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Contents

Foreward: Max Wyman

Acknowledgements: Elizabeth O’Kiely

Chapter One: The First community Arts Council in North America

Chapter Two: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre and the Playhouse

Chapter Three: Music in Our Town

Chapter Four: Visual Art, Craft and Literature

Chapter Five: Arts in Education

Chapter Six: The Community Arts Council Influences the City, the Province, the Nation and the World

Chapter Seven: Civic Arts

Chapter Eight: Gastown and Heritage Matters

Chapter Nine: The Museum and the Archives

Chapter Ten: Finding the Money through the Years

Chapter Eleven: Spreading the News

Chapter Twelve: People and the Premises

Chapter Thirteen: Looking Ahead

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