October 15, 2021 Carnegie Newsletter

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Here we come! The 18 annual DTESHeart of the (itv Festival features twelve days of online, live indoor and outdoor events. We are pleased to return to the community and share with you "Stories We Need to Hear". Check the Festival website for all Online and live stream events: www.heartofthecityfestiva!.com

OPENING DAY - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27 - it's a Festival highlight!

4pm OPENING CEREMONY Live Stream, with special guests lexwst'i:lem drum group.

5pm-7pm 50 YEARSOF CREATIVECOLLABORATION:Terry Hunter & Savannah Walling, with Mildred Grace German Meet the Artists, Carnegie's 3rd floor Gallery 7pm SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST AWARD CEREMONY Live Stream 8pm THE STORY OF THE CARNEGIE NEWSLETTERACCORDING TO PAUL TAYLOR Live Stream 8pm-lOpm WE UVE HEREJack Chow Insurance parking lot, Carral! & Pender. Large-scale video exhibition of visual art, produced by Radix Theatre.

The Festival is presenting outdoor performances of music, poetry and opera.

For the first weekend we're happy to presentThursday Oct 28, 12pm-2pm Michael Edward Nardachioni, Carnegie Patio Friday Oct 29, 12pm & Ipm Hastings Street Band, Carnegie Steps.

Saturday Oct 30, 12pm-2pm Joe Chow, Carnegie Patio Saturday act 30, 12pm & 1pm Hastings Street Band, Keefer & Abbott Leslie Nelson Heart of the Gty Festivai2020 Opening Sunday Oct 31, 12pm-2pm John Sam & Love Medicine, Carnegie Patio

Ceremony, photo: Tom Quirk

Many more FREEexciting events during the upcoming days of the Festival!

Findthe Festival Program Guide at Carnegie Community Centre and at locations throughout the neighbourhood.

For complete Festival details, visit - www.heartofthecityfestival.com; https:/lwwW.facebook.comjHeartoftheCityFestivalj Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with Carnegie Community Centre & Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, with a host of community partners.

Front cover photo: Gunargie O'Sullivan aka qa'oxstasalas, photo David Cooper

PANHANDLING I ask for money from strangers or, as I prefer to, brothers and sisters. In the game fo day to day struggle for me, people ask 'how goes the battle' and I respond at times that I just roll with the punches spare change 0 bills for food, cigarettes or maybe a can of warm beer, preferably cold.

But I never complain, whether I sit in the sun or the cold and rain. I have no shelter to speak of except for a wind-ravaged tarp on a cold, hard strip of concrete which I insolate with cardboard if I can scrounge it up - crushed, flattened & dry - yet it still beats a cockroach, mice, and bedbug-infested decrepit flophouse dump on a rundown strip in the downtown eastside ... and still I don't complain I feel grateful and very fortunate just to be alive on this Earth despite my disabilities and constant aches and pains. Sometimes I take some flack and flack, most usually from drunken revellers on Fridays and Saturdays - I never respond. What's the point? I'm not looking for trouble, that's for sure.

After awhile, when I get enough contributions, I feel guilty sometimes because I usually spend it on fast food (a polite term for junk) but, personally, I find it to be a tremendous treat, a reminder of fond memories from my carefree childhood those many years ago. Another reason is I feel paranoid if I go into a grocery store or a drugstore because I believe I'll be branded and watched by store detectives as a decrepit, shabbilydressed vagrant shoplifter. That makes me very uncomfortable, if you can relate.

It would be really awesome to have a fridge and a stove, even a hotplate someday. Despite my disabilities I hope and wish to someday soon to find some parttime light work to subsidize my meagre, bare- bones income. I arf on my own with no family or relations to rely on or bail me out when times get really rough. In the meantime I desperately depend on the kindness of strangers just like you. Even if you do not contribute to my over-turned baseball cap or coffee cup, a smile and asking how I'm doing (even though it's starkly obvious & evident) is a pleasure & greatly appreciated. If you would justn acknowledge my existence thereIl be no hard feelings if you can't contribute because everybody's not rolling in dough.

You've heard the cliche "What goes around comes

around." Truer words may never have been spoken. I truly believe this.

If by chance you have the opportunity to read this piece then, during my travels, I hope to see you and have the pleasure of your company.

Whatever the time of day or night, however many roads in this world, something special to always remember - Love is the answer.

ROCKYN ROBYN LIVINGS

My doctor suggested before they find me hanging I should do something(anything) to get out of my room so I dialed the right # . .talked to a faceless woman and became steward for the totem and his pals in a park off the Drive Keeper of the Totem; quite impressive my new title I work on my knees in the hot hot sun separating the good weeds from the bad weeds cleaning the Medicine Wheel it was planned after It's a holy chore and I'm a lucky man to pull patches of sod and clean the rocks this testament to what used to be holy around here the Totem stands as a reminder of what once was, and is now forever gone.

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The incredible link between Louis Riel and Aurobindo Ghose. . By Jorge Escolan Suay.

My father used to say, that every time we remember a nice person that has passed, and we have a smile, peace and thankfulness, come to our heart, bringing harmony and perseverance to our spirit. On the other hand, my Dad used to say that the remembering of some other people, who chased and caused harm to other people, brings sadness to our thoughts.

There was an incredibly sad link in the lives of two people who lived in different continents, cultures, and languages: Louis Riel and Aurobindo Ghose. In the group of chasers of both Riel and Aurobindo, one person from another continent was sadly involved, his name was Minto -Lord Minto (Gilbert Elliot Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, also known as Viscount Melgund).

