The Listel Hotel is proud to be involved with a diverse collection of community, arts and charity groups throughout Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. All helping to make a positive difference in our community.
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society
CJBS has produced the annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival since 1986, presenting an extensive program of traditional, contemporary, and evolving forms of jazz, blues, world, creative, and improvised music. From the beginning CJBS has leveraged the impact and momentum of the Jazz Festival by producing an annual concert season from September to May of each year. Coastal Jazz and Blues Society plays a leading role in the Jazz Festivals Canada network and is a member of the prestigious International Jazz Festivals Organization.
Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
end of June - beginning of July
For 10 days and nights extraordinary music electrifies the entire city. From Gastown to David Lam Park, from hip bistros to great concert halls you can hear a wide variety of jazz, blues, groove, world music, improv and popular artists. Featuring 1,800 musicians from Canada and around the world. The Jazz Festival touches all parts of the city, with many free performances including large-sale public events, eight major indoor concert series, and a host of nightclub shows. Over 503,000 people attended last year’s Festival.
Literacy BC
Literacy BC is the provincial literacy organization that promotes and supports literacy and learning in British Columbia. Founded in 1990, the organization is a diverse network of individuals and groups involved and interested in literacy in BC. At Literacy BC we believe that literacy is a human right; that literacy is everyone's business and that we all have a part to play. Literacy BC is a non-profit organization.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
The Museum of Anthropology houses one of the world' finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art in a spectacular building overlooking mountains and sea. But we're also famous for our collections from around the world - including European ceramics, Asian textiles, Greek and Roman pottery, and African masks. Our unique Visible Storage Galleries bring 14,000 objects to public view, and our changing exhibits highlight contemporary and historical works by extraordinary indigenous artists. Free gallery talks and tours, an elegant Gift Shop, and endless opportunities to discover, reflect, teach and learn await you.
Bucshlen Mowatt Gallery
The Buschlen Mowatt Gallery is dedicated to showcasing museum-quality contemporary artists of regional, national, and international significance. Discover the Fine Art of Collecting with Buschlen Mowatt.
Vancouver Sculpture Biennale
The Vancouver Sculpture Biennale is unique in the world of Biennale's, in that it is the only Biennale in the world with a focus on sculpture and the urban landscape. It is an 18 month festival of events celebrating the cultures of the world, the diversity of the City, its topography, geography, architecture, arts, sports and community programs.
26 Major sculptures, by 19 world renowned artists representing 11 nations, have been installed along the bike, walking paths, urban plazas and neighborhoods along the waterways surrounding the City of Vancouver. Via the Biennale, the City of Vancouver becomes an open-air museum, free for all to engage and enjoy, 365 days per year, 24/7.
Raincoast Books
Raincoast Books is the Canadian publisher of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Raincoast also publishes fiction and non-fiction by authors such as Nick Bantock, Alison Pick, Colin McAdam and Paul William Roberts. Raincoast is the Canadian distributor for publishers such as Lonely Planet, Chronicle Books and Harcourt, Inc.
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival grew from humble roots in 1979 as a fund-raising initiative featuring one vintner, Robert Mondavi, with approximately 1,000 people attending the two-day event. Today the festival attracts some of the biggest industry names from around the world and is firmly established as the continent's premier wine event and among the biggest, best and oldest wine events in the world. It features wine tastings and pairings, gourmet dinners and luncheons, educational seminars and culinary competitions.
This is a rare opportunity to meet owners, winemakers and senior representatives from wineries around the globe. For either the experienced wine lover or the novice, the festival has something to please every palate and pocketbook.
Western Magazine Awards
Incorporated on March 1st, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, the mandate of the Western Magazine Awards Foundation is: to honour editorial excellence in western Canadian magazine writing, photography, illustration and art direction through an evening awards ceremony and a day of industry-specific professional development seminars.
The British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers
BCAMP represents, connects and promotes the BC magazine industry by uniting the talent, knowledge and skills of its publishers. The British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP) was established in 1993 to serve and promote British Columbia magazines. BC magazines foster award-winning talent and represent some of the best periodicals published in Canada. The BCAMP membership includes arts and culture, news, business, lifestyle, leisure and special interest magazines. These titles represent the diversity of interests of British Columbians and are read by more than one million people around the world. BCAMP works tirelessly to create an environment in which BC magazine publishers can continue to integrate culture with entrepreneurial enthusiasm.
Geist Magazine
Geist is a literary magazine of ideas and culture, with a strong sense of place and an equally strong sense of humour. Geist began as a 40-page newsprint publication in the editor’s living room 17 years ago, with financing of $7,500. It is now the largest literary magazine in Canada. In story, image, essay and the interactive accumulation of little-known fact, we register the sensibility of a people in the process of inventing a country that may or may not be the one we call Canada. Read about the self destruction of the CBC, savour the Fruit and Veggie Map of Canada, and more—in print and at www.geist.com.
