Heart of the City Festival 2018 by Vancouver Moving Theatre

Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians with a host of community partners presents

15 th Annual Downtown Eastside

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FILM • HISTORY WALKS • ART TALKS over 40 locations

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Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre

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www.heartofthecityfestival.com 604.628.5672

“In Canada you are allowed to do anything you want, and

say anything you want, and you can do anything you want. But if you want to get it done, you have to do it yourself.” – Jim Wong Chu, poet, editor, photographer, community builder

INSIDE Welcoming Statements ............................................... 2 – 3 Locations & Venues, with Map ..........................................4 Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope........................................5 Schedule at a Glance ................................................... 6 – 7 Pre-Festival Events ............................................................8 Festival Events .........................................................10 – 43 Visual Arts ................................................................44 – 45 Post Festival Events .........................................................46 Occupying Chinatown .....................................................47 Congratulations ...............................................................48 Seedbeds of Creativity ....................................................50 Vancouver Moving Theatre News ...................................51 In Memorium............................................................52 – 53 Credits & Thanks ......................................................54 – 55 Diginity in the Downtown Eastside ................................56

Ticket Information Many festival events are free, by donation or pay what you can. Tickets must be purchased for some events. Please consult each event description for ticket information.

FESTIVAL MISSION, MANDATE & PROGRAM PRACTICE The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is an annual cultural and heritage flagship event with the mission to serve as a bridge-building force that gives voice to the Downtown Eastside and its low income residents, cultural communities and neighbourhoods. The mandate of the Festival is to promote, present, and facilitate the development of artists, art forms, cultural traditions, history, activism, people and great stories about the Downtown Eastside. Program choices are developed via collaborative consensus with community partners and artists, many of whom partner with additional organizations for additional support. Some events are produced by the festival; some are presented in partnership with other organizations, artists and residents; and some are self-produced and presented under the festival umbrella. The festival also supports and partners with art-based community development projects that give birth to new art and voice local concerns. If you have a project or program idea for future festivals, please contact Terry Hunter at 604.628.5672. The DTES Heart of the City Festival acknowledges and honours that we live and work on the unceded ancestral territory of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh).

FRONT AND BACK COVERS Festival phoenix logo and banners : Diane Wood Photo: David Cooper | Design: Big Wave Design Appearing on the front: Kat Norris Appearing on the inside front: (l to r) Candace Parnell, Kelvin Bee, Brenda Prince, Maryanne Sundown, Frank Delorme, Mike Richter Appearing on the back: community members at Festival photo shoot 2018

On behalf of the City Council of Vancouver it is my pleasure to welcome everyone to the 15th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.

As the Member of Parliament for VancouverEast, it is with great pleasure that I welcome everyone to this year’s Heart of the City Festival.

It is a pleasure for the City of Vancouver to partner in this great festival. The Heart of the City Festival is greatly valued by Vancouver as a vital cultural and heritage event that serves as a high-impact bridge-building force that shines a light on and gives voice to the Downtown Eastside and its low income residents, cultural communities and neighbourhoods.

For fifteen years, this festival, as its namesake, has delivered multi-media art that speaks directly to the heart of the people in our city. As our community is feeling the effect of the increasingly emboldened actions of those perpetuating racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and other forms of discrimination, this year’s theme: “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope,” is especially timely.

Congratulations to the entire festival team and partners for your wonderful accomplishment in establishing the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival as a leader in community-engaged practice.

The Downtown Eastside community has an inspiring history of advocacy for human rights and social justice. Art has the incredible power of humanizing the issues that we fight for, and inspires hope for those of us feeling weary from our fight for justice. I am incredibly excited about the diversity in both this year’s programming and artists. This festival brings together diverse voices and tells stories that are truly important to our community.

in Vancouver, BC and Canada. It is through your leadership, extensive support and involvement of the Downtown Eastside community, that Vancouver is able to boast such a great neighbourhood-based festival. Have a wonderful time at this year’s 15th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, and I look forward to seeing you at the Festival! Gregor Robertson Mayor of Vancouver

I hope that you will all enjoy this festival and I thank all those who make this festival possible for yet another year. Jenny Kwan, M.P. Vancouver East

Ha’awa, thank you, to Vancouver Moving Theatre for bringing the arts to the community, as the annual Heart of the City Festival celebrates its 15 th festival run. I want to give thanks to all the organizers, artists, supporters and volunteers pulling together to make this twelve-day festival a yearly beacon of hope, healing, culture and self-expression for the diverse communities of the Downtown Eastside.

Celebrating its 15th year, the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival offers multi-disciplinary forms of art to share inspirational and thought-provoking stories. This event celebrates individual strengths and community successes, helping to build bridges in this unique Vancouver neighbourhood. On behalf of the BC Arts Council, I would like to applaud and thank the many organizations, area businesses and residents, as well as the artists and volunteers, who continue to work so hard to bring about positive change through this festival. The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is a true showcase of artistic talent, cultural diversity and community pride. The BC Arts Council is proud to support Heart of the City and this year’s theme “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope,” which celebrates the Downtown Eastside community’s advocacy for human rights and social justice. Susan Jackson, Chair BC Arts Council

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I know the Downtown Eastside is bursting with creativity, and I know that it is because of its residents’ talent, resilience and pride. Their belief and excellence in storytelling and their passion for social justice always inspires me. I am proud to have the Downtown Eastside in my constituency of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and I send my warm greetings to the attendees, crew and the arts community. Keep shining! Melanie Mark, MLA Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

WELCOME Welcome everyone to the 15th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival! And a big welcome - residents, newcomers and visitors - to this arts, heritage and community-building feast prepared for you by artists and organizations from our community: twelve days and more of performances, exhibits, discussions, talks and walks, open houses, cultural celebrations and ceremonies. “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope” – this year’s emergent theme – is firmly planted in programming that arises from: • Burning issues, stories of displaced people and communities, and the neighbourhood’s long-standing commitment to social and environmental justice; • Diverse cultural roots, knowledge-systems, artforms, and creative cross-pollinations; • Contributions of people past and present working for the well being of neighbours and future generations; • Projects that shed a healing light on deep rooted challenges, raise our spirits and remind us that hope matters. We are thrilled to welcome visiting artists from across the land and waters who are collaborating with artists from this place, or sharing histories, concerns and cultural roots with residents and our founding communities. Our heartfelt thanks to our stellar artistic, administrative, production and operations teams, and our much valued community partners, funders and individual donors: all of whom make this extraordinary festival possible. Our hands are up to our festival elder in residence Kat Norris and artists in residence Gunargie O’Sullivan and Earle Peach; and a special shout out to Associate Artistic Producer extraordinaire Teresa Vandertuin who accomplishes the miracle of putting this festival up on its feet year after year. Thank you one and all! Enjoy the festival! Terry Hunter Executive Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre Artistic Producer, DTES Heart of the City Festival Savannah Walling Artistic Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre Associate Artistic Director, DTES Heart of the City Festival

Before all else, I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territories of the Squamish, the Musqueam and TsleilWaututh First Nations. That said, welcome to the Carnegie Community Centre where many events for Heart of the City Festival take place. We have an exciting line up to share with you, and look forward to your gracing our doors in the coming weeks and sharing in our activities. Our community takes part in this year's theme: "Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope." The neighbourhood has an amazing history of standing up for social justice and has had to fight for almost everything it's got. From the beach at CRAB Park, to the fight for welfare, to having social housing at Woodward's, Downtown Eastside people have stood up and made people take notice. It is time to celebrate the spirit of activism and grassroots organizing that is so much a part of this community. The Carnegie Community Centre Association has had a long partnership with the festival and we are excited to see what's in store. So sit back, relax and take it all in. It's great to have you! Phoenix Winter President, Carnegie Community Centre Association

Community is Care … Care for one another… Care for those least able… There is no one at all to care.... If I do not care. – Bud Osborn (1947-2014) Downtown Eastside poet and activist

THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE DISTRICT Founded on unceded Coast Salish territory and ancient seasonal village sites, today’s Downtown Eastside district is made up of several historic neighbourhoods: Victory Square, the Hastings Street Corridor, Chinatown, Thornton Park, Strathcona, Powell Street/ Oppenheimer (aka Nihon-machi or Japantown), North Hastings industrial area, Gastown and the Port of Vancouver.

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21 Firehall Arts Centre Theatre & 2nd floor Studio*

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221 E. Georgia, 604.568.0812, www.221a.ca 312 Main, entrance on Cordova, www.312main.ca 8 E. Pender, www.nowsociety.org 384 Main, 604.697.5662, www.abfrontdoor.com 1130 Keefer, 604.713.4641

302 Columbia, 604.215.2030, www.dewc.ca 320 Alexander, 604.665.3075

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280 E. Cordova, 604.689.0691, www.firehallartscentre.ca

7 Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

9 W. Hastings, 604.687.2468, www.gachet.org

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1 E. Hastings, 604.629.8396

9 Caveman Cafe

415 Alexander, 604.255.2347

10 Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery

111 W. Hastings, 604.662.7441, www.kwstudios.ca

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592 E. Pender, 604.713.4630

12 Co.op Radio Studio

1880 Triumph, 604.254.9550

13 Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s

229 E. Georgia, 604.721.4405, massybooks.com

46 WePress Community Makerspace 47 Woodwards Atrium

14 Downtown Community Health Clinic

30 NW corner Abbott & E. Hastings 31 Oppenheimer Park 488 Powell, 604.253.8830

149 W. Hastings, 778.782.9102, www.sfu.ca/galleries 639 Hornby, 604.682.3455, www.billreidgallery.ca 401 Main, 604.665.2220

88 W. Pender, 604.331.0668, www.cavemancafe.ca 320 Carrall, www.cheekyproletariat.com 50 E. Pender

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569 Powell, 604.255.3151

15 Dr. Sun Yat.Sen Classical Chinese Garden

578 Carrall, 604.662.3207, www.vancouverchinesegarden.com

16 DTES Neighbourhood House

573 E. Hastings, 604.215.2030, www.dtesnhouse.ca

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23 InterUrban Gallery 24 Jim Green Residence 25 KW Production Studio 26 Listening Post

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40 UBC Learning Exchange

612 Main, 604.408.5164, www.learningexchange.ubc.ca

41 Ukrainian Hall*

805 E. Pender, 604.254.3436, www.auucvancouver.ca

42 VANDU

380 E. Hastings, 604.683.6061, www.vandu.org

43 Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre 1607 E. Hastings, 604.251.4844, www.vafcs.org

27 Lord Strathcona Elementary School

44 Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall

28 Maritime Labour Centre

45 Vancouver Police Museum*

29 Massy Books

487 Alexander, 604.251.2551, www.vjls.jh.com 240 E. Cordova 2nd floor, 604.665.3346 www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca 9 W. Hastings

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This festival is one tiny seedling in a forest of giants from our past, present, and future, carrying seeds of justice, seeds of hope. The more we dig – the more we uncover, plant and nourish – the more we learn about the heart, soul and strength of this community and of its intentions to survive and thrive with dignity.

What community raised a pole in Oppenheimer Park to honour those who have died, and those who continue to struggle in it? Which community sewed a banner with 92 beautiful panels to remember it’s missing and dead women? Where has a community fought for seven years to get a community centre, camped out for months to get a waterfront park, then had to file a human rights complaint to get access to the park for people with disabilities? Which community struggled for harm reduction possibilities and won the continent’s first safe injection site? Where did people gather to begin the On-to-Ottawa trek that was the beginning of unemployment insurance and the 8 hour day in Canada?

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But over the years our story has also included hardwon milestones leading to victories: collective actions for justice, giving voice and honouring our founding communities.

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Don’t walk away from a field of rice. After one plants a seed in a field, they must be protected and nourished in order to provide a good harvest.

Founded on ancestral Coast Salish territories, the story of the Downtown Eastside is a history of challenges that sometimes seem insurmountable. What we see on the streets is harsh. The need for jobs, affordable housing and healing is real.

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Our people have literally been here as long as the land existed. In our traditional way, we’re working at ways to make ourselves more visible.

We work to make our community a better place Not a perfect place, but a better place. If we look for immediate results in this work, We are in danger of falling into despair. Society does not change quickly. And our commitment is for the long haul. – Sandy Cameron (1931-2010), DTES poet, teacher, resource worker, human rights advocate

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PAGE 8 Friday October 19 12:30pm-1:30pm Trois Triptyques D’Amour Carnegie Theatre

Saturday October 20 11am-1pm Workshop, Seeds and Roots Listening Post 5pm-7pm Tracing Histories DTES Neighbourhood House

Sunday October 21

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Pre-Festival Events

5pm-7pm Tracing Histories DTES Neighbourhood House

Monday October 22 5pm-8pm Cultural Sharing: Sinulhkay and Ladders Carnegie Theatre 7:30pm- 9:30pm Unsettled KW Production Studio

Wednesday October 24

PAGE 10-11 10am-2pm Open Church St. James' Church 11am-5pm Street Vendors Woodward's Atrium 2pm-3:30pm FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY Carnegie Theatre 4pm-6pm Afternoon with Elder in Residence Carnegie 3rd ﬂoor Gallery 7pm-8:30pm Vancouver Cantata Singers St. James' Church 7pm-9pm Genocide, Child Welfare, and the Way Ahead Massy Books 7pm-9pm Film, The Eagle and the Condor SFU World Art Centre 7pm-9:30pm Workshop, Drop-in Painting Evelyne Saller Centre 7pm-9:30pm Songs of Justice, Songs of Hope Carnegie Theatre

Thursday October 25

Friday October 26

Saturday October 27

Sunday October 28

10am-5pm Workshop, Pulling Threads Ukrainian Hall

9am-5pm Open House Vancouver Police Museum

11am-5pm Street Vendors Woodward's Atrium

11am-12:30pm Bargain Sale St. James' Hall

11am-1pm Walking Tour, Women at Work Chinese CC courtyard

11am-12pm Workshop, Paper Decorations Jim Green Residence

1pm-2pm World Poetry Cafe Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM

11am-5pm Street Vendors Woodward's Atrium

11am Snooker Tournament Carnegie Pool Room

1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band starts at Carnegie

1pm-2pm Battle of Ballantyne Pier Carnegie Theatre

1pm-3pm Learning Centre Live Carnegie Learning Centre

1pm-4pm Workshop, How We Work With Story 312 Main

1pm-3pm Workshop, Home: Our Way Van. Aboriginal Friendship Centre

1pm-4pm Reconciliation and the Arts SFU World Art Centre

1:30pm-3:30pm It’s a Choral Democracy! Woodward's Atrium

3pm-4pm Battle of Ballantyne Pier Maritime Labour Centre

2pm-4pm World Food Day Strathcona CC

2pm-3pm Tzo'kam & Sawagi Taiko SFU World Art Centre

5pm-6pm Kla How Ya Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM 6pm-8pm Meet the Artists, what these trees… Gallery Gachet 6:30pm-8:30pm Orange & Black Hallowe'en Party Ray-Cam CC 7pm-9pm Hope Matters: Lee Maracle & Columpa Bobb Massy Books 8pm-10pm A Double Bill, Talking Freds & Woody Sed KW Production Studio 9pm-12am Arts Rational Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM

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2pm-4pm From the Collection... Downtown Community Health Clinic 3pm-4pm Fixed Income & Folk Circle Carnegie Theatre 3pm-5pm Hallowe'en Carnival Strathcona CC 7pm-9:30pm DTES Front & Centre: Standing Up for Ourselves Carnegie Theatre 8pm-10pm A Double Bill, Talking Freds & Woody Sed KW Production Studio 8pm-10pm Material Witness Ukrainian Hall

1pm & 2pm Balkan Shmalkan starts at Carnegie 1pm-1:30pm Short ﬁlm, Hymn to the Layman Carnegie Theatre 1pm-4pm Emerging Heritage Fair VJLS & JH

2pm-4pm Lecture, Shipwrecked Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden

1pm-3pm Workshop, Ukrainian Beading EWMA Studio 1pm-4pm Ofﬁcial Grand Opening Gallery Gachet + WePress 1:30pm-3:30pm Meet the Artist, Onward! InterUrban Gallery 2pm-3:30pm Hallowe'en Party Jim Green Residence 2pm-4pm Drum Circle Carnegie Theatre

2pm-5pm Films, Land is the Culture & Road Forward Carnegie Theatre

3pm-4pm Seasons of the Sea Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden

6pm-9pm Hallowe'en Dance Strathcona CC

3pm-4pm Recollect: Carnegie Dance Troupe SFU World Art Centre

7pm-8:30pm Gunajadil: Fashion Show DTES Women's Centre 7pm-9pm Emerging Heritage Fair VJLS & JH 7pm-9:30pm Films, In Chinatown & Paint it Red Carnegie Theatre 8pm-10pm Material Witness Ukrainian Hall

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1pm & 2pm Balkan Shmalkan Abbott & W. Hastings

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6pm-7:30pm Home Grown Stories & Open Mic EWMA Studio

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Monday October 29

PAGE 25 11am-1pm Workshop, Rattle Making Oppenheimer Park 1pm-2:30pm When Spirit Whispers Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM 1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band Abbott & W. Hastings 3pm-4pm Multimedia Artist-in-Residence Open House Co-op Radio Studios 3:30pm-6pm Design Camp Ray-Cam CC 5pm-7:30pm Aboriginal Feast Carnegie Theatre 7:30pm-9:30pm Gold Mountain, Turtle Island Firehall Arts Centre Studio

Tuesday October 30 11:30am-12pm Puppetry, Healthy Aging Through the Arts Strathcona CC 1pm-2:30pm Sne'waylh Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM 1pm-2:30pm A Carnegie Centre Story Carnegie Learning Centre

Wednesday October 31

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PAGE 28-31 10am-3pm Open Church St. James' Church 2pm-2:30pm Wax Poetic Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM

2pm-4pm Learn the Big Drum Oppenheimer Park

2pm Curatorial Tour, Body Language Bill Reid Gallery

6pm-8pm Workshop, Blocking Printmaking WePress

4pm-5pm JD and The Sunshine Band VANDU

6pm-8pm Seeds and Roots Listening Post 6:30pm-8:30pm Poetry, Prose & Music InterUrban Gallery

8pm-9:30pm East End Blues & All That Jazz Firehall Arts Centre

10am-12pm Workshop, Block Printmaking Aboriginal Front Door

9am-5pm Open House Vancouver Police Museum 9:30am-10:30am The Sojourners Lord Strathcona Elementary

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4:30pm-6pm One Case, Two Case, Three Case 1:15pm-2:15pm Carnegie The Sojourners 3rd ﬂoor Gallery Admiral Seymour Elementary 5pm-6pm Kla How Ya 2pm-3pm Co-op Radio Sinister Seniors CFRO 100.5 FM vs The Pipeline 5:30pm-7:30pm Cracks in the Concrete UBC Learning Exchange

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6pm-8pm Coast Salish & Syrian Long Table Dinner Ray-Cam CC

2pm-5pm Woodsquat Open Archive 221A / Pollyanna Library

7pm-8:30pm Panel Discussion: Spaces & Places SFU World Art Centre

3pm-4pm Meet the Artist, Man Alone EWMA Studio

8pm-9:30pm East End Blues & All That Jazz Firehall Arts Centre 8pm Trading Places: Un Échange 8EAST

2pm-5pm Crafts and Conversation Bill Reid Gallery

6pm-9pm Artist Reception The Phoenix Gallery 6:30pm All Souls' Day Mass St. James' Church

7pm-9:30pm Carnegie Jazz 9pm-12am Band: A Tribute Arts Rational to Al Neil Co-op Radio CFRO Carnegie Theatre 100.5 FM 7:30pm-9pm SRO Stars InterUrban Gallery 8pm-9:30pm East End Blues & All That Jazz Firehall Arts Centre

9:45am-10:30am Chinese Seniors Choir Carnegie Theatre 10am-5pm Vancouver Tea Festival Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden 11am-12:30pm Walking Tour, Our Chinatown Soundscape Sun Wah Centre 1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band starts at Carnegie 1pm-2:30pm Journeys of Hope Carnegie Theatre 1pm-4pm Boat Stitching Circle Trillium North Park 1pm-5:30pm Chinatown Generations Sun Wah Centre

Sunday November 4

Post Festival Events

Daylight Savings Time ends 10:30am All Saints High Mass St. James' Church 11am-4pm Vancouver Tea Festival Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden 1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band Abbott & W. Hastings 1pm-7pm CanZine: Festival of Zines SFU World Art Centre 3pm Ukrainian Hall Community Concert & Supper Ukrainian Hall 7pm-9pm Festival Karaoke Evelyne Saller Centre

2pm-2:30pm Roy & Janet, Theatre Terriﬁc Woodward's Atrium

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2pm-3:30pm East End Blues & All That Jazz Firehall Arts Centre

3pm-8pm Red Jam Slam Caveman Café & CJSF 90.1 FM 4pm-5pm Sandy Cameron Memorial Writing Contest Carnegie Theatre

8pm-9:30pm East End Blues & All That Jazz Firehall Arts Centre

Special Event In Visible Colours: Women’s Art Festival November 6 to 11 Exhibition until November 24 InterUrban Gallery

Friday November 9 5pm-7pm Festival Closing Reception Carnegie 3rd ﬂoor Gallery

Friday November 16 6pm-9pm Reception, Annual Members Show Gallery Gachet

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3pm-3:30pm DTES Writers Collective Carnegie Theatre

7pm-9:30pm DTES Poets Open Mic Carnegie Theatre

Tuesday November 6

Visual Arts

2pm-4pm Made in Canada DTES Neighbourhood House

6:30pm-9:30pm Carnegie Sing Along Choir Carnegie 3rd ﬂoor Gallery

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7pm-9:30pm Hallowe'en Dance Carnegie Theatre

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All Souls Day

Saturday November 3

8pm-10pm Call Mr. Robeson – A life, with songs St. James' Church

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TROIS TRIPTYQUES D’AMOUR Friday October 19, 12:30pm – 1:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Cliff Ridley, baritone, and Danielle Marcinek, piano, present three French art song cycles of three songs each – the “triptyque” as the French called it. Featuring Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Maurice Ravel,Trois Poèmes D'amour by Erik Satie, and Poème d'un Jour by Gabriel Fauré. The form betrays the meaning. How precious, how sweet and sometimes how brief is love. Linking the cycles are interludes of piano music by Debussy and Ravel. This recital is all about treasuring the moment. Join us for music in the French romantic tradition.

