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Mar 17, 2011: Heritage Vancouver Society & the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: A Conversation about new Strategic Alliances
Mar 23, 2011: An Evening of Tiki at the Waldorf
Mar 30, 2011: Evening at the Art Deco Marine Building Penthouse (1930)

 


An Evening of Tiki at the Waldorf
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 | Doors open 6pm, Talk 6:30pm, Tour 7:00pm
Location: The Waldorf Hotel, 1489 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tickets: Advance $25; Heritage Vancouver Members $20;

Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $30;
Price includes, tour, talk, and a complimentary Mai Tai;
Dinner may be purchased onsite

Heritage Vancouver goes Tiki at the WaldorfHeritage Vancouver is taking a journey back in time to the Polynesian splendour of the Tiki Rooms at the fabulous Waldorf Hotel. An Evening of Tiki is your opportunity to experience the tropical nostalgia of the 1950s, slip into your Hawaiian shirt, sip on a Mai Tai, and listen to exotica music amid palm trees, bamboo and a twinkling midnight sky.

Created at the very beginning of the Tiki craze of the 1950s, the Waldorf is one of the oldest surviving Tiki bars in North America, and one of the last original such establishments left outside of the Hawaiian Islands. A post-war phenomenon, Tiki culture was rooted partially in the nostalgic tropical memories of returned soldiers but also in the forbidden fantasies of a middle class fascinated by the exotic and the erotic. The Waldorf’s fabulous Polynesian-themed rooms reflect an era when Polynesian ephemera adorned lounges, restaurants, hotels and rumpus rooms. Exotica music was all the rage, and from Broadway musicals to Hollywood movies North Americans revelled in the allure of the South Pacific Isles. Return with us to a simpler time, of tropical fantasies and strong rum drinks.

Your nostalgic evening will begin in the Tiki room with a fascinating presentation on Polynesian Pop Culture by renowned expert, ‘Dr Tiki’ – our own Donald Luxton. Following this fun-filled exploration of the formative years of the Tiki movement and its social, cultural and architectural impacts on North America, we will explore the newly renovated Tiki rooms on a guided tour. Your tropical journey will end at the Tiki Bar, where you will while away the evening sipping on a Mai Tai, enjoying music with a DJ and soaking up the retro atmosphere.

 

Tickets

Online Payment: www.heritagevancouver.org/payments.html
Cheque: Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y3. Please ensure the mailed payment reaches us early enough, and send us an e-mail, so we can hold your spot until your cheque arrives.

Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $30.

Visit the Waldorf Hotel's site: www.waldorfhotel.com
Additional info info@heritagevancouver.org

2.0 AIBC Non-Core LUs | 2.00 PIBC LUs of Organized CPD

 


Other Upcoming Events:

Full info at heritagevancouver.org

Heritage Vancouver Society & the Vancouver Heritage Foundation:
A Conversation about new Strategic Alliances

Thursday, March 17, 2011 | 7pm to 9pm
Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut Street (Vanier Park)
$5.00 Non-members; Heritage Vancouver members free
Join Donald Luxton, President Heritage Vancouver Society and Diane Switzer, Executive Director of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation for a conversation about potential new strategic alliances.

Full info

Evening at the Art Deco Marine Building Penthouse (1930)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 | 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Full info + Tickets


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PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3Y3
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