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NOW THROUGH AUG. 5 A group art show at the Hunter Bisset Gallery at 2035-88 Pender St., is dubbed "Here" and has a focus on one of my favourite subjects-our beautiful city and province.

NOW THROUGH AUG. 5

A group art show at the Hunter Bisset Gallery at 2035-88 Pender St., is dubbed "Here" and has a focus on one of my favourite subjects-our beautiful city and province. The exhibit includes works by many local artists including Sidi Schaffer, Vanessa Lowe, Sorour Abdollahi, Trudy Austin, Anees Peterman, J. Charles, Brian Ball, Eileen Fong, Kim Pollard and Mark Lewis. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Thursday from 1 to 8 p.m.

AUG. 4, 11, 18 AND 25

The Village on False Creek is hosting classic films every Thursday in August on an outdoor movie screen at the Olympic Plaza located at Athlete's Way between Manitoba and Salt Street. The first classic movie is the Academy Award winning film Inception (or is it), followed by Casablanca Aug. 11, The Fighter, Aug. 18 and Citizen Kane, Aug. 25. Admission is free for picnic seating and bistro tables are available to reserve for $20. See vancouvervillage.ca for more information.

NOW THROUGH AUG. 30

The I AM EQUAL project, in association with the North America Vancouver 2011 Outgames, brings its photo documentary tour to the Sheraton Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard St. The project involved collecting thousands of photographs in hopes of creating the world's largest photo mosaic. Created by famed fashion photographer Mark Spencer, the mosaic is being completed with photos taken during four stops of the I AM EQUAL world tour with a goal to collect more than 100,000 pictures dedicated to equal rights. Once complete the mosaic will be the largest of its kind dedicated to human rights, civil liberties and equality in the world.

NOW THROUGH AUG. 28

Back by popular demand, the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. are once again offering historic walking tours of Jewish Strathcona and Gastown. In the 1880s and 1990s, following the arrival of the transcontinental railway, the town of Granville quickly grew to become the City of Vancouver. According to the museum, many Jews contributed to the city's economic growth, political incorporation and cultural development. Jewish businesses opened in Gastown and a wave of Eastern European immigrants made Strathcona the new centre of B.C.'s Jewish population between the 1890s and 1920s. A tour guide from the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. leads the two-kilometre walking tours. For dates and times call 604-257-5199 or email info@jewishmuseum.ca.

JULY 31

Get out that boa, high heels, Mardi Gras beads and rainbow flag because it's that time of year once again. And no, I'm not referring to Courier columnist Fred Lee's annual pilgrimage to city hall to get his parking permit renewed. It's Pride Week, which culminates in the Pride Parade July 31. The parade route this year begins at noon at Robson and Bute streets, continues down Denman and then along Beach Avenue where it culminates in the Sunset Beach Pride Festival. This year's parade includes 140 entries made up of colourful floats, marching bands, community groups and, I'm sure, that same group of guys who wander naked down the parade route for no apparent reason except it's Vancouver and they can.

sthomas@vancourier.com

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