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SUMMARY:2026 Awaken Festival - Dawson City - Trickster Performance Workshop by Philip Jonah Logan Geller
DESCRIPTION:This April\, Gwaandak Theatre and Klondike Institute of Art and Culture are excited to be presenting two in-person events in Dawson City as part of the 2026 Awaken Festival! \n\nJoin us for Trickster Performance on Wednesday April 15th – a workshop facilitated by Philip Jonah Logan Geller – alongside a one-night only presentation of their performance showcase “who will save the night sky?” on Friday April 17th.\n—\nBoth the workshop and the performance will be taking place at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom.\nAdmissions to these events is Pay-What-You-Want and pre-registration / tickets will be available at KIAC.CA / KIAC Office / At the Door prior to each event when doors open.\n—\n\nTrickster Performance (Workshop)By Philip Jonah Logan GellerWednesday\, April 15th – 6PM-8PM (Doors @ 5:30PM)Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom \n\nJoin experienced creator and performer Philip Jonah Logan Geller to explore trickster methodologies of performance and creation. Drawing from contemporary clown\, physical theatre\, Indigenous knowledges\, and Land-based practices we will uncover our tricksters to play and generate material for performance.\n\nAs we stand at the very serious edge of the end of the world I truly believe Trickster is a key to how we can move and play forward in right relation with each other. Trickster is the one who teaches us about subversion and challenging power. Trickster tells us to celebrate the other\, the strange\, and the queer. Trickster offers a new-ancient knowledge system that is ancestral and future oriented. \n\nIn this workshop we will move our bodies and play\, and we will explore ancestral and generational narratives that can stir up emotional responses\, everyone is welcome to participate in whatever way feels best for them. Please come ready to experiment and play! There will be some movement and writing\, all abilities are welcome. Please be aware that smudging will take place prior to this workshop. All are welcome to participate but none are required.\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/2026-awaken-festival-dawson-city-trickster-performance-workshop-by-philip-jonah-logan-geller/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260413T210000
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SUMMARY:Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
DESCRIPTION:Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays\, 6:30-9pm\nSelf-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome\, though little instruction is provided. A volunteer is available to answer questions. \nClay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag\, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag. \n902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/hand-building-pottery-drop-in-3-2/2026-04-13/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260411T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120350
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SUMMARY:Coffee House & Open Mic Night: 20 Year Anniversary!
DESCRIPTION:It’s hard to believe Coffee House & Open Mic Night has been happening at the KIAC Ballroom for 20 years! \n\nThank you to the group of amazing volunteers who have made this tradition thrive over the years\, and have provided a family-friendly all ages space for the community to share and enjoy music\, poetry\, and more. \n\nCome hang out\, share your talents\, enjoy the performances and treats. The Coffee House crew have decided to generously donate funds raised this month to KIAC\, and we are extremely grateful.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/coffee-house-open-mic-night-20-year-anniversary/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260402T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260405T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120350
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SUMMARY:27th Dawson City International Short Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:April 2nd – 5th 2026\nIts Film Fest time!\nThe 27th Dawson City Film Fest is coming up (April 2nd-5th).  It’s time to start planning your weekend! \nThe weekend is full of films\, workshops\, installations\, projections\, and our famous Sunday afternoon Pierogi Street Feast.  Live music and food on Princess street in front of KIAC. \n\n_____________________________________\nWorkshops!\nNO COST\, JUST REGISTER \nOptical Sound Sensation with Richard Reeves.\nRegistration for this workshop is now full - sign up to be on the waitlist. \nWaitlist Signup: https://forms.gle/4iHAv9RrQu79WQma8\n\n\nInvestigating interplay between sound and picture. An experimental animation experience produced by drawing both sound and picture onto 35mm film. \nA film without words… \nNo camera or musical instrument. \nSound is produced from handmade graphical patters spliced onto 35mm film optical sound area\, then composed frame by frame thereby ‘animating’ the sounds. Making handmade optical sound shapes directly onto 35mm film compliments the hand drawn images directly onto film. \n3 Sessions \nWednesday April 1st 6pm – 9pm \nDrop-In: Thursday April 2nd 11am – 4pm \nFriday April 3rd 10am – 3:30pm \nKIAC Classroom \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nScreenwriting for beginners with guest filmmaker Justine McCloskey.\nREGISTRATION NOW FULL!\nScreenwriting can be intimidating! \nThe format alone can scare off even the bravest of writers\, never mind dealing with efficient scene descriptions\, snappy dialogue\, and knowing what to do with it once the thing is written.  Once you get used to the technical aspect\, screenwriting is a tool that can be used to tell incredible stories in the most beloved and accessible medium. \nWant to give it a try? \nThe course is designed for teens and adults. It will be a 2 hour workshop with some room for exercises and group involvement. \nSunday\, April 5th 11am to 1pm @ SOVA Lecture Hall (upstairs) \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nGrant writing for Media Arts and Filmmakers with guest filmmakers Richard Reeves and Justine McCloskey.\nREGISTRATION NOW FULL\nLearn about the different levels of funding available to you and understand how to effectively approach a grant application for your project. \nThis workshop will break down key elements of a grant application; investigate the different requirements needed for each granting body; address how to distil your story\, budget\, and plan into an actionable and equitable project; get you set to reach out to grant officers; understand what wider public funding may be available to you; and familiarize you with some of the quirks you may experience in the multitude of granting portals in operation. \nBring your idea and we can look at it together! This workshop is a lecture that will include a roundtable where participants can discuss their grant ideas and workshop them together. \nTuesday March 31st 6pm – 8pm @ KIAC Ballroom  \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nMeet our Guest Filmmakers\n\nRichard Reeves\nRichard is a kinetic film scratcher\, visual music maker\, animated traveller of time and space\, light sensitive\, spinner of zoetrope’s\, looper of loops and collector of projection bulbs for total enlightenment.  \nHe is best known for creating animations by drawing both sound and picture directly onto film and has produced award winning films that have screened around the world. \nRichard is an honorary member of the Quickdraw Animation Society and previously worked at QAS as Film Production Coordinator. He mentored workshops at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School for 10 years and taught animation courses across Canada\, Europe and South America. Richard has collaborated with artists often involving dancing human projection screens\, interactive animation installations\, online animation jams and large outdoor projections. He has attended Artist in Residence programs at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design\, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana\, Bogotá Colombia and Iris Film Collective in Vancouver BC. \nRichard continues to explore animation as a visual music time and space art form. \n_________________________________________\n\n\n\nJustine McCloskey\n\nJustine McCloskey graduated with honours from Toronto Metropolitan University’s BFA Film Studies program in 2013\, specializing in directing and production design. In 2012\, she was awarded the prestigious Norman Jewison Award for Innovation in Filmmaking and in 2013 was nominated for the Dean’s Essay Award for her essay “Grete Suffraunce: Dysentery and The Crusades.” Since then\, her writing and photography has been published internationally. \nShe attended the University of Toronto and received her MA in Art History while TA-ing media and photography courses with both UofT and OCADu. She recently worked as a Creative at HumanContact Inc. where she produced and directed commercials\, radio spots\, and internal content for clients across Canada. \nHer OAC-funded still life food photo series will be exhibited this spring\, and will be completing her LIFT-funded short film this summer. \nYou can typically find her amidst piles of cookbooks\, camera in hand! Feel free to say hi! \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nTickets\nGeneral Public: $50\nKIAC Member: $40\nSenior/Youth/Student: $35 \nTickets available at KIAC and online\, March 19th. \nAdditional tickets sold at at the door of festival.\nIndividual screening tickets available at the door (cash or credit).\nPlease arrive early. \nCheck out all the action on our website! \n  \n \n  \nThanks to all our funders and supporters!\nYukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\, Telefilm Canada\, Heritage Canada\, NorthwesTel Community TV\, Yukon Energy\, Klondike Visitors Association\, Schmidt Mining\, Air North\, Yukon Brewing\, Reel Canada\, Red Mammoth Bistro\, Bombay Peggy’s\, NVD Hotels\, Parks Canada\, SPYA\, Yukon Film Society\, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre\, Yukon School of Visual Arts\, NFB\, City of Dawson\, Gold Rush\, Eldo Enns\, Dawson City General Store\, johnsteins.com\, Arctic Star Printing\, Bonanza Market\, Lulu Keating\, Yukon Spa\, Yukon Birch Syrup. \n  \nWe are humbled to hold our festival on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/27th-dawson-city-international-short-film-festival/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260322T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260322T220000
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SUMMARY:Elisapie at Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture
DESCRIPTION:Sun\, March 22 at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom (full band show)\nCo-presented with the Dawson City Music Festival and Yukon Arts Centre \nDoors open – 7:30 / Music – 8:00\nTickets on sale here\n– \nElisapie’s unconditional attachment to her territory and her language\, Inuktitut\, remains at the core of her creative journey. Born and raised in Salluit\, a small village in Nunavik which is only accessible by plane\, Elisapie is an emblematic Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter. Since winning her first Juno Award in 2005 with her band Taima\, Elisapie’s body of work has been praised many times. \nOn September 15th 2023\, Elisapie unveiled Inuktitut\, her fourth solo record. On this album\, the Inuk artist covers ten classic rock and pop songs ranging from the 1960’s to the 90’s translated into Inuktitut\, her mother tongue. The result is an emotional\, autobiographical soundtrack where each song is associated with a loved one or an intimate story. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike\, Inuktitut is the artist’s second album to land a shortlist nomination for the Polaris Music Prize. Its success also earned Elisapie a Juno Award in the Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year category\, as well as five awards at the 2024 ADISQ Gala\, and allowed her to play over 70 concerts in Canada\, the U.S. and Europe. She also just got nominated for this year’s upcoming Juno Awards for Best Album of the year\, as well as for Best Adult Alternative Album of the year. \nAside from her musical career\, Elisapie is known for creating and producing documentaries and the first Canada-wide broadcast TV show to celebrate the National Indigenous Peoples’ Day\, called Le Grand Solstice. She was also honored with a Canada Post stamp. Always surrounded by the best musicians from the Montreal indie and folk scenes\, Elisapie makes her culture resonate with finesse by mixing modernity and tradition. \n— \nFunded by Canada Council for the Arts\, Government of Canada\, and Yukon Government
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/elisapie-at-denakar-zho-klondike-institute-of-art-culture/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260321T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120350
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SUMMARY:Thaw di Gras Coffee House & Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a family-friendly\, all-ages\, alcohol-free Coffee House & Open Mic Night. Everyone is welcome to perform or simply enjoy. All funds raised will be donated to the Willow Foundation.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/thaw-di-gras-coffee-house-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260319T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120350
