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On Friday, October 11 at 7:30 pm Lydia Kwa launches sinuous, her newest collection of poetry here at UNIT/PITT Projects, 236 East Pender Street, Vancouver, through Turnstone Press, a Canadian literary publisher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Through the mind’s eye Lydia Kwa charts the path of the stranger in a new land, the immigrant seeking…

Thanks to Blouin Artinfo Canada for putting Rereading The Riot Act, And On, Vancouver 2011 at the head of their just-published list of Canada’s Top Six Art Books for Fall. Rereading The Riot Act takes its title from a series of events curated by Anakana Schofield (better known as author of the acclaimed novel Malarky),…

Although we have been at 236 East Pender since May, when IOU opened, last Friday was when we finally got to show off the newly-completed gallery, and the new floors and paint and lights in the rest of the building. Call it our grand opening; coinciding with SWARM, and of course the opening of God…

Here’s the latest from 236 East Pender: plywood-backed walls to go with the new lighting system. We’re getting ready for the opening of God Save The Queen on Friday, September 13, at 8pm. It’s also the grand opening of the 236 project, which is a joint venture between UNIT/PITT and 221A. Join us at the…

236 E Pender is getting better all the time! We are really excited about our upcoming opening God Save the Queen curated by Chris Bose, and our Grand Opening/Fundraiser, both of which are happening this Friday (September 13, part of #swarm14). We have preserved some wonderful features of the 1930’s era building: the 20 foot…