Urban Vancouver

Archaeological Society of BC - Brian Fagan "The Pleasure of Ruins"

By emclay on March 25, 2008 - 6:00pm

TIME: 8:00PM
DATE: Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
LOCATION: Downtown Vancouver Public Library (Alice Mckay Room)
350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C.

Archaeologist Brian Fagan, "The Pleasure of Ruins"

World-renown archaeologist Brian Fagan presents an illustrated public talk that explores the fascinating science of modern archaeology and highlights some of the important global issues of climate change and heritage conservation that archaeologists face today in our modern world.

Dr. Brian Fagan is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of California and best-selling author of university text books and popular non-fiction writing about archaeology. His latest new book is, "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations" (Raincoast Books, March 2008).

Raincoast books will be at the event to sell copies of Dr. Fagan's new book.

FREE PUBLIC EVENT. EVERYONE WELCOME.

For more information: www.asbc.bc.ca

Urban Mixer Gallery Series II

By tinhead on October 29, 2007 - 2:05pm

Urban Mixer presents the second installment in its highly coveted Gallery Series.

Click HERE to find out more.

Location: TRUNK Gallery, 1755 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver
Doors Open: 7PM - 11PM
Dress: Semi-formal
Cost: $25 in advance only

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Partial proceeds to UNICEF's Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign.

Click HERE to register online securely.

Set at TRUNK gallery in the magnificent auto/ONE, we invite you to join us for a spectacular event featuring the works of Ottawa-based artist Heidi Conrod in on of Vancouver's pre-eminent art spaces.

This event continues the partnership between Urban Mixer and UNICEF where partial proceeds raised from our events shall go to the Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS campaign.

Come experience, for one night only, sleek European automobiles set in juxtaposition with the finest Canadian art and the City's most sensuous crowd.