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: The Gleaners and I - March 19th
DESCRIPTION:The Gleaners and I (2000)\nDir. Agnes Varda\nFrance | 2000 | 1h 22m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis March 19th\, join KIAC Classic Films for a screening of The Gleaners and I on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. In this ode to counter-culture\, the legendary French director\, Agnes Varda discovers digital cameras and turns them on the fringes of society and those who choose alternatives to mainstream life – including herself. Her colourful cast of ‘gleaners’ – people who gather leftover crops after a harvest – exist on the edge of the fields and cities. They collect everything from food to urban waste for necessity\, for art\, and for resistance. Varda travels across France collecting/gleaning all of her interactions with the people she meets and weaving them into unexpected and touching narratives. \nThe Gleaners and I was an international hit\, resonating with and inspiring people from all parts of society and bringing Varda back into the deserved spotlight. In this documentary of scavengers\, foragers\, dumpster-divers\, thrifters\, anti-consumerists\, and artists\, Varda demonstrates all of the curiosity\, empathy\, and joy her work is known for. Ce qui est dechet pour l’un est tresor pour l’autre.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-night-the-gleaners-and-i/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260317T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260317T184500
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Modern Adult Dance Class 2026
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Modern Dance Classes with Lexie Braden. No experience required! \nThese classes will focus on somatic movement\, balance\, coordination\, resistance and qualities of movement. (fast\, slow\, delicate\, strong\, fluid) \nThe class will begin with a proper full body warm up followed by choreography that will be developed upon in each consecutive class. \nThis class is good for those looking for feel good movement to loosen up your body and for a good brain workout.\n\n\nNo mirrors will be used.\n\nTuesdays March 3rd – March 17th \n5:15PM – 6:45PM\nDënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom\n\nClass 1: Tuesday\, March 3rd\nClass 2: Tuesday\, March 10th\nClass 3: Tuesday\, March 17th\n\nRates:\nNon-Members: $60\nMembers: $50\nAccessible: $25\n+ GST\n\n\nRegistration full!\nPAYMENT LINK: https://square.link/u/BEkekFk8\n\nContact KIAC’s Programs Coordinator with questions: \nprograms@kiac.ca \n867-993-5005 \n  \nKIAC Office Hours: \nTuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/contemporary-modern-adult-dance-class-2026/2026-03-17/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260314T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260314T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Lumbar 5\, Thoracic 12 - Live Theatre at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:Doors open – 7:30 / Performance – 8:00 \nCo-Presented by Pivot Theatre \nTickets: kiacyukon.square.site \n– \nThrough recorded interviews\, shadow puppetry\, and campfire storytelling\, Lumbar 5\, Thoracic 12 tells a Northern father-daughter story about intergenerational divides and a deep need to connect. \nSantana Berryman returns to Whitehorse with her show about taking her father on a camping trip. Together\, they brave a few nights in the bush in winter\, facing cold temperatures\, 20 hours of darkness\, and a generation of silence between them. \nWriter and performer: Santana Berryman \nPuppets: Benjamin Pilger \nDirector: Ariel Martz-Oberlander Sound Designer: CJ McGillivray
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/lumbar-5-thoracic-12-live-theatre/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260304T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Amour Courtois: Medieval Meets Jazz at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:Amour Courtois: Medieval Meets Jazz\nMatthew Baker\, barytone; Efrén López\, multi-instrumentalist; Baptiste Bailly\, piano & arrangements\nCo-presented with Whitehorse Concerts\n—\nWed\, March 4\ndoors at 7\, Pre-show chat at 7:30\, concert to follow\nPay-what-you-want – kiacyukon.square.site \n– \nRuntime: Approximately 100 min \nAmour Courtois is a bold and evocative musical project led by French jazz pianist Baptiste Bailly\, reimagining 14th-century French songs through the lens of contemporary improvisation. Inspired by the enduring emotional resonance of medieval melodies\, Bailly collaborates with Matthew Baker on the baryton and Efren López on the hurdy-gurdy and ouds\, crafting an anachronistic yet striking soundscape. Their repertoire – featuring works by Machaut\, Binchois\, and Lescurel – bridges centuries and highlights the timelessness of human expression. \nAmour Courtois treats medieval songs not as static artifacts but as living works. While the original melodies are respected as closely as possible\, with the aim of preserving their essence\, the musicians change the settings\, time signatures\, chords\, context\, and costumes. Improvised or newly written passages are integrated into the pieces\, like moments of intimate expression nourished by the eclecticism of their personalities and influences\, revealing a touching and spontaneous musical craftsmanship\, boundless and timeless. \n– \nThanks to our funders – Government of Canada\, Yukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\nand special thanks to Northern Vision Development / the Downtown Hotel
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/amour-courtois-medieval-meets-jazz-at-denakar-zho-kiac-ballroom/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260302T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260302T213000
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: I Know Where I'm Going - March 2nd
DESCRIPTION:I know where I’m going (1945)\nDir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger\nEngland | 1945 | 1h 32m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis March 2nd\, join KIAC Classic Films for a screening of I Know Where I’m Going! on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. This late entry to the canon of Scottish Romanticism is sure to delight both Hallmark movie acolytes and critics alike. The legendary writer/director/producer duo\, Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell also known as “the Archers” serve up their distinctive style. \nTake a trip to the stormy Scottish Hebrides to meet your fiance – the wealthiest man in Britain! Miss your ferry and get stranded with a random dashing falconer. Rail against the rain. The fog. The wind. The gales. Search for a golden eagle. Check out a ceilidh. Lie to yourself. Lie to the falconer. Ignore everything the locals tell you. Endanger people’s lives in an enormous whirlpool. Then\, live happily ever after? Gorgeous\, moody cinematography and a stubborn (perhaps unlikeable) heroine make this one of Powell and Pressburger’s best-loved films.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-night-i-know-where-im-going/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Works in Progress - Open Studio at Macaulay House