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SEEDS AND ROOTS with Karen Thorpe Saturday October 20, 11am – 1pm Listening Post, 382 Main Free Come and create artwork using seeds, roots and found natural materials gathered in the neighbourhood. We will celebrate and be inspired by the Heart of the City Festival theme “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope”, and make mini-rustic creations mounted on cedar shingles; art that will only last as long as the season. The workshop is led by Karen Thorpe, a volunteer with the Listening Post and a contributor to many previous Festivals. Children welcome.

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TRACING HISTORIES WEEKEND WORKSHOP Saturday October 20, 5pm – 7pm (day 1) Sunday October 21, 5pm – 7pm (day 2) DTES Neighbourhood House, 573 E. Hastings Free, registration info below Tracing Histories is a weekend workshop where youth, together with their parents/caregivers, create a life sized tracing of their bodies to depict real and imagined family and ancestral history. Day 1: Coast Salish welcome, singing and drumming, theatre games; discussion about history and ancestry. Day 2: Participants trace their body onto paper, colouring it with images and impressions from their family and ancestral history. The body maps will be displayed for an invited audience giving participants the option to share their stories and maps from their perspective. Snacks provided. All ages. All welcome. Presented by Julia Siedlanowska, Kat Norris, Allie Pev. Contact Julia at siedlanowskaj@ gmail.com to register for the entire weekend workshop.

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SINULHKAY AND LADDERS: DECOLONIZING BOARD GAME Monday October 22, 5pm – 8pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Join Carnegie Cultural Sharing to play Sínulhkay and Ladders, a giant board game designed by Michelle Nahanee that promotes the Squamish practice of Chen chen stway (holding each other up) while working through neocolonial scenarios of oppression. A twist on the well-loved game Snakes and Ladders, the purpose of the game is to provide a framework for developing decolonizing practices and to better Indigenous to non-Indigenous relations, making sure we are holding each up – not sliding down the double-headed serpent, called Sínulhkay in the Squamish language. Michelle recently completed a Master of Arts in Communication from Simon Fraser University where she wrote “Decolonizing Identity: Indian Girl to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Matriarch.” Play the game with friends at Carnegie and we will have a springboard for lively conversation. Come at 5pm to pick up a ticket to the October 29 Aboriginal Feast. First come first served.

WoRKsHOP PrESENtAtiON & PANeL UNSETTLED Monday October 22, 7:30pm – 9:30pm KW Production Studio, 111 W. Hastings By donation at the door

Unsettled is an intergenerational multi-arts theatre project created with and performed by community artists who live with and experience disability(s). Participating artists include Caroline Hebert, Stephen Lytton, Kat Norris, Kaitlyn Pedersen, Sandra Pronteau, and director Julia Siedlanowska. The presentation style blends poetry, narrative, song, stylized gesture, movement, live drumming and incorporates ASL interpretation. Join us for a workshop presentation of this work in progress. We want your feedback. Followed by a panel discussion with the artist creators and community members around disability and access in theatre. Guest panelists include Susanna Uchatius from Theatre Terrific and Terreanne Derrick, Gitxsan filmmaker. ASL interpretation provided. Sponsored by Kokoro Dance Theatre Society/KW Studios.

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EARLE PEACH When the Festival team selected this year’s theme, "Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope", we made the exciting choice to invite Earle Peach as the 2018 Artist in Residence. Recipient of the 2017 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Communityengaged Art, Earle is known for a long-standing connection to Carnegie; decades of music practice and communityengagement; and his commitment to social justice, labour history, and environmental action. The Festival is thrilled to collaborate with Earle and to help share his music and his enthusiasm for hope and justice.

Check out Earle at the following festival events:

Did you know that Earle led the music program at Carnegie for sixteen years from 1984 to 2000! During this time, one of his most memorable projects was his work with Carnegie musicians to produce These Are the Faces: The Carnegie Centre CD Project. Completed in 2000, Earl and the Carnegie musicians then presented their work at the Vancouver Folk Festival.

Co-op Radio Arts Rational, musical conversation with Earle and Jay Hamburger, Thursday October 25

Earle’s contribution to the musical community of the Downtown Eastside has been immense. He has written and composed countless songs for and about the community, including original music for the Downtown Eastside’s first community opera Condemned, a story about local residents who come home to their hotel to discover they’d been evicted.

Festival Opening Ceremony Wednesday October 24 where Earle performs ‘Hastings Street Ramble”, lyrics by Bob Sarti; music Earle wrote for Bruce the Musical (Theatre in the Raw) Songs of Justice, Songs of Hope sing-along-concert, Wednesday October 24, a musical evening curated by Earle Excerpts of a new musical Battle of Ballantyne Pier by playwright Sherry MacDonald, original music by Earle, Thursday October 25 and Friday October 26

It’s a Choral Democracy!, Saturday October 27 where Earle leads an afternoon of rounds, loops and simple songs Earle and Solidarity Notes Labour Choir with Beverly Dobrinsky and the Barvinok Choir, Ukrainian Hall Community Concert, Sunday November 4.

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EXHIBITION 15 YEARS OF THE HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL Until October 30 Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Free Fifteen years of amazing photos. Fifteen years of amazing festival participants. Take in this wonderful display – designed by Sharon Kravitz – of forty photographs of past festival events and people by David Cooper, Terry Hunter, Mark Montgomery, Tom Quirk and Ken Tabata. Integrated throughout the exhibition are selected pages from past festival program guides, and selected past Festival posters: each poster a work of art by the Festival’s talented designer John Endo Greenaway.

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Wednesday October 24, 10am – 2pm St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova On Wednesdays between the hours of 10am and 2pm, St. James’ main church is open to welcome visitors for prayer or to look around and explore the main sanctuary. The regular Wednesday Mass is at 12:10pm. On the last Wednesday of each month there is a Bible study. All are welcome.

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STREET VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Wednesday October 24, 11am – 5pm Woodwards Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also on Oct 25, 26 & 27

The Street Vendors Collective is a peer-managed, independent collective of vendors and peers from the Downtown Eastside community. Based out of the Carnegie Community Centre, the pilot project offers vending opportunities to low-income artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs with experience in the informal economy. The project aims to create more accessible legal low-barrier economic opportunities for community members. The Street Vendors Collective is thrilled to be part of Heart of the City again this year! Stop by and visit us at the Woodwards Atrium! A great opportunity to purchase locally made jewelry, carvings, cards, paintings and more. Info: vancouver.ca/street-vendors-collective, email: svc@vancouver. ca, phone: 604-353-6729

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VANCOUVER CANTATA SINGERS Wednesday October 24, 7pm – 8:30pm St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free The Vancouver Cantata Singers prepare for their November 10 season opening performance of Threnody: Requiem and Remembrance with this open rehearsal at St. James’ Anglican Church. The choir will explore and share choral music of consolation and reflection at this time of year when we honour those no longer with us. Enjoy excerpts of Howell’s Requiem, Jean Coulthard’s Threnody, and John Tavener’s Song for Athene. For more details about the choir go to: www.vancouvercantatasingers.com. All welcome.

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DROP-IN PAINTING WORKSHOP Wednesday October 24, 7pm – 9:30pm Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free Drop in and paint your personal vision of the Heart of the City Festival theme: “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope”. What does it mean to you? Supplies, paint, paper, and canvas, provided on a first come first serve basis. No experience necessary and open to everyone!

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GENOCIDE, CHILD WELFARE, AND THE WAY AHEAD: jaye simpson and Tamara Starblanket Wednesday October 24, 7pm – 9pm Massy Books, 229 E Georgia Free Writer, advocate, activist jaye simpson comes together with Tamara Starblanket, author of Suﬀer the Little Children, Genocide, Indigenous Nations, and the Canadian State. They will discuss the forcible removal of Indigenous Peoples’ children as a crime of genocide in residential school and the child welfare system, and look at ways to move forward through self-determination. jaye simpson is an Oji-Cree Two Spirit, former youth in care who speaks to complexities of intersectional identities in the foster care system. Tamara Starblanket is Spider Woman, a Nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) from Ahtahkakoop First Nation (Treaty Six Territory). Co-Chair of the North American Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus, she coordinates and teaches at Vancouver’s Native Education College criminology program. Presented in partnership with Massy Books. The Eagle and the Condor, still

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THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR: FROM STANDING ROCK WITH LOVE Wednesday October 24, 7pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free Join us for a screening of the new film The Eagle and the Condor: From Standing Rock with Love from director Kahsto'sera'a Paulette Moore. From 2016 – 2017, Standing Rock water protection camps at the heart of Turtle Island became the largest assembly of Indigenous peoples in recent history. Gathered nations confronted big energy’s extreme extraction through the strength of their ceremonies, histories, and connections. Despite being met with violence, many brought their best intentions to this historic fight and continue to expand their love, knowledge and sovereignty to shift our world away from the trauma and isolation of modern days. The film is based around prophecy of the Eagle and Condor originating from nations of the South and features ceremony held at the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) site on Indigenous People’s Day, October 10th, 2016. The ancient prophecy predicted the epic Standing Rock water protection actions – and continues to challenge all to identify and unite our gifts and power.

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Join friends from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood and special guests for this year’s Opening Ceremony with a focus on the 2018 Festival theme "Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope". Featuring Les Nelson, Carnegie’s Elder in Residence and Kat Norris, Festival Elder in Residence leading the afternoon’s cultural work; the newly formed Cultural Sharing Drum Group from the Carnegie Centre, an exciting addition to our community; gospel and blues singer Tom Pickett will sing the classic, Buddy, Can you Spare a Dime, accompanied by pianist Bill Costin (from East End Blues & All That Jazz); festival artist in residence Earle Peach will sing the much-loved Hastings Street Ramble with lyrics by Bob Sarti (from Bruce: The Musical); Dalannah Gail Bowen will read her new poem Dignity in the Downtown Eastside; and Love Medicine drummers and fancy dancer Madeline McCallum will lift our spirits. We are very honoured that the family of the late Chief Dan George will present a special reading of his A Lament for Confederation. At the Opening Ceremony we are also thrilled to honour a number of individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to our community.

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SONGS OF JUSTICE, SONGS OF HOPE Wednesday October 24, 7pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free This evening of stirring sing-along activist songs launches the Festival and this year’s theme "Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope". Led by musician, composer, conductor, longtime community artist, and 2018 Festival Artist in Residence Earle Peach (2017 Mayor Arts Award). This evening of song features, among others, social justice Solidarity Notes Labour Choir singing about historical and current events and issues; the highly-accomplished students of the Saint James Music Academy Orchestra; a capella folk quartet Quatro; and special guest, Geoff Berner accordionist-extraordinaire, whose powerful and biting social satirical songs can make you laugh or weep – often at the same time. We will provide the lyrics; you come ready to sing! Geoff Berner

Refreshments! Everyone welcome.

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Wednesday October 24, 4pm – 6pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Free

Kat Zucomul’wat Norris (Coast Salish), Festival Elder in Residence

The Festival is thrilled to welcome back Kat Norris as our Elder in Residence. In this role Kat advises on community protocol, and participates and shares knowledge at selected Festival events. This afternoon with Kat is a wonderful opportunity to sit around the campfire with an amazing, gentle, big-hearted woman, mother, and grandmother and listen to her stories, memories and reflections on her life as a poet, writer, social activist, dancer, singer, activist and public educator. Kat is the founder and spokesperson for Indigenous Action Movement and speaks on the impact of colonization and Indian Residential Schools. Her traditional name, Zucomul’wat, is from her Musqueam GreatGreat-Great-Grandmother. Refreshments.

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PULLING THREADS Thursday October 25, 10am – 5pm Ukrainian Hall lower hall, 805 E. Pender Free, register: hotcworkshoppullingthreads.eventbrite.ca

Aanmitaagzi and Spiderwoman Theater present Pulling Threads, a fabric workshop as part of the play residency Material Witness. The play explores violence, healing and renewal in the lives of Indigenous women. The theatre set is an installation made up of “storyquilts”. Woven from stories of women from many different communities, the layered landscape of fabrics, piles and bundles hold stories to support the stories of the women on stage. Each workshop participant will build a layered piece of the “story-quilt”: her story will be the essence of the piece that she creates. This piece will be sewn and woven into the larger quilt which appears in the show Material Witness at the Ukrainian Hall and will travel with the production wherever it goes. Fabric and accessories provided. You are welcome to bring your own fabric if you wish to give it a personal touch. Come and enjoy some food, some talk and some laughter! This workshop is for women-identified persons. Workshop limited to 20 participants.

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STREET VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Thursday October 25, 11am – 5pm Woodwards Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also on Oct 24, 26 & 27 See description Wednesday October 24

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WORLD POETRY CAFE on CO-OP RADIO Thursday October 25, 1pm – 2pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM The Heart of the City Festival congratulates host Ariadne Sawyer and the World Poetry Café for celebrating their 20th year on Co-op Radio. The program is multilingual and multicultural with listeners in 106 countries. They share the work of local and international poets, and celebrate creators of all ages and levels of expertise, taking care to give coverage to those whose voices may not be heard. For more information: www.worldpoetry.ca

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HOME: OUR WAY Thursday October 25, 1pm – 3pm Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre 1607 E. Hastings Free Home: Our Way is a women’s writing and movement circle that explores ideas of refuge, transition, identity, cultural norms, blood memory and what it means to be at home in our lived experience. A safe space for creative writing and movement exploration is facilitated by Coast Salish storyteller Rosemary Georgeson (Dene-Sahtu) and Anishinaabe-Kwe dance artist Olivia C. Davies. We will invite words to transfer from the page to the body, and movement from the body back to the page. The focus is on personal responses to the theme of Home. Presented in association with O.Dela Arts. Participants: Women-identified persons, ages 18+ who have experienced transitions in and out of housing and homelessness, and are curious about story-sharing community art practice. Suitable for all bodies. For more info: www.oliviacdavies.ca/Home-Our-Way

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HASTINGS STREET BAND Thursday October 25, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free

It’s music in the streets! Join the Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans style jazz and blues. Led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Brad Muirhead, the band is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.

Rosemary Georgeson and Olivia C. Davies

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BATTLE OF BALLANTYNE PIER Thursday October 25, 3pm – 4pm Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph Free Also Friday October 26, 1pm Carnegie Experience Vancouver labour history in the making. Join playwright Sherry MacDonald and composer Earle Peach as they present an excerpt from their new musical in-development, Battle of Ballantyne Pier. It’s a uniquely Vancouver story of the longshore workers’ strike of 1935 and the bloody confrontation that took place in and around the Downtown Eastside waterfront. Additional music by Lil’wat Nation songwriter Russell Wallace; directed by local theatre director Peter Jorgensen. Sherry MacDonald is a local playwright with work staged in many cities (Canada and USA). Earle Peach is a long-time fixture on Vancouver’s musical scene and Artist in Residence of this year’s Festival. Russell Wallace is an internationally recognized composer, writer and performer. Stay afterwards for a chat with the show’s creators. Presented with the participation of ILWU (International Longshore & Warehouse Union) Local 500. Illustration: David Lester

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11TH ANNUAL OPPENHEIMER PARK COMMUNITY ART SHOW: what these trees have seen Meet the Artists, Thursday October 25, 6pm – 8pm Gallery Gachet, 9 W. Hastings Exhibition until October 28 Free Join the Oppenheimer Park artists for a casual evening of art and conversation at Gallery Gachet. Artists will share their inspirations and insights behind this year’s exhibition: what these trees have seen. All are welcome! Presented by Oppenheimer Park and Gallery Gachet, what these trees have seen showcases artwork from the Oppenheimer Park community. The park is the site of Legacy Sakura trees planted in 1977 by a group of over seventy 1st generation seniors in a project coordinated by Tonari Gumi (Japanese Community Volunteers Association). Thirty-five artists consider the wisdom and beauty of these historic trees, and delve into themes of nature, time and place with diverse artistic interpretations. The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show began in 2008 in anticipation of changes, challenges, and loss in a pre–Olympic city. Oppenheimer Park artists represent a resolute community upholding a vision of the Downtown Eastside as a place for art, education, recreation, health and healing. Gallery hours: Tues to Sat, 12pm – 6pm. More info: www.gachet.org

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LEARNING CENTRE LIVE! Thursday October 25, 1pm – 3pm Carnegie Learning Centre, 401 Main, 3rd floor Free Enjoy the annual showcase of poetry, stories, drama and music from the Carnegie Learning Centre. This year, they will also read from a new book celebrating thirty-five years in the Learning Centre, with stories from Learning Centre publications past and present. You will be invited to listen and respond to some of their favourite stories. The Learning Centre is a vital resource that brings tutoring and outreach programs to the people of the Downtown Eastside.

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KLA HOW YA on CO-OP RADIO Thursday October 25, 5pm – 6pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM Host Gunargie O’Sullivan, Festival Multimedia Artist in Residence, kicks off a series of programs for this year’s theme “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope”. Joining today’s discussion on Police Harassment and Knowing your Rights are: Sarah Blyth, DTES community advocate and founder of Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society; Sharon Warner, who advocates for those suffering from psychiatric abuse; Robin Banks, with an update on her child and family services court case; and lawyer Jai Singh Sheikhupura who is working on the 60s Scoop Settlement Agreement.

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ORANGE & BLACK HALLOWE’EN PARTY Thursday October 25, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 E. Hastings Free Join the gang at Ray-Cam for games and other entertainment. Family fun with good tricks and treats. Your favourite balloon artist Swallow Zhou will be there to twist wondrous balloon creations, and be sure to visit face-painter extraordinaire Randy Tait. Especially for children and families. John Black and Jim Sands

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ARTS RATIONAL Thursday October 25, 9pm – 12am Live Broadcast Co-op Radio 100.5FM Interviews and commentary on the local arts scene. For this special Festival program, Jay Hamburger, Artistic Director of Theatre in the Raw, shares a delightful and personal interview with Heart of the City Festival Artist-in-Residence Earle Peach; singer, songwriter, composer, teacher, choral director and performer. In 2017 Earle received the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Community-Engaged Arts. The Festival is honoured to have him involved this year. Knowing Jay and Earle and their many creative adventures together over the years, the interview promises to be entertaining, insightful and downright heartfelt. Not to be missed!

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A DOUBLE BILL – THE REAL STORY OF THE TALKING FREDS & WOODY SED Thursday October 25, 8pm – 10pm KW Production Studio 111 W. Hastings Suggested donation $10; advance sales: hotcdoublebill.eventbrite.ca Also Friday October 26 This double bill of theatre, song and story focuses on activist artists who repurpose popular music to address community and political issues. The Real Story of the Talking Freds features John Black and Downtown Eastside resident Jim Sands recollecting their days in the 1980s as a comic satirical music duo who performed at Downtown Eastside events, from the Exporelated evictions to the fight for CRAB Park.

