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Graphic Design Duel | February 2 - 7pm |
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Like a graphic design improv session; two designers will swap a layered
Photoshop file back and forth in real-time as their creative process is
projected on a large screen for all to see. In a series of 6 alternating
rounds (3 per player), the competitors will have 15 minutes each round to
embellish, advance and build upon each others previous work.
Location: Baked Cafe
Contact: Ph: 867 - www.bakedcafe. ca/
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Jazz in the Hall | February 2 - 7pm |
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Learn, listen and jam! Doors open 6: 30 pm, show starts 7 pm. Featured act is Andrea McColeman Quartet (including Dave Haddock/bass, Jordy Walker/guitar & Lonnie Powell/drums followed by Jam session.
Location: Old Fire Hall
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-3473 - www.theoldfirehall.ca
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Chinese Coin show | February 2 - 7pm |
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Join us for the opening reception and a short presentation by archaeologist James Mooney of Ecofor Consulting Ltd. on the Chinese coins found in the Yukon and their significance.
This display also includes a selection of historical coins and tokens now in the MacBride Museums collection and other collections.
This exhibit will run at MacBride until April.
Location: MacBride Museum
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-2709 - www.macbridemuseum.com
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Halin de Repentigny----Hills and Underbrush | February 3 - 5-9pm |
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Copper Moon Gallery is opening its new season with Halin de Repentigny. Halin has been busy wandering the back trails, discovering the bends and
corners in the Whitehorse area. He has created a body of work that is
fresh and innovative and distinctly..Halin.
There are also paintings from other areas of the Yukon and he has added
portraits to the mix to show how wide ranging his talent truly is.
Doors open at 12:00. Opening reception is from 5-9pm
Great food, music, friends...Excellent art
Location: Copper Moon Gallery
Contact: Ph: (867) 633-6677 - coppermoongallery.com
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Yukon Arctic Ultra | February 4 - 12 |
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Billed as the "world's coldest and toughest ultra," the Yukon Arctic Ultra is a mountain biking, cross-country skiing and running race that follows the trail of the Yukon Quest from Whitehorse to either Braeburn (100-mile racers), Pelly Farm (300-mile racers) or Dawson City (430-mile racers).
Location: Front Street Whitehorse
Contact: Ph: +49 (0) 8821 9436061 - www.arcticultra.de
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Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race | February 4 - 16 |
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Covering 1,000 miles between Whitehorse, Yukon and Fairbanks, Alaska during the depths of the Arctic winter, the Yukon Quest is known for excellence in canine care and fostering the traditions of northern travel by dog sled. This years event starts in Fairbanks, Alaska and ends in Whitehorse.
Location: First Avenue Whitehorse
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-4711 - www.yukonquest.com
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Skookum Jim Folklore Show | February 4 - 7pm |
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Since 1973 the Folklore Show has been an annual celebration of both local (Yukon) and National First Nation Performing Artists. This year's Show features local talent Dennis Allen, as well as the inspiring Tr'ondek Hwech'in Han Singers from Dawson City. The headlining act will be the Alberta based Powwow Drumming Group "Northern Cree" who have garnered multi Grammy nominations, multi - Juno Award nominations and have won Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.
Location: Yukon Arts Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-4460 - www.skookumjim.com
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LDAY Snowshoe Loppet | February 4 - 9:30am |
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LDAY is hosting a Snowshoe Loppet and Silent Auction as a fundraiser for our winter and summer camps. Registration includes trail pass at Mt. Mac and lunch!
5 km individual and team race or 2.5 km family event
Registration: Adults: $25 - Children: $10 (12 years and under)
Schedule: 9:30am - check in at the Wax Room - 10:30am - START
11:30am - 2:00pm - Après-Loppet in the Curling Club Lounge: prizes, lunch and silent auction.
Location: Mount McIntyre Rec Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-5167 - www.ldayukon.com
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Live at the Met - Gounod's Faust | February 5 - 1:00pm |
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With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn't be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.
Location: Yukon Arts Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-8574 - www.metoperafamily.org
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Available Light Film Festival | February 6 - 12 |
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Canada's premiere feature film festival North of 60 is a carefully selected festival of Canadian and International feature fiction and documentary films. The 10th annual ALFF will include 30 screenings, anniversary events, guest filmmakers, workshops, panels, and the ALFF Industry Forum (Feb 5 to 8).