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 26th – 6:30pm to 9:30pm Works in Progress – Open Studio at Macaulay House \n\n\n\nView works by February Artists in Residence C. Hamilton and Lisa G\, and get a glimpse of their current project. Doors open at 6:30\, with an informal artist talk around 7pm. Free event\, all welcome\, refreshments served! This event is part of KIAC’s Artist in Residence Program. Learn more about our February Artists in Residence here.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/works-in-progress-open-studio-at-macaulay-house/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: Ariel
DESCRIPTION:Ariel (1987)\nDir. Aki Kaurismäki\nFinland | 1987 | 1h 12m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis February 21st\, KIAC Classic Films presents Aki Kaurismäki’s Ariel on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. With over a dozen films to his name\, Kaurismäki claimed this to be his best work. His sardonic and deadpan treatment of working-class folks doing working-class things\, and going to working-class places never patronizes; instead\, it rolls along like a 1962 Cadillac convertible with the top down. Keep your eyes on the road because this hilarious comedy never announces a joke!   \nIt’s Lapland\, Finland in the 80s and times are tough at the coal mine. Taisto’s Dad has had enough and leaves him with a classic car and some important advice: get out of this dead end town\, now. What follows is Taisto’s matter of fact meander through the trials and tribulations of getting by in gritty Helsinki. Taisto finds tragedy\, love\, friendship\, betrayal. The world is cold and uncaring\, but don’t worry! Taisto doesn’t!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-ariel-finnish-film/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260123T183603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T183603Z
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SUMMARY:Opera Concert at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:Danlie Rae(baritone)\, Jeremy Scinocca (tenor)\, Spencer Kryzanowski (piano)\nCo-Presented with Yukon Arts Centre\n–\nFRI\, February 20\, doors at 7:30 / Music at 8:00\nPay-what-you-want: kiacyukon.square.site\n— \nDescribed by Opera Canada magazine as possessing “a warm lower resonance [and] brilliant top end\,” and by Le Devoir as “possessing true stage charisma”\, Canadian baritone Danlie Rae is quickly making his mark in the operatic world. \nDanlie Rae sang the roles of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia\, Gianni Schicchi\, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus\, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and most recently had covered the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly to name a few. A distinguished graduate of the Faculty of Music’s Opera Program at the University of Toronto\, Danlie is the recipient of many awards\, including the Encouragement and Audience Choice awards given by the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. \nIn concert settings\, Danlie Rae appeared as a soloist for Orff’s Carmina Burana\, Handel’s Messiah\, Brahm’s Requiem\, Mozart’s Requiem and Finzi’s In Terra Pax. In premiering new works\, Danlie was involved in the premiere of Rebecca Gray’s Bus Opera\, Matthew Ricket’s The Cremation of Sam Mcgee\, and most recently Danlie helped premiere Renee Fajardo’s digital Filipino art song project Liham. Danlie performed recitals in the Philippines\, Toronto\, Vancouve and Montreal. \nDanlie Rae is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program and a current Emerging Artist with Edmonton Opera and an Emerging Artist with Opera On The Avalon. \n—\nJeremy Scinocca is an award-winning tenor based in Toronto. He has performed across Canada with companies including Vancouver Opera\, Edmonton Opera\, National Arts Centre Orchestra\, Goodmess Theatre\, Yukon Arts Centre\, Festival d’Opéra de Québec\, Toronto City Opera\, Voicebox: Opera in Concert\, Okanagan Symphony\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, and Manitoba Opera. His roles include Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore)\, Tonio (La fille du régiment)\, Ruggero and Prunier (La Rondine)\, Rodolfo (La Bohème)\, Le Remendado (Carmen)\, and Spoletta (Tosca). Jeremy is an alumnus of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program\, Manitoba Opera’s Digital Emerging Artists Program\, and Edmonton Opera’s Emerging Artist Program. While at Manitoba Opera\, he created The Petrarch Project\, a digital production using contemporary dance to reinterpret Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets. Most recently\, Jeremy performed in Opéra de Montréal’s Talent Gala\, where he was awarded the Jury Prize for his performance. \n—\nSpencer Kryzanowski is a Canadian crossover artist working in opera and musical theatre as a conductor\, music director\, vocal coach\, and répétiteur. He is a staff coach in the University of Toronto Opera Department\, resident music director for Good Mess Opera Theatre\, and host and music director of Against the Grain Theatre’s Opera Pub series. In 2025\, he joined the faculty of the Banff Centre’s Interplay opera program. As a conductor and répétiteur\, Spencer has worked across Canada on productions including Die Walküre\, Bluebeard’s Castle\, and Die Fledermaus with Edmonton Opera; La rondine and Hänsel und Gretel with Good Mess Opera; Cendrillon with the University of Toronto Opera; and El huésped del sevillano with Toronto Operetta Theatre. His musical theatre credits include Newsies\, Mean Girls: The Musical\, and Beauty and the Beast. A committed arts educator and advocate\, he regularly delivers opera education programs to students in rural and underserved Yukon communities.\n–\nThanks to our funders – Government of Canada\, Yukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\nand special thanks to Northern Vision Development / the Downtown Hotel
