VCCFA April Dinner & Talk: Chinese Material Culture in British Columbia

Event: Canada China Friendship Association Dinner Meeting

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Location: Golden City Restaurant, 721 Fisgard Street

Speaker: Grant Keddie, Curator of Archaeology at the Royal B.C. Museum

Chinese Material Culture in British Columbia

Who were the first Chinese visitors to British Columbia and when did the first objects made in China arrive in British Columbia? Discover what evidence archaeologists find of the material culture of Chinese settlers in B.C. with Royal B.C. Museum Curator of Archaeology Grant Keddie.

Chinese artifacts from the Keddie collection

Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Please arrive at 5:45 p.m.

$22 for members and non-members. Cash or cheque only please.

Menu:

House tiger prawns

General Tao chicken

Steam sole filet with black bean sauce

Stir fry beef with ginger and green onion

Pork chop a la Beijing

Salt and pepper calamari

Chinese style chow mein

Stir fry wild rice

Chinese tea

The presentation begins at 7 p.m.

RSVP: by Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Email Carol at charlebois721@gmail.com or phone 250-882-5820.