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HOPE MATTERS: An Evening with Lee Maracle and Columpa Bobb Thursday October 25 7pm – 9pm Massy Books 229 E. Georgia Free

Acclaimed award-winning writer and elder Lee Maracle and award-winning actor, playwright, photographer, poet and teacher Columpa Bobb read from their upcoming book, Hope Matters. Written over a number of years by Lee with her two daughters, Columpa and Tania Carter, Maracle says, “in the end our voices blended into a song of hope and reconciliation.” Lee Maracle is a member of the Stó:lō Nation, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and one of the first Indigenous female authors to be published in Canada. Presented in partnership with Massy Books, a new neighbourhood cultural treasure.

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Woody Sed, performed by Vancouver actor/creator Thomas Jones, explores the life and turbulent times of singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie. A prolific and provocative writer, Woody Guthrie was the father of the 1960s folk revival. The play was born out of the sheer astonishment Thomas experienced learning about Woody’s life and the relevance he saw in Woody’s work and story, to the world we live in today. With songs and stories, Jones bundles a cascade of colourful characters to tell a true to life tale of this legendary singer-songwriter: a man who wrote on his guitar,‘This machine kills fascists’.

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One of Vancouver’s most unique attractions, the Vancouver Police Museum is located in the former Coroner’s Courtroom. Built in 1932, the building is a municipally designated heritage structure and houses an extensive collection relating to the history of policing in Vancouver. Check out the museum's new exhibit, exploring the 100 year history of the Vancouver Police Traffic Section. Join museum staff for a fifteen minute exhibit talk at 11:15am and 2:15pm on both days. For more information: 604-665-3346 or www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca or check out facebook and twitter! Everyone welcome.

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VANCOUVER POLICE MUSEUM Friday October 26, 9am – 5pm Vancouver Police Museum, 240 E. Cordova, 2nd floor Free Also Friday November 2

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STREET VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Friday October 26, 11am – 5pm Woodwards Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also Oct 24, 25 & 27 See description Wednesday October 24

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ST. JAMES’ WOMEN’S GUILD BARGAIN SALE Friday October 26, 11am – 12:30pm St. James’ Parish Hall, 230 Gore An hour and a half in bargain sale heaven! Eagerly anticipated; here’s your chance to pick up clothing, jewelry, utensils, books, small appliances, Christmas presents, a last minute Hallowe’en costume, and oodles of goodies for cheap, cheap prices. It’s fast and furious so come for 10:30am if you can, there is usually a queue. All are welcome!

BATTLE OF BALLANTYNE PIER Friday October 26, 1pm – 2pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Also Thursday October 25, 3pm Maritime Labour Centre

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HOW WE WORK WITH STORY Lee Maracle Friday October 26, 1pm – 4pm 312 Main, entrance on Cordova Free, register: hotcworkshopleemaracle.eventbrite.ca Working with original story and the long Indigenous history of oratory, Lee Maracle leads a writing workshop where she'll share research techniques. Lee says her point of view is "15,000 years old" and is framed by how she was raised by her family. Be prepared for exercises in writing. Lee Maracle is a member of the Stó:lō nation and one of the first Indigenous female authors to be published in Canada. With a career of over four decades, she has written award-winning books in a multitude of genres, including the recent My Conversations with Canadians. Bring your favourite writing utensil and notebook. Workshop limited to 20 participants.

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RECONCILIATION AND THE ARTS IN VANCOUVER Friday October 26, 1pm – 4pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free, register: hotc2018.eventbrite.ca What does reconciliation mean for your arts practice? How can the arts community work for redress in 'Vancouver?' Join this afternoon session which features a roundtable discussion with Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and settler artists and cultural planners. There is a lot of talk about reconciliation, but what are the structural changes that are taking place? Today's conversation will promote a faster rate of change towards placebased reconciliation and redress in our own lives, in our neighbourhoods, and with arts policies in the city and suburbs. Small groups and plenary dialogue will also make room for everyone's questions. Refreshments served.

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WORLD FOOD DAY CELEBRATION Friday October 26, 2pm – 4pm Strathcona Community Centre, 601 Keefer Free The Backpack Program Leadership Committee hosts a community celebration in honour of World Food Day. Come and enjoy family-friendly activities, games, live music and prizes. Made possible by a grant from the Neighbourhood Small Grant program. Drop in, no registration necessary.

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FROM THE COLLECTION… Artist Reception, Friday October 26, 2pm – 4pm Downtown Community Health Clinic, 569 Powell Free Exhibition October 26 to 28 Staff at the Downtown Community Health Centre (DCHC) on the corner of Princess and Powell, have long been aware of the many artists in our midst here at the clinic. When the Heart of the City Festival invited us to showcase some of these artists’ work we jumped for joy! Please join us in celebrating over twenty artists that live and work in the DTES and will be exhibiting their work in our clinic, drop by October 26 to 28, 10am to 4pm. Open to all.

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FIXED INCOME & CARNEGIE FOLK CIRCLE Friday October 26, 3pm – 4pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Fixed Income is a collection of retired folk who love picking and singing songs, and because they are all “technically” in their sunset years, they are doing everything possible to turn back time. They do this by playing songs they heard years ago – folk, blues, pop, rock and country – as long as they can remember the lyrics. The Carnegie Folk Circle is a collection of Carnegie members who also love to fool around with picking and singing. They meet every second Friday (Oct 19, Nov 2, 16 etc) at 1pm in the 3rd floor classroom and are open to all levels of skill, talent and experience. From time to time some members feel inspired to preform, and The Heart of the City Festival is one of those times.

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HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL 萬聖節嘉年華 Friday October 26 十月二十六日 (星期五日) 3pm – 5pm 下午三時至五時 Strathcona Community Centre Gym, 601 Keefer 運動場 Free Enjoy spooky games, creepy crafts, and tasty treats at the Strathcona Community Centre’s annual Hallowe’en Carnival! Dress in your best costume and celebrate the spookiest time of year! This event is made possible by the Neighbourhood Small Grant program and all youth volunteers from the Strathcona Youth Council!

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A DOUBLE BILL – THE REAL STORY OF THE TALKING FREDS & WOODY SED Friday October 26, 8pm – 10pm KW Production Studio, 111 W. Hastings Suggested donation $10; advance sales: hotcdoublebill.eventbrite.ca Also Thursday October 25 See description October 25

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DTES FRONT AND CENTRE: Standing Up for Ourselves Friday October 26, 7pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free The Downtown Eastside is alive with talent and the Festival brings together an evening of music, words, film, and comedy. Enjoy artists who have been here for a long time, and artists who are relative newcomers. Together! Standing up for ourselves. For each other. After a traditional welcome by festival Elder in Residence Kat Norris, emcee Heidi Morgan will share soulful blues accompanied by Michael Bellwood (guitar). Valeen Jules returns to the Festival with her personal and fierce spoken word poetry accompanied by Alex Taylor-McCallum. Music veteran Joe Chow, channels the likes of Elvis Presley and James Brown in his rock n’ roll duo. After discovering each other at Carnegie, Erin Ryan and Johnny Shy formed Apendiglo Duo, playing roots-based covers and original songs. Performer Madeline Terbasket (Syilx, Ho-Cak, Anishinaabe) is reconciling via “healing our colonial history through play and laughter.” Diane Wood, host of the Carnegie’s monthly poetry cabaret, shares her recent work, followed by DTES warrior-poet-janitor Henry Doyle who will read live and show the animated short video Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski: A Poem by Henry Doyle. Local favourite, acoustic blues and roots band Haisla with Nasty, Brutish and Short (Haisla Collins, Gabriel Hebert, Lorenzo Watters and Theo Collins) will wow us with their finale to this raucous evening of standing up for ourselves.

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MATERIAL WITNESS Friday October 26, 8pm Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender $20/$15. Tickets at door or advance tickets: materialwitness.eventbrite.ca Also Saturday October 27 The Festival is thrilled and honoured to present Material Witness, an Aanmitaagzi and Spiderwoman Theatre Co-production. Material Witness brings together three generations of Indigenous women performers in a multigenerational exploration of violence, healing and renewal in the lives of Indigenous women in urban and rural communities on Turtle Island. “Their stories burst onto the stage in raucous storytelling, dance and music fueled with energy, strength and goodwill.” – New York Times Co-writers/Ensemble are legendary director/actor Muriel Miguel*, Penny Couchie, Cherish Violet Blood, Donna Couteau, Ange Loft*, Henu Josephine Tarrant**, and Elder Gloria Miguel. Assistant Director Sid Bobb. (*Co-writer only, **Ensemble only) Aanmitaagzi is an Indigenous multi-disciplinary-arts company from Nipissing First Nation, Ontario, and renowned Spiderwoman Theater of New York City is the longest running Native American women’s theatre company in the USA. Penny Couchie

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MUsiC iN tHE stREEts BALKAN SHMALKAN Saturday October 27, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free

WaLKiNG tOUR WOMEN AT WORK IN THE HOME AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Chinatown/Strathcona 1917-1960 with Marcia Toms Saturday October 27, 11am (approx. 2 hours) Meet at Chinese Cultural Centre courtyard 50 E. Pender $10; pay what you can for local residents

Global music with local attitude: Balkan Shmalkan’s funky brass dance beats are rooted in the aural traditions of the Roma and Klezmorim of Eastern Europe and blended with a mix of pop and jazz. Balkan Shmalkan is the brain-child of a group of musicians with a long history of collaboration in traditional South Serbian Trubaci music. The Festival is delighted to present this street band on the streets of the Downtown Eastside.

Last year Marcia said “I have more material that can be fit into the time I have, and that is exciting.” She was right! This year Marcia returns to continue the tour! Join Marcia on this fascinating walk that sheds light on vital work of women in the home and in the Chinatown and Strathcona neighbourhoods. Marcia draws on stories of women from many different cultures and marginalized backgrounds, most of whom worked outside of the realm of organized labour. Born and raised in Vancouver, Marcia is a retired educator and advocate for public education who has a passion for local social history. Balkan Shmalkan

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TZO’KAM and SAWAGI TAIKO Saturday, October 27, 2pm – 3pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free, registration info below Marcia Toms

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STREET VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Saturday October 27, 11am – 5pm Woodwards Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also on Oct 24, 25 & 26 See description October 24

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A unique collaboration of singing and drumming between the all-women taiko group Sawagi Taiko and the First Nations performance group Tzo'kam. Led by composer, producer and traditional singer Russell Wallace, Tzo'kam is a Lil'wat family group who offer traditional and contemporary songs including drumming and dancing. The combination of these songs with the exploratory nature of Sawagi Taiko's approach to the taiko art form makes for a fascinating performance of a Japanese Canadian cultural form with Indigenous rhythms. Please arrive by 1:45pm to guarantee your spot. Register at: sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/events.html Note: due to lobby renovations, the World Art Centre is only accessible via the Cordova courtyard entrance.

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SHIPWRECKED: TREASURES AND MONSOON WINDS, CERAMICS FROM ANCIENT SHIPWRECKS with Paula Swart Saturday October 27, 2pm – 4pm Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Exhibition: Sunken Treasures, until November 8 Sunken Treasures is an exhibition of ceramics from shipwrecks found at the bottom of Pacific seas. Shipwreck cargoes attest to the vigorous trade and rich cultural history of the Asian region. Ships laden with ceramics- especially the esteemed blue and white porcelain – tell stories of wares treasured from Asia to the Middle East and Europe. Snapshots in time, exhibits expand our understanding of cultural treasures from long ago. Paula Swart, an an art historian with expertise in Asian art, culture and history, has spent most of her professional life as Curator of Asian Studies. She lectures in the Continuing Education Departments of UBC and UVic, and holds degrees in Sinology, Asian art history, Chinese history, and archaeology. Regular garden hours: Mon to Sun, 10am – 4:30pm (closed Mon beginning Nov 5). Admission to the Garden: adult $12, student $9, senior $10, family $25.

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9th ANNUAL FAMILY HALLOWE’EN DANCE

第九屆『萬聖節家庭同樂日』 Saturday October 27 十月二十七日, 6pm – 9pm 下午六時至九時 Strathcona Community Centre Gym 601 Keefer 運動場 Free

It’s almost Hallowe’en and everyone’s ready to party! Dance the monster mash and have your face painted at this spooktacular all ages event. Admission by cash or food donation to support the Strathcona Food Security Programs for families. Everyone welcome!

40TH ANNIVERSARY DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMEN’S CENTRE (DEWC) From grassroots beginnings back in the late 1960s, serving soup from a household kitchen on Pender Street, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre has always been rooted in women caring for women. Their constitution from 1978, when they officially incorporated, still applies today: nurturing and empowering members through a safe, comfortable drop-in; facilitating programs and referrals; providing social and community building space for women of diverse backgrounds; and educating the public and all levels of government on issues concerning women in the Downtown Eastside. These days, hundreds of women access the drop-in centre and emergency shelter every day and night, with numbers still growing. Safe spaces and service provision for women in the Downtown Eastside remain a rarity, despite endemic violence and persistent calls from the community. In the midst of multiple crises, DEWC remains a haven at ground zero, welcoming women and giving them the resources, support, and foundation they need to empower one another and themselves.

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Community Celebration GUNAJADIL: DTES WOMEN'S FASHION SHOW AT HOME Saturday October 27, 7pm – 8:30pm Downtown Eastside Women's Centre 302 Columbia Free

The Festival has the pleasure to present a Saturday afternoon of choral voices in the Woodward’s Atrium. Earle Peach, singer, songwriter, performer, and Festival Artist in Residence, leads an afternoon of rounds, loops and simple songs. Rounds and loops are pieces of music that are superimposed on themselves, creating exciting harmonies that have a life of their own. Joining Earle for the afternoon are the Solidarity Notes Labour Choir, a choir of activists who know that music is a powerful language that connects us and reminds us of our strength; The Highs & Lows Choir, a fun and friendly choir for people with lived experience of mental illness and their friends and supporters; and members of Acapellaboratory and Choral Conspiracy, both directed by Patti Powell, a grassroots musical institution. Patti welcomes singers of any ability or background and leads with humour and compassion.

From grassroots beginnings in the neighbourhood, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre has always been rooted in women caring for women. These days, hundreds of women access the DEWC drop-in centre and emergency shelter, which remain a haven, sanctuary and platform towards empowerment for women in the Downtown Eastside. In celebration of the Centre’s 40th anniversary, women of the community showcase their strength, resilience, and culture through fashion in Gunajadil (“They went home” in Tsilqot’in). Share in the joy of women expressing their creativity, power and inner essence, and enjoy a live fashion show which bears witness to sisterhood and community. For this event at the Centre, all genders are welcome.

IT’S A CHORAL DEMOCRACY! Saturday October 27, 1:30pm – 3:30pm Woodward’s Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Free

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AFTERNOON & EVENING OF DOCUMENTARIES Saturday October 27, 1pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free 1pm – 1:30pm • Hymn to the Layman (2018, 30 min), directed by Nathan Slattery The short documentary Hymn to the Layman is inspired by words, cultures and people on the streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Nathan Slattery is an artist on a world journey; from the Emerald Isle to Los Angeles, from Toronto to New York, Ethiopia and Somalia, to the summit of the Himalayas, and now to the streets of the Downtown Eastside. Seeing the peaks of the North Shore Lions, Nathan thought of Nepal and that cured the loneliness of the moment…”we are all one step away from being anywhere...at any time or any situation”. 2pm – 5pm The Land is the Culture: A Case for Indian Land Claims (1975, 30 min), directed by Fred Cawsey The Land is the Culture: A Case for Indian Land Claims is the first documentary film produced by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and tells the story of colonization; land theft, railway and road construction, land expropriations, hunting and fishing conflicts, pointing out the need for justice. In interviews, The Land is the Culture reveals impacts of land loss and the resistance and resilience of Indigenous peoples. Narrated by Chief Phillip Paul, the film highlights that struggles for land are truly about cultural survival. From the Archives of UBCIC. The Road Forward (2017, 101 min), directed by Marie Clements The Road Forward, a musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history – the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s – with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. The Road Forward’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed by an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest vocalists and musicians, seamlessly connect past and present with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats. A rousing tribute to fighters for First Nations rights, a soul-resounding historical experience, and a visceral call to action. There will be a post-screening conversation in response to the films moderated by Vicki George with guests including award-winning writer Lee Maracle (Sto:lo Nation) and a representative from the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. Generational activism has deep roots for Vicki, who developed and produced The Constitution Express: A Multimedia History (2005-2006). The daughter of Indigenous leader Ron George, a key participant in the Constitution Express, Vicki comes from the Wet’suwet’en Nation and is based in Vancouver.

7pm – 9:30pm In Chinatown (2018, 39 min), directed by Stephanie Chong and Bryce Quan In Chinatown is a Telus StoryHive documentary series of enduring stories from people and places of Vancouver’s Chinatown. The trilogy includes Fook – Luck, Health & Happiness, about 16-year old Shawn and 90-year old Mrs. Hui; Luk – Success & Stability, with legacy business owner Keller and new store owner Doug; and Sau – Longevity, where we meet senior society member Grace and youth community organizer Doris. Produced by Jean Parsons, and directed by Stephanie Chong and Bryce Quan.

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Paint It Red (2017, 54 min), directed by Eva Cohen What happens when a bunch of seniors face evictions and homelessness? They fight back! The documentary follows Beverly Ho, a young Chinese Canadian organizer for the Chinatown Concern Group that’s dedicated to preserving and continuing Chinese cultural heritage in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Can her efforts, along with neighbourhood volunteers, stem the rapid proliferation of million-dollar condos and pricey cafes? The group succeeded in putting a pause to development at 105 Keefer. Ho said “the biggest victory is… we’ve grown so much closer and that we’re more confident in ourselves as women of colour…” Refreshments and conversation to follow.

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MATERIAL WITNESS Saturday October 27, 8pm Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender $20/$15. Tickets at door or advance tickets: materialwitness.eventbrite.ca Also Friday October 26 See page 17 for description

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sAtURDay OCtoBeR 27 90TH ANNIVERSARY VANCOUVER JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL & JAPANESE HALL (VJLS-JH) Founded in 1906 by early Japanese immigrants to Canada, the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall is a non-profit grassroots community organization committed to the values of education, culture and community. It has continued to provide Japanese language and culture, community programming for 112 years and has now become a large-scale childcare provider. The VJLS & JH is the only property restored to any Japanese Canadian organization or individual after the property dispossession of all Japanese Canadians at the beginning of World War II and the Internment. This year, the VJLS & JH celebrates both their historic milestone 90th birthday of their 1928 Heritage Building (now Children's World Childcare Centre) and the 90th birthday of official Japan/Canada Relations. Now fundraising to support educational resources on Japanese Canadian history for primary and secondary students, the VJLS-JH is proud to partner in the development of teaching materials with the Teacher Resource Cluster of the Landscapes of Injustice Project, University of Victoria, which is researching the dispossession of the property of Japanese Canadians.

15TH ANNIVERSARY In the Heart of a City: The Downtown Eastside Community Play

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EMERGING HERITAGE FAIR 1928-2018-2108 Saturday October 27, 1pm – 4pm; 7pm – 9pm Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall, 487 Alexander Free Join the Japanese Language School to celebrate the shared 90th anniversary of the Japanese Hall and of Japan/Canada diplomatic relations; and to laud the 15th anniversary of the groundbreaking Downtown Eastside Community Play: In the Heart of a City. 1pm – Opening Ceremony and Education Fair Vancouver Okinawa Taiko opens the celebration, and we welcome Shoichi Nejime, the award-winning Japanese children's poet and novelist from Tokyo brought to Vancouver by the Tasai Artist Collective. Afternoon activities include talks, workshops and displays with Tonari Gumi, Landscapes of Injustice, Kayla Isomura and The Suitcase Project, Highway Legacy Sign Project and much more! 7pm – Performances and Family Dance A packed evening of music, poetry and dance: Tasai Artist Collective and Soramaru Takayama present a dramatic and interactive poetry performance; and the Downtown Eastside’s own award-winning Dalannah Gail Bowen shares songs from the DTES Community Play: In the Heart of a City accompanied by pianist Michael Creber. Sawagi Taiko, an all-women taiko group collaborates with Tzo’kam, a Lil-wat family performance group led by composer and traditional singer Russell Wallace, to bring together cultural traditions from across the waters, merging Asian and Indigenous rhythms; and jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge, backed by her cool band, performs classic swing, jazz and bebop to dance the night away. Masami Hanashiro and friends

In 2003, a ground-breaking partnership between the VJLS & JH, the Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre resulted in an epic community play for, with and about the Downtown Eastside. Featuring over eighty performers young and old, and cameo appearance by VIPS, including Mayor Larry Campbell, the Downtown Eastside Community Play premiered in eight sold-out performances at the Japanese Hall. This groundbreaking production celebrated the extraordinary stories, founding cultural communities and districts of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhood. The play’s astonishing success resulted in the decision to launch an annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival (2004) with the mandate to support the culture, people, hopes and concerns of the Downtown Eastside on a sustained basis.

