WORKSHOP
PIÑATAS
Thursday October 24, 9:30am - 12pm
Carnegie Art Room basement, 401 Main Free
Enjoy a piñata making workshop! Practice working with paper mache to create and decorate piñatas, which come in many different sizes and shapes (like an animal or an object). They transform into hanging containers filled with candy or treats, then are broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. It’s a fun party activity where guests are blindfolded and take turns hitting the piñata with a stick. When the piñata finally breaks open, everyone rushes to grab as many treats as they can. Hosted by members of the DTES Latin American Community.
OPENING RECEPTION
HOMING PIDGIN Haruko Okano
Saturday October 26, 12pm - 4pm
Centre A, #205 - 268 Keefer Free
Exhibition October 21 to December 14
Homing
Pidgin introduces visitors to words and phrases recovered by artist Haruko Okano from hybrid trade languages developed and spoken by early settlers during the late 1800s and early 1900s on the West Coast. “Pidgin” incorporated snippets from Chinese, South Asian, French and Chinook, woven in with portmanteaus or “Janglish” (a fusion of Japanese and English). This installation symbolizes the meeting of two cultures; it offers an opportunity to experience the challenges of communicating when one is unfamiliar with another’s mother tongue and to learn a little of a lost oral tradition.
Gallery hours: Tues to Sat 12pm - 5pm.
During the opening reception, Haruko invites the public’s help in making 1000 paper boats for an environmental art project, Ocean
Flotilla. The boats are made of unbleached kraft paper made water-resistant with kakishibu, an organic multi-purpose medium from Japan. Each boat will be numbered and participants can track their boat’s journey on the BlogSpot. Suitable for 12 years or older; younger children can contribute a message. Space is limited, first come first serve. More info: oceanflotilla.blogspot.com.
SNEAK PREVIEW
BERLIN: The Last Cabaret
Saturday October 26, 7:30pm - 9pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
It is 1934 in Berlin. The Weimar Republic has collapsed, and the world is turning upside down. Members of a cabaret troupe gather one last time to perform for their friends, some of whom have already gone missing. Charles Barber, music director of City Opera Vancouver, brings a sneak preview of the new opera Berlin:
The
Last
Cabaret that premieres in January 2020 at Performance Works. They introduce five remarkable singers new to City Opera, Julia Munčs, Meaghan Chenosky, Alen Dominguez, Brent Hirose, Dan Doerksen, and repertoire authentic to the Weimar Republic.
MOVIES
HALLOWE’EN MOVIE FESTIVAL
Sunday to Tuesday, October 27 to 29, 7pm - 10pm
Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free
Three nights of Hallowe’en movies; it’s a frightfully entertaining movie festival. Are you brave enough? Can you handle the thrills headed your way? Come on down to the Evelyne Saller Centre and creep into the spooky season with some of your favourite Hallowe’en movies! Everyone is welcome.
CULTURAL SHARING
EDGE OF THE KNIFE (2018, 1 hr 40 min)
Monday October 28, 6pm - 8pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Join the Cultural Sharing Program as we celebrate the United Nations observance that proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. We are proud to share a screening of Edge
of
the
Knife, a Canadian film co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown. Filmed entirely in Haida Gwaii, it is the first feature film spoken in only Haida dialects. Set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, the film tells the classic Haida story of the traumatized and stranded man transformed to Gaagiixiid, the wildman. Come early at 5:30pm to pick up a ticket to the November 4, Big House Feast.
ART TALK
MEET THE ARTISTS FarLee Mowat & Deanna Cuthand
Tuesday October 29, 3pm - 4pm
EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free
Join Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA) for a Meet & Greet! with artists FarLee Mowat and Deanna Cuthand. View their work, ask them questions and take in the EWMA studio. EWMA is a developmental program of Atira Women’s Resource Society that works to facilitate female or female identified individuals art and art practices. For more information visit www.atira.bc.ca/enterprising-women-making-art or www.facebook.com/EWMA-store. We invite women, two spirit and women identified folk to drop-in and socialize with the artists!
FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY
Wednesday October 30, 2pm - 4pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Join friends from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood and special guests for this year’s Opening Ceremony with a focus on the 2019 Festival theme Holding
the
Light.