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/opera-concert-at-denakar-zho-kiac-ballroom/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260213T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260213T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260113T190316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T191940Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Destroyer at Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Destroyer\nFri\, Feb 13 at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom\nCo-presented with the Dawson City Music Festival\n\n\n\n\ndoors open at 7:30 / music at 8:00\nTickets on sale here \n\nOpening set by Cryptozoologists (solo)\nSince 2016\, Cryptozoologists have been creating scrappy art rock in Whitehorse\, Yukon\, with acclaim and without it. Backwater Station\, their new album\, is the band at their most honed and confident\, a culmination of a decade of irreverent and angst-fueled songwriting in Whitehorse’s fast-changing social landscape. As contrast to the romanticization of Whitehorse as the unblemished\, so-called “wilderness city\,” the album’s nine songs centre elements of the left-behind\, the unremarkable\, and the undesired of the gentrifying urban public sphere – the city’s undeveloped gravel lots\, its puke averted on the sidewalk\, and the route of its human waste to the municipal sewage lagoon. \n\n— \nWhat is a “boogie”? In the common tongue\, it’s a dance or an occasion to dance\, a song or a shindig\, an incitement to move\, quickly\, whether it’s on the floor or out of town\, getting down or lying low. This being a Destroyer album and not the common tongue\, the implications of a title like Dan’s Boogie are at once more alluring and dangerous. “A boogie is a hustle\, a scam that doesn’t quite work\, the moves we make when we’re up against it\,” explains Dan Bejar. “I think of spy work\, double agents\, sleeping with one eye open\, an eye on the exits. But I also think of petty street-level victories and losses and improv.” \nDan’s Boogie is a breakthrough album for Destroyer\, both in the sense that it makes moves that no Destroyer album to this point has made\, and in the sense that\, to record it\, Bejar had to burst through a series of intentional and unintentional barriers to write the songs. Initially challenging himself to not write songs so the ideas would well up inside of him until they breached containment\, the months following the completion of LABYRINTHITIS turned into one year then two\, at which point Bejar gave himself a New Year’s resolution to play the piano every day for an hour. That lasted about four days\, but the songs Bejar credits as coming from that resolution—“Cataract Time\,” “Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World\,” “Bologna\,” and “Dan’s Boogie” among them—are all-timer Destroyer songs across the vast spectrum Bejar and his collaborators have established for themselves: spectacle-laden pop epics\, personal piano ballads\, and smouldering works of mood that blur the lines between song and novel and cinema\, each brimming with the urgency of a state secret in the mind of a tortured spy. \nLead single “Bologna” is the most radical frame for this energy\, as it’s the first time Bejar wrote a song where he imagined himself as a supporting character. Taking lead is Fiver’s Simone Schmidt\, whose voice—tough and expressive\, piercing through the murk of the scene—is a siren’s call that haunts the album. The gravity of their voice pulls Dan’s Boogie into order around a sense of impending doom\, the way a fatale’s promise of the unusual and the ecstatic dooms the principal character of an erotic thriller. \n“Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World” is a delicious bit of contradiction\, a peppy song that came out of the havoc Bejar was intentionally wreaking on himself—its holiday cheeriness making the angst of its lyrics go down smoothly until the song veers off the road. “We are now entering a new phase\,” Bejar intones\, introducing layers of guitar and synthesizer that considerably darken the palette as he alternates between singing and speaking. The lyrics and vocals are improvised\, invented as Bejar recorded the demo in his garage—a manic stream-of-consciousness and simultaneously exquisite display of his songwriting mastery. \nContradiction informs much of Dan’s Boogie\, the fog swirling around Bejar illuminated by the friction between competing truths and tastes\, as when his interest in jazzy ballads runs aground on producer and bassist John Collins’ interest in bands like Led Zeppelin and Scritti Politti. When Bejar told Collins that he was thinking of Sammy Davis Jr.\, the title track bloomed into being\, Bejar adopting a Rat Pack swagger with almost delusional glee against a dreamy soundscape of soaring guitars\, lush horns\, jazz drumming\, spaced-out synths\, and\, perhaps truest to how Bejar sees himself\, plinking lounge piano. \nIn terms of shaping sound\, the centerpiece of Dan’s Boogie may be “Cataract Time\,” an eight-minute epic that ranks as some of the heaviest lyrics Bejar has ever written\, and one of Destroyer’s most musically intricate compositions. Borne aloft on an easygoing groove\, Bejar’s lyrics—“a reckoning\, a dressing down” as he describes them—are transfigured\, their melancholy tasting almost counterintuitively like hope. It’s an intimate song that puts away Destroyer’s usual urban fable milieu in exchange for bracing interiority\, but its lilting groove can see a future\, one that Bejar and his band are eager to meet. \nIt is\, to use Bejar’s phrase\, the kind of song you make when you’re up against it\, when it seems as if the world is crashing down upon you. And therein lies the album’s most radical shift: Where previous Destroyer albums were locked in combat with the world\, Dan’s Boogie dances with it\, its nine reveries coalescing into one long hustle. Dan Bejar’s eye may be on the exits\, but he’s not leaving anytime soon. \n— \nFunded by Canada Council for the Arts\, Government of Canada\, and Yukon Government
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/an-evening-with-destroyer-at-denakar-zho-klondike-institute-of-art-culture/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260204T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260304T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251021T185430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T182511Z
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SUMMARY:Kids Dance Class with Jen Suttis
DESCRIPTION:Kids Dance Class is back! Jen Suttis is teaching two dance classes for four sessions from February 4th and ending on March 4th (no classes on Feb 18th) \nThis Winter we are offering: \nPreschool Dance: 5:15-5:45pm Wednesday evenings \nKindergarten- Grade 2 Dance: 5:45-6:30pm Wednesday evenings \nRegistration full! \nPay Here. \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/kids-dance-class-with-jen-suttis-2/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Kids & Youth,Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260121T215546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T201801Z
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SUMMARY:Needle Felt a Mushroom!