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PAPER DECORATIONS Sunday October 28, 11am – 12pm Jim Green Residence, 415 Alexander Free Come on down to the Jim Green Residence for a workshop led by Jesus Cristobal in making decorations for Hallowe’en, a favourite time of year. Try your hand at traditional paper decorations in preparation for Day of the Dead. Supplies provided. The Lookout Society will provide pumpkins to carve. Help decorate for the afternoon party. Snacks. Everyone welcome.

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HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL SNOOKER TOURNAMENT Sunday October 28, 11am Carnegie Centre Pool Room, 401 Main Free Games, fun, prizes! The Carnegie Pool Room hosts a sixteen player single elimination Snooker Tournament. Sign up at 10am in the pool room. First come, first served. The day ends when the game is finished. First, second and third place prizes! Pool room open to the public. For further information: Sindy, Carnegie Volunteer Coordinator, 604-606-2708. Everyone welcome!

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OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW GALLERY GACHET + WEPRESS SPACE Sunday October 28, 1pm – 4pm Gallery Gachet + WePress, 9 W. Hastings Free It has been just under a year since Gallery Gachet + WePress opened their doors at the new space on the ground floor of the Beacon Hotel at 9 W. Hastings Street. Now they’re ready to celebrate their new home and thank everyone who helped them reach this milestone by hosting an Open House. Join artists, organizers and friends for an afternoon of letterpress and 3D printer demonstrations, refreshments, and a chance to hang out and meet new people. A collaboration between the Heart of the City Festival, Gallery Gachet, WePress, and Powell Street Festival Society. Open to all. Snacks, materials, plus ASL, Mandarin, and Cantonese Interpretation provided.

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BALKAN SHMALKAN Sunday October 28, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & W. Hastings Free Balkan Shmalkan’s funky brass dance beats are rooted in the aural traditions of the Roma and Klezmorim of Eastern Europe and blended with a mixture of pop and jazz. The musicians play reed, brass and percussion instruments of both eastern and western origin. The Festival is delighted to present this new street band on the streets of the Downtown Eastside.

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UKRAINIAN BEADING WORKSHOP with Tetiana Zaruba Sunday October 28, 1pm – 3pm EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free Just around the corner from the EWMA Studio is the Ukrainian Hall, home to an active cultural community of artisans, performers and history buffs. EWMA and the Festival are pleased to offer a workshop with one of these artisans, Tetiana Zaruba, who will lead a session on beadwork, based on intricate designs of Ukrainian folk art. You can complete a bead project at the workshop! Printed schemes (plans) and bead kits provided. Workshop for women only.

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HALLOWE’EN PARTY Sunday October 28, 2pm – 3:30pm Jim Green Residence, 415 Alexander Free Join Lookout Housing + Health Society at the Jim Green Residence for an afternoon Hallowe’en party. Go to the morning workshop and help decorate for the party. Celebrate the season Tom Quirk with seasonal treats, activities and enjoy musical entertainment. Dress up as your favourite alter ego for the costume contest. Prizes and refreshments. Everyone welcome!

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ONWARD! Comics, posters, paintings by David Lester Sunday October 28, 1:30pm – 3:30pm InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Free Exhibition October 25 to November 3 An exhibit of digital prints of comics, posters, and paintings by David Lester. Meet the artist at an informal talk about his art and gain secrets of creating a graphic novel. David’s comic The Battle of Ballantyne Pier is part of the exhibit, plus a selection from his upcoming graphic novel, 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. David Lester is the guitarist in the underground rock duo Mecca Normal and cited as an influence on the social movement known as Riot Grrrl. As a guitarist, David collaborated with Downtown Eastside poet Bud Osborn and recorded an album of Bud's poems. Lester's poster of anti-war protester Malachi Ritscher was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Regular gallery hours: Wed to Sat, 1pm – 5pm.

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DRUM CIRCLE with Ron Stelting Sunday October 28, 2pm – 4pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free If you love drumming or ever had the inkling to try it out, this Drum Circle is for you! Led by the enthusiastic and long-time drum circle leader Ron Stelting, rhythmist, performer, facilitator and percussionist. Drumming cuts through racial, cultural, age and gender boundaries, and throughout history drumming has celebrated and energized the spirit of community. Everyone is encouraged Ron Stelting to participate regardless of their musical ability or drumming knowledge. Give it a try and see how easy it is to feel calm, centred and energized. And remember … Rhythm is Life and Life is Rhythm.

In Memorium SARAH ANN GOOD (1948 – 2018)

1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike”, art by David Lester

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RECOLLECT Work-in-Progress Sunday October 28, 3pm – 4pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free Since 2006, the principle supporting the Carnegie Dance Troupe is absolute inclusivity. Performances are created through processes of collaboration, seeking to connect us to our body, to our breath, to the energy of the earth, to each other and to our diverse communities. Exploring themes and ideas in a collaborative style, the work-in-progress presents new work that will contribute to the group’s next production. The Carnegie Dance Troupe is part of Karen Jamieson Dance and partners with the Carnegie Community Centre and SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Sarah Ann Good “Salautia” (Snuneymuxw) was a beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in law, auntie, cousin, singer, dancer and drummer, Siowen dancer, community member, and friend to many. If there was a definition of a Warrior Woman, it would be Sarah Ann Good. Her strong moral compass pointed her in the direction to stand up for what was “right” in this world. A soft spoken activist with a strong and powerful presence, she fought for human rights, women’s rights, political rights, environmental rights. Sarah was a long-time member of the Carnegie Dance Troupe (Karen Jamieson Dance) creating and sharing her gifts of song and drum. Her spirit and contributions to the group have enriched us and we hold her in high esteem. She was a highly respected singer, dancer and drummer. She was quiet, shy, and fierce all at the same time. She was also a beautiful, creative, giving, loving, and powerful woman. Her work spans decades and will affect change for generations. Sarah is loved and missed. – Pamela Tagle

Note: due to lobby renovations, the World Art Centre is only accessible via the Cordova courtyard entrance.

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VETTA CHAMBER MUSIC: SEASONS OF THE SEA Sunday October 28, 3pm – 4pm Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall By donation to the Garden Vetta Chamber Music, Seasons of the Sea weaves together contemporary classical music by award-winning Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan with a narrative created by Rosemary Georgeson (Sahtu Dene/Coast Salish), 2014 VPL Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence. Inspired by stories from several First Nations communities describing seasons on and by the sea, Seasons of the Sea weaves a seamless journey tracing the thirteen moon season of the Coast Salish peoples who used the tides and seasons of the sea as their calendar. Performed by Vetta Chamber Music and Rosemary Georgeson. For this afternoon concert, Vetta Music will also perform one of the four seasons by Vivaldi. Presented in partnership with Vetta Chamber Music Society.

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HOME GROWN STORIES & OPEN MIC Sunday October 28, 6pm – 7:30pm EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free Join Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA) for Home Grown Stories, with guest readers and writers, followed by a community open mic. Special musical guest is singer, songwriter, poet and artist RedSoulBluez, featuring David Stone, multi-award winning recording artist and musical genius. EWMA, a program of Atira Women’s Resource Society, blends art, creativity and entertainment. For more information visit www.atira.bc.ca/enterprisingwomen-making-art or www.facebook.com/EWMA-store. We invite the neighbourhood to an evening where all are welcome to participate!

Vetta Chamber Music and Rosemary Georgeson

SMILE, YOU’RE ON CAMERA! The Festival is thrilled to welcome back Gunargie O’Sullivan as the Festival’s Multimedia Artist in Residence. Along with producing Red Jam Slam on November 3 and four programs on Co-op Radio, Gunargie is livestreaming interviews with people on the street, attending Festival events to livestream, and interviewing artists and audience members. An award winning broadcaster, Gunargie has been dedicated to community radio and bringing indigenous people’s voices to the airwaves for almost thirty years. A social media and radio powerhouse who produces programming that focuses on Aboriginal artists, Gunargie founded Red Jam Slam Society and has several radio shows on the go, including Kla How Ya, When Spirit Whispers and Sne’wayulh at CFRO-FM and Nation to Nation on CJSF-FM.

DID YOU KNOW? Macdonald Elementary School, an Aboriginal focus school since 2012, is located at 1950 E. Hastings. The school has been renamed Xpey Elementary to better reflect its indigenous population and curriculum, and its proximity to Burrard Inlet. Xpey translates to “cedar’ in the henqueminem dialect spoken by members of the Musqueam Nation. Gunargie O’Sullivan

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MONDAY OCTOBER 29 WORKSHOP

RATTLE MAKING WORKSHOP with Tina Eastman Monday October 29, 11am – 1pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Free Here is your chance to make your own rattle. Join local artisan and creative maker Tina Eastman for a workshop on how to make traditional rattles using natural materials. Everyone welcome.

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HASTINGS STREET BAND Monday October 29, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & W. Hastings Free

The Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans style jazz and blues return to the streets of the Downtown Eastside. Led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Brad Muirhead, the band is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.

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WHEN SPIRIT WHISPERS on CO-OP RADIO Monday October 29, 1pm – 2:30pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM Followed by Artist in Residence Open House, 3pm – 4pm Co-op Radio Studios, 360 Columbia In the landscape of reconciliation, host Gunargie O’Sullivan focuses on the current relationship between Canada and First Nations in urban Vancouver. Today we take the opportunity to celebrate Gunargie: the longtime host of When Spirit Whispers. She is this year’s Heart of the City Festival Multimedia Artist in Residence; and winner of the NCCRA 2018 Community Radio Legend Award! For today’s program, Gunargie welcomes Indigenous broadcasters who are long-standing associates in media, including: Suzette Amaya, Dustin Riel McGladrey, Sarvenaz Amarat and Cyrus Greenall, Woody Morrison, Alex Taylor-McCallum and Gary Olver. Gunargie has been dedicated to community and campus radio since 1989. She loves to chat up a storm, and produce, produce, produce. From 3pm to 4pm, following the program, join us in the Co-op Radio Studio at 360 Columbia for an Artist Reception and Open House. Refreshments and more stories to share!

WORKSHOP

DESIGN CAMP Architecture for Life! Monday October 29, 3:30pm – 6pm Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 E. Hastings Free, pre-registration details below A workshop for inner-city youth on design, urban planning, and architecture; designed for youth to learn more about their city. Free; pre-register at Ray-Cam front desk or by phone 604-2576949.

CULTURAL SHARING

ABORIGINAL FEAST Monday October 29, 5pm – 7:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free, see below for ticket information Every Monday night for twenty-five plus years, Carnegie has run the ever-popular Cultural Sharing program: an inclusive space where First Nations and non-First Nations alike share, learn and participate in Indigneous cultural nights and traditions – from Pow Wows, singing and drumming, to arts and crafts. The Cultural Sharing Program invites you to join them at this Aboriginal Feast. The feast is a time to celebrate the Heart of the City Festival and the Carnegie Community Centre coming together as a community to share food, music and song. Carnegie’s first Elder in Residence the, Leslie Nelson (Kwakwaka'wakw) will open the evenin with a traditional welcome; and the newly-formed Cultural Sharing Drum Group will perform in honour of their dearly departed friend Christopher Treloar. The Carnegie kitchen is cooking up a delicious menu and the evening is filled with performances by singers, dancers and drummers from the Coast Salish Territory and beyond. Admission is free, but tickets are required for the dinner. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis at the Cultural Sharing group on Monday October 22. Tickets are also distributed throughout the community. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door of the Theatre on a first come first serve basis. We hope you can join us!

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GOLD MOUNTAIN, TURTLE ISLAND Monday October 29, 7:30pm – 9:30pm Firehall Arts Centre Studio, 280 E. Cordova 2nd floor Free A musical love story set in the early fifties between a young First Nation’s woman and a Chinese café worker set on the North Coast and in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Join the Firehall theatre team in a play reading of a new musical in preparation for the May 2019 workshop production. Note: the 2nd floor studio is not wheelchair accessible. A Firehall Arts Centre presentation.

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HEALTHY AGING THROUGH THE ARTS Tuesday October 30, 11:30am – 12pm Strathcona Community Centre Activity Room 601 Keefer Free After twelve years of exploring the art of puppetry together, these community seniors have made lasting bonds. Under the facilitation of theatre artist Joylyn Secunda, the participants created rod puppets using a base of newspaper, plastic bags, and masking tape and then adding paint and fabric to decorate. This year they were joined by facilitator and composer, James Coomber, who guided the participants to step into their voices with confidence and composed an original soundtrack to accompany the puppet choir. Friendship is their presentation theme; as one of their songs puts it, “The more we get together, the happier we will be!” All ages welcome.

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SNE’WAYLH on CO-OP RADIO Tuesday October 30, 1pm – 2:30pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM In many Coast Salish dialects, “sne’waylh” is the word for teachings or laws. This Aboriginal language-learning radio program, hosted by Gunargie O’Sullivan, begins with the teachings of the skwxwu7mesh snichim (Squamish language) and also provides lessons in Haida, Gitzan and Cree. For the third of her radio programs for this year’s Heart of the City Festival theme “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope”, Gunargie talks with guests about the Testify Project (Indigenous Laws + the Arts Collective) on Vancouver Island. Today’s guests: Maxine Matilpi, lawyer and Project manager of the ReLaw Project, revitalizing Indigenous law for land, air and water; and Halie (Kwanxwa’logwa) Bruce, a member of the Namgis/Kwa’kwa’kawakw Nation, a lawyer whose practice includes restorative justice and who is on the Testify Project organizing committee.

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A CARNEGIE CENTRE STORY: TALES FOR THE TELLING AS WE LIVED THEM (1995-2005) by Michael Clague and Peter Fairchild Tuesday October 30, 1pm – 2:30pm Carnegie Learning Centre, 401 Main 3rd floor Free A Carnegie Centre Story: Tales for the Telling As We Lived Them (1995-2005) is a fascinating new book-in-progress, co-written by Michael Clague, former Director of Carnegie, and Peter Fairchild, a past member of the Board of the Carnegie Community Centre Association. Peter and Michael will share from their book-in-progress to stir others’ memories of this time, and to get feedback. Peter and Michael tell their own tales about what happened in each chapter’s topic. A Carnegie Centre Story is about two people whose lives cross at a particular point in time and who found common cause in the life of Carnegie. Remember the 100th Anniversary celebration in 2003? Remember when the police chief held a town hall at Carnegie? Remember when? The writers will take turns reading sample sections: Michael in the Learning Centre and Peter via Skype from China! Due to the time difference, we may catch Peter in his pajamas. Co-hosts: Carnegie Newsletter and Carnegie Reading Room. Everyone welcome.

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LEARN THE BIG DRUM with John Sam Tuesday October 30, 2pm – 4pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Free John Sam of Love Medicine leads a regular workshop to learn the big drum at Oppenheimer Park. For the Festival, John will spend the afternoon with us so everyone can have an opportunity to learn rhythm and protocol of the big drum.

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BLOCK PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP with WePress + Queer ASL Tuesday October 30, 6pm – 8pm WePress, 9 W. Hastings Free Join WePress for a free block printmaking workshop. Draw, carve, and print your own rubber blocks on paper or fabric. Make cards, artwork, patches, and more! Print onto your own clothing or use fabric and/or paper provided. Open to all. Snacks, materials, and ASL Interpretation provided. A collaboration between DTES Heart of the City Festival, WePress, Queer ASL, and Powell Street Festival Society.

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SEEDS AND ROOTS: A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT Tuesday October 30, 6pm – 8pm Listening Post, 382 Main Exhibit: October 30 to November 30 Free Celebrate Seeds and Roots: a community art project, where the artwork created at workshops and summer street fairs will go on display at the Listening Post. Led by community activist and artist Karen Thorpe, participants have made creations using seeds, roots and found natural materials, mounted on cedar shingles. Watch for more details about a ceremony to happen in late November to burn this fragile artwork and honour those who have planted seeds of hope and roots of justice in this community.

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AN EVENING OF POETRY, PROSE AND MUSIC Tuesday October 30, 6:30pm – 8:30pm InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Free The Carnegie African Descent Group and the Hogan’s Alley Society present an evening of poetry, prose and music with three prolific African Canadian poets who will read from their recent works with musical interludes. Guests include: poet Cecily Nicholson, recent administrator of Gallery Gachet and author of From the Poplars, winner of the 2015 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize; Chelene Knight, writer and editor, who is working on a novel set in Hogan’s Alley; Haitian Canadian spoken word poet Junie Désil who juggles writing with life; and musician, Brandon Mwanacocha, a Zimbabwean UBC student and mbira player who brings a unique touch to the world of poetry with live background tunes. Lama Mugabo is the host for the evening.

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JD and THE SUNSHINE BAND Wednesday October 31, 4pm – 5pm VANDU, 380 E. Hastings Free JD and the Sunshine Band gather stories, slang and humour off the streets of Winnipeg, give them a backbeat and melody, and return them to the road with a new swagger. The results are pure Winnipeg, like Slurpees in January. The band, a collaboration between musicians and street-involved people, has been highlighting the unique language of the streets since 2013. The band has embarked on their first tour to the west coast and the Festival is delighted they are visiting our community and sharing their music with us. They are collecting stories and recordings along their journey, and these stories will be turned into songs and released on their new album Headlines due out in spring of 2019. Come on out and feel the heat of the Sunshine!

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Wednesday October 31, 10am – 3pm 2pm tour of church St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova On Wednesdays between the hours of 10am and 2pm, St. James’ main church welcomes visitors for prayer or to look around and explore the main sanctuary. The regular Wednesday Mass is at 12:10pm. Today there is Organ Music! The St. James’ church building has a fascinating and unusual layout and architectural style. At 2pm, join a free tour around the building with expert Allan Duncan and learn it’s secrets! All are welcome.

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WAX POETIC on CO-OP RADIO Wednesday October 31, 2pm – 2:30pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM Join hosts RC Weslowski, Pamela Bentley, and Kevin Spenst as they visit with poet laureates from across the country, the latest up and coming poetry slammers, the most seasoned touring spoken word artists, and poets with new books hot off the presses! They let each poem guide the conversation to see how the words and the world inspire.

WeDNESDAY OCtoBeR 31 DID YOU KNOW? ABOUT MARY LEE CHAN AND THE SPOTA VOLUNTEERS WHO FOUGHT CITY HALL TO STOP A FREEWAY?

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BODY LANGUAGE: REAWAKENING CULTURAL TATTOOING OF THE NORTHWEST Wednesday October 31, 2pm Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby Free Engage in a guided exploration and discussion of the themes of personal adornment and identity in the current exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery. Body Language is the first exhibition to fully explore the rich history and artistry of Indigenous tattooing, piercing and personal adornment on the Northwest Coast. The contemporary artists included in the exhibition are at the forefront of the revival of Indigenous tattooing in BC and examine the symbolism, oral traditions, songs and artistry within their region. For more info: www.billreidgallery.ca.

CARNEGie HALlOwE’EN DANCE Wednesday October 31, 7pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free

Featuring Leonard and the Lab Rats, a Vancouver blues act who have been playing together for fifteen years. The band performs roots and electric themed music from the 30s to the 70s and their style weaves through blues, soul and jazz. Acoustic bass, electric guitar, harmonica and drums. Come dressed in your most creative costumes to win a prize!

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EAST END BLUES and ALL THAT JAZZ Wednesday Oct 31 to Saturday Nov 3, 8pm matinee Sat Nov 3, 2pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova $30/25 (inc. s/c + GST). Tickets at door or advance sales: 604-689-0926, boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca, or www.Firehallartscentre.ca see page 30

Mary Lee and Walter Chan were in the forefront of one of the most important turning points in Vancouver’s history. The city planned to wipe out big chunks of today’s Strathcona, Chinatown and Gastown for new apartment buildings, an eight lane freeway to downtown and a third crossing over Burrard Inlet. By 1968, after nine blocks of the neighbourhood had been demolished, Mary and Walter stepped up to the plate. Residents wanted to keep their homes. Even though she was working three jobs, she began to knock on doors with the help of Bessie Lee and others. Soon hundreds of people were involved. By November 1968, they formed SPOTA, the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Union and were joined by merchants, action groups, “Yuppies”, artists and university professors. Every time Mary Chan was told that the decision had already been made, it was too late – she refused to compromise and kept building her coalition. With the help of regular updates, meetings, tea and baked goods, they kept the community involved, built allies across the city and all levels of government. After Mary met with Federal Housing Minister Paul Helyer, he announced a freeze of federal funds for urban renewal. Officials finally abandoned urban renewal in favor of rehabilitating existing housing, investing in innovative social housing programs and a Neighbourhood Improvement Fund that launched a cultural renaissance. Today there is a “Places That Matter Plaque” at 658 Keefer Street that pays tribute to Mary Lee and Walter Chan; and a mosaic by local artists Richard Tetrault and Jerry Whitehead that pays tribute to SPOTA.

