The Key Events List (pdf), compiled by your Alliance for Arts and Culture, lists upcoming events in and around Metro Vancouver through the next 12 months. The list is designed to be a guide for event planners, who will find the roster helpful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.

The City of Vancouver invites you to participate in TalkVancouver, an online space where you can share your insights with Vancouver City Hall on the important issues that affect you and our city.

As new City projects and initiatives unfold, TalkVancouver allows the City to reach out to you, share plans with you, hear your ideas, and talk about your needs.

Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament (Delta–Richmond East) was in Kelowna last week, on behalf of Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, to announce support for seven arts and culture projects in the Okanagan region.

The one-time investment of $274,980 will enable six organizations to deliver programming, organize festivals, strengthen francophone communities and support local publications. 

Film buffs mourning the 2011 closure of renowned Vancouver video store Videomatica can now access its collection of over 35,000 titles at UBC and SFU libraries. 

Catalogued and available for borrowing, the unparalleled collection includes feature films from more than 75 countries, documentaries, cult and art films, Canadian works and selections from the Vancouver International Film Festival. UBC received about 28,000 DVDs, 4,000 VHS titles and 900 Blu-rays and SFU received more than 2,500 documentaries.

The BC Museums Association announced this week the appointment of Theresa Mackay to the position of executive director. 

Mackay, a prominent leader in the fields of marketing and culture and a former director with the Royal BC Museum, succeeds interim executive director, John Grimes.