DESCRIPTION:Janet Patterson will be hosting a needle felting workshop on Saturday\, January 31st from 4-6pm in the KIAC Classroom. \nThis class will be all about mushrooms!! Make any kind of mushroom you’d like\, a replica of a real mushroom or make up your own funky mushrooms! \nRegistration Full! \nRegistration fee: $15 cash at the door \nEmail programs@kiac.ca for more info \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/needle-felt-a-mushroom/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260122T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260120T190453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T190542Z
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SUMMARY:Naomi Kavka (DCMF Songwriter-in-residence) Live Concert
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm // Show at 8:00pm\nTickets by donation at the door. All proceeds support the DCMF Songwriter-in-Residence program!\n\n—-\n\nNaomi Kavka is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Smithers\, BC. A classically trained cellist\, vocalist\, and guitar player\, Kavka brings a myriad of influences to her songs\, forming a daring indie-rock sound that is musically polished\, lyrically visceral\, and emotionally raw. Her songs come from the unique perspective of a queer woman\, a child of a refugee\, a resident of the precipice of the wilderness of Canada. \nKavka’s band\, Geoff McFarlane (Handsome Eli) Ian Olmstead (Alex Cuba)\, Justin Gendreau (Pitted)\, and Jordy Walker\, deftly support her as they perform deeply intimate\, political\, and cathartic songs. Brought together by soundscapes and comradery\, they blend their backgrounds of jazz\, classical music\, folk traditions\, and rock to communicate complex emotional landscapes. Their latest album “Then and Now” (June 2024) is a collection of 8 songs produced by Jordy Walker. Ranging from driving indie jams\, melancholic ballads\, snarky anthems\, and art rock improvisations\, “Then and Now” demonstrates Kavka’s fearlessness and range as a performer and songwriter.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/naomi-kavka-dcmf-songwriter-in-residence-live-concert/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260114T062053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T064803Z
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SUMMARY:Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) - This Sunday!
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Zacharias Kunuk |  Igloolik\, Nunavut | 2025 | 1h 40m  \nJanuary 18\, Dënäkär Zho ballroom 7pm (doors at 6:30)  \nIgloolik\, Nunavut\, 2000 BCE. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father\, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare\, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists\, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right. \n~~~~ \n“All of my films are based in local stories and traditions from my local area\,” said Kunuk. “For me\, a film has to not only have a strong\, unique story and characters that people can relate to\, it also has to be very accurate to the local traditions of my area. I see my role and responsibility as a filmmaker and artist as someone who can record and document our past traditions and culture for future generations\, to re-write\nour history from our perspective. 100 years from now when we are long gone\, our films will still be here to show people how it was done. That is why everything needs to be very accurate\, so I work with elders and experts to make sure the dialogue\, costumes and clothing\, tools\, etc. are exactly as it would have been in the past.” \nUiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) is co-written by Kunuk and Samuel Cohn-Cousineau (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, Tia and Piujuq)\, and produced by Carol Kunnuk\, Jonathan Frantz (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, The Shaman’s Apprentice\, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk) and Cohn-Cousineau\, with Susan Avingaq (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, Tia and Piujuq\, Uvanga) and Zacharias Kunuk serving as executive\nproducers and Cecilia Greyson (Tautuktavuk: What We See) as Associate Producer. \nCinematography by Jonathan Frantz and Thomas Leblanc-Murray (Festin Boréal\, Me Without You)\, costume design by Susan Avingaq\, production design by Avingaq and Melanie McNicoll (Uvanga) and editing by Kunuk\, Frantz and Raphael Sandler (Sam & Jean). \nThe film is being distributed in Canada by Isuma Distribution International.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/uiksaringitara-wrong-husband-this-sunday/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251114T181905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T181905Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Paint Night
DESCRIPTION:In the KIAC Dënäkär Zho Classroom from 7 – 9 PM once a month. \nNovember 14th \nDecember 5th \nJanuary 16th \n$5 Drop in + Extra material costs.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/queer-paint-night/2026-01-16/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260111T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260111T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251210T212030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T232720Z
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SUMMARY:THIS SUNDAY - Classic Cinema: Rififi
