Wet Felting with Carmen Ditzler
2025-08-26 18:00 - 2025-08-27 21:00 (America/Whitehorse) | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
On August 26th and 27th Carmen Ditzler will be hosting two Wet Felting Workshops in the KIAC Classroom.
August 26th will be focused on Flat Felting. Materials will be provided.
Augsut 27th will be about 3D Felting. Materials will be provided.
Each evening will be $35 for non-members and $30 for members. Please email programs@kiac.ca to discuss accessible rates.
If you are interested please register for one or both evenings here:
Registration Full

Dawson Film Lab: September 14-28: Apply now!
2025-08-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Work on FILM this fall at KIAC
Over the past few years, the DCISFF has been running the Dawson Film Lab project. This has involved filmmakers (local and non-local) coming to Dawson City to experiment and work on media projects to enhance their craft.
The focus has gravitated toward analogue film processes (8mm and 16mm), and most recently involved the usage of eco-safe developers using local plants and/or caffeine. This year we are adding cameraless filmmaking, scratch or paint directly on 16 or 35mm film.
An exclusive opportunity to work in Super 8 or 16mm film in a workshop environment from September 14-28 at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture.

There will be 2 mandatory get-togethers: one at the beginning and one at the end of the workshop.
Participants can work at thier own pace (and times) and will have access to the KIAC Darkroom/Ballroom during the dates of the workshop (September 14-28).

This is a free workshop with limited space. Applicants must apply. For more info and application form go here
Note: Applicants from outside Dawson City may do this workshop in a more compressed time frame.
Deadline to apply is August 29.
Open to all levels of artists.
This project is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Painting on Unconventional Surfaces
2025-09-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
workshop cancelled

Open Call for Dance Instructors 2025/2026
2025-09-10 08:00 - 2025-09-30 17:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC is looking to offer dance programming for all ages this October/November 2025 and next year in Febuary/March 2026.
If you have a dance background and have taught dance before (or not) we would love to talk with you!
We are specifically looking for kids dance lessons, Swing Dance lessons, Adult Jazz or Ballet, or really anything that you think Dawson would like!
Please fill out this form and our Programs Manager will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please apply before September 30th.
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Cover Me Badd 14 at the Palace Grand Theatre
2025-09-13 18:30 - 23:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Co-Presented by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture + Dawson City Music Festival
A fundraiser for local music
Sat, Sept 13
at the Palace Grand Theatre
Admission by donation (~10$ suggested)
Doors open at 6:30 / Showtime 7:00 sharp
10+ Local bands perform 2 cover songs of their choice and 1 mystery assigned cover song
Plenty of hi-jinks and fun friendly times!
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Thanks to our partner Parks Canada Klondike National Historic Sites for providing this gorgeous venue

Creative Cash Flow: CRA Tips for Artists & Small Biz
2025-09-16 18:00 - 20:00 | ODD Gallery
Free Tax Workshop for Creatives
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMLocation: Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)Contact: gallery@kiac.caCost: Free!
Running a creative practice means you’re also running a business—even if it doesn’t always feel that way. Whether you’re a full-time artist, part-time maker, or freelance dreamer, understanding how to manage your money and file your taxes can save you serious time, money, and stress.
Join us for a free, artist-friendly workshop with a CRA Liaison Officer, who will walk you through how to:

Learn how to run your creative hustle like a business
Find out what the CRA actually wants from you
Understand what you can (and can’t) write off
Prepare for tax time with confidence
Ask a real CRA officer your questions—no judgment!

This session is casual, welcoming, and jargon-free. Bring your questions—no judgment!
Whether you’re just starting out or have been hustling for years, this workshop will help you run your creative practice like a pro.
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KIAC Artist Residency Committee Meetup
2025-09-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
We are re-establishing the KIAC Artist Residency Committee!

Join us for a snack at the KIAC Classroom Thursday, Sept 25 at 5:30pm to discuss becoming a KIAC Artist Residency Committee member.

The KIAC Artist Residency Committee will work directly with KIAC’s Artist Engagement Manager to support KIAC’s artist residency operations. At this meet-up, we will talk about ways to get involved with the residency program! We’ll present the upcoming residency schedule, explain how residency selections work, and go over opportunities to welcome and connect with artists from all over the world!