It is a fact that Louis Riel was one of the first people who came in defence of the rights and freedoms of Aboriginals and First Nation ethnicities in Canada, and gave his life in his quest. And in India, along with Ghandi and Tagore, Aurobindo Ghose raised his wisdom and voice, to defend the rights ofthe people in his land. The legacy of Louis Riel is always present in the big spirit of his people. Every drum circle, every totem, every aboriginal flute and chants, every way of Native Canadian arts and paintings, are here, to keep in mind the respect for the rights and traditions of all the aboriginals, who were there before other nations arrived on their lands. Louis Riel was hanged on November 16, 1885, in Regina.

The legacy of Aurobindo, is always present in the spiritual traditions and history, that keep their roots in Ancient Vedas, Bagavad Gita, and theYoga chanting of OM, among many other cultural expressions. The sound of the Sitar, tandori and flute, serve as musical background for the inspiring reflex ions and compassionate works of Aurobindo Ghose.

Lord Minto was Royal delegated between 1884 and 1892, in Canada -where he chased and hanged Louis Riel. After that, he was designated by the Queen as Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910. Aurobindo was a blazing star in the sky of Indian inspiration. He was demanding independence for India from the British.

Minto wrote a private letter to Viscount John Morley, Secretary of State for India, about Aurobindo. An extract from that letter stated: "As to Aurobindo, I can only repeat what I said to you in my letter of April 14th:that Aurobindo is the most dangerous man we now have to reckon with, and has an unfortunate influence over the Indians, and I am sure that Aurobindo is quite beyond redemption". Aurobindo was chased, jailed and tortured by Minto. But Aurobindo managed to survive, and was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize of Peace.

In Vancouver we have one street named Minto Crescent. That street intercepts Granville St. near 32nd Ave. When trying to understand the origin of the name of that Minto street, I found that the name Minto was associated to the names of Louis Riel and Aurobindo. Then I start reading the historical facts that have been described. Years ago, I had the opportunity to work in the Statement of Significance Project of the City of Vancouver, where the links of Architectural works, and the cultural facts and events, associated to one place, are important to keep, as a part of a general cultural background of a city.

T e waters of Canadian rivers and he Ganges rive, get together in close friendship in the oceans. The same happens with the legitimate aspirations shared by Louis Riel and Aurobindo, as their thoughts and struggles, get together in the oceans of time and history. As the name of Martin Luther King came to my mind, I could not avoid imagining about Louis Riel, Aurobindo and Luther King having a cup of Tea together, sharing a dream of freedom. A wonderful thought of Louis Riel was: "My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, they will be the artists who give themselves their spirit back". A wonderful thought of Aurobindo was: "The supreme end is the freedom ofthe spirit". So, Spirit was the most incredible link between Louis Riel and Aurobindo

Acts of Kindness Everyone has a role to play in life, such as health care workers, postal workers, police, office clerks. They have to fulfill their duties with honesty and integrity. Never give up. Life is a battle, no matter how tough it gets. Do not burden yourself unnecessarily with hurdles and worries. Human achievement, although we may believe that is extraordinary, we need to be humble. We can accomplish even greater achievement by working harder.

There are volunteers and advocates who follow their hearts, dedicate their time and talents such as doctors, nurses who work for Doctors Without Borders. They are a light to those in need. When we are prosperous, we need to give back to our community through charitable donations. We can give money to colleges, hospitals, for advanced education, research or help the needy. Our kindness and generosity will be remembered by future generations. Sharing your love and material things can help people to relieve their suffering. Giving money towards good causes will bring you happiness, satisfaction and contentment.

A person's greatest success is being able to share the best with others. Suffering is created by people's selfishness. Part of being a person is helping each other when one is in need. Giving people love, money, inspiration and material things are acts of kindness. Acts of kindness no matter how small are never a waste. Acts of kindness are methods of bringing people happiness trying to brighten other people's day.

Giving and sharing can bring unexpected joys into our life, example is as such, when a patient needs an organ transplant and gets it.

Share or give our fortune, resources, materials or whatever we can. Take only what necessary to keep us healthy and a moderate, decent living. Share your success and achievement with the world. Don't lose your humanity, compassion, kindness and love over the dollar. Refrain from falling into the trap of greed, heartlessness and cruelty. Why do we have to own so much as we can and leave very little or none to the rest of humankind and other living beings. If you have money don't hoard it in your bank account or stocks. Use your money to do good for others, such as donating money to poor countries to build better roads in order to provide safer accessibilities for the local. Many small children who travel to schools encounter unsafe roads and infrastructures. They need safe streets and roads like in Canada.

At the end of our journey in this life, what can we bring along? Nothing. Why not leave behind love, compassion and kindness to our fellow humankind as our legacy. Money from greed, exploitation of Mother Earth can make one rich. It does not make one spiritually rich. A kind, caring, compassionate and emotionally friendly person does.

By JAMES PAU

i'rn a settler artist, born in haudenosaunee territory, who has been priviledged to live and "'ork on musqueam land for many decades now. one day as i was resting and listening to the radio, someone said the words 'four pillars' and instantly, in my imagination, i could see four red poles on the corners of main and hastings as shown below. . thinking more deeply into the idea, i imagined them as four totem poles. i could also see a red circle painted on the road touching the four corners - a reminder of having stood there in a circle of people holding hands in communion before the valentine's day march for the missing and murdered women and girls while eagles circled above. i wanted to share this vision. rhoda rosenfeld

Carnegie Community Centre Association Board of Directors 202112022 EXECUTIVE President: Gilles'Cyrenne Vice-President: Mike Tapp Treasurer: Thelma Jack Secretary: Paul Taylor Member-at-Large: Adrienne Macallum MEMBERS Tina Eastman James Pau Lorraine Jack Emma Price David Jordan Elli Taylor Carol Martin

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