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Wing Noodles: The Heart of Chinatown
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaAfter nearly 130 years of operations, Wing Noodles has closed its doors. The family business that introduced Québec to fortune cookies several decades ago leaves behind a rich and layered […]
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Wing’s and the Lee Family: A Chinatown History
MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises 1210 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Québec, CanadaCarol F. Lee will deliver an illustrated lecture that tells the intertwined stories of the Wing's businesses and the Lee family in Montreal from the turn of the 20th century until 1964.
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The Wing’s Collection: Archiving Chinatown’s Memory Through Objects
MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises 1210 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Québec, CanadaThe idea of the Wings Collection sprouted when Gilbert Lee, co-owner of Wings, mandated his friend Jean-Philippe Riopel, who’s also a Montréal guide and museologist, to create a collection made up of 5000 lots of objects closely tied to the history of the Lee family, of Wings, and of Montréal’s Chinatown.
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Curating the Past – Documenting the Present – Imagining the Future
MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises 1210 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Québec, CanadaCurator and filmmaker Karen Cho will reflect on the process of transforming nearly 130 years of history into the living exhibition “Wing Noodles – The Heart of Chinatown” as well as the process of capturing Wing Noodles’ final weeks of production and the future of Wing’s legacy in a forthcoming documentary film.
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