Questions? Contact: kiac@kiac.ca

Beh Movāzāt / به موازات (In Parallel) FILM SCREENING AND Q&A - with Kiarash Dadgar
2025-09-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Beh Movāzāt / به موازات (In Parallel)
FILM SCREENING AND Q&A – with Kiarash Dadgar
Monday, September 29th – Doors 7pm, Screening 7:30pm
@ KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom
Join filmmaker, writer, and KIAC Artist-in-Residence Kiarash Dadgar for a unique opportunity to view a selection of his works and other works by contemporary Iranian creators, followed by a Q&A.
Kiarash Dadgar
Esfahan, Iran/Tkaronto (Toronto)
KIAC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: September 9th – Oct 6th, 2025

Kiarash Dadgar is an award-winning filmmaker, theatre artist, actor, and producer originally from Iran, now based in Toronto, Canada. Holding an MA in Dramatic Literature from Soore Art University in Tehran and currently pursuing an MFA in Film at York University, Kiarash’s work explores themes of cultural conflict, isolation, and personal autonomy. His acclaimed short film The Steak has been featured at over 220 festivals worldwide, earning numerous awards including the AGBO Fellowship Award with mentorship by the Russo Brothers. His practice spans directing, producing, acting, and scriptwriting, blending dark humor and social commentary to challenge audiences.
About the Film Screening:
Curatorial Note:
When people speak of Iranian cinema, they often expect stories of hardship, oppression, or political unrest. But this curated program moves in parallel to those expectations. These five films — lyrical, surreal, uncanny, and emotionally precise — challenge the stereotypical narratives imposed on Iranian filmmakers. From mythic returns and fractured memories to dream factories and quiet rebellions, each work reveals a world adjacent to what is assumed. In Parallel is not an escape from Iranian identity, but a reimagining of its cinematic language — a space where fantasy, abstraction, and absurdity are not deviations, but declarations.
White Winged Horse
Director & Writer: Mahyar Mandegar
A man returns to his war-torn hometown, searching for his childhood sweetheart who had promised him eternal love — if he were to return as a white-winged horse.
Fragments of a Revolution
Director & Writer: Sahand Sarhaddi
An experimental film about narrations of two journal photos from Iran’s revolution in 1979.
Falling Up
Director & Writer: Maryam Bakhtiari
One night, a man’s dream doesn’t proceed as he ordered. The company that produces dreams tells him the fault occurred due to a similarity with a young girl’s dream. They must spend a day in the company to resolve it.
Orthodontics
Director & Writer: Mohammadreza Mayghani
Amitis is a teenage girl under pressure from orthodontic treatment. But suddenly, she does a strange thing with her friend Sara.
The Steak
Director & Writer: Kiarash Dadgar
A birthday party preparation is thrown into chaos by an awful event.
Stay after the screening for a brief Q&A with Kiarash.
This screening is FREE and presented as part of the Artist in Residence program hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) – see you there!

Sarah Harmer Live at Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture
2025-10-03 19:30 - 22:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
FRI, OCT 3rd
doors open: 7:30
showtime: 8:00
with an opening set by Corbin Murdoch
CorbinMurdoch.Bandcamp.com
Tickets at the KIAC Store
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Sarah Harmer is a multiple award-winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter and environmental activist. Her solo music career launched with the now classic debut You Were Here (2000) and includes six critically acclaimed albums, including her latest, Are You Gone, released via Arts & Crafts in 2020.
A deeply personal and political collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency of the climate crisis, and the question of loss, Sarah called the album a spiritual successor of sorts to her acclaimed 2000 debut. Its simple title, Are You Gone, is a meditation on presence and a bookend to the questions posed on You Were Here – a sharpened, more electric confrontation with the realities of nature and human nature.
Between co-founding the citizen’s organization PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Land) and leading the successful effort to prevent an open-pit gravel mine in a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve on the Niagara Escarpment, Sarah has become a fixture in local politics and advocacy. In 2022, Sarah helped launch the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition in her home province of Ontario to protect water, farmland, and biodiversity. This spring, she received the prestigious 2025 Juno Humanitarian Award, presented by Dr. David Suzuki in Vancouver BC for her human rights and advocacy work, and was recently honoured with the keys to the city of Burlington presented by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward for her ongoing contributions to the region.
Sarah is currently writing songs for a new album.
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“Are You Gone is the best album of Harmer’s career”
– Globe and Mail
“One of the most accomplished and affecting albums in her already
remarkable catalogue”
– Exclaim! 9/10
“Sarah’s voice remains as warm and wise as ever”
– Paste
“Are You Gone is a journey across time, place, learning, and loss that Sarah Harmer is an incredibly gracious guide to take us on”
– Folk Alley
“A folky, minor-key song about ice skating at night, with a gentle vocal and a sturdy melody, that maps a precarious relationship onto the wintry conditions.” (on St. Peter’s Bay)
– The New York Times
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Thanks to our co-presenter The Yukon Arts Centre
and our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government, Canada Council for the Arts

