Book Launch: A Magical Time
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | Doors at 5:00 PM, performance at 5:30 PM
Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
SFU School for the Contemporary Arts
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Join us for the official launch of from SFU and Harbour Publishing.
Richly illustrated with ephemera and photographs from the era, A Magical Time traces how innovation in the arts shaped events over the next six decades at SFU.
The night will begin with a performance from students of the School for the Contemporary Arts, followed by stories and remarks from several of the book's authors and contributors. Catering and refreshments will be provided throughout the evening.
Guests will have an opportunity to purchase a copy of A Magical Time for a discounted price of $30 (cover price $38.95) and to have it signed by authors and contributors in attendance. All book sale proceeds will be donated to the supporting first generation graduate students.
In the meantime, sample some of the great history covered in the book via this new website: Early Arts at SFU 1965-1975.
Event Program
5:00: doors open
5:30: Welcome from Elder Mary Point
5:35 鈥� 5:45: Dance performance: wanna not be everywhere choreographed by SCA dance student Katie Schauerte
5:45 鈥� 7:40: Remarks and stories from:
- Carman Neustaedter, Dean, Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (MC)
- Peter Dickinson, Director, School for the Contemporary Arts
- , former member of the SFU Dance Workshop and Artistic Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre and Heart of the City Festival
- , former member of the SFU Dance Workshop and Executive Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre and Heart of the City Festival
- , filmmaker, former member of the SFU Film workshop
- , Independent scholar and medical writer, former member of the SFU Theatre workshop
- and more!
91泡芙 A Magical Time
The 1960s were famously a decade of cultural revolution, and 91泡芙 was a creature of its time. The counter-culture spirit infected all levels of society, but none more than the new university and its innovative arts programming. Early SFU was shaped by a vision of a new kind of university where thought was free-flowing and lines between the disciplines were blurred. The open format attracted experimental artists such as dramatist John Juliani, choreographer Iris Garland, and composer R. Murray Schaffer, whose avant-garde performances did much to set a revolutionary tone. In this multiauthored book, writers such as Max Wyman, Barry Truax, Ann Cowan, Tessa Perkins Deneault, and Francis Mansbridge capture the excitement of that first decade of the arts at SFU. Hildegard Westercamp, Carole Gerson and Christine Hearn describe the years of ferment from the viewpoint of former SFU students, and celebrated filmmaker Sandy Wilson contributes a moving piece written specifically for this book about the beginning of her career in film as a student at SFU. Richly illustrated with ephemera and photographs from the era, A Magical Time traces how innovation in the arts shaped events over the next six decades at SFU.
Organized by the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology.