Hear Chinatown's Stories Up Close, Chinatown (E Pender St), Vancouver BC

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Hear Chinatown's Stories Up Close

The Chinese-Canadian story told through personal voices, photographs, and an animated dining table, inside a heritage bank on Pender.

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The Chinatown Storytelling Centre occupies a handsome old Bank of Montreal building on East Pender, which tells you plenty before you even walk in. Inside, the Chinese-Canadian story unfolds through personal voices, photographs, and an animated dining table stranger and more moving than it sounds. Give it an unhurried hour, then head straight into Chinatown for dumplings while the conversation is still going. Open Thursday to Monday.

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Duration
About an hour
Best time
Morning to afternoon
Per person
$
setting
Indoor
neighbourhood
Chinatown (E Pender St)
best season
Year-round

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