Coffee House & Open Mic - EARLY FIDDLE DANCE AT 6:30
2025-10-04 18:30 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Come early for a fiddle dance at 6:30!
Join us for a family-friendly open mic night. Admission is by donation with all funds raised donated to a different community group each month. Everyone is welcome to perform or simply enjoy!

Classic Cinema: Cléo 5 à 7
2025-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Cléo 5 à 7
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1962 • France • 90m
Starring Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Doors at 6:30, Film at 7
Free admission, cash concession.

CULTURE DAYS: Beginner Handbuilding Pinch Pot Workshop with Catherine Lalonde
2025-10-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC is pround to be participating in this year’s Culture Days.
On October 6th we will be offering a free Beginner Handbuilding Pinch Pot Workshop with Catherine Lalonde in the KIAC Classroom from 6-9pm.
For more information on Culture Days and other programming across the territory click here.
Registration Full

Vancouver Chamber Choir live Concert at Dënäkär Zho - KIAC Ballroom
2025-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Co-presented with Whitehorse Concerts
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Location
Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture
902 2nd Ave

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Doors open at 7:30 / Concert at 8:00
Tickets: kiacyukon.square.site
Artistic Director Kari Turunen began leading the Vancouver Chamber Choir — Canada’s longest-running professional choir — in September 2019, its 49th concert season.
Jon Washburn founded the choir in 1971 and it has become an amazing success story, ranking with the handful of North America’s best professional choruses and noted for its diverse repertoire and performing excellence. The choir has presented concerts to audiences at home in Vancouver and on tour across Canada. International excursions have taken them to the USA, Mexica, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Finland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Honoured with the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence by Chorus America, the choir has performed countless concerts and broadcasts, released 36 recordings and received numerous awards. Foremost supporters of Canadian music, they are responsible for commissions and premieres of 334 choral works by 145 composers and arrangers, most of whom are Canadian. Over the years the choir has sung over 4,000 performances of works by Canadian composers, in addition to their extensive international repertoire.
The choir’s award-winning educational programs include the Conductors’ Symposium for advanced choral conductors, Interplay interactive workshops for choral composers, Focus professional development program for student singers, OnSite visitations for school choirs, the biennial Young Composers’ Competition, and many on-tour workshops and residencies.
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Thanks to our funders – Government of Canada, Yukon Government, and Canada Council for the Arts

Film Selections Start !
2025-10-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Help us choose the films for the 2026 Film Festival
View the submissions for the festival and tell us what you think.
• Screenings are the short film submissions (about 2 hours)
• All are welcome. Come once, twice or all the time!
• Screenings are every Monday and Wednesday at 7pm in the Ballroom (Starting October 20th)
Get on our mailing list at filmfest@kiac.ca for reminders