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A Musical Tribute to the East End’s historic Black Residential Community Wednesday to Saturday, October 31 – November 3, 8 pm Saturday November 3, 2 pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova $30/$25, at door (incl. GST & service charges) Advance tix: 604.689.0926; www.Firehallartscentre.ca or boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca, Inspired by stories from residents past and present of Vancouver, East End Blues & All That Jazz is a concert curated and co-written by the late Denis Simpson and Savannah Walling with contributions from the GIbson family and others. The production’s music is directed by Bill Costin and features some of our favourite artists: lead singers Candus Churchill and Tom Pickett, emcee Khari Wendell McClelland, musicians Bill Costin (piano) and Tim Stacey (bass), and guest singers Dalannah Gail Bowen and – at selected performances – Thelma Gibson. East End Blues & All That Jazz premiered at the 2006 DTES Heart of the City Festival and was remounted in 2009 and 2011, where it sold out before it opened. Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre and the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. “What an enlightening journey this has been – on a personal as well as an historic level – to delve into the history of the Black community in Vancouver and the East End. Stories and songs of times gone by help us celebrate the past, live in the present and look to the future. They also teach how we can come together as a community – despite our seeming differences – to nurture compassion, understanding and respect; and, to effect positive change.” – Denis Simpson, Co-writer and Director (2006 & 2009)

A MUSICAL FAMILY “I’m from a show business family. I grew up in the Downtown Eastside and was familiar with, knew or was related to some of the people that will be mentioned in the show. There was always music, old blues, jazz and spirituals in our home. At our family reunion and picnics, everyone HAD to sing, dance or play an instrument. My grandfather played banjo and sang and taught everyone to sing parts. My brother Len was born dancing and did so all his life, he taught us all. The East End was full of talented artists. My dad was a great bluegrass guitarist and taught all of my uncles how to play. My uncle Austin Phillips was a local bal-

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lader. Mom sang all the time. McLean Playground used to have dances in the summer at which we would all help.” – Chic Gibson One hundred years ago, the Gibson siblings’ grandparents, along with 1,000 other black men, women and children, emigrated north from Oklahoma and Texas, leaving behind the post-Civil war racism to build new lives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Their parents, in turn, left northern Alberta for Vancouver during the early 1930s, leaving behind drought and grasshopper plagues – and the bitterly cold winters. Chic, Thelma, and Leonard Gibson grew up in Vancouver’s East End where they attended Strathcona School. Leonard choreographed the show routines he and his siblings performed at their parent’s restaurant the Country Club Inn (473-475 East Powell), at night clubs like the Mandarin Gardens Supper Club (98 East Pender), and the Harlem Nocturne (343 East Hastings) run by their uncle trombonist Ernie King and his wife Marcella. All three siblings grew up to be accomplished artists, performing with the Lenny Gibson Dancers, in most of Vancouver’s nightclubs, as well as Theatre Under the Stars and in Bamboula: the first CBC musical variety television series produced in Vancouver. Created by Leonard, Bamboula was the first program with an interracial cast, and included Vancouver’s “first lady of jazz” Eleanor Collins (Order of Canada). The first black dancer in Canada to train in classical ballet, Leonard went on to dance, choreograph and teach across North America and Europe. Their brother Sylvester Risby performed for over forty years with the Night Train Review. Chic performed in nightclubs, theatre, TV, and was the first Black Canadian to work for BC Hydro. Thelma toured internationally, worked in nightclubs in Canada, Europe and the West Indies and taught Afro-Cuban drumming and dance to upcoming generations in Vancouver. The siblings received multiple honours and awards for their contributions to the black community and for their achievements in the performing arts. Thelma’s motto: “There’s no such word as can’t”.

HOGAN’S ALLEY According to Places That Matter, a community history resource, “Hogan’s Alley was the unofficial name for a T-shaped intersection at the southwestern edge of Strathcona that formed the nucleus of Vancouver’s first concentrated black community.” The ethnically diverse area was home for many black families,

African Methodist Foundation Chapel Church picnic circa summer 1935. Photo courtesy Chic Gibson & Family

black businesses, and the city’s only black church — the African Methodist Episcopal Fountain Chapel. Most of the alley was destroyed in the early 1970s by the construction of the Georgia Viaduct, the first phase of a planned interurban freeway. The freeway was stopped by a grassroots community action, but not before the Georgia Viaduct Replacement Project demolished many of the areas buildings, displaced its businesses, and displaced the city’s first and last concentrated residential black community. “The name Hogan’s Alley first appeared back in 1895 in a comic strip about a lively working class New York City neighbourhood; soon districts all over North American were dubbed Hogan’s Alley. By the 1920s and 1930s, the name was applied to this East End area brimming with life – not in the alley of course – but emanating from the cafes, nightclubs, eateries, businesses, and bootlegging houses spread along either side, run by Italian, Chinese and black entrepreneurs. People from the West End joined working Eastenders for good food, relaxation, and laughter while wellheeled men did business or political deals in the back groups.” – East End Blues & All that Jazz

Leonard Gibson, Mandarin Gardens circa 1947. courtesy Chic Gibson & Family.

East End Blues & All That Jazz, 2009, Carnegie Community Centre. Bill Costin, Timothy Stacey, Thelma Gibson. Photo Ken Tabata.

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BLOCK PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP with WePress Thursday November 1, 10am – 12 pm Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main Free Join us for a free block printmaking workshop. Draw, carve, and print your own rubber blocks on paper or fabric. Make cards, artwork, patches, and more! Print onto your own clothing or use our fabric and/or paper. Open to all. Snacks and materials provided. Supported by the Vancouver Foundation and the City of Vancouver. A collaboration between DTES Heart of the City Festival, WePress, Aboriginal Front Door, and Powell Street Festival Society.

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ONE CASE, TWO CASE, THREE CASE Thursday November 1, 4:30pm – 6pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Exhibit November 1 to November 29 Free The Festival is pleased to exhibit artwork created in the Carnegie and Oppenheimer communities. In One Case, you’ll see drawings on paper by Stanley Paul; in Two Case, Bernadette Phan and Carnegie Cultural Sharing display cultural paintings; and in Three Case the Carnegie Seniors display handicrafts made during workshops in knitting, paper cutting and more. To kick off the exhibit, the opening reception features the new Cultural Sharing Drum Group!

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KLA HOW YA on CO-OP RADIO Thursday November 1, 5pm – 6pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM Exploring indigenous people's struggle for freedom and liberation, with news, interviews and music. For the final radio program of a series curated for this year’s Heart of the City Festival theme “Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope”, host Gunargie O’Sullivan invites a discussion about the current Missing and Murdered Women Enquiry. Guests will include: family members of missing and murdered women; support workers of women and families; and Robin Banks who presented at the 2017 Inquiry to speak about children aging out of foster care and their subsequent disappearances or murders.

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CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE, AN EVENING OF ART, POETRY AND MUSIC Thursday November 1, 5:30pm – 7:30pm UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main Free Building on their previous Heart of the City Festival open mic events, the UBC Learning Exchange is hosting Cracks in the Concrete, an evening to artistically celebrate the green spaces of the Downtown Eastside. They will feature collaborations with DTES community organizations, a presentation of their own nature-based workshops from 2018, a green space photography exhibit featuring artwork, and poems created by the Learning Exchange’s patrons. There will be great snacks and, of course, some amazing live music to top it all off. Come join the Learning Exchange to sing, dance and learn as they pay tribute to all things green!

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COAST SALISH & SYRIAN LONG TABLE DINNER Thursday November 1, 6pm – 8pm Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 E. Hastings $0-20: advance sales raycamlongtable.eventbrite.ca; community tickets at Ray-Cam Meet new neighbours with this special Long Table welcome dinner featuring a gourmet meal with an intercultural menu that includes Indigenous and Syrian cuisine. During the dinner, there will be poetry, music and conversation. Community tickets sponsored by the Heart of the City Festival and available from Ray-Cam front desk. Produced by RayCam Renew.

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SPACES & PLACES – PART 1: The history of art making in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Thursday November 1, 7pm – 8:30pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free, see below for information This panel, moderated by Terry Hunter (Artistic Producer, Heart of the City Festival), will explore the history of artmaking in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) from 1960 – 1990. Panelists include: Donna Spencer, founding director and Artistic Producer of the Firehall Arts Centre; Richard Tetrault, painter, printmaker and muralist; Hank Bull, co-founder of Centre A and longtime member of Western Front; and Sean Gunn, community activist, poet, and musician. This is a co-presentation of Heart of the City Festival and the DTES Small Arts Grant Program, generously supported by SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs Department. The first of three discussions about creative spaces + places in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). Space is limited. If you would like to reserve a space, or request interpretive services please email dtesartsgrants@gmail.com.

The Downtown Eastside/Strathcona is blessed with a rich history of Canadians of African descent who have made significant contributions to our community and the city of Vancouver. To pay tribute to the black community of Vancouver’s historic east-end, Strathcona’s Creative Cultural Collaborations Society, in partnership with Vancouver Moving Theatre, produced the Black Strathcona Interactive Media Project, the centrepiece of which is ten short videos that celebrate some of the extraordinary people and places that made the neighbourhood vibrant and unique. Performers present the stories, combining oral history with rarely seen archival photographs and films. Although viewers from anywhere in the world can take a virtual web tour at www.blackstrathcona.com, we invite you to walk the streets of the neighbourhood to experience history come to life on this self-guided tour.

INTERACTIVE MEDIA BLACK STRATHCONA SELF-GUIDED TOUR Free The Black Strathcona Project is an interactive way to experience the community first hand. Use your smartphone or iPad and follow the map on the website (www. blackstrathcona.com). Walk the neighbhourhood to hear stories at ten locations. At each location, use the QR codes on the street plaques to download the video. Visit blackstrathcona.com/interactivity for information on the type of app you need for your smartphone.

Note: due to lobby renovations, the World Art Centre is only accessible via the Cordova courtyard entrance.

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EAST END BLUES & ALL THAT JAZZ Thursday November 1, 8pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova $30/25 (inc. s/c + GST). Tickets at door or advance sales: 604-689-0926; boxofﬁce@ﬁrehallartscentre.ca, or www. Firehallartscentre.ca Also October 31, November 2, November 3 See page 30 for description

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TRADING PLACES: UN ÉCHANGE Thursday November 1, 8pm 8EAST, 8 E. Pender Suggested donation at the door $10 – $20 no one turned away for lack of funds One of Vancouver’s premier improvising ensembles, the NOW Society Ensemble, joins the Trading Places: Un Resident Artists Montréal guests Ida Toninato (saxophone) and Émilie GerardCharest (cello) in a concert of improvised music inspired by the Heart of the City Festival theme, "Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope". With JP Carter on trumpet, Lisa Cay Miller on piano, and Kenton Loewen on drums. Trading Places: Un Échange is a vibrant residency program begun in 2016 that takes place in Montréal and Vancouver, two of Canada’s foremost centres of improvised music. / Trading Places: Un Échange est un programme de résidence dynamique qui a débuté en 2016 et qui se déroule à Montréal et à Vancouver, deux des principaux centres de musique improvisée au Canada. The Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, Music on Main, the NOW Society, Suoni Per Il Popolo and the Western Front curate in collaboration, providing support for artistic practice and opportunities for growth through cultural exchange.

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ARTS RATIONAL Thursday November 1, 9pm – 12am Live Broadcast Co-op Radio 100.5FM As the 15th Annual DTES Heart of the City Festival nears its final weekend, there are still many great events to attend. Tune in to this live broadcast and find out what’s happening. Hosts Gerry Kowalenko and Jay Hamburger interview Jim Sands who will talk about the various events he is involved with at this year’s Heart of the City Festival, including leading the project Journeys of Hope: A Storytelling Cabaret at Carnegie. Other invited storytelling guests will join in to share their own stories. An exciting and innovative evening of storytelling, and a show to listen to for those interested in creative writing!

PUBLIC ART “Resilience” Community Mural 121 Heatley Street Congratulations to the makers of the community mural Resilience! "What keeps you going when times get tough?” This was the question posed for a series of workshops led by artists Cate Wikelund and Jenny Hawkinson. The overwhelming response from participants was “growth in the midst of adversity; the importance of community support and the buoyancy of hope.” Forty community members painted the final design from workshop input, which depicts the struggle of salmon, the longevity of old growth forest, and growth from decay and new life. Images of cedar weaving honour the coastal Indigenous people and waves of water honour the Japanese heritage and fishing industry of our community. Stroll by and have a look! “Resilience” Community Mural was created in partnership with Jacob’s Well, Strathcona Vineyard, and Servants Community in September 2017, with the support of building owner Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards. Funded by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE NƏ́ C̓ A ʔMAT CT? The Vancouver Branch Library at 730 E. Hastings is named nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona, encompassing the idea of ‘we are one’ in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Musqueam) language. The first syllable nə́c̓ is pronounced in a way that’s very similar to the English word nuts. The unstressed aʔ is identical to the underlined vowel in but. The “a” in the last syllable is the same as the underlined vowel in father. “mat” also rhymes with the name Mott as in Mott’s Clamato juice. The two letters at the end sound like “tst”. To hear the pronunciation: www.vpl.ca/nə́c̓aʔmat-ct-strathcona.

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SINISTER SENIORS VS THE PIPELINE Friday November 2, 2pm – 3pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free

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We have long known Johanna Hauser for her work bringing great chamber music to the 'Carnegie Classics’ series for the past twenty years. Now we find out she’s also a ‘sinister senior’ (according to the Supreme Court of BC); Johanna was arrested and found guilty of criminal disobedience for blocking Trans Mountain pipeline construction. She and her fellow arrestees will use spoken word and music to describe their experience in a program that is sure to bring tears and laughter in equal measure!

VANCOUVER POLICE MUSEUM Friday November 2, 9am – 5pm Vancouver Police Museum, 240 E. Cordova, 2nd floor Free Also Friday October 26 One of Vancouver’s most interesting attractions, the Vancouver Police Museum is located in the former Coroner’s Courtroom. Built in 1932, the building is a municipally designated heritage structure and houses an extensive collection relating to the history of policing in Vancouver. Check out the museum's new exhibit, exploring the 100 year history of the Vancouver Police Traffic Section. Join museum staff for a fifteen minute exhibit talk at 11:15am and 2:15pm on both days. For more information: 604-665-3346 or www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca or check out facebook and twitter! Everyone welcome.

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THE SOJOURNERS Friday November 2 9:30am Lord Strathcona Elementary School 592 E. Pender 1:15pm Admiral Seymour Elementary School 1130 Keefer Students, parents, and teachers only It is a special day for the schools in the neighbourhood as the internationally renowned recording artists The Sojourners roll in to perform. The Festival is thrilled to welcome singers Marcus Mosely, Will Sanders and Khari McClelland and their incredible sound, energy and commitment. “One of the ways to keep your centre, your spiritual centre is to sing”, says Mosely. “For us, singing gospel music and the message of social justice are inextricably bound together.” Echoes of doo wop, R&B, country and blues weave together with gospel to create a unique sound that has all but vanished from today’s world. The Sojourners will also perform at the Ukrainian Hall Community Concert; see Sunday Nov 4 for more information.

Johanna Hauser - March 17, 2018 Pipeline protest

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CRAFTS AND CONVERSATION Friday November 2, 2pm – 5pm Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby Free The Bill Reid Gallery presents a special day with the Carnegie Cultural Sharing Drum Group and guest workshop facilitators. Experience two exhibitions – Interface: The woven artwork of Jaad Kuujus; and Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest. Interface explores the intricate textile works and cedar weavings of Kakwaka’wakw and Haida artist Jaad Juujus/Meghann O’Brien. Body Language is the first exhibition to fully explore the rich history and artistry of Indigenous tattooing, piercing and personal adornment on the Northwest Coast. For more info: www.billreidgallery.ca.

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An open archive of print and audiovisual materials from the Woodward's Squat, or Woodsquat. In 2002, a coalition of radical organizers and homeless people occupied the vacant Woodward's department store in the Downtown Eastside to demand the building be converted into social housing. After three months of defending the occupation, Woodsquat was evicted by police and the building was redeveloped as a condo megaplex in 2010. This event reopens the legacy of the Woodsquat action and the urgency of its demands on today's struggle for housing. Videographer Sid Chow Tan – a longtime community activist in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside – recorded the people and action; he will attend to share his insights.

The Phoenix Gallery is an underground studio/gallery run collectively by an eclectic mix of eight to ten artists in the Downtown Eastsied. They create work that ranges from painting to pottery, from weaving to conceptual art. This group show is an exhibition of their unique and provocative works.

WOODSQUAT OPEN ARCHIVE Friday November 2, 2pm – 5pm 221A / Pollyanna 圖書館 Library, 221 E. Georgia Free

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MAN ALONE Eva Zogaris Friday November 2, 3pm – 4pm EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Exhibition October 30 to November 4 Free Man Alone is a ceramic installation that reminds viewers of how human lives are shaped by the urban environments where they live. The project recreates a vast visual field of two divergent cityscapes; one part is made of ceramic single family housing units and the other, of slim ceramic tubes to symbolize modern urban apartment blocks. The project is an outcry against urban development that can drive people into desperate isolation. Eva Zogaris holds an MA in Art History from UBC, and has worked in various art mediums: iconography, textiles and for the past twenty years, with ceramics. Eva is the recipient of a DTES Small Arts Grant towards this project.

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PHOENIX GALLERY GROUP SHOW Friday November 2, 6pm – 9pm Phoenix Gallery, 45 W. Hastings (alley entrance) Free

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SRO STARS Friday November 2, 7:30pm – 9pm InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings entrance on Carrall Free Documentary theatre that sizzles with life from the mental health worldview of five writers: Jaeger Cormack, Ali Khan, Sandra Yuen MacKay, Lenore Rowntree, and Ana Smith. With unabashedly honest insights, the cast presents the true stories of the writers: Ana who believes she’s on the verge of stardom misled by hallucinatory voices; Jaeger who throws a birthday party in his 9’ x 10’ SRO that has no window; Sandra a frustrated Asian writer who lives with schizophrenia in a white community; Ali whose inner cave life includes tormentors Fox and Donkey; and Lenore who tries to show she is normal and only her sister with schizophrenia is not — a guaranteed boomerang for Lenore. Developed with the support of Petra Thaddeus (stage manager), the Motivation Power & Achievement Society, and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. There will be a talkback after the production.

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CARNEGIE JAZZ BAND: A TRIBUTE TO AL NEIL Friday November 2, 7pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free The Festival is thrilled to invite jazz lovers to this musical tribute to Al Neil, the late Vancouver jazz man, longtime Downtown Eastside Strathcona resident, and recent recipient of the Vancouver Mayors Award for Lifetime Achievement. Joining the Carnegie Jazz Band, tutored by multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Brad Muirhead, are three of Vancouver’s finest creative musicians: Greg Simpson (drums) and Paul Plimley (piano), both of whom played with Al; and bass man Tommy Babbin. An evening of live jazz featuring music that Al loved: jazz standards and off the chart improvisation and experimentation. This one is for you, Al!

AL NEIL (1924 – 2017) There are artists who make their mark in their medium and then there are artists like Al Neil who reign over all media. Jazz musician and composer, performance artist, collagist and writer, Neil’s influence spilled far beyond these media to speak to being an artist in this place.

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Fiercely cross-disciplinary and non-commercial, his work influenced so many in Vancouver and beyond. Born off Main Street in Vancouver in 1924, he never strayed far from East Vancouver, eventually settling between his home in Strathcona and the Blue Cabin in Dollarton.

All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy Souls, or the Faithful Departed; that is, the souls of Christians who have died. On this day we remember deceased relatives and loved ones. There will be a full choir at this service. If you would like the name of someone who has died added to the list to be prayed for, please contact the office at office@stjames.bc.ca. All are welcome.

Neil fought in World War II in the invasion at Normandy and returned with what he called “the ceaseless nagging of invisible ghosts” that fueled his lifelong struggle with drugs and alcohol though it never stopped him.

