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March 24: 42nd Street (1933) Film Screening:
An Art Deco Film Night with Special Host Dal Richards
April 24: Heritage & the Arts — Inaugural Long Table Social
42nd Street (1933): An Art Deco Film Night
with Special Host Dal Richards
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 6:45pm to 9:45pm
Location: Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street (at Davie)
Admission: $10.00; VIFC Membership $2.00
(Introduction by Dal Richards; Film screening followed by a no-host bar social in the lobby)
 Heritage Vancouver and the Vancity Theatre are pleased to launch our first ever Art Deco Film Night. Take a walk back in time with Vancouver’s own Dal Richards to 1933 when “42nd Street” hit Vancouver theatres. Discover the impact this film had on Dal personally, and on Vancouver’s music and theatre scene.
After the 35mm film print screening, plan to mix and mingle, chat about the movie and enjoy a no-host bar.
A smash hit for Warner Bros in 1933, “42nd Street” revitalized the popularity of the backstage musical just as the entire movie business seemed to be flagging. Mixing hardboiled Depression cynicism and Broadway glamour, the film introduced tap dancer Ruby Keeler (Mrs. Al Jolson) as a lowly chorine promoted to the lead role on opening night, giving rise to the legendary line, “Sawyer, you’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star.”
Also featuring the fresh-faced Dick Powell, and Ginger Rogers as “Anytime Annie”, the film celebrates innocence but revels in innuendo. Its secret ingredient is dance director Busby Berkeley, whose inspired and frankly risqué routines for songs like “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “Young and Healthy” transformed the way that musicals were shot.
“Naughty, bawdy, gaudy, sporty, 42nd Street is a prime chunk of fantasy real-estate — not just a movie, but a novel, a song, a play, an act, an attitude, a dream, a racket, a rhythm, a way of life.” — J Hoberman, BFI Modern Classics: 42nd Street
Director: Lloyd Bacon;
USA 1933; 89 mins
Starring: Dick Powell, Bebe Daniels, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, George Brent, Guy Kibbee and Ginger Rogers.
Tickets (via our partner, Vancity Theatre):
Vancity Theatre On-line: > Vancity Theatre ticket link
Vancity Theatre Box Office: See www.vifc.org
For additional information info@heritagevancouver.org
Heritage & the Arts:
Inaugural Long Table Social at the
BC Permanent Loan Building/Page House (1907) —
A Social & Networking Event for Heritage Vancouver
Saturday, April 24, 2010 | 7:00pm to 12:00am
Location: Page Building, 330 West Pender, enter building from back lane.
Admission: $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Cash Bar
 ‘Heritage and the Arts’ is a new Heritage Vancouver cultural program that connects the visual arts with Vancouver's historic structures. It highlights Vancouver’s Heritage Areas and architecture and fosters opportunities for artists and designers to showcase their work.
We invite you to attend this unique social and networking event, the first in a series of ‘Long Table Socials’. Mix and mingle in the luscious interior of the Neoclassical Revivalist BC Permanent Loan Building (1907), located in the heart of Vancouver’s original Financial Centre. This elegant and opulently detailed building was designed by architects Hooper & Watkins to originally house the BC Permanent Loan Company between 1907 to 1935.
The evening will bring a careful selection of short films, graciously curated by the Celluloid Social Club. Also on program will be special musical talent, Vancouver’s Kick Evrything – a mixture of synth-drenched fuzz rock and acoustic folk – in performance, a special presentation from internationally-renowned artist Brendan Lee Satish Tang, whose ceramic series of work amalgamates Ming Dynasty-style porcelain with Japanese anime and manga, and a few other oddities.
The evening presents a rare opportunity to experience this historic building in the process of restoration, with several notable interior details, including a magnificent elliptically-shaped Tiffany-style stained glass skylight over the central hall.
Many of the original elegant features of this building remain intact and have been painstakingly brought back to life by Eric Cohen (Vancouver Architectural Antiques), who has generously sponsored the use of the BC Permanent Loan/Page Building for this event. Mr. Cohen will be providing a brief history of the building during the evening.
All proceeds support Heritage Vancouver’s initiatives to conserve Vancouver’s built heritage. Purchase your tickets early for this event as it will sell out quickly!
The 'Long Table Social' is facilitated by Superdelux, the Celluloid Social Club and the Design Foundation of BC.
Tickets:
On-line: > via Paypal (account not required). Print your receipt and bring to the event.
Cheque: made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to: Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3Y3. Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, to hold your spot.
For additional information info@heritagevancouver.org
Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 1pm to 5pm
Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Saturday, July 10, 2010 | 10:00am to 12:00pm
Saturday, July 17, 2010 | 10:00am to 12:00pm
Saturday, August 21, 2010 | 10:00am to 12:00pm
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