Featuring Les Nelson, Carnegie’s Elder in Residence, and Kat Norris, Festival Elder in Residence, who will lead the afternoon’s cultural work. Also: Khari Wendell McClelland, Festival Artist in Residence, singer and community worker; lexwst’i:lem Drum Group, the exciting addition to the Carnegie community; blues and jazz singer Dalannah Gail Bowen singing This
Little
Light
of
Mine, accompanied by pianist Michael Creber; Chinese folk dancer Eva Cho with Wilson Liang; and the Strathcona Red Fox Drum Group from Strathcona Elementary School who will lighten our spirits with song.
We will also thank and honour individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to our community.
For a special treat to celebrate Diwali, the multicultural South Asian festival of lights, Carnegie Artists in Residence, Amal and Erv of Cambium Arts & Education will display handmade lanterns for the festival opening. Made collaboratively with DTES community members.
Refreshments! Everyone welcome.
WORKSHOP
BUNTING & DECORATIONS
Thursday October 31, 9:30am - 12pm
Carnegie Art Room basement, 401 Main Free
Come join our bunting and decorations workshop to make Day of the Dead and Halloween inspired arts and crafts. This workshop will be led by Erin, a staff member of Oppenheimer Park.
PERFORMANCE
WARRIOR ETHOS: Drumming Narratives of Interculturality
Thursday October 31, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
SFU Woodward's, Frances & Samuel Belzberg Atrium, 149 W. Hastings Free
Performing together, Japanese Canadian taiko artist Kage (Eileen) and African-American percussionist and Music Research Strategist Marshall Trammell explore emergent and collaborative narratives in sound. Their exploration combines their idiosyncratic approaches to new and ancient instruments with the unique acoustics of the inner architecture of the performance space. Presented with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. More info: www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/events/events1/2019-Fall/warrior-ethos-drumming-narratives-of-interculturality.html
RADIO
WORLD POETRY CAFE
Thursday October 31, 1pm - 2pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Ariadne Sawyer, host of World
Poetry
Cafe, is pleased to celebrate the Heart of the City Festival with poetry, interviews, creative tips, and music. Today, Ariadne welcomes musical guest Alfredo Flores, one of the musicians featured in the Festival’s Spotlight on the East End music series!
MUSIC IN THE STREETS
HASTINGS STREET BAND
Thursday October 31, 1pm & 2pm
Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free
Also November 2, 3 & 4
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, semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
CARNEGIE HALLOWE’EN DANCE
Thursday October 31, 7pm - 9:30pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Featuring Rollin’ and Tumblin’, a band known for their electric and eclectic blend of blues and soul. Enjoy music from blues legends such as T-Bone Walker, Elmore James and Sam Cooke, along with funky jazz instrumentals by Earl Hooker and Nat Adderly. Led by Dave Paterson on vintage guitar and harmonica, with blues piano great Dave Webb, and Sandy Smith (The Twisters) on drums. Come dressed in your most creative costumes to win a prize!
RADIO
ARTS RATIONAL
Thursday October 31, 9pm - 11pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Interviews and commentary on the local arts scene. For this special Festival program, host Jay Hamburger interviews Jim Sands about Finding
Light
in
the
Darkness:
Stories
About
Community,
Change
and
Hope, a storytelling project he is leading at this year’s Heart of the City Festival. Other invited storytelling guests will be in the studio to share their own stories. An exciting and innovative program of storytelling, and a show to listen to for those interested in creative writing!
MUSIC
BILLIE’S BLUES
Friday November 1, 1pm - 2pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Billie Holiday was an African American blues and jazz singer whose 25 year career navigated many challenges; she died in 1959 at the age of 44. Known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, she was one of the foremost blues singers of the 20th century. She is also one of Michael Creber's favourite vocalists. As a regular accompanist to the DTES-own powerful blues and jazz singer Dalannah Gail Bowen, Michael asked if she would put together a program of Billie Holiday blues. And Dalannah said yes. We are the lucky listeners of this favourite confluence of song, music, blues and soul. With Dalannah Gail Bowen, pianist Michael Creber, and Dave Say on saxophone.
