The Rainbow Youth Project is the 14th edition of Zee Zee Theatre’s annual community storytelling initiative. It is designed to challenge stereotypes and preconceived notions of otherness, promote dialogue, reduce prejudices, and encourage understanding by connecting people who under normal circumstances might never meet.
The Rainbow Project is a low-barrier one-on-one project in which people share true stories from their lives. It centres the 2SLGBTQ+ voices who often don’t get a say in their lives, bodies and identities.
Rainbow Youth Project
Dates: November 16-17, 23-24, 2024, daily 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: VPL Central Branch (350 W Georgia St, Vancouver)
Admission: Free! No advance booking is required.
How it Works
Participants can meet at the Vancouver Public Library’s central branch in Downtown Vancouver to sit in on these storytelling sessions. Locate the sign up booth on the third floor where you can then select the story – based on title alone – that intrigues you.
Storytelling sessions are 20 minutes long, and will be in small groups with you, the storyteller, and an active listener to support the youth sharing their story. Depending on how busy the event is, you may be able to sign up for multiple sessions with different storytellers.
Once the storyteller has completed their story, there may be time for a short conversation to engage curiosity, empathy, and connection.
While the Rainbow Youth Project highlights perspectives distinctive from that of the audience member, an important reminder emerges at the end of these brief encounters, that despite our differences, a common ground can always be found.
“As we curate these stories, we also want the audience to be inspired, and to reflect on their own stories. We want participants to see how much we can learn from the next generation, and offer space to connect and empower each other,” says Project Producer, Yanting Qiu.
Everyone has a story worth sharing; and by taking the time to sit and listen intently, Zee Zee Theatre invites Vancouver to turn over a new page on their worldview. For more information follow along on Facebook and Instagram.
The 2024 Gift of Time Gala Presented by Nicola Wealth is sold out, however you can still support the cause! From now until November 2nd, the event’s silent auction is open to the public.
There is an incredible selection of items to bid on, including: Tofino getaway, Raptors tickets, Fitness programs, furniture, Holt Renfrew VIP shopping experience, a beautiful collaborative piece of art from local artists Kari Kristensen & Tara Lee Bennett, tickets to fly anywhere with WestJet and more.
Looking for that perfect holiday gift? Browse the hundreds of unique auction items ready for your bids.
If you see something you really like, set the ‘max bid’ feature on the item and the auction website will place the next minimum bid for you on the selected item if you’re outbid.
About Canuck Place
Canuck Place operates 10 patient beds and 8 family suites through two hospices in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Services include in-hospice medical respite and family support, pain and symptom management, provincial 24-Hour Clinical Care Line, music and recreation therapy, education and art, grief, loss, and bereavement counselling, as well as end-of-life care.
For close to three decades, Canuck Place has been providing exceptional complex medical care, while helping children and families embrace living fully with the time they have left together. But not without donor support. That’s where your winning auction bids can make a difference.
Bust out the cheesecake! Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are coming to Vancouver as Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, a professional tribute show, brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to town this November. You can enter to win tickets.
Photo credit: TOBY
Golden Girls in Vancouver
Dates: November 12-16, 2024
Location: Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
November is here and so are the falling leaves, a time a Remembrance, and the start of a very festive season full of events and fun things to do around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Chor Leoni opens its 2024/2025 season with Shadows Into Dawn, the choir’s 33rd annual Remembrance Day Concert in Downtown Vancouver. This cherished annual tradition offers audiences a reflective sonic space to contemplate the realities and costs of war through song. Enter to win tickets.
Chor Leoni – Photo credit David Cooper
Chor Leoni Remembrance Day Concert
Date: November 11, 2024 at 2:00pm and 5:00pm
Location: St. Andrew’s-Wesley United (1022 Nelson St, Vancouver)
The moving program spans diverse texts and cultural perspectives, featuring arrangements of beloved folk and popular songs like Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me”, and “Bonny Wood Green”.