KIAC’s Artist-in-Residency Program is OPEN for New Applications 2026/27
2025-10-21 - 2026-01-07 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC’s Artist-in-Residency Program is OPEN for New Applications 2026/27
APPLICATIONS OPEN: October 21st, 2025
RESIDENCY DATES AVAILABLE: September to December 2026 and April to July 2027
LOCATION: Dawson City, Yukon – Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 6th, 2026 (11:59pm Mountain Time)
NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION: 8 to 12 weeks after deadline
Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) at Dënäkär Zho is now accepting proposals from artists and curators working in all media for the KIAC Artist in Residence Program.
Submissions will be considered for the 2026/27 residency schedule.
Artist in Residence Program:
The KIAC Artist in Residence Program accommodates two artists concurrently – for research, development and production of ongoing or new bodies of work. Residencies are from 4 – 12 weeks in duration from September to December 2026 and April to July 2027. Artists are provided shared living facilities with individual studio space and bedroom at no cost. Participants are responsible for all travel and personal expenses including food and materials related to their work.
The Artist in Residence facilities are located in the Macaulay Residence. Built in 1901, the home is now owned by Parks Canada as part of the Klondike National Historic Sites: Dawson Historical Complex.
Residency Guidelines and Application Here
Note: Fees are not provided nor charged for residencies.
Accessibility:
Macaulay House Residence is not wheelchair accessible, and has several steps to enter the ground level, with bedrooms and washroom up a flight of stairs on the 2nd floor. KIAC is wheelchair accessible by ramp (at back entrance) and has an elevator.
Contact:
Sol Suarez, Artist Engagement Manager & Artist-in-Residence Coordinator
artistresidence@kiac.ca

Classic Cinema: Withnail and I
2025-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Withnail and I (1987)
Dir. Bruce Robinson | England | 1987 | 1h 47min
7pm (doors at 6:30)
Free entry and cash concessions.
Are you the farmer?! This October 26th, come and enjoy the KIAC Classic Films presentation of Withnail and I (1987). Written and directed by Bruce Robinson – his directorial debut and second writing credit after 1984’s The Killing Fields which earned him an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA win – and starring Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, and Richard E. Grant (his debut), this classic film with mega cult status has heaps of quotable lines. In a haze of boozing mayhem, two out of work actor friends resist adulthood and responsibility at the end of the 1960s in Camden Town. After they run out of fivers for the pub, they wind up on holiday (by mistake!) in the British countryside where they face the monotony of the real world they so desperately fear. Although sometimes despairing and definitely abrasive, their friendship and growth is charming and highly quotable!

Film contains mild sex/nudity, no violence, severe profanity and alcohol/drug use, and mild frightening scenes.

(s)hiver Arts Society OPEN STUDIO
2025-10-28 17:00 - 21:00 | ODD Gallery
Join Whitehorse artist Gorellaume in completing his (s)hiver mural
📍 ODD Gallery, Dënäkär Zho🗓️ Tuesday, October 28th, 5pm – 9pm🎨 Free & open to all
Help bring the mural for (s)hiver to life!
Whitehorse-based artist Gorellaume invites the Dawson community to join him in painting and completing his mural installation inside the ODD Gallery. This participatory session is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and contribute to the evolving artwork.
All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary – just come ready to paint, play, and be part of the creative process.

Rain City Improv: A Night of Laughs with Taz & Rae at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
2025-10-31 20:30 - 23:00
Rain City Improv: A Night of Laughs with Taz & Rae
Co-presented by Yukon Arts Centre
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Doors at 8:30 / Showtime at 9:00
Pay what you want!
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Get ready for a wild ride of laughter and chaos as Taz and Rae take the stage in this one-of-a-kind improv comedy show! Audience participation is the name of the game — they’ll take your local gossip and weird lore to spin into scenes that’ll have you in stitches. Watch as Taz and Rae try desperately to fit in as locals, diving headfirst into the quirks and eccentricities of the city (they’ve done no research, by the way). Expect plenty of laughs as some lucky audience volunteers even get pulled onstage to join the fun. It’s a fun, interactive night out that you won’t want to miss!
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Thanks to our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government, Canada Council for the Arts
and show sponsors: Northwestel and TD Bank

Improv Comedy Workshop hosted by Taz VanRassel
2025-11-01 14:00 - 16:00
Co-presented by Yukon Arts Centre
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Location: Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Sat, Nov 1, 2:00 – 4:00
Drop-in / Pay what you want
For grown-ups
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Join Taz as he leads you through some of his favorite warmups and approaches to improvised scene work in this fun and interactive workshop. You’ll dive into playful exercises that give you a taste of the joy, confidence, and creativity that improv can offer. No experience required!
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Taz VanRassel has been committed to improvisation and comedic performance since 1995 when he first competed in the Canadian Improv Games. He was a founding member of !nstant Theatre company and a mainstage performer with Vancouver TheatreSports League for 15 years.
He runs his own theatre company, Rain City Improv, where he can be found performing in schools across Western Canada. In addition to live performance Taz acts in tv, film, and often commercials where he can’t believe what a product can do.

