THIS USED TO BE

Ivan Coyote invites you to re-imagine the Wal-Mart parking lot as a wild marsh, Mountainview Drive as a sprawling forest, and all of Whitehorse as full of mystery and possibility, seen through Coyote in their youth. Beginning at Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters, the drive leads you up and through Porter Creek, to two of Coyote’s childhood houses built by their father, a trailer park home to werewolves, to the Porter Creek industrial section ripe with old rusted vehicle chassis to climb on and explore, and finally to Trails North Truck Stop. Accompanied by an ambient soundscape composed by Sarah MacDougall, Coyote’s stories flow together in a vivid and compelling picture of a different, older Whitehorse.

STARTING SPOT: Midnight Sun Coffee
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller who was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. In 2019 Ivan marked 25 years on the road as an international touring storyteller and musician, and released their twelfth book, Rebent Sinner. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity, family, class, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart, and a quick wit. Ivan's stories manage to handle both the hilarious and the historical with reverence and compassion, and remind us all of our own fallible and imperfect humanity, while at the same time inspiring us to change the world.

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Multiple Award winning singer/songwriter Sarah MacDougall is known for her poetic songs and passionate performances. Sarah mixes folk, pop, and rock elements into her infectious, often epic songs. Born in Sweden, now based in Canada, Swedish magazine Nöjesguiden declared her: “one of Sweden’s best singer/songwriters' and Rootstime Belgium described her as 'One of the greatest talents of our era”.

Sarah has played festivals such as Iceland Airwaves, Edmonton Folk Festival, Reeperbahn, and has shared the stage with artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Tallest Man on Earth, Buffy St. Marie, Passenger, and more. 

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