FILM & PANEL DISCUSSION
SPIRIT HAS NO COLOUR
Friday November 1, 1pm - 3pm
Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s
149 W. Hastings Free
Spirit
Has
No
Colour, co-produced by Norma Jean McLaren, is a training film for BC’s municipal police recruits about the relationship between police and Aboriginal peoples. The film covers many issues: the history of Aboriginal peoples particularly in BC; the role of police in the enforcement of laws in Canada that proved to have been damaging to Aboriginal peoples; the experience of Aboriginal peoples showing what police see on the streets and in communities today, both the powerfully positive and the profoundly negative; the consequence of generations of children taken from families and placed in residential schools; and finally, connecting issues of drug and alcohol abuse, family disintegration and loss of identity to sexual, psychological, physical and other abuses common in the schools. A panel discussion follows with Jerry Adams and Rick Lavallee, moderated by Nathan Edelson.
CULTURAL SHARING
CRAFTS AND CONVERSATION
Friday November 1, 2pm - 5pm
Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby Free
Join the Carnegie Cultural Sharing Program and members of the lexwst’i:lem Drum Group for an afternoon of Indigenous crafts, including cedar weaving and necklace and bracelet beading. The lexwst’i:lem Drum Group will also perform during the afternoon, sharing their songs, dance and culture.
THEATRE
SIS NE’ BI-YÏZ: Mother Bear Speaks
Friday November 1, 3pm
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
$20/15. Tickets at door or advance sales: 604.689.0926
boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca
or www.Firehallartscentre.ca
Also October 30, November 2 & 3
See
description
October
30
TALK
MY ART IS ACTIVISM: Direct Action and the Archive
Friday November 1, 3pm - 5pm
SUM Gallery, #425 - 268 Keefer Free
A screening of selections from Sid Chow Tan’s archive of self-produced video journalism. For decades, Sid has been active as a documentarian and organizer across social movements in the Lower Mainland. His vast archive of stories and video works record decades of organizing and direct action in environmental activism, anti-Olympics mobilizations, and the ongoing struggle for housing. Chow Tan will speak to how his self-taught video practice has complemented his activism work and the importance of insurgent archives today. This project received support from the DTES Small Arts Grant program.
VISIT THE SPACE
SRO Indigenous Women’s Project
Friday November 1, 3pm - 5:30pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, enter on Carrall Free
Also November 2 & 6
Drop by the InterUrban Gallery to see the art created over the eight month community-engaged process, including body mapping and videos from the SRO Indigenous Women’s Project. The SRO IWP is part of Home,
Homelessness
and
the
Culture
In-Between, a week-long exploration of the challenges and hopes experienced by residents of SRO hotels and the DTES led by Renae Morriseau with Sophie Merasty. Produced by Urban Ink Productions. See
page
13
for
more
information.
COMMUNITY
DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION/CELEBRACION DEL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Friday November 1, 5pm - 8pm
Watari Youth & Family Services
678 E. Hastings 2nd floor Free
The Day of the Dead is a celebration that takes place throughout Latin America between October 30 and November 2. Each town, village or farmhouse prepare altars, offerings, and ornaments, and gather for food and music in the cemeteries. It's time to remember family and friends who have moved to another life; and it's time to cry and laugh. The tradition was brought to the Downtown Eastside by Isabel Ramirez who, with her joy, dancing and singing, made the one who was sad, laugh; made the one who could not dance, step up and enjoy; and made the weeping person, sing. Isabel left us some time ago but this November 1st she will see us from the beyond and ask "Where are my Oppenheimer Park people?" Stand up and fight for justice! Presented with Oppenheimer Park and Watari Youth & Family Services.
PERFORMANCE
SRO INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S PROJECT
Friday November 1, 6pm - 8pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrell
By donation at the door
Also November 4
Performances and vignettes developed through an eight month community engaged art process; the participants of the SRO Indigenous Women's Project share stories that honour their lived experience of 'home' - within themselves and within the DTES. The SRO
IWP is part of Home,
Homelessness
and
the
Culture
In-Between, a week-long exploration of the challenges and hopes experienced by residents of SRO hotels and the DTES led by Renae Morriseau with Sophie Merasty. Produced by Urban Ink Productions. See
page
13
for
more
information.
MASS
ALL SOULS’ SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS
Friday November 1, 6:30pm
St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova
All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy Souls, and the Faithful Departed. On this day we remember deceased relatives and loved ones. Join the St. James’ congregation for a Solemn Mass with choir and special prayers of remembrance for those who have gone to their eternal rest. All are welcome.