His biggest accomplishment to date is co-founding The Sunday Service in 2005 and watching it grow into a staple of Vancouver’s comedy scene. Every Sunday at 8pm at the Fox Cabaret!

Taz is a co-founder, teacher, and coach at Blind Tiger Comedy school in Vancouver BC.
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Thanks to our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government, Canada Council for the Arts
and sponsors: Northwestel and TD Bank

'Jazz on the Road' - Hannah Mazurek Quartet Live Concert at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
2025-11-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Fri, Nov 7
Doors open – 7:30 / Music – 8:00
Pay what you want! Reserve your spot at kiacyukon.square.site
Co-presented with Jazz Yukon – ‘Jazz on the Road’
How do you create music that’s simple and comforting, but adventurous and exciting at the same time? In other words, can you make an audience go “ahhhh” in the same sentence as “hunh?” With a dash of vocal jazz syntax, a tablespoon of surprising harmonic progressions, some honest lyricism, and a splash of delightful time signature math, The Hannah Mazurek Quartet will do their best to serve you up a platter of tunes that are equal parts personal and playful. This genre-defying project will combine original composition with favourites from artists that toe the lines between jazz, blues, classical, folk, and whatever else they happened to be listening to that day.
Hannah Mazurek is a Whitehorse-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, composer, and technician. They have performed in concert and theatre settings across the country including the oratorio Miziwe… everywhere by composer Barbara Assiginaak (Koerner Hall, Toronto, 2019), Larrikin Entertainment’s WYRD: A Musical Unfairytale (Yukon Arts Centre, 2023), The Loon Returns (Problematic Orchestra, 2023), and I Think I’m Fallin: The Songs of Joni Mitchell (Belfry Theatre, Victoria, 2023). With a formal background in classical music, they are the current Artistic Director of Whitehorse’s Problematic Orchestra and have composed for theatre, stage, and film.
When they’re not writing or performing, you can find Hannah coiling cables and plugging things in, as well as playing in many, many, many bands. They also do other things, perhaps too many things, but they’ll spare you from having to read a list of them. Learn more at hannahmazurek.com
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The band:
Hannah Mazurek (vocals and keys)
Jordy Walker (guitar)
Adam Cripps (bass)
Jake Jenne (drums)
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photo: Jon Walters
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Thanks to our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government, and Canada Council for the Arts
Special thanks to our show sponsor Northern Vision Development (Downtown Hotel, Eldorado Hotel, and Midnight Sun Hotel)

Classic Cinema: The Big City
2025-11-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
The Big City/Mahanagar (1963)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Bengal | 1963 | 2h 16m
Free entry, Cash Concessions, doors at 6:30.
“You don’t recognize my mole? I’m still the same housewife.” This November 9th, come and enjoy the KIAC Class Films presentation of The Big City. The Big City, or Mahanagar, is a 1963 film by Satyajit Ray that depicts what happens when a traditional Bengali middle class family in Calcutta meets the modernity of women’s liberation and empowerment. Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), a housewife and Subrata (Anil Chatterjee), her husband must navigate this change in power dynamics as Subrata loses his job as a bank manager and Arati excels in her new job as a door to door salesperson. Arati’s new job moves her from housebound housewife to downtown dealmaker, giving her independence and confidence that challenge her presumed role and her husband’s masculinity in the patriarchal world of Bengal. Now the breadwinner of the family Arati is faced with the effects of this massive upheaval of roles. Satyajit Ray depicts these rising and falling egos with nuanced dialogue and the fascinating backdrop of 1963 Calcutta.

Kids Dance Class with Jen Suttis
2025-11-10 17:15 - 18:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Kids Dance Class is back! Jen Suttis is teaching two dance classes for five weeks from November 3rd and ending on Dec 1st.
This fall we are offering:
Preschool Dance: 5:15-5:45pm Monday evenings
Kindergarten- Grade 2 Dance: 5:45-6:30pm Monday evenings
!Registration is full!

