Aldergrove Star
data provider: CONTENTdm
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [unknown]
issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1995-09-13
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0442211/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: ^i^^^M^-s^ -!i?y'' '-^^:fc::-' r^''^;^^^y^^ ^^-- -VSr-i^' ssrr-^pss THEATRE LEFT IN LIMBO Arts centre proposal has no'culture' By KURT LANGMANN MURRAYVILLE - Township council unveiled its long-awaited Cultural Centre Task Force report, Monday, and the centre has no culture. The proposed $8.3-mil- lion first phase of the $36,189,158 total project provides space for Langley Community Music School, a recital hall/council chamber, library information centre, community meeting room, cafe and municipal office facilities, as well as infrastructure such as roads and parking. Additional municipal office space for $1.8- million is an option offered which would bring phase one's price tag up to $10.1-million. The theatre (or theatres) desired by so many in the community has been put off to tlie second phase. Tbe report included two dissenting, if not withering, "minority reports" by commissioners Mark Bakken and Horst Jasmann, which pointed out that the first phase did not meet the task force's mandate of being "economically and politically supportable... In short, the cultural content of the first phase is lacking." Bakken said the "rapid implementation of a theatre" in phase two should be the true priority, but, "we are left to attempt to justify a first phase without a significant cultural component beyond that of the music school. The result is to risk the entire cultural centre project for the greater objective of completing the Murrayville civic core." Jasmann goes further, suggesting that inclusion of the music school "is a mistake" as its 750 students make up less than one percent of the population and at least 30 percent don't reside in the township. 'The facility should be anchored around performing and visual arts -- not students and teachers, not commercial interests, not the comfort of municipal employees — and should be accessible to the entire population." Both Bakken and Jasmann said a medium-sized theatre, seating 400-500, and costing $5- to $6- million would …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442211
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text