Location: Yukon Arts Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 393-3456 - www.alff.ca
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Peer Gynt | February 8 - 18 at 8:00pm |
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Moving Parts Theatre in association with the Whitehorse MAD program proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Directed by Anton Solomon. Tickets $17.00 available at Well Read Books. Shows Feb 8, 9, 10 & 11 and Feb 15, 16, 17 & 18.
Location: Wood Street School
Contact: Ph: (867) 633-3304 - www.
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The 39 Steps | February 9-25 - 8:00pm |
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Hitchcock meets Hilarious! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk award winning treat is Broadway's longest running comedy and packed with non-stop laughs.
A seductive mystery woman, an accusation of murder, handcuffs, missing fingers, an on-stage plane crash, a mad dash to foil foreign spies, four actors playing over 150 zany characters and a dash of Monty Python... Its John Buchan's The 39 Steps - a Hitchcock spoof that just might give you vertigo!
Location: Guild Hall
Contact: Ph: (867) 633-3550 - www.guildhall.ca
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Marsh Lake Loppet | February 11-12:00pm |
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8th Annual Marsh Lake Classic Cross-Country Ski Loppet - Saturday,Feb. 11th - Registration runs until Wed. Feb. 8th - at Coast Mountain Sports, Icycle Sports and X-Country Yukon (at Mt. MacIntyre).
Location: Marsh Lake Community Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 660-4999 - www.marshlakecommunitycentre.com
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Art Talk at the Old Fire Hall | Feb 12 - 7:00pm |
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Are you a budding Performance Artist? Come hear Lori Blondeau talk Sunday night, Feb 12, 7pm, at the Old Fire Hall, about the nature of Performance Art, how you can develop as a Performance Artist, and what her experiences in Performance Art have taught her.
Location: Old Fire Hall
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-3473 - www.theoldfirehall.ca
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Yukon Science Institute Lectures | February 12 - 7:30pm |
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Yukon Science Institute presents: "It's about 'time": Physics Meets Philosophy in the 21st Century - Speaker: Mark Shumelda
Location: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-7899 - www.taiga.net/ysi/
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QuestFest 2012 | February 13 - 17 - all day |
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Five days of free, fun-filled, family-friendly activities in conjunction with the last week of the Yukon Quest that ends in Whitehorse this year: guest speakers, movies, winter sports for kids (Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle), Kids' Reading Corner, "Meet-the-mushers-Friday-night-event", refreshments, Yukon Quest souvenirs kiosk, etc.
Location: Old Fire Hall
Contact: Ph: (867)668-3313 - www.yukonquest.com
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Zero Waste | February 15, 7 - 9 pm |
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Zero Waste: A Key Move towards a Sustainable Society
is a public meeting by Dr. Paul Connett at the Beringia Center. Zero waste offers a path that mimics nature's cycles by challenging us to redesign our products and processes to maximize recycling and composting and to minimize waste generation.
Location: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-7269 - www.ravenrecycling.org
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Jamming evening with Studio Catcho | February 16, 5 - 7 pm |
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The Studio Catcho trio (Éli Savoie, Nicolas Lemieux and Marie-Pierre Brasset) has come together again to spread some winter warmth. These multi-instrumentalists (bass, beat boxes, guitars, keys, harmonica, percussion instruments, loop pedal, trumpet, etc.), experiment in a variety of musical worlds. Harmonies, symbioses, chaos, anything goes with Studio Catcho. Their key word: "Libertad!"
Location: Centre de la Francophonie
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-2663 - www.afy.yk.ca
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Black History Month Event | February 17, 12 noon |
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Yukoners are invited to participate in Black History Month activities that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present.
Hidden History Yukon and Yukon Public Library Present:
Black Pioneers of the North
Three slide presentations on the theme of Yukon Black History
Exhibit of Black pioneers in the Yukon, and Black US soldiers that helped build the Alaska Highway
Free admission and coffee, tea, and snacks.
Location: Whitehorse Public Library
Contact: Ph: (867) 335-7011 - www.
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Frostbite Music festival | February 17 - 19 |
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Canada's first and coolest winter music festival spotlights Canadian
and world artists in a wide variety of musical genres, including folk,
jazz, blues, rock, cultural, First Nations, country and bluegrass.
Location:Yukon College and Yukon Arts Centre
Contact: Ph: (867)668-4921 - www.frostbitefest.ca
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"Equine Impact" Exhibition at YAAW | February 17 - 5-8pm |
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New works in clay by Catherine Deer opens February 17 and runs to February 24th at the Yukon Artist At Work Gallery. The show called "Equine Impact" is a celebration of horses in art through the ages.
Location: Artist At Work Gallery
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-2264 - www.yaaw.com
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Mt. Lorne Classic Ski Race | February 18, 12pm |
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A great family event: entry categories for all ages, lunch for all participants, skating on the rink afterwards. The race start is at 12 noon followed by a chili lunch in the LMCC. Last year we had 152 registered racers!
Location:Mount Lorne Community Centre
Contact: Ph: (867)667-7083 - www.mountlorne.yk.net
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Circus Incognitus - Jamie Adkins | February 21 - 22 |
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Our favourite one-man circus comes back to the YAC stage to delight everyone young and old. If you were not part of his sold-out shows last time, make sure you are this time around! Jamie manages to achieve, solo and out of virtually nothing, what others strive for with elaborate means: to create wonderment, thrills, and laughs.
Location: Yukon Arts Centre
Contact: Ph: (867)667-8574 - www.yukonartscentre.com
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Reading: B.C. Author Anne DeGrace | February 23, 7:30pm |
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Writer, Illustrator, Librarian: Author Anne DeGrace will present a free reading to promote her new book Flying with Amelia.
Location: Whitehorse Public Library
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-5239 - www.annedegrace.ca
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Souper à la bonne franquette and Talent Show | February 23, 5pm |
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Variety show featuring talents from the Yukon's Francophone community. Check the AFY Web site a few days before the event for an overview of the acts to be presented. Come strut your stuff after the fuss-free supper! There's no age limit!
Location: École Émilie-Tremblay
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-2663, Ext. 560 - www.afy.yk.ca
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Cabane à Sucre (Sugar Shack) | February 24 - 26 |
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A sweet weekend awaits you at Shipyards Park. Maple taffy and French Canadian specialties!!
Location: Shipyards Park
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-2663, Ext. 221 - www.afy.yk.ca
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Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous | February 23 - 26 |
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Kick up your heels with the Rendezvous Can Can Dancers & the Snowshoe Shufflers at this exciting winter festival. This years event is going to be about celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway.
Location: Shipyards Park
Contact: Ph: (867) 667-2148 - www.yukonrendezvous.com
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Whitehorse International Snow Sculpting Challenge | February 21 - 26 |
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This huge event takes place during Yukon Sourdough International Festival. This feature event takes place at the City of Whitehorse Snow Pavilion on the Whitehorse waterfront at Shipyards Park. Carvers work during the day and night creating beautiful large sculptures of snow. At the end of four days the visitors to "Rendezvous" choose their favourite piece and prizes are awarded by the Mayor of Whitehorse and other sponsors.
Location: Shipyards Park
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-8660 - www.yukonsnowchallenge.com
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2012 River Runner 100 Sled and Skijor Race | February 25 -26 |
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The Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon (DPSAY) is holding the River Runner 100 sled skijor race,
Whitehorse to Mendenhall and back, onFebruary 25. Start is at 3pm at Shipyards Park
Location: Shipyards Park
Contact: Ph: (867) - ww.dpsay.wordpress.com/rr-100-dog-race/
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Countries Shaped Like Stars | Feb 29 - Mar 3 - 7:30pm |
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With spoons, waterglasses, whirly-winds and a mandolin, Mi Casa Theatre creates the sounds and images of a landscape forever altered by regret. Part storytelling, part concert, this is a tale of love heard that is enchanting as it is indelible.
Location: Old Fire Hall
Contact: Ph: (867) 668-3473 - www.theoldfirehall.ca
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Live Music at Baked | Feb 28, 7-10pm |
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Charlie Wilson and Jude Pelley are performing at Baked. Admission by donations
Location: Baked Cafe
Contact: Ph: (867) ? - www
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Untrue North Exhibition | Jan 12 - Mar 10 |
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Untrue North depicts the romantic beauty of the North-for instance, photos of the Rocky Mountains. However, both subtle and overt allusions- to Romantic art and canonical landscape painting as well as to commercial nature photography, tourist postcards, various advertising media, and Hollywood film-show the romance of these landscapes to be more culturally constructed than actual. Accordingly, the exhibition asks whether the North can be truthfully represented in art, free of media and art historical mythology.
Location: Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery
Contact: Ph: (867) 393 - 7109 - www.yukonartscentre.coma
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