THEATRE
ŪTSZAN
Friday November 1, 8pm
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
$20/15. Tickets at door or advance sales: 604.689.0926
boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca
or www.Firehallartscentre.ca
Also October 31, November 2
See
description
October
31
PERFORMANCE
TUFF CITY:
Lessons from a determined community
Friday November 1, 8pm - 9pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrell
By donation at the door
Also November 4
To help people understand what has been happening in the Downtown Eastside overdose crisis, front line responders and harm reduction workers have created Illicit projects: installations and workshop performances to express the realities of drug users. They transform the lived experiences and direct knowledge of those most impacted by the opioid crisis into shadow stories that bring the understanding that reduces stigma towards people who use drugs. Lead artist is David Mendes. Tuff City is part of Home, Homelessness and the Culture In-Between, a week-long exploration of the challenges and hopes experienced by residents of SRO hotels and the DTES led by Renae Morriseau with Sophie Merasty. Produced by Urban Ink Productions. See
page
13
for
more
information.
SPOKEN WORD
SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST AWARD CEREMONY
Saturday November 2, 1pm - 2:30pm
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. Now in its fourth year, this writing contest was established to honour Sandy, to support local writers, and to encourage never-before-published writers to submit their work for publication. This year the contest focuses on poetry and essay-writing. It is an exciting and inspiring event, with many of the award-winning writers reading work they submitted to the contest. The free twice-monthly Carnegie
Newsletter is now available online at www.carnegienewsletter.org.
WORKSHOP
PIÑATAS
Thursday October 24, 9:30am - 12pm
Carnegie Art Room basement, 401 Main Free
Enjoy a piñata making workshop! Practice working with paper mache to create and decorate piñatas, which come in many different sizes and shapes (like an animal or an object). They transform into hanging containers filled with candy or treats, then are broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. It’s a fun party activity where guests are blindfolded and take turns hitting the piñata with a stick. When the piñata finally breaks open, everyone rushes to grab as many treats as they can. Hosted by members of the DTES Latin American Community.
OPENING RECEPTION
HOMING PIDGIN Haruko Okano
Saturday October 26, 12pm - 4pm
Centre A, #205 - 268 Keefer Free
Exhibition October 21 to December 14
Homing
Pidgin introduces visitors to words and phrases recovered by artist Haruko Okano from hybrid trade languages developed and spoken by early settlers during the late 1800s and early 1900s on the West Coast. “Pidgin” incorporated snippets from Chinese, South Asian, French and Chinook, woven in with portmanteaus or “Janglish” (a fusion of Japanese and English). This installation symbolizes the meeting of two cultures; it offers an opportunity to experience the challenges of communicating when one is unfamiliar with another’s mother tongue and to learn a little of a lost oral tradition.
Gallery hours: Tues to Sat 12pm - 5pm.
During the opening reception, Haruko invites the public’s help in making 1000 paper boats for an environmental art project, Ocean
Flotilla. The boats are made of unbleached kraft paper made water-resistant with kakishibu, an organic multi-purpose medium from Japan. Each boat will be numbered and participants can track their boat’s journey on the BlogSpot. Suitable for 12 years or older; younger children can contribute a message. Space is limited, first come first serve. More info: oceanflotilla.blogspot.com.
SNEAK PREVIEW
BERLIN: The Last Cabaret
Saturday October 26, 7:30pm - 9pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
It is 1934 in Berlin. The Weimar Republic has collapsed, and the world is turning upside down. Members of a cabaret troupe gather one last time to perform for their friends, some of whom have already gone missing. Charles Barber, music director of City Opera Vancouver, brings a sneak preview of the new opera Berlin:
The
Last
Cabaret that premieres in January 2020 at Performance Works. They introduce five remarkable singers new to City Opera, Julia Munčs, Meaghan Chenosky, Alen Dominguez, Brent Hirose, Dan Doerksen, and repertoire authentic to the Weimar Republic.
MOVIES
HALLOWE’EN MOVIE FESTIVAL
Sunday to Tuesday, October 27 to 29, 7pm - 10pm
Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free
Three nights of Hallowe’en movies; it’s a frightfully entertaining movie festival. Are you brave enough? Can you handle the thrills headed your way? Come on down to the Evelyne Saller Centre and creep into the spooky season with some of your favourite Hallowe’en movies! Everyone is welcome.
