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Friday Night Concert: O Come All Ye Soulful
Main HallJoin two award-winning powerhouses—vocalist Dawn Pemberton and bassist/bandleader Jodi Proznick—as they bring a joyful and soulful bounce to your favourite holiday classics. The evening's program includes holiday classics made famous by Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, John Legend, Donny Hathaway, Otis Redding, Darlene Love, Vince Guaraldi, and more! Listen to Dawn and Jodi's Sextet perform […]
In The Gallery: The Witness Blanket
Main HallInspired by a woven blanket, the Witness Blanket is a large-scale work of art. It contains hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings, and traditional and cultural structures from across the country. Each piece of the Blanket tells us about a specific experience from more than 130 residential schools that operated across […]
Witness Blanket Opening Reception
Main HallYou are invited to bear witness as we welcome the Witness Blanket to the Library. The evening opening reception will begin with a Traditional Welcome and blessing offered by Chepx̱imiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). Refreshments will be served. Learn more about the Witness Blanket and programs the Library will be […]
Friday Night Concert: Diyet & The Love Soldiers
Main HallDiyet spent her childhood on the ancestral lands of the Kluane First Nation people in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Coming from a family rooted in traditions but tempered with a good sense of adventurous hippie attitudes, Diyet has created a musical presence as diverse as her Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, Japanese, and Scottish heritage. Diyet & The […]
Friday Night Concert: Blue Moon Marquee
Main HallBlue Moon Marquee is a swing blues, stomp jazz band born of the wild rose country. They currently make their home in an island shack on the coast of the Salish Sea. A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette (vocals/bass/drums) write and perform original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps, or grooves. Recently, their fifth […]