YUKON48 Film Challenge. Join in the fun!
2025-11-14 17:30 - 2025-11-16 17:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
The most fun you can have in 48 hours!
Make a film in 2 days! Get it shown on the BIG SCREEN!
Our annual 48 hour film challenge is upon us!
Join for anywhere in the Yukon and beyond!
$20 per team! Free for youth!
For all the rules and how to sign up check out the website!

Queer Paint Night
2025-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
In the KIAC Dënäkär Zho Classroom from 7 – 9 PM once a month.
November 14th
December 5th
January 16th
$5 Drop in + Extra material costs.

ODD Gallery 2027/28 Open Call for Exhibition Submissions
2025-11-19 - 2026-01-19 | ODD Gallery
The ODD Gallery is excited to announce our nationwide Exhibition Open Call for artists and curators across Canada! Selected applicants will have the opportunity to present their work in the ODD Gallery between May 2027 and March 2028.
The Call for Submissions will be open from 12:00 AM AST on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 until 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, January 19, 2026.
If you—or someone you know—would like to bring artwork to our gallery on the edge of the Arctic, please visit our Call for Submissions page for full details on eligibility and how to apply.
Please email gallery@kiac.ca if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing your proposals and sharing your work with our community.

Yukon 48 Film Screening
2025-11-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
YUKON 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE SCREENING
Saturday, November 22nd
Doors 6:30pm
Films Start 7pm
See all the films made last weekend in the Yukon48 Video Challenge. Films from Dawson, Whitehorse and beyond!
Odd films, warm popcorn and awards! Please join us to watch and celebrate this years’ 48 hour film challenge!
Vote for your favourite!
$5 or PWYC. Cash Bar.

Open Studio & Artist Talk with Bronwyn Butterfield
2025-11-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Open Studio & Artist Talk with Bronwyn Butterfield
ODD Gallery @ Dënäkär Zho
Tuesday, November 25th
Talk 6:30pm Open 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Bronwyn is a Cree/Métis beadwork artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has been using the ODD Gallery as a studio over the past few weeks as part of KIAC’s Members Access. Join us on Tuesday evening to hear what she’s been up to in the studio!
Refreshments Provided

https://bronwynbutterfield.com/

Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre! - Concert à Dënäkär Zho / KIAC
2025-11-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre!
(English version available below)
Dans le cadre du Coup de cœur francophone 2025, Le Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture en partenariat avec l’Association franco-yukonnaise sont fières de vous présenter le spectacle des Hay Babies, Tintamarre!
Description
Les Hay Babies, c’est d’abord des amies : le fun passe avant le travail, pis le travail se fait dans le fun. Acadiennes d’origine néo-brunswickoise, Julie Aubé, Katrine Noël et Vivianne Roy avancent leur folk-rock pluriel et pétillant depuis plus d’une décennie, renouvelant leur proposition musicale à chaque parution. Découvertes via l’EP indie-folk / country Folio en 2012, elles rappliquent deux ans plus tard avec Mon homesickheart en 2014, un premier album aux sonorités folk-rock contemporaines. Le rock 60s / 70s et les ballades 80s de La 4ième dimension (version longue) suivent en 2016, puis la pop / disco 70s de Boîte aux lettres en 2020. Un quatrième album, Tintamarre, celui-ci inspiré du roots rock des jukeboxes louisianais, est paru en octobre 2024. Changements de cap toujours, donc – ce qui fait autant la marque du groupe que son entrain indéfectible et son intérêt pour l’actualisation des sons passés.
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The Hay Babies – Tintamarre
As part of Coup de Cœur Francophone 2025, the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, in partnership with the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY), is proud to present The Hay Babies – Tintamarre!
Description
Les Hay Babies are friends first: fun comes before work and work is done while having fun. New Brunswick-born Acadians Julie Aubé, Katrine Noël and Vivianne Roy have been bringing forth their sparkling, multifaceted folk-rock for over a decade, renewing their musical proposition with each new release. Since forming a band in 2011, they have launched their EP Folio (2012) and the albums* Mon homesick heart* (2014), La 4ième dimension (version longue) (2016), and Boîte aux lettres (2020), shifting from indie-folk and country to classic rock and disco. They reinvent their sound once again with their fourth album, to come out in 2024: a trademark of theirs as much as their unwavering drive and interest in actualizing sounds from past decades.
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L’Association franco-yukonnaise remercie ses bailleurs de fonds, Coup de cœur francophone et leurs partenaires pour leur appui essentiel à la réalisation de cet événement. / The Association franco-yukonnaise thanks its funders, Coup de cœur francophone, and their partners for their essential support in making this event possible.