ALL SOULS’ DAY MASS Friday November 2, 6:30pm St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova

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EAST END BLUES & ALL THAT JAZZ Friday November 2, 8pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova $30/25 (inc. s/c + GST). Tickets at door or advance sales: 604-689-0926; boxofﬁce@ﬁrehallartscentre.ca or www.Firehallartscentre.ca Also October 31, November 1, November 3

From the Cellar jazz club (50s), the Al Neil Trio and Intermedia (60s), to the Western Front (70s – 80s), Al reigned over improvisational jazz before turning to writing (late 60s), performance art (70s), and collage (late 70s – 80s); he produced a rich and coherent body of work. Neil redefined what being an artist was in this place and the debt of gratitude spread across the many artists’ communities of Vancouver. Al and his partner Carole Itter’s influence will be felt for generations to come. – Glenn Alteen

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Led by Olivier Wong, the Carnegie Chinese Seniors Choir has been meeting every week for the past twenty years to share their love of singing. Come enjoy a cup of tea and listen in as the group sings both Chinese traditional folk songs and contemporary numbers, all in a cappella!

Our journey to justice takes us on a road with many ups and downs. Along the way there are frustrations, turning points and accomplishments. We celebrate our successes, mourn our losses and gain clarity about challenges ahead by sharing stories. Join us for an afternoon of true stories from real life, as well as traditional stories and folktales from around the world as told by Downtown Eastside storytellers. Curated and facilitated by Jim Sands, an East Vancouver based storyteller, actor, songwriter, musician and occasional clown. Jim participated in the 2003 Downtown Eastside Community Play: In the Heart of a City.

CARNEGIE CHINESE SENIORS CHOIR Saturday November 3, 9:45am – 10:30am Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free

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VANCOUVER TEA FESTIVAL Saturday November 3, 10am – 5pm Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 E. Pender & Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Ticket information: www.vancouverteafestival.ca Also Sunday November 4

JOURNEYS OF HOPE: A STORYTELLING CABARET Saturday November 3, 1pm – 2:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free

The 5th Annual Tea Festival features leading exhibitors from throughout the tea world who are gathering to create a true pancultural celebration of tea. Features a marketplace, presentations, and tastings galore. For all budgets! Explore the world of tea and taste extraordinary examples of one of the world's most beloved beverages! Presented by Vancouver Tea Society in collaboration with venue partner Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.

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OUR CHINATOWN SOUNDSCAPE with Youth Collaborative for Chinatown 青心在唐人街 and Jorma Kujala (Vancouver Soundwalk Collective) Saturday November 3, 11am – 12:30pm Meet in the lobby entrance of Sun Wah Centre 268 Keefer. $10; pay what you can for local residents Join in a soundwalk of Chinatown: a unique experience of the area’s rich cultural character and the underlying rhythms of its daily rituals and social practices, some of which are increasingly endangered and disappearing from the neighbourhood’s iconic soundscape. A soundwalk is a group excursion in deep listening. We will walk without speaking, tapping into the sonic resonances that create Chinatown’s deep sense of place, which often take a back seat to our other senses. Our route will traverse the area’s historic and contemporary soundscapes, ending with a post-walk discussion to share listening experiences with one another. Rain or shine, please dress appropriately, wear comfortable footwear for walking on all types of terrain, and limit belongings. Please note Chinatown sites are narrow, have little or no seating, and may require climbing stairs.

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HASTINGS STREET BAND Saturday November 3, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free It’s music in the streets! Dance to the sounds of the Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans style jazz and blues. Led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Brad Muirhead, the band is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.

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EAST END BLUES & ALL THAT JAZZ Saturday November 3, 2pm & 8pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova $30/25 (inc. s/c + GST). Tickets at door or advance sales: 604-689-0926; boxofﬁce@ﬁrehallartscentre.ca, or www. Firehallartscentre.ca Also October 31, November 1, November 2 See page 30 for description

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CHINATOWN GENERATIONS Saturday November 3, 1pm – 5:30pm Sun Wah Centre, 268 Keefer 4th floor Free The fourth floor of BC Artscape Sun Wah Project is pleased to host an afternoon celebrating the intergenerational community of Chinatown and its ongoing generation of cultural heritage. Enjoy this chock-full afternoon: view a photo exhibition by and of Urban Farming Poh-Pohs (grannies) and their growing of veggies this summer in the parking lot at East Hastings and Jackson; join in the Cantonese and Mandarin language workshop on vegetables by Mark Lee of Onion Language Centre; view a screening of the documentary, In Chinatown, directed by Stephanie Chong and Bryce Quan; and sit down and join in the “Hot+Noisy” mahjong workshop led by Youth Collaborative for Chinatown青心在唐人街.

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BOAT STITCHING CIRCLE Saturday November 3, 1pm – 4pm Trillium North Park, False Creek East, Malkin & Thornton Free Assist with the Land & Sea Project and the final stitching of a waterbound coracle: a water vessel made with willow, waxed cotton and salmon leather. Using a variation of the waterproof stitch – a technique taught to the EartHand Gleaners by Alaskan artists June and Charlie Pardue – the weavers are stitching and beading their way towards this single person vessel they hope to take to the water next spring. Facilitated by Rebecca Graham and other EartHand artists and community skill holders. Light refreshments served. The EartHand Gleaners community brings many people together to share skills and research traditional knowledge; they call Trillium their semi-permanent home. Dress for the weather as the stitching is outdoors under shelter. Find out more at earthand.com.

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ROY & JANET Theatre Terriﬁc Saturday November 3, 2pm – 2:30pm Woodward's Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Free “Take all men as your brothers; all women as your sisters; and all children as your sons and daughters.” – Matshona Dhliwayo The group at Theatre Terrific looked at the famous play, Romeo and Juliet, and decided what really mattered were the two tribes that kept Romeo and Juliet apart. So...the cast and crew of varied cultures, abilities and genders created a musical that dances, sings, and tells a humorous, fierce story of two tribes and what keeps them apart. The Woodwards Atrium is a crossroads where tourists, office workers, homeless, artists, street vendors, parents, children, salespeople, students and almost every level of society pass each other daily and is the perfect place to ask: "What keeps us apart and what can bring us together?" Produced by Theatre Terrific, a company who support artists of all abilities to create provocative theatre.

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MADE IN CANADA Saturday November 3, 2pm – 4pm DTES Neighbourhood House, 573 E. Hastings Free Where does our food come from? Who grows it? Who is nourished by it? Join playwright Pedro Chamale and experience words and music from Made in Canada, his play-in-progress that brings temporary foreign farm workers centre stage – the unseen people who plant, tend, and harvest. Come and share seasonal food and stories in a family-friendly event that reveals some hidden links in Canada's food chain. Presented with PTC (Playwrights Theatre Centre).

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DTES WRITERS COLLECTIVE Saturday November 3, 3pm – 3:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free The Downtown Eastside is blessed to be home to numerous writers, poets and essayists, and to inspiring writing groups. When the highly regarded Thursdays Writing Collective said goodbye after ten years, the writers picked up the pen and started a new group, the DTES Writers Collective, which continues to meet weekly. We are excited to host them at their first Heart of the City Festival appearance. Come and hear what they have to say!

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RED JAM SLAM Saturday November 3, 3pm – 8pm Livestream CJSF 90.1 FM Caveman Café, 88 W. Pender Free

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VANCOUVER’S NEW POET LAUREATE Hip Hop artist Christie Lee Charles, a participant in many Heart of the City Festival events, has been named Vancouver’s first Indigenous poet laureate until 2020. Christie Charles incorporates traditional knowledge, stories and ancient Musqueam dialect into her music. Her father Henry Charles was a well known Musqueam Elder and storyteller who worked as an Elder for the DUDES Club, a support group for men in the Downtown Eastside.

The Festival is pleased to present Red Jam Slam with live performances and a Live Remote that is going national! Curated and hosted by Festival Multimedia Artist in Residence Gunargie O’Sullivan; presented with the Red Jam Slam Society, CJSF 90.1 FM, and Caveman Café. The incredible lineup of guest performers includes Christie Charles, Musqueam mom, rap artist and Vancouver’s poet laureate; followed by Ruth Alfred and the drumming group Golden Eagles; and joining the afternoon is Culture Saves Lives. Late Night with Savages co-host Valeen Jules will share her original poetry; Nimkish Young Ing, Cree, Chinese and Tlowitsis singer-songwriter with a passion for the light takes the microphone; ‪Nayden LA Palosaari, actor, singer and songwriter with The mechanical god PROJECT performs; followed by long time favourite Bees Knees who belts out jazz and blues. By late afternoon Aisha, an amazing young singer featured on Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show on APTN, will appear; followed by the acoustic roots sounds of Haisla with Nasty, Brutish & Short (Haisla Collins, Lorenzo Watters, the Reverend Gabriel Hebert, and Father Theo). In the final hour we’ll hear Jesse Ogen who plays a mean guitar; and RedSoulBluez closes off with the emotional dynamics of the blues; ending the broadcast with a jam; it’s Red Slam Jam! The Red Jam Slam Society encourages strategies that honour Aboriginal voices, and encourages all to participate with continued growth, presence and expression. For full schedule and lineup: Red Jam Slam: facebook.com/ redjamslam With special thanks to CJSF for providing the live feed and simulcasting to other on-air stations to enable this year’s Red Jam Slam to reach nationally far and wide! On the air – cjsf.ca / 90.1 FM – and networked to – nuxalkradio.com / 99.1 FM; coopradio.org / 100.5 FM; and citr.ca / 101.9 FM. Livestream – on Facebook – facebook.com/redjamslam

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Be a part of the live audience and witness live radio at the Caveman Cafe!

CARNEGIE SING ALONG CHOIR Saturday November 3, 6:30pm – 9:30pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Free The Carnegie Sing Along Choir, led by local guitarist Mike Richter, meets regularly twice a week to raise their voices in song. For the Festival they bring the regular session to you, the audience. It’s a choir! It’s a sing-along! Pull up a chair, find the lyrics or the sheet music, and raise your voice with the Sing Along Choir. We are harmony!

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DTES POETS OPEN MIC Saturday November 3, 7pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free

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Downtown Eastside poets and writers meet on the first Saturday of every month to read original poetry, plays, prose and works-inprogress. The evening is free, it’s friendly, and it’s packed with local talent both on the microphone and in the audience. Special featured guest for the evening is Mercedes Eng, who writes and makes textbased art in Vancouver, unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and TsleilWaututh territories. She is the author of Mercenary English, a long poem about violence and resistance in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, and Prison Industrial Complex Explodes, winner of the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Sign up for a ten minute spot at the Open Mic. Hosted by Diane Wood.

Award ceremony, 2017

SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST AWARD CEREMONY Saturday November 3, 4pm – 5pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Sandy Cameron was one of the best-loved writers to ever publish work in the Carnegie Newsletter. Sandy consistently contributed essays and poetry, sharing stories of the low income neighbourhood’s 100 year struggle for human rights. This writing contest, now in its third year, was established to honour Sandy, to support local writers, and to encourage many never-before published writers to submit their work for publication. This year the contest focuses on essay-writing and poetry. Its an exciting and inspiring event, with Jean Swanson awarding the prizes to the announced award winning writers; in turn each award winning writer will read the writing they submitted to the contest. The free twice-monthly Carnigie newsletter is now available online at www.carnegienewsletter.org.

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CALL MR. ROBESON – A LIFE, WITH SONGS Saturday November 3, 8pm St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova $20/$15. Tickets at door or advance sales: call-mr-robeson.eventbrite.ca

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The Festival is thrilled to build bridges internationally and present from Liverpool, England, Nigerian-born Tayo Aluko in his award-winning one man play Call Mr. Robeson – A life, with songs. This inspiring piece of biographical musical theatre explores the remarkable life and rollercoaster journey of the legendary Paul Robeson, African-American actor, singer and forerunner of the civil rights movement. The play highlights Mr. Robeson’s pioneering and heroic political activism, and features fiery oratory, famous songs such as Ol’ Man River, and a defiant testimony to the House of Un-American Activities Committee. Musical accompaniment by Elaine Joe, pianist, composer and teacher, who has worked extensively with Downtown Eastside artists and organizations and is resident pianist with Barvinok Ukrainian choir.

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ALL SAINTS’ DAY PROCESSION & HIGH MASS Sunday November 4, 10:30am St. James’ Anglican Church 303 E. Cordova On All Saints we remember those who have gone before us witnessing to the truth of the gospel. The High Mass with Choir and Procession will celebrate the Saints of Christendom with pageantry, traditional ritual and inspiring music. All are welcome to attend.

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VANCOUVER TEA FESTIVAL Sunday November 4, 11am – 4pm Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 E. Pender & Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Ticket information: www.vancouverteafestival.ca Also Saturday November 3 See description November 3

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HASTINGS STREET BAND Sunday November 4, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & W. Hastings Free The Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans style jazz and blues return to the streets of the Downtown Eastside. Led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Brad Muirhead, the band is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.

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CANZINE: FESTIVAL OF ZINES & UNDERGROUND CULTURE Sunday November 4, 1pm – 7pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards 149 W. Hastings Free Hundreds of zines, books, comics, and small press vendors from across the West Coast! A full day of panels, workshops, programming for kids and teens. From 2pm to 5pm, make-a-zine drop-in for kids, families and all-ages; and from 1pm to 7pm the Global Zine Project, a hands-on exhibition to explore underground scenes from New Zealand to Zaire. At 4pm, a panel discussion with the Vancouver Noir Small Press Resurgence. Canzine is organized by Broken Pencil: The Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts. Contact canzine@brokenpencil.com or visit canzine.ca for more information. Note: due to lobby renovations, the World Art Centre is only accessible via the Cordova courtyard entrance.

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FESTIVAL KARAOKE Sunday November 4, 7pm – 9pm Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free Drop in to the Evelyne Saller Centre for Heart of the City Festival Karaoke! Everyone loves the chance to try out their favourite song and sing their hearts out. Led by Earl Sutherland. Coffee and dinner for all participants. No experience necessary and open to everyone!

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UKRAINIAN HALL COMMUNITY CONCERT & SUPPER Sunday November 4, concert 3pm, supper follows Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender $25. For advance tickets contact 604-254-3436

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The festival ends on a high note at the east-end’s historic Ukrainian Hall with lively music, high energy dance and exquisite costumes at the Ukrainian Hall Community Concert & Supper. This annual favourite, produced with the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, features the Barvinok Choir, Vancouver Folk Ensemble and award-winning Dovbush Dancers in a new staging of choreographer Pavlo Virsky’s “We Remember”. To celebrate the Festival theme Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope we have invited the celebrated Canadian gospel trio The Sojourners. Singers Marcus Mosely, Will Sanders and Khari McClelland sing songs that reinforce the “links between the early spirituals, gospel and activist folk music which all arise from hope, faith and courage” (Marc Lindy, Gospel Train). To remind us of our strength and history, Solidarity Notes Labour Choir (Earle Peach, conductor) shares the stage with the Barvinok Choir (Beverly Dobrinsky, conductor) for a finale of rousing songs of social justice that inspire hope and possibility. Immediately following the concert is the always-delicious traditional Ukrainian Supper. The best full meal and concert deal in Vancouver! The Sojourners

In Memorium AUDREY SKALBANIA (1938 – 2018) Audrey Skalbania was an active participant in the cultural forces of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians for most of her 79 years. Raised as a child in Strathcona, she lived across the street from the Ukrainian Cultural Centre at 805 East Pender Street. As a young girl she danced at the hall and in later years she sang in various Ukrainian folk choirs and shared stories with the production Bread & Salt. Audrey spent many years as an auditor on the AUUC executive as well as the administrator of the Lesya Ukrainka Manor located next to the hall. She was deeply loved by the residents of the Manor, many of whom called her by her Ukrainian name, Odarka. One of Audrey’s great joys at the hall was getting together with other volunteers to pinch pyrogies by the thousands for upcoming Ukrainian dinners. She had hundreds of wonderful stories and many times had to be reminded to stop talking and start pinching! She is so missed by everyone at the Ukrainian Hall. – Libby Griﬃn

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The Ukrainian Hall Coming out of war and internment camps, we knew we needed a meeting place for mutual support. There was no welfare or social services in place. We had to do it ourselves. We didn’t know how to build a hall, we just did it – with our hands in 1928. Almost immediately, we set up a language school, mandolin concerts and public dances. – Bread & Salt – Ukrainian Labour Temple, today’s Ukrainian Hall at 805 E. Pender

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VisUal artS See event dates for full descriptions

TWO EXHIBITS: INTERFACE and BODY LANGUAGE Until January, Wed to Sun 11am – 5pm

11TH ANNUAL OPPENHEIMER PARK COMMUNITY ART SHOW: what these trees have seen Until October 28, Tues to Sat 12pm – 6pm

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 639 Hornby Adults $11, students/seniors $8, youth $6, children under 12 free, families $26 Curatorial Tour Wednesday Oct 31 2pm Free Carnegie Cultural Sharing Friday Nov 2 2pm – 5pm Free

Gallery Gachet, 9 W. Hastings Free Meet the Artist Thursday Oct 25 6pm – 8pm

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FROM THE COLLECTION... October 26 to October 28 10am – 4pm Downtown Community Health Clinic 569 Powell Free Artist reception Friday Oct 26 2pm – 4pm

ONWARD! Comics, posters, paintings by David Lester October 25 to November 3 Wed to Sat, 1pm – 5pm InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings entrance on Carrall Free Meet the Artist Sunday Oct 28 1:30pm – 3:30pm

MAN ALONE Eva Zogaris October 30 to November 4 EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free Meet the Artist Friday Nov 2, 3pm – 4pm

SUNKEN TREASURES Until November 8, 10am – 4:30pm (closed Mon beginning Nov 5) Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Adult $12, student $9, senior $10 family $25 Lecture Saturday Oct 27, 2pm – 4pm

ONE CASE, TWO CASE, THREE CASE November 1 to 29 Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main Free Opening Reception Thursday Nov 1, 4:30pm – 6pm

PHOENIX GALLERY GROUP SHOW Ongoing Phoenix Gallery, 45 W. Hastings (alley entrance) Free Artist Reception Friday Nov 2, 6pm – 9pm

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CONNECTING THREADS Group Exhibit Until October 20 InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings entrance on Carrall, Free Connecting Threads is a Downtown Eastside Community Arts (DECA) display of artwork from the summer and fall community programs. Includes various mediums. Gallery hours: Wed to Sat, 1pm – 5pm

EYE CANDY Rande Cook Until October 27 Fazakas Gallery, 688 E. Hastings Free Fazakas Gallery is pleased to present Eye Candy, a new series of sandblasted red cedar panels by Rande Cook. Trained in Kwakwaka’wakw aesthetics and values, Cook’s skillful technique and innovative flair lead him to create a bright and contemporary body of work informed by tradition. As the artist states, “I bend all the rules with these [panels] while maintaining integrity to the true form passed on from my ancestors.” Eye Candy is the inaugural exhibition at the Fazakas project space, Tanúyap. Gallery hours: Tues to Sat 11am – 5pm, Sun 12pm – 5pm

THE WALL: ONE PERSON’S VIEW OF HOPE AND JUSTICE IN EAST VANCOUVER (1980-1990) Jim Sands October 15 to October 30 Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery, 320 Carrall, Free The 1980s were a time of active political engagement in Vancouver. It was the decade of annual Walks for Peace, the provincial Solidarity Movement, CRAB Park, Expo '86, and punk rock. This exhibit replicates a wall in the apartment of East Van student, activist and journalist Jim Sands. The wall was a repository for the buttons, posters, flyers and other material that caught his eye through a life centred around Coop Radio, SFU Communication Studies, Carnegie Centre, as well as the ongoing political and cultural activities of the decade. Jim was a member of the Talking Freds, a comic satirical duo that performed during those heady political days of Vancouver in the 1980s. See Jim in A Double Bill: The Real Story of the Talking Freds & Woody Sed on Thurs Oct 25 and Fri Oct 26. Window exhibition.

VisUal artS communicating in the “languages” of sculpture, abstract painting, and more. Artists include Danaca Ackerson, Marco Francesco, Joy Gyamfi, Annah Kassen, Tereza Tacic, Linnea Strom, Sora Park, Saroop Soofi, YiNa Wang, Marina Fierz, David Hovan, koralee. Buzz #210, travel up a flight of stairs; not wheelchair accessible. Open to the public: Mon to Fri, 9am – 5pm

taisha paggett: i believe in echoes Until December 8 Audain Gallery, SFU, 149 W. Hastings Free taisha paggett is a dance artist who cultivates performance works for the stage, gallery and outdoors. Her research and pedagogical engagement focuses on relationships between geography and being able to navigate 21st-century Black American life. i believe in echoes considers somatic experience within the "meadow": a phenomenological, speculative geography that supports physical and psychic embodiment in the out-of-doors. The "meadow" also evokes the dance studio, green room, white cube, and theatre: an ecosystem of consciousness in which fugitive bodies query historical delineations of inside-outside, and social hierarchies that determine access and restriction. Curated by Amy Kazymerchyk. Due to lobby renovations, the gallery is only accessible by the W. Hastings doors. Gallery hours: Tues to Sat, 12pm – 5pm taisha paggett. i believe in echoes, 2018. Photo by Justin Sullivan.

