will sell out. Purchase tickets on-line (Paypal account not required) or by cheque made out to "Heritage Vancouver Society" and mailed to Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y3. For additional information info@heritagevancouver.org
International Art Deco Lecture Series: Indian appetizers provided by Jolly's Indian Bistro (www.jollysindianbistro.com) Heritage Vancouver and the Canadian Art Deco Society welcome another international expert on Art Deco to continue our series of talks and events leading up to the Tenth World Art Deco Congress in Montreal in May 2009. Join us for "The Exotic World of Bombay Art Deco" presented for the first time in Canada by author Navin Ramani, the author of the book Bombay Art Deco Architecture, A Visual Journey 1930-1953. Bombay contains a treasury of commercial, residential and public Art Deco architecture created during the glamorous and optimistic era of the 1930s and 1940s. This first generation of modern Indian architects, influenced by current fashionable trends, were eager to imbue the city with a new modern image. Developing at the same time as the characteristic architecture of Miami Beach, the two cities exhibit similar scale, geometry, tropical vocabulary and love of romance. This lecture will be an insightful exploration of the beauty and abundance of the previously unrecognized Art Deco heritage of Bombay. Don’t miss this unique exploration of the Art Deco legacy of one of the world’s greatest cities! Please note that copies of Bombay Art Deco Architecture, A Visual Journey 1930-1953 will be available for sale at the event. Purchase tickets on-line (Paypal account not required), or by cheque made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y3. For additional info, contact info@heritagevancouver.org. Bombay Art Deco www.bombaydeco.com
Annual Top Ten Endangered Sites Bus Tour
Climb aboard a Transit Museum Society bus for a guided tour of Heritage Vancouver's 2009 Top Ten Endangered sites. Tour guide Donald Luxton, well-known author and heritage expert and the President of Heritage Vancouver, will fascinate you with his stories of this year’s endangered sites. There are many new sites and surprises on this year’s tour. Purchase your tickets early as this popular "award winning" tour always sells out. Tickets may be purchased in advance:
If there are any tickets remaining, they will be sold on site starting at 12:30pm. For additional information, e-mail info@heritagevancouver.org. See our Top Ten pages to view all previous years' entries, from 2001 to 2008. The 2009 Top Ten list is release the week of February 16, 2009.
All previous bulletins can be viewed Visit our website at www.heritagevancouver.org |
To celebrate the occasion, The Penthouse menu will include a selection of reasonably priced South Asian Cuisine and a special Heritage Vancouver Martini. Plan to make an evening of it; after the tour and talk enjoy dinner, drinks and a performance.