Gouvernement du Yukon
Gouvernement du Canada
Lotteries Yukon
Jazz Yukon
Northern Vision Développement
MusicAction
SiriusXM
UnisTV
Radio-Canada
Gouvernement du Québec
Socan
Akufen

KIAC Art & Craft Fair & Volunteer Sign-Up 2025
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC ART & CRAFT FAIR & Volunteer Sign-up 2025
This years vendors!

When: Saturday, November 29th from 10 AM – 4 PM
Where: KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom & Odd Gallery
Accessibility Hour: 10 am – 11 am
Accessibility Hour is for anyone who:

Has concerns around their immune health – wearing face coverings & masks is encouraged during this hour
Has anxiety around crowds – this hour is less busy than the rest of the day
Has accessibility needs (physical and neurological) – KIAC staff are on call for support and the space is easier to navigate during this hour
Has food allergies – the concession will be closed during this time
Has hearing impairments – this hour is quieter than the rest of the day and therefore easier to communicate to vendors
Etc!

Concession Open: 11 am – 4 pm
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Fill out the form below or get in touch! Volunteer Sign-Up (Art & Craft Fair 2025)Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name: (First and Last)Email:
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*For those who have registered to be a vendor and have not yet paid please find the confirmation email in your inbox (or spam) with the payment link attached, or come into KIAC during office hours to pay in person.
Vendor Registration is NOW FULL, but if you would like to be put on the waitlist please follow the steps below:

Fill out Google Form
We will contact you if a table becomes available on a first-come-first-serve basis!

Table Rates:
Members: $45
Non-Members: $60
Students/65+: $30
Tr’ondëck Hwëch’in & Yukon First Nation: Free

Tables will be set up in the KIAC Ballroom (upstairs) and the Odd Gallery (downstairs).
The Odd Gallery will be designated for vendors who have accessibility requests (low volume zone, physically accessible without need to use stairs or elevator).

Contact:
Lacey Leforte (she/her): programmingassistant@kiac.ca
Chloé Selarque (she/her): admin@kiac.ca
867.993.5005
KIAC Office Hours
Tuesday – Friday 10AM-4PM
(closed 1PM-2PM, Wednesdays closed 11:30AM – 2PM)

An Evening with Author / Composer Daniel Janke: Reading & Musical Performance
2025-12-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Join Author / Composer Daniel Janke for a reading from his debut collection of stories “Book of Heroes” on Mosaic Press and a musical performance from his latest song cycle “Map of You”

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In Book of Heroes, composer, filmmaker, and writer Daniel Janke turns his artistic lens to fiction in a witty and deeply reflective debut collection where ordinary lives become the stage for extraordinary acts of grace and resilience. These are stories of travellers and observers. From the serene and starkly beautiful Yukon to a perilous swim on the beach in The Gambia, and the sharp musings of a homeless philosopher beneath a city bridge, Book of Heroes charts a world where the everyday clashes with the utterly surreal. Its characters, caught between the mundane and the fantastic, are called to act, sometimes bravely, sometimes absurdly, but always with heart.
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Map of You is a new recording release from Canadian composer Daniel Janke, featuring soprano / pianist Rachel Fenlon. The song cycle was composed in 2023 – 2024, and recorded in Berlin in early 2025. It is themed on the different types of love, the existential nature of love, and explores the question of whether we have truly experienced love in our lives.
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Daniel Janke is a writer, composer, and filmmaker based near Whitehorse, Yukon. Creator of the CBC series Northern Town and the award-winning NFB film How People Got Fire, he has collaborated with leading Canadian musicians. Book of Heroes is his debut fiction collection, following decades of multidisciplinary creative work.
