Icon Gone

When: Sunday, November 6th, 7pm-10pm, doors at 6:30pm
Where: GLC
Who: 19+
Cost: $10 advance purchase from the Whistler Museum/$15 at the door
What is Whistler’s Greatest Icon?
Icon [AHY-kon] noun: A person, place or thing of great cultural significance.

Icon Gone [AHY-kon gon] event: A no-holds-barred critical-thinking cage match to determine Whistler‘s greatest icon.

The Whistler Museum is excited to announce the 5th annual Icon Gone. Tailor-made for a town with as quirky and contested a history as Whistler, this raucous community celebration pits passionate, outspoken locals against each other in a rhetorical joust to determine Whistler’s greatest historical icons.

The formula is simple, the competition fierce: eight local agitators appear on stage to argue on behalf of a potential icon. A head-to-head elimination format will put these community pillars through the proverbial pressure cooker, whittling them down to an eventual champion deemed most worthy of the exalted “icon” status.

Those set to wage this word of words on behalf of Whistler’s historical honour include: Hi Brooks, Jamie Bond, Angie Nolan (with Cathie Coyle), Chris Quinlan, Kevin Damaskie, Jackson Crompton, Stephanie Sloan, and Jessica Turner.

New for 2011, this year’s venue is the GLC, itself a Whistler icon. In addition to the audience-judged format from years past, local wordsmith and former Icon Gone champion Stephen Vogler along with Whistler Question editor Jennifer Miller will make up our esteemed judging panel. Meanwhile, long-time Icon Gone emcee-extraordinaire is returning to continue her proud tradition of biting remarks and witty banter.

Icons—our shared experiences, cherished landmarks, and beloved neighbours—are the essence of our shared identity, the difference between a collection of people and a real community. So what are Whistler’s greatest icons? Is it Black Tusk? Opening day gondola line-ups? Your favourite local visionary or eccentric? Or is it some under-appreciated yet essential element of our social fabric? Come with an opinion, and come prepared to laugh, cheer, maybe even cry at one of the few events that can truly claim to be “history in the making.”

Presented with the generous support of The GLC, Whistler Foto Source, Araxi, and Sushi Village.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Whistler Museum (4333 Main Street) or by calling 604-932-2019.

For further information stay tuned to www.whistlermuseum.org or contact Jeff Slack, Museum Programming Coordinator: 604-932-2019; programs@whistlermuseum.org