DESCRIPTION:Rififi (1955)\nDir. Jules Dassin \nFrance | 1955 | 1h 58m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \n“I got busted in May. In June you were on the Riviera with a gigolo. You didn’t lose any time.” This December 14th catch the heist movie that established the heist movie genre on the big screen at KIAC/ Dënäkär Zho Ballroom. KIAC Classic Films presents Jules Dassin’s Rififi/Du Rififi Chez les Hommes (1955) in all its gritty tense hard-boiled pulp glory. An acclaimed director\, Jules Dassin had a long career in Hollywood in the 1940s until he was accused of being a communist and blacklisted. The film depicts Tony “Le Stephanois” who is just out of prison in Paris when his Italian pal Mario tells him about a foolproof score he’s got lined up. After seeing his old girlfriend\, Mado living large with the local gangster\, how could he really say no to some easy money. The scheme becomes more and more elaborate and the stakes get higher and higher until you could cut the tension with a knife. Rififi is famous for its 30-minute silent robbery scene – no dialogue\, no music. ASMR before ASMR! This film screening should not be missed.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-rififi/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260110T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20260106T211938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260110T183844Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Coffee House & Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a family-friendly open mic night. Come prepared to perform or simply enjoy the local talent and treats. Admission by donation. All funds raised will be donated to a community group.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/coffee-house-open-mic-night-3/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251205T191514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T181946Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: A Winter-themed Classical Music Concert with Tessa Fackelmann (Mezzo Soprano) & Jerome de los Santos (Piano)
DESCRIPTION:Fri\, Dec 19 at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom\nDoors open at 7:30 / Music at 8:00\nPay-what-you-want\n–\nA Winter-themed classical music concert with Tessa Fackelmann (Mezzo Soprano) & Jerome de los Santos (Piano)\nCo-presented by the Yukon Arts Centre\n—\nTessa Fackelmann\, mezzo-soprano\, is rapidly emerging as a distinctive voice among the next generation of operatic talent\, praised for her expressive tone\, compelling stage presence\, and emotional depth. In 2025\, she made her role debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Sarasota Opera\, and was later named an International Finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition. An alumna of The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singer Program\, Fackelmann made her company debut as the Kitchen Girl in Rusalka (2023)\, followed by her role debut as Ruth in the world premiere of The Righteous (2024). She also covered Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni during her time there. \nRecent accolades include being named a 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition National Semifinalist\, receiving the Rumbold Vocal Prize from Edmonton Opera\, and the Grand Jury Prize from Opéra de Montréal. Highlights of her 2025/26 season include debuts with Opéra de Montréal (Jenůfa)\, The Dallas Opera (The Little Prince)\, and Edmonton Opera’s Bravi! Opera’s Greatest Hits. Originally from Ottawa\, Canada\, Fackelmann continues to build a dynamic career defined by versatility\, sincerity\, and a deep connection to text and character.\n—\nOriginally from Los Angeles\, Jerome de los Santos is quickly establishing himself as a collaborative pianist in Montréal. A natural collaborator\, Jerome’s affinity for exploring language and music has led him to a wide-ranging career in opera\, art song\, music theatre\, dance\, and other forms. He is in demand as a ballet pianist and serves as a member of the music staff at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens\, Ballets Jazz Montréal\, and Danse à la carte. \nThis summer\, he served on the music staff at the Académie internationale vocale de Lachine and was a featured soloist with the orchestra Ensemble Obiora in Saint-Saëns’ Le Carnaval des animaux\, conducted by Rafael Payare at Maison Symphonique. In May 2026\, he will be the rehearsal pianist for Bizet’s Carmen at Opéra de Montréal. \nJerome holds degrees from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and the Cleveland Institute of Music\, and has received further training at the Aspen Music Festival\, Music Academy of the West\, and the Atelier Lyrique at Opéra de Montréal\, where he is currently a member of the music staff.\n—-\nThanks to our funders: Government of Canada\, Yukon Government\, and Canada Council for the Arts\nAnd our local sponsor Northern Vision Development / The Downtown Hotel \nAnd a huge thanks to our co-presenter Yukon Arts Centre \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/a-winter-themed-classical-music-concert-with-tessa-fackelmann-mezzo-soprano-jerome-de-los-santos-piano/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251215T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251215T233000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251003T165417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T165523Z
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Residency April 2026: Deadline to apply December 15
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Residency in Dawson City in April 2026\nApply for a residency in Dawson City during the 2026 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. \nStay in the historic Macaulay House to work on your project and attend the 2026 Film Fest and experience Dawson City. \nThe residency is for the month of April coinciding with the festival on April 2-5\, 2026. \nApplications now open. Deadline to apply December 15\, 2025. \n \nAll disciplines of media art will be considered\, including but not limited to: Installation\, Performance\, Video and Film\, Filmmaking\, New Media\, and Audio. \nKIAC is committed to fostering a residency program that reflects the diverse voices and experiences of contemporary art. We actively encourage and prioritize applications from artists of diverse cultural\, geographic\, and disciplinary backgrounds\, including those who identify as Black\, Indigenous\, or People of Colour (BIPOC)\, as well as LGBTQIA2S+ artists\, artists with disabilities\, and others who have been historically underrepresented in Canadian and international arts contexts. \nFor more info go to https://www.dawsonfilmfest.com/filmres.html\n\nIn partnership with Parks Canada.\n\nThe Klondike Institute of Art and Culture and the Film Festival\noperates on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/filmmaker-residency-april-2026-deadline-to-apply-december-15/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251206T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20250918T180815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T181911Z
