Virtual Programs
Click here to see the 2020 Arts & Heritage Virtual Summer Brochure
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
First Peoples of the Northwest Coast (Online)
INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
Virtual Victorian Book Club (16+)
Our Victorian book club has gone virtual! Every two months, discuss literature and culture as you sip tea and video chat with the club from home. We read literary works by the Brontes, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Mark Twain and others. This is the perfect opportunity to join other enthusiasts in your community - online!
Email us for dates, upcoming reads, and to register for free at:
Virtual Story Gathering (18+)
People from a broad base of different backgrounds will be invited to come together and share their experiences of the pandemic through a recorded Zoom-based interview. Participants will listen to stories, then tell their own story, in this process of collective reflection and building community in isolation.
Monday June 22, 2020 (6 – 7pm)
Tuesday July 28, 2020 (6pm-7pm)
Tuesday August 25, 2020 (6pm-7pm)
Saturday September 26, 2020 (afternoon)
Curator Talk: The History of Plants in New Westminster (16+)
Part of a series of three online evening talks, this short talk will be followed by a question and answer period. Many people during this period of social isolation have taken up gardening and walks around their neighbourhoods. This talk will prepare audience members with more information on New West’s plant life and this aspect of our city’s human heritage.
Thursday June 25, 2020 (6 – 6:45 pm)
Thursday July 30, 2020 (6 – 6:45 pm)
Thursday August 27, 2020 (6 – 6:45 pm)