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THE CUBE VORTEX Toby Carroll November 1 to November 30 Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery, 320 Carrall Free Since 2010, Toby Carroll has been fascinated with the vortex and views it as a tidal pool. Life for Toby has formed many different scenarios of overlapping, independent spiritual "ecosystems", occasionally washed away or changed as though blessed or cursed by a wave. Toby views his insight into the universe as teachings: a recipe and roadmap for diffuse spiritual highways. He ventures into the vortex. As a child Toby drew, as a teen played music then turned to painting. By the 90s he was working in film, new media and games. Currently he writes poetry, and is working on an EDM album and a graphic novel. Window exhibition.

REMONSTRANCE Group Exhibit Until November 30 The HiVE, 210 – 128 W. Hastings, buzz #210 By donation See HiVE's latest group exhibition showcasing twelve artists who push the boundaries of their artistic practice. Remonstrance showcases influences and interactions created from social action (or lack of), in our community: through cross cultural relations, environmental activism and re-interpretation, human rights and inclusivity development. The group exhibition offers artistic responses to social impacts within our communities,

NAKED NAPI Adrian Stimson Until December 8 SUM Gallery, #425 – 268 Keefer By donation SUM gallery's second exhibition Naked Napi presents new work by Adrian Stimson. Adrian previously curated the UnSettled visual art exhibition for SUM’s 2017 Two-Spirit and Indigequeer curated Queer Arts Festival. Naked Napi is Adrian's first solo exhibition since winning the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts earlier this year. In this site-specific installation of sculpture, drawings, and paintings, Stimson reimagines traditional Siksika (Blackfoot) tales of Napi in the present, and challenges the colonial erasure of Indigenous bodies, power, and sexual histories. Napi is a trickster often referred to as the “Old Man” who came from the sun, a quasi-creator alongside the "Old Woman." Crazy and funny but also brutal and mean, Napi is a sort of moral guide, giving insight into the human condition. Gallery hours: Tues to Sat, 12pm – 6pm

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IN VISIBLE COLOURS: WOMEN’S ART FESTIVAL November 6 to 11 Exhibition November 6 to 24 InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Free The Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts (DECA) presents the inaugural In Visible Colours, a festival that celebrates the diversity of women in Vancouver and the art that they create. For the week of November 6 – 11, the curators of the Festival have planned a full week of receptions, ceremony, introductions, workshops, poetry, art, and music. Special events include: opening of The Feminine Touch Art Exhibition; the Introduction of the DTES Council of Grandmothers, with Germaine Tremmel, lawyer, activist, renowned keeper of traditional and cultural practices; a LGBTQ Poetry Evening with Serisa Fitz-James, Jackson Wai Chung Tse and more; Street Words Writing Circle with JB the First Lady, hip hop and spoken word artist; and An Evening Concert with Indigenous street musician Jaz Scuff, singer Dianne Brown, and surprise guests. Many more artists still to be announced. Watch for more details! For more information and schedule details: Contact: dalannah.deca@gmail.com Or drop by the DECA office 7 E. Hastings, Mon to Thurs, 10am - 3pm

NUtS & BoLts Of CoMmUNitY aCtiVism The Militant Moms Twenty-five moms from Raymur Social Housing Project set up tents on the railroad tracks in 1971 to blockade trains blocking access to Seymour School. The city finally agreed to build an overpass, the Raymur Pedestrian Bridge. Starting from a movement to keep their kids safe, it grew it into a food co-op and finally a fully-fledged community centre. “We never had a well thought out political plan. We never saw it as a political action or civil disobedience but as survival for our kids. We just did it like you have to have clean dishes to have supper.” – Muggs Sigurgeirson

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FESTIVAL CLOSING RECEPTION Friday November 9, 5pm - 7pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Free Now that we’ve caught up on our sleep, did our laundry and cleaned up our rooms, this is our opportunity to say thank you! Thank you to artists, audience members, crew, staff, volunteers, community partners, fellow organizers - there are so many of us who put on the Heart of the City Festival in one capacity or another. Come on down to the Carnegie, the heart of our community, as we say “Thank you! That’s the 15th Annual Festival under our belts! Here’s to 2019!” Join us for conversations and share ideas for future festivals. Refreshments. See ya there!

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GALLERY GACHET ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW Opening Reception Friday November 16, 6pm Gallery Gachet, 9 W. Hastings Exhibit: November 16 to January 5 Free Germaine Tremmel

A curated exhibition showcasing the works of Gallery Gachet Collective members. The particular theme is determined annually by the Collective. Gallery hours: Tues to Sat, 12pm - 6pm.

BRUCE ERIKSEN & DERA: WALKING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS IN 2018 Spearheaded by Bruce Eriksen, the Downtown Eastside Resident’s Association (DERA) lobbied in the 1970s for recognition as a residential community and the name “Downtown Eastside”. They advocated for repair of old hotels, sprinkler systems, and enforcement of the city’s health and safety rules. After the Carnegie Library and Vancouver Museum moved to new locations, the building was put up for sale. DERA led a six year fight for a community facility and the Carnegie Community Centre opened in 1980. In 2017-2018, after grass root actions, the city closed down the Balmoral and Regent hotels for safety and maintenance issue violations.

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身在唐人街/OCCUPyiNG CHiNatOwN Paul Wong’s project 在唐人街/Occupying Chinatown, now in residence at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, was commissioned by the City of Vancouver Public Art Program. It launched on April 22, 2018: the same day as the City of Vancouver’s official apology for past legislated acts of discrimination against Chinese Canadians. Paul has re-occupied Chinatown at BCArtscape in the newly renovated Sun Wah building where his new studio overlooks a changing Keefer street showing signs of gentrification. He is focused on Chinatown in a time of controversy around its future and “who gets to occupy Chinatown”.

PUBliC art 鹹水埠溫哥華 / HAAM SUI FOW WUN GOH WAH (SALTWATER CITY VANCOUVER) On-going Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Included in garden admission Check out Paul Wong’s new site-specific wood and neon signs honouring Chinatown’s Toisanese settlers:“Everyone used to refer to Vancouver as Haam Siu Fow. That’s what we always called it”, says Wong. Residents can vote in person about a permanent installation location, voting either at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden or on the fourth floor of the Sun Wah Centre (268 Keefer).

MOTHER’S CUPBOARD Starting October 24 to January 2019 Transit Bus Shelters

Paul grew up on Main Street: “Chinatown was part of my geographic and cultural world”. It was the only place you could hear and speak Toisanese and Cantonese. His mother Suk-Fong Wong shopped at Chinatown markets “back when you couldn’t get tofu or bok choy at Safeway”. She worked in cafes serving Chinese food and belonged to the clan association social clubs while Paul attended Chinese language school. Cantonese Opera was “so much a part of the ﬂavour of Chinatown. You heard it as you were walking around, people singing along, hearing it rehearsing. It was part of our subconscious”. In the 1970s, sixteen year-old Paul stumbled into the performance and media arts scene at Intermedia, where he was inspired by artists such as visionary Helen Goodwin, and mentored by videographer Michael Goldberg, with whom he co-founded Video Inn (261 Powell Street). They were thinking “outside the box”, mixing arts and technology. Paul said that today’s experimental art institutions and arts groups were “grown up” by people involved with Intermedia. “You never know when you plant a seed what might die, ﬂourish or be cultivated”. Paul inspires a younger generation with his return to the neighbourhood; from his Chinese language-based public art to fusing traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary Asian Drag:the first ever Pride event in Chinatown. Coming back to Chinatown full circle, he’s again hearing Chinese languages and enjoying the smells and food. But he says so much has been lost. When asked about his dream for the future of Chinatown, Paul emphasized the need to embrace “all things Chinese” in whatever takes place, to reclaim the Toisanese and Cantonese languages, and to respect the neighbourhood’s history, architecture and cultural roots.

Paul Wong’s photographs of his mother’s jars of traditional Chinese herbal medicines will be displayed in twenty-five City of Vancouver Transit Shelters throughout downtown Vancouver.

MILESTONE 2018 – The Apology In 1886, the year Vancouver was incorporated, City Council disqualified people of Chinese descent from voting, running for public office or owning property in some areas. They were prohibited from becoming a lawyer, doctor, nurse or banker. Municipal banker rights were not granted until 1949, four years after Canadian-born Chinese in the Canadian forces returned from World War II. On April 22, 2018, Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver City Council invited the public to the Chinese Cultural Centre to witness an official apology to the Chinese Canadian community. The apology acknowledged legislated discrimination enacted decades ago by previous city councils against people of Chinese descent in Vancouver. The apology was delivered in one of the dialects spoken by early Chinese born residents while simultaneously displayed on a large screen.

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CONGRatULatiONs! We’re proud of our Downtown Eastside community! Congratulations to individuals and organizations making a difference in our community. KELVIN BEE was nominated for Investiture in the Order of the Diocese of New Westminster for outstanding service in their volunteer ministry. He guided St. James’ Anglican Church in preparation for the 2013 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Event (Vancouver) and attended the TRC Closing Ceremonies in Ottawa as an Elder and Indian Residential School Survivor recognized as a leader. GILLES CYRENE received the 2018 Barbara Butler Humanities101 Award for his commitment to sharing knowledge, work as a participant and mentor in Writing101, and inspirational writing and poems. MERCEDES ENG was awarded the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC Book Prizes Gala for her debut book Prison Industrial Complex Explodes, a powerful combination of text from government documents, lyric poetry, and correspondence around her father’s incarceration. ANGELA GATES debuted as an actor in Luk’Luk’I, a feature film set in the Downtown Eastside and winner of the City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. TRAVIS LUPICK, a Downtown Eastside based journalist, received the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness for his writing on drug addiction, harm reduction, mental health, and Canada’s overdose epidemic, Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction. LEE MARACLE was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her outstanding contributions to Canada’s literary landscape and influential voice in cultural relations between Indigenous and non-indigenous people in Canada, including her recent book My Conversations with Canadians. We are honoured to welcome Lee back to the DTES Heart of the City Festival. GUNARGIE O’SULLIVAN received the 2018 Community Radio Legend Award from the National Campus and Community Radio Association for her twenty-five years of pioneering programming to empower Indigenous people’s voices on the airwaves. Gunargie is Multimedia Artist in Residence for the DTES Heart of the CIty Festival and producer of Red Jam Slam. ADRIENNE SMITH, a human rights activist and lawyer who works on drug law and policy reform, received the 2018 Nancy Hall Public Policy Award from CMHA BC. PRISCILLIA TAIT’s photo “Ladies’ Tea Party” at Oppenheimer Park, won First Place in the 2018 Megaphone Magazine photography contest for the 15th anniversary edition of the Hope in Shadows calendar. The project uses photography to challenge stigma, build hope, and offer meaningful work to people experiencing poverty and homelessness. SHANNON WILLIAMS received the 2018 Dugald Christie Award for Advice Services from Access Pro-Bono. The record-setting volunteer lawyer donates her services to organizations providing legal services to people living in poverty and social inclusion.

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MAYOR’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD VANESSA RICHARDS, founder and song leader of Woodward’s Community Singers, long-time volunteer for City of Vancouver’s Black History Month Committee and Hogan’s Alley Working Group, and community-engagement director for 312 Main, center for social and economic innovation. OVERDOSE PREVENTION SOCIETY, a volunteer peer-based harm reduction and overdose site whose efforts have reversed hundreds of overdoses and served as a model recreated in almost twenty cities in British Columbia.

MAYOR’S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD PACE SOCIETY, providers of peer-driven education and support for sex workers following a harm reduction model, and the Gender Self-Identification Project in support of transgender and non-binary persons.

MAYOR’S HEALTHY CITY FOR ALL AWARD LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAB, who collaborate with local initiatives using local knowledge and skills to support economic and social change in the Downtown Eastside, including the Binners Project. YWCA WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARD NOMINEES for contributions to community: Arts, Culture & Design Esther Rausenberg, Executive Director, Eastside Culture Crawl; Non-Proﬁt Jenifer Breakspear, Executive Director, PHS Community Services Society; Companion Champion Amy George, esteemed Elder of the Tsleitl-Waututh Nation and environmental activist on behalf of our land and waters.

sUPPOrt tHE DtES Heart Of tHE City festival Downtown Eastsiders love the arts! Financial donations from our friends like you help fuel this passion. Join us! Donate via Canada Helps: www.heartofthecityfestival.com And sign up for our informative newsletter at the same time! Or by cheque to: Vancouver Moving Theatre Chinatown Postal Outlet Box 88270 Coast Salish Territory Vancouver BC, CANADA V6A 4A5 Charitable Tax receipts provided.

Heidi Gehr

DID YOU KNOW? 1938 Bloody Sunday Back in the height of the Great Depression, the federal and provincial government abruptly ended relief programs providing unemployment for single men. Hundreds of men poured into Vancouver looking for work. Guided by 26 year old Steve Brodie, they occupied the Hotel Georgia, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Post Office (today’s Sinclair Centre). A Women’s Emergency Committee formed at the Ukrainian Labour Temple (today’s Ukrainian Hall) and organized a kitchen to feed the 700 men involved in this occupation. The first two sit-ins ended peacefully. The Post Office, however, was a federal building. After thirty days of peaceful occupation, RCMP and police stormed the building. Police tear-gassed the men, chasing and clubbing them down Hastings Street past Woodwards. Steve Brodie was severely beaten by three RCMP who only stopped when they noticed a newspaper photographer recording the action. Wounded men were carried into the Ukrainian Labour Temple for first aid while the mandolin lessons continued. In support of the men, a crowd of 10,000 people attended a “sympathy meeting” at the Powell Street Grounds (today’s Oppenheimer Park).

DTES SMALL ARTS GRANTS 2018-19 APPLICATIONS OPEN OCT 15 – NOV 23, 2018

If you are an emerging artist from the Downtown Eastside with an idea for an original art project, this program is for you!

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM? The Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants (DTES SAG) program is a partnership between Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Foundation. Our goal is to help emerging artists to develop their skills and increase the visibility of their artwork. HOW CAN THIS PROGRAM HELP ME? We support emerging art-

ists to develop their skills and increase the visibility of their artwork with grant awards ranging from $500 – $1000 to individual DTES Artists. With this money, you can buy what you need to take your art to the next level!

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? Apply! In order to receive a grant, artists

Steve Brodie and police, Post Office Occupation 1938, VPL 1283. Photo: Province Newspaper.

have to complete and submit a grant application. Then, the Volunteer Resident Advisory Committee reviews applications for funding. The Volunteer Resident Advisory Committee is made up of DTES Artists. Please note, not all applicants receive funding. If you are successful in your application, in addition to creating your project, you are required to complete a final report by June 30 2019. A Final Report Template will be provided.

WHEN DOES ALL THIS HAPPEN? Applications are due by

NUtS & BoLts Of CoMmUNitY aCtiVism The Carnegie Occupation In 1935, 250 unemployed men occupied the Carnegie Library at Hastings and Main. Their direct action for wages, food and shelter, and decent working conditions resulted in the City giving each man a week’s wage. “As plans developed, we had committees for everything. You couldn’t slice a loaf of bread into a bologna sandwich without appointing a committee to see it was done according to plan." – Willis Shaparla (1917-1990), Fighting for Community

4pm on Friday, November 23, 2018. If your application is approved for funding, you will receive your cheque in February or March 2019.

INTERESTED? GREAT! Complete an application! Apply online at

www.vancouverfoundationsmallarts.ca. You can also pick up a paper copy from the third floor of the Carnegie Centre after Oct 15, 2018.

HAVE QUESTIONS? We would love to be in touch with you. Ask us about group opportunities. Contact the DTES Small Arts Grants office by phone (604) 665-2213 or email at dtesartsgrants@gmail.com.

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seEDBeDS Of CrEAtiVity Did you know? Three artist-run centres bloomed in and around the Downtown Eastside in the 1960s to 70s.

INTERMEDIA (1967 – 1972) In 1967, a group of artists passionate about mixing arts and new media, decided to create an artist-run centre and co-founded Intermedia in a rambling four story warehouse at 575 Beatty: a former Catelli spaghetti factory. The informal membership were artists who had collaborated as far back as the 1950s: a kind of cultural underground. The building was seldom locked, with an open door policy; people came and went at all hours. Inside was a multimedia workshop, dance and art studios, rehearsal and performance space. There were creative ‘no-rules’ idea-sharing and collaboration, public participation, and a belief that everyone is an artist. The art was process-oriented and so ephemeral; it left almost no physical evidence. Intermedia artists provided dance training and video workshops, produced videos, dance, poetry readings, environments, participatory installations, and multidisciplinary festivals at the Vancouver Art Gallery. They organized a bus protest against the newly proposed Georgia Viaduct and freeway plans. Intermedia finally dissolved over ideological splits, spawning new groups and art projects. Intermedia-involved artists working in the Downtown Eastside include Judith Copithorne, Karen Jamieson, Savannah Walling and Paul Wong. (With thanks to Michael de Courcey’s Intermedia Catalogue Web Installation)

THE NEW ERA SOCIAL CLUB (1968 – 1972) A group of Intermedia-involved artists rented space at 358 Powell, former home of the New Era Japanese Social Club. Powell Street was lined with rooming houses and cheap hotels for pensioners and low income residents. The New Era Social Club, as they named it, became a residence and informal gathering place for artists to exchange ideas and carry out all kinds of art: paintings, collages, poetry, music, film, video, multimedia experiments – even dinner parties as an alternative to art making and presentation. Artists included Glenn Lewis (aka Flakey Rose-hip), Roy Kiyooka, David Rimmer, Judith Copithorne, Al Neil and Taki Bluesinger. Some, like Daphne Marlatt, engaged with local history; she compiled and co-edited, with Carole Itter, Opening Doors: Vancouver’s East End (1979). Burst pipes and plumbing floods proved too much to handle, and some went on to co-found the Western Front, a communal living space and artist-run centre still operating near Eighth and Main in the old Knights of Pythias Lodge Hall.

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VIDEO INN (1973 – 1986, when it moved to a new location) In the early 1970s, video artist Michael Goldberg arrived in Vancouver and soon engaged with Intermedia artists. He organized an international Matrix Video Conference at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Paul Wong, who grew up on Main Street, was one of the young artists recruited to help. Paul, Michael and others soon co-founded the Satellite Video Exchange Society at 261 Powell, just below the York Rooming House. Publicly known as Video Inn, the resource centre had a video exchange library – the first in Canada. Video Inn became a drop-in resource centre with a community kitchen, meeting and viewing space, public video library, production and postproduction facilities, equipment and live-work space. Dedicated to a philosophy of inclusion, exchange, interaction and public access, the collective had a huge desire to record events for posterity. Here they created video art, ran workshops, cooked and ate together at weekly planning meetings and volunteered on each other’s projects. Link-ups with art centres across the country generated video audiences and inspired them with work going on across Canada. The hub of it was, in the words of film maker Peggy Campbell, “people coming together over something they believe in and working together for a greater purpose.” That’s why it’s survived over forty years. Today, renamed VIVO, the organization is one of Canada’s longest operating artist-run centres. Their library has over 7,000 videotapes of artists’ and activists’ work dating back to 1968 – including a video filmed at the Terminal City Dance studio on the second floor of the Lim Sai Hor Kow Mock Clan building (525 Carrall): Terminal City Dance....At Work (Michael Goldberg), a documentary about the experimental dance collective whose co-founders included Terry Hunter, Karen Jamieson and Savannah Walling.

VANCOUVER MOVING THEATRE NEWS What an amazing journey it was! With a cast, crew and production team of twenty two people on tour, VMT presented – with the help of fourteen partners across Canada – seventeen performances of Weaving Reconciliation: Our Way in Vancouver, Penticton, Toronto and Winnipeg. It was moving. It was exhausting. It was exhilarating. “…a heartbreaking, hilarious and profoundly moving play about grief and hope, and a turning point for Canadian theatre on its path to reconciliation and decolonization.”