UID:10026829-1765047600-1765056600@kiac.ca
SUMMARY:Coffee House & Open Mic
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/coffee-house-open-mic/2025-12-06/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251205T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251205T213000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251114T195302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T195302Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Author / Composer Daniel Janke: Reading & Musical Performance
DESCRIPTION: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”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n– \nIn 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. \n– \nMap 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. \n– \nDaniel 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.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/an-evening-with-author-composer-daniel-janke-reading-musical-performance/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251129T160000
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SUMMARY:KIAC Art & Craft Fair & Volunteer Sign-Up 2025
DESCRIPTION:KIAC ART & CRAFT FAIR  & Volunteer Sign-up 2025\nThis years vendors! \n \nWhen: Saturday\, November 29th from 10 AM – 4 PM \nWhere: KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom & Odd Gallery \nAccessibility Hour: 10 am – 11 am \nAccessibility Hour is for anyone who:  \n\nHas concerns around their immune health – wearing face coverings & masks is encouraged during this hour\nHas anxiety around crowds – this hour is less busy than the rest of the day\nHas accessibility needs (physical and neurological) – KIAC staff are on call for support and the space is easier to navigate during this hour\nHas food allergies – the concession will be closed during this time\nHas hearing impairments – this hour is quieter than the rest of the day and therefore easier to communicate to vendors\nEtc!\n\nConcession Open: 11 am – 4 pm \nWE 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)		\n			#: Email: and\n			\n		\n		Email:Phone #:How would you like to volunteer? Decorating / Setup - day beforeSetup / Vendor Support - day ofHosting / Vendor Support - day ofConcession - day ofConcession Donation (baking/cooking)Photo / Video - day ofTeardown / Vendor Support - day ofSubmit   \n*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. \nVendor Registration is NOW FULL\, but if you would like to be put on the waitlist please follow the steps below: \n\nFill out Google Form\nWe will contact you if a table becomes available on a first-come-first-serve basis!\n\nTable Rates:\nMembers: $45\nNon-Members: $60\nStudents/65+: $30\nTr’ondëck Hwëch’in & Yukon First Nation: Free\n\n\nTables will be set up in the KIAC Ballroom (upstairs) and the Odd Gallery (downstairs).\nThe Odd Gallery will be designated for vendors who have accessibility requests (low volume zone\, physically accessible without need to use stairs or elevator).\n\n\nContact: \nLacey Leforte (she/her): programmingassistant@kiac.ca\nChloé Selarque (she/her): admin@kiac.ca\n867.993.5005 \nKIAC Office Hours\nTuesday – Friday 10AM-4PM\n(closed 1PM-2PM\, Wednesdays closed 11:30AM – 2PM)
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/kiac-art-craft-fair-registration/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Fundraiser,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251126T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251126T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre! - Concert à Dënäkär Zho / KIAC
DESCRIPTION:Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre! \n(English version available below) \nDans 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! \nDescription \nLes 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. \n________________________________________________________________________________ \nThe Hay Babies – Tintamarre \nAs 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! \nDescription \nLes 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. \n________________________________________________________________________________ \nL’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. \n\nGouvernement du Yukon\nGouvernement du Canada\nLotteries Yukon\nJazz Yukon\nNorthern Vision Développement\nMusicAction\nSiriusXM\nUnisTV\nRadio-Canada\nGouvernement du Québec\nSocan\nAkufen
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/les-hay-babies-tintamarre-concert-a-denakar-zho-kiac/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251125T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251125T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
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SUMMARY:Open Studio & Artist Talk with Bronwyn Butterfield
DESCRIPTION:Open Studio & Artist Talk with Bronwyn Butterfield\nODD Gallery @ Dënäkär Zho\nTuesday\, November 25th \nTalk 6:30pm Open 5:30pm – 7:30pm \nBronwyn 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!    \nRefreshments Provided \n  \nhttps://bronwynbutterfield.com/
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/open-studio-artist-talk-with-bronwyn-butterfield/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251122T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T120351
CREATED:20251120T010644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T010915Z
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SUMMARY:Yukon 48 Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:YUKON 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE SCREENING\nSaturday\, November 22nd \nDoors 6:30pm  \nFilms Start 7pm \nSee all the films made last weekend in the Yukon48 Video Challenge. Films from Dawson\, Whitehorse and beyond! \nOdd films\, warm popcorn and awards! Please join us to watch and celebrate this years’ 48 hour film challenge! \nVote for your favourite! \n$5 or PWYC. Cash Bar.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/yukon-48-film-screening/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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