Spring 2018 National Tour

– Winnipeg Free Press

We are in deep gratitude to our co-creators Renae Morriseau and Rosemary Georgeson; to the elders of our touring family – Delhia and Latash Maurice Nahanee; and to the partners and the 120 indigenous, artists, performers, cultural speakers, weavers, and backstage production, administrative, promotional and emotional support teams who made this extraordinary endeavour possible. Together we shared a vital story and cultural experience conceived and created in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with audiences and witnesses across Turtle Island. Stay tuned for the video of the journey created by Jessica Hallenbeck (Lantern Films) and scheduled to be ready by the end of this year.

Returns for ninth season!!

An Eastside adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs with Vancouver Moving Theatre in partnership with Full Circle: First Nations Performance in support of the DTES Heart of the City Festival At the darkest hour of a winter’s night, Scrooge confronts spirits of the past, present and future. Emerging from Coast Salish land buried under city sidewalks, they bring the selfish old pawnbroker face to face with memories he’s tried to forget and relationships he may never be able to heal. How can his clerk Bob Cratchit stay on the road to recovery when day-after-day he’s underpaid, devalued and shamed? On a cold, bleak, biting Christmas Eve, streets filled with desperate people in rags, how will the Cratchit family find the heart to celebrate? Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol comes to life in modernday East Vancouver under the direction of award winning artist and actor Renae Morriseau, and features celebrated blues musician and actor Jim Byrnes as Ebenezer Scrooge; Kevin McNulty as Marley, and gospel and blues singer and actor Tom Pickett as Bob Cratchit. These Vancouver favourites are joined on stage by a cast of professional and Downtown Eastside actors, including Stephen Lytton, winner of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award. With Sam Bob, Jenifer Brousseau, Mike Richter, Renae Morriseau, Jason Sakaki, and Savannah Walling. Strathcona-based artist Richard Tetrault, responsible for over forty public mural projects in the city, presents largescale projections of his monoprints and linocuts of the back alleys, ravens and houses of East Vancouver.

Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Opening Night: Thursday December 6, 7:30pm Evening Shows: December 7, 8, 11-15 & 18-22, 7:30pm Matinees: December 8, 9, 15, 16 & 22, 2pm $39 general / $24 students, seniors EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Four tickets for $99 until Nov 30 www.eventbrite.ca/e/bah-humbug-tickets-50718778231 Or at the door one hour before showtime.

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In Memorium TAMIO WAKAYAMA (1941 – 2018) In Tamio Wakayama’s listing in the Japanese Canadian Artists Directory (japanesecanadianartists.com) his bio reads simply, “Tamio Wakayama is a photographer.”

SUE BLUE (SUSAN VINA TOM, NEE DAVID) (1950 – 2018) Sue Blue was an artist, actor, storyteller, bannock maker, friend and helper to many people in the Downtown Eastside. She will be remembered for her roles in Downtown Eastside plays and her participation in Heart of the City Festival events, for her woven loops that tell the stories of her friends and family, and for her unending generosity of spirit and good humour. “My loops are my life. Instead of reading or writing, I put it into my loops. Not in words, but in my loops. People ask me what do these mean? I say they are my stories.” Sue Blue, Invisible Heroes, 2015 – Lucy Alderson

That’s how many of us knew him, through his photographs. His 1992 book, Kikyo, Coming Home to Powell Street, documented the renaissance of the Canadian Nikkei community as reflected in the early years of the Powell Street Festival, Vancouver’s annual celebration of Japanese Canadian culture. The photographs articulate what was a seminal and transformational time in a way that no other medium could. In a time when cell phone cameras were unheard of, Tamio documented the era with a keen and loving eye. A nisei, Tamio, aligned himself with the sansei in rejecting the status quo. As he wrote, “I became part of the explosive creativity of the revitalization of the Nikkei community which gave birth to the exhibit and book A Dream of Riches: The Japanese Canadians, 1877-1977, the Redress Movement and the Powell Street Festival.” Tamio lived in Strathcona for over forty years and was a regular at the Carnegie Centre. His photographs, as well as his legacy of community activism, will live on, but the man behind the lens will be sorely missed. – John Endo Greenaway

AUDREY T. RIVERS, NÉE PAULL (1930 – 2018) Squamish Elder and Ambassador Audrey Rivers was a great matriarch, fluent Squamish language speaker, and one of the elders who led the Annual Women’s Memorial March.

GODFREY TANG (KWOK FAI TANG) (D. 2017, AGE 74)

We remember her generous, gentle sharing of her culture and oral history, prayers and blessings, language and song for We Are The People and the Downtown Eastside Community Play: In the Heart of a City. Audrey made sure that everyone honoured the Squamish Nation women and men who paddled from Ustlawn on the north shore to rescue people from the 1886 Great Fire that destroyed most of Vancouver. Canoeing across Burrard Inlet, they sang a song that is still sung today at ceremonies and commemorative events. Audrey has left stories and memories that reverberate in our neighbourhood and in our hearts. – Savannah Walling

power Godfrey!”

His sister told me that Godfrey was always her go-to person in life. He helped her with English to Chinese translation and was her troubleshooter for her smart phone and computer; Godfrey was always there to help. He was also a big fan of cycling; he was always on his bike. He biked to Burnaby Lake from Chinatown and enjoyed the beautiful park. We really miss Godfrey; he was a member of our community. – Wilson Liang

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Godfrey was a dedicated volunteer to his community; he volunteered for Chinatown Concern Group, DTES Neighbourhood House, Chinese Community Library Services Association, UBC Learning Exchange, and many more. “His passing was an incredible loss to our community but his spirit continues to inspire and encourage us to continue our organizing with the lowincome community he loved. Rest in

In Memorium ANNE YOUNG KENT (1941 – 2018)

STAN HUDAC (1948 – 2017) Stan, you made it look so easy! It was as if you had Climbed out of your crib Toddled over to the piano and Let your hands dance all over the keys While you flashed a leprechaun grin At your bedazzled audience. But you’ve told me what really happened. Your mother made sure you practised When you were much too young to push yourself. Your father had you performing with him in public When you were barely a teenager. Relatives housed you while you studied At the conservatory in Rome. Your sister was able to get you gigs When you were establishing yourself As a professional pianist. You did have great support. But you had the ball. You took it and ran. After hours and weeks and months and years Of concentrated focus and dedicated application You could fly across the ebonies and ivories As your brilliant mind and faithful fingers translated The scintillation of your spirit on the sacred deep of your soul Into sound.

Red bandanna over your auburn frizz Sweet "Phoenix-Swallow" sang, unfinished You lit the world with your genuine child-like zest, unwavering loyalty, undefeated courage Engulfed us with your warm smile, generous spirit and your big loving heart Carnegie was your second home, having grown up in Japantown Traveled afar -- but always flew home to eat and dance and play You love to make friends everywhere To share all the joy, romance and fun you sniffed out from cranny and nooks A party girl, immaculate poet and the most inspiring storyteller... who sees beauty and awe on trees, in water and rocks always a light ahead in our dark cold world No matter, you again smiled and said: "but gotta keep going!" Love you forever, Anne!

– Kuei-ming Lin

SANDY MACKEIGAN (LOGAN) (1965 – 2018) ‘WARRIOR’ There will forever only be one Sandy! Along with her beautiful son Sean and her loving husband Kurt, she loved our community with all of her heart and soul. Sandy was a woman with an indomitable spirit: a spirit that lives on in the DTES through her many accomplishments, and the thousands of souls she touched during her over twenty-five years serving the people of the Downtown Eastside. Sandy was fierce and fearless. With her unique interventions skills and little concern for herself, she broke up potentially violent situations without anyone losing an eye.

Such glorious music! Such a joyful noise! It was magic.

Sandy carried life’s burdens with dignity, grace and courage. She looked for the best in others and gave the best she had. She has left the world better than she found it. People in our neighbourhood are immensely grateful to Sandy for her love and immense contributions to our community. Her life was an inspiration. I love you and miss you dear friend.

– Mike Richter

– Colleen Gorrie

PAT MCSHERRY (1946 – 2018) Working alongside Pat in leadership, she was a mentor, cheerleader, critic, and friend that I could count on to push, pull or shove me in the right direction with authority, warmth and kindness. Pat inspired me in lots of ways, but her heart for social justice was what moved me the most. She once told me "what people need is not more charity, but justice", and she went after it with unstoppable determination. When Pat told me she had cancer and was going to die, I asked her if there was any last thing I could do for her. She said “no, thank you” and then told me she wanted to speak to me about a grant we were working on together. Her last words to me before we said goodbye were, "keep doing what you're doing, and never give up." For me this sums up how she lived. I am so glad to have known her, a most feisty woman. May she rest in peace. – The Reverend Lucy Price

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C R E D ITS + T H A N K S HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL VANCOUVER MOVING THEATRE Executive Artistic Producer Terry Hunter Artistic Director Savannah Walling Associate Artistic Producer Teresa Vandertuin Executive Director Terry Hunter Associate Artistic Director Savannah Walling Accountant Lucy Lai Event Producer Marisa Emma Smith Bookkeeper Miyra Onley Designer John Endo Greenaway (Big Wave Design) Assistant Bookkeeper Maura Doherty Publicist Jodi Smith (JLS Entertainment) Community Engagement Intern Julia Siedlanowska Operations Manager Lalia Fraser Auditor Raber and Mattuck Production Manager Mark Carter Designer in Residence John Endo Greenaway Social Media Manager Hillary Kaplan Strategic Planning Consultant Lori Baxter Artistic Director East End Blues Savannah Walling Filemaker Consultant Oak Bay Softrends Program Liaisons Cara Seccafien, Julia Siedlanowska Computer Consultant David Skulski Administrative Assistant Doug Vernon Board of Directors: President Ann McDonell, Vice President Renae Morriseau, Elder in Residence Kat Norris Secretary John Atkin, Treasurer Louise Leclair Multimedia Artist in Residence Gunargie O’Sullivan Artist in Residence Earle Peach THANK YOU to the Carnegie Community Operations Staff Gerardo Avila, Gilles Cyrenne, Amita Daniels, Ada Dennis, Billy Hopeless, Centre and the Association of United Ukrainian Ann Lahde, Catherine Millard, Teresa Parilla, Priscillia Tait, Karen Thorpe, Alex Watts, Canadians for their continuing support, and to Jeff Wilson, Elwin Xie SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs (SFUW) for Production Staff Bill Beauregarde, Darren Hales, Andy McAvoy, Duffy McWhirter, Neal Miskin, co-producing Bah! Humbug!, an annual benefit Mark Oakley, Robin Richardson, Eric St. Laurent, Elwin Xie for the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Studio Photography David Cooper Festival and community arts in the Downtown On Site Photographers Terry Hunter, Mark Montgomery, Tom Quirk, Chris Randle Eastside. Program Guide Contributors Lucy Alderson, Glenn Alteen, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Colleen Gorrie, John Endo Greenway, Libby Griffin, Wilson Liang, Kuei-Ming Lin, Reverend Lucy Price, Mike Richter, Cara Seccafien, Julia Siedlanowska, Pamela Tagle, Teresa Vandertuin, Savannah Walling, Phoenix Winter CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE Director Sharon Belli Assistant Director Karla Kloepper Arts & Education Programmer Rika Uto Seniors, Recreation & Cultural Sharing Doris Chow Aboriginal Program Coordinator Nicole Bird Carnegie Learning Centre Lucy Alderson Carnegie Street Outreach Coordinator Bob Moss Oppenheimer Park Programmer Ellen Kim Carnegie Reading Room Randy Gatley Volunteer Coordinator Sindy Bruno Security Coordinator Skip Everall Kitchen Coordinator Steve McKinley CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION Board of Directors: President Phoenix Winter, Vice President Gilles Cyrenne, Treasurer Thelma Jack, Secretary Lisa David, Member at Large Priscillia Tait, Adrienne Macallum, James Pau, Emma Price, Fraser Stuart, Mike Tapp, Paul Taylor.

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PROGRAM GUIDE IMAGE/PHOTO CREDITS Columpa Bobb, David Cooper, Wendy D, Sarah Franklin, Heidi Gehr, Norman Hale, K. Ho, Jen Leclair, David Lester, Carl MacDonald, Tom Quirk, Justin Sullivan, Ken Tabata, Frank Vena, and many more unknown artists and photographers.

HATS OFF TO OUR SPONSORS

The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our many sponsors. This festival could not happen without their enthusiastic and generous support. Thank you! INDIVIDUAL DONORS Russell Anthony, Elizabeth Ball, Brent Belsher, Richard and Carol Evans, James Felter, Kathleen Flaherty, Quesnel Foundation, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Jane Good, Susan Gordon, Martin Gotfrit, Frank Harris, Robert Hunter, Margo Kane, Leslie Kemp, Susan Knutson, Richard Kwan, Christine Lahde, Rick Lam, Shirley Lum, Mary MacAulay, Ann McDonell, Mary Lee Merz, Ellie O’Day, Setty Pendakur, Ellen Pond, Henry Rauh, Jacqueline Receveur, Michelle Richard, Jayce Salloum, Roger Seamon, Tiffany Shim, Donna Spencer, Mike Stack, Jon Strohbehn, Gina Sufrin, and Carol Uhte

C R E D ITS + T H A N K S THANKS for the guiding strategies developed by the Heart of the City Festival Strategic and Sustainability Plan Advisory (2007): Allan Cappo, Joe Dzatko, Sophia Freigang, Leslie Kemp, Rick Lam, Renae Morriseau, Robert Olsen, Ruth Sam, Barbara Small, Sid Tan and Kira Gerwing; the DTES Heart of the City Festival Succession and Sustainability Strategic Plan (2012) developed by Dawn Brennan and Linda Gorrie; the VMT Sustainability and Succession Implementation Plan (2014) created with Lori Baxter; and Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Board of Directors who have provided guidance and support with good will ever since the company’s founding over thirty years ago. PHOTOSHOOT PARTICIPANTS Ghia Aweida, Kelvin Bee, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Ava Caldwell, Jaeger Cormach, Graham Cunningham, Frank Delorme, Caroline Hebert, Terry Hunter, Ali Khan, Rosanna Li, Bonnie Low, Stephen Lytton, Sherry MacDonald, Sandra Mackay, Joan Morelli, Kat Norris, Candace Parnell, James Pau, Earle Peach, Kaitlyn Pedersen, Rudolf Penner, Brenda Prince, Sandra Pronteau, Antonette Rea, Mike Richter, Lenore Rowntree, Jim Sands, Julia Siedlanowska, Maryanne Sundown, Priscillia Tait, Petra Thaddeus, Karen Thorpe, Page Turner, Savannah Walling, Eva Zogaris COMMUNITY PARTNERS

SPECIAL THANKS BEHIND THE SCENES

221A/Pollyanna Library, 312 Main, Aboriginal Front Door, Admiral

Staff and patrons of the Carnegie Community Centre, Ken Tabata

Seymour Elementary School, Atira/EWMA (Enterprising Women Making Art), Audain Gallery, BC Artscape Sun Wah Project, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Carnegie African Descent Group, Carnegie Cultural Sharing, Carnegie Learning Centre, Carnegie Newsletter, Caveman Cafe, Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery, Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM, Downtown Community Health Centre, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, DTES Centre for the Arts (DECA), DTES Neighbourhood House, DTES Small Arts Grant Program, DTES Women’s Centre, DTES Writers Collective, EartHand Gleaners Society, Evelyne Saller Centre, Fazakas Gallery, Firehall Arts Centre, Gallery Gachet, HiVE Vancouver, Hogan’s Alley Society, International Web Express, InterUrban Gallery, Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Kokoro Dance/KW Studios, Listening Post, Lookout Housing + Health Society, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Maritime Labour Centre, Massy Books, National Film Board, NOW Society, Onion Language Centre, Oppenheimer Park, Phoenix Artist Collective, Portland Hotel Society, Powell Street Festival, PTC (Playwrights Theatre Centre), Queer ASL, Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, RayCam Renew, Red Jam Slam Society, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, St. James’ Anglican Church, Strathcona Community Centre, Street Vendors Collective, SUM Gallery, Theatre Terrific, UBC Learning Exchange, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall, Vancouver Police Museum, Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie Reading Room), Vancouver Soundwalk Collective, Vancouver Tea Festival, Vetta Chamber Music Society, WePress, Woodward’s Atrium (Westbank Corporation), Youth

and Sarah Estacaille and the Carnegie Music Program, Paul Taylor and the Carnegie Newsletter, staff and patrons of Oppenheimer

Park, Melissa Adams, Lucy Alderson, Betsy Alkenbrack, Rebecca Bartlett, Pamela Bentley, Nicole Bird, Larry Blackman, Sid Bobb, Barbara Bourget, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Carrie Campbell, Kathy Campbell, Beth Carter, Doris Chow, June Chow, Celine Chuang,

Eileen Clabburn, Haisla Collins, Penny Couchie, Art Cuthbertson, Gilles Cyrenne, Lisa David, Olivia Davies, Kyla Dawn, Linda De Ciantis, Beverly Dobrinsky, Tracey Draper, Jason Eng, Kathleen Flaherty, June Frederick, Danny Fung, Mo Gaffney, Randy Gatley, Palak Ghambhir, Jamie-Leigh Gonzales, Rebecca Graham, John

Endo Greenaway, Jane Gutteridge, Jay Hamburger, Jessica Hannon, Mark Haracka, Johanna Hauser, Joseph Hirabayashi, Bill Hokam,

Elizabeth Holliday, Tommy Hsiao, Matt Hume, Debbie Jimmy, Elaine Joe, Am Johal, Sharon Kallis, Deb Karras, Alice Kendall,

Ellen Kim, Les Kinney, Dianna Kleparchuk, Karla Kloepper, Abby Kobayakawa, Gerry Kowalenko, Sharon Kravitz, Vincent Kwan, Micaela Kwiatkowski, Fiona Lam, Laurel Lawry, Stephen Lytton, Sherry MacDonald, Charlotte Marr, Patricia Massy, Steve McKinley,

Lisa Cay Miller, Lama Mugabo, Brad Muirhead, Naomi Nguyen, Kat

Norris, Gunargie O’Sullivan, Anthonia Ogundele, Gary Olver, Irwin Oostindie, Aiyanas Ormond, Earle Peach, Katie Piasta, Reverend Lucy Price, Brenda Prince, Jeremy Quan, Deborah Ratelle, Syr Reifsteck, Vanessa Richards, Mike Richter, Melissa Roach, Lenore

Rowntree, Pavel Ryzlovsky, Maria Cecilia Saba, Laura Saimoto, Jim Sands, Ariadne Sawyer, Kimberly Sayson, Cara Seccafien, Joylyn

Secunda, Daniyah Shamsi, Kathy Shimizu, Rosslyn Shipp, Julia Siedlanowska, Marisa Smith, Donna Spencer, Earl Sutherland, Rory

Sutherland, Ashton Sweet, Pamela Tagle, Priscillia Tait, Liza Tam,

Del Tamborini, Sid Chow Tan, Vincent Tao, Karen Thorpe, Susanna Uchatius, Rika Uto, Husain Vahanvaty, Luke Vasak, Jay Vidler,

Harsha Walia, Beverly Walker, Cate Wikelund, Phoenix Winter, Paul Wong, Diane Wood, Elwin Xie, Nina Yanez, Fanna Yee, Iris Yong,

Fiona York…and thanks to those we may have unwittingly forgotten, and to those who helped after this program guide went to print.

Collaborative for Chinatown

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Dignity in the Downtown Eastside Dalannah Gail Bowen

I wake to the sound of seagulls and pigeons squawking I listen closer and then hear a woman screaming Her screams disguised by the birds Day and night Heard in the alleys and streets That echo the sad refrain of sirens One more sister…one more brother And still we march and protest For the right to live with dignity I had a meeting with two police the other day I cried in front of them Frustration pouring out for all to see Helplessness swallowing me There must be a better way. We all have the right to live in dignity, a sense of our person The ability to walk with self-esteem, a sense of pride Unconditional when we are born Our inherent right What have we come to When the corporations and decision makers Put gain and greed before life While children and our young adults Look at the hope and the hopelessness They witness everyday And still we march and protest For the right to live with respect and dignity But wait a minute, what do I see The tides changing, people rearranging their mindset “The Change” We challenge all those who would keep things the same Dis-satisfaction stirs the many of us who have experienced Poverty, racism, sexism…the isms of the world (Trump-glorified isms) More and more our voices rise, equality ….our lives matter Together, united we speak out…one mind, one heart nə́c̓aʔmat And still we all march and protest For the right to live with dignity

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Demonstration at Oppenheimer Park in support of 1938 Post Office and Art Gallery Sit-in. VPL #13347