CULTURAL SHARING
EDGE OF THE KNIFE (2018, 1 hr 40 min)
Monday October 28, 6pm - 8pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Join the Cultural Sharing Program as we celebrate the United Nations observance that proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. We are proud to share a screening of Edge
of
the
Knife, a Canadian film co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown. Filmed entirely in Haida Gwaii, it is the first feature film spoken in only Haida dialects. Set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, the film tells the classic Haida story of the traumatized and stranded man transformed to Gaagiixiid, the wildman. Come early at 5:30pm to pick up a ticket to the November 4, Big House Feast.
ART TALK
MEET THE ARTISTS FarLee Mowat & Deanna Cuthand
Tuesday October 29, 3pm - 4pm
EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings Free
Join Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA) for a Meet & Greet! with artists FarLee Mowat and Deanna Cuthand. View their work, ask them questions and take in the EWMA studio. EWMA is a developmental program of Atira Women’s Resource Society that works to facilitate female or female identified individuals art and art practices. For more information visit www.atira.bc.ca/enterprising-women-making-art or www.facebook.com/EWMA-store. We invite women, two spirit and women identified folk to drop-in and socialize with the artists!
FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY
Wednesday October 30, 2pm - 4pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Join friends from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood and special guests for this year’s Opening Ceremony with a focus on the 2019 Festival theme Holding the Light. Featuring Les Nelson, Carnegie’s Elder in Residence, and Kat Norris, Festival Elder in Residence, who will lead the afternoon’s cultural work. Also: Khari Wendell McClelland, Festival Artist in Residence, singer and community worker; lexwst’i:lem Drum Group, the exciting addition to the Carnegie community; blues and jazz singer Dalannah Gail Bowen singing This Little Light of Mine, accompanied by pianist Michael Creber; Chinese folk dancer Eva Cho with Wilson Liang; and the Strathcona Red Fox Drum Group from Strathcona Elementary School who will lighten our spirits with song. We will also thank and honour individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to our community. For a special treat to celebrate Diwali, the multicultural South Asian festival of lights, Carnegie Artists in Residence, Amal and Erv of Cambium Arts & Education will display handmade lanterns for the festival opening. Made collaboratively with DTES community members. Refreshments! Everyone welcome.
RADIO
WAX POETIC on CO-OP RADIO
Wednesday October 30, 2pm - 2:30pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Join hosts RC Weslowski and Lucia Misch for their weekly program that highlights poet laureates, the latest up-and-coming poetry slammers, the most seasoned 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. Today’s special guests for the Heart of the City Festival are poets Isabella Mori and Kyle Hawke who will read poetry from entries in the first Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize in honour of Muriel Williams, beloved actor and spoken word artist of heart of the city.
CLOSING RECEPTION
THREE EWMA ARTISTS Karen Colville, Penny Lim, Rosina Santillana
Wednesday October 30, 5pm - 6:30pm
Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main Free
Join three artists from Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA) for the closing reception of their exhibition. The three artists are diverse in their approaches to their work: Karen Colville paints abstracts and landscapes that capture the beauty in natural environments; Penny Lim is a mixed-media artist who explores banner art, photography, and wood laser work; and Rosina Santillana experiments with all sorts of media, creating collages and altered art. For more information about EWMA, visitwww.atira.bc.ca/enterprising-women-making-art or www.facebook.com/EWMA-store.
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
ORANGE & BLACK HALLOWE’EN PARTY
Wednesday October 30, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 E. Hastings Free
Join the gang at Ray-Cam for games and other entertainment! Montana King will be there to add decorations with face paint and sparkles. Family fun with good tricks and treats. Especially for children and families.
OPEN REHEARSAL
VANCOUVER CANTATA SINGERS
Wednesday October 30, 7pm - 8:30pm
St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free
St. James’ welcomes the Vancouver Cantata Singers as they offer a free, open rehearsal. If you have ever wondered how to teach a choir to sing and perform in perfect harmony, this is a great opportunity to hear some beautiful singing, and learn from commentary by Paula Kremer, Artistic Director. Vancouver Cantata Singers was founded in 1958, and is one of Canada’s pre-eminent, award-winning choral ensembles. For more information about the choir go to: www.vancouvercantatasingers.com. All welcome.
THEATRE
SIS NE’ BI-YÏZ: Mother Bear Speaks
Wednesday October 30, 7:30pm
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
$20/15. Tickets at door or advance sales: 604-689-0926
boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca
or www.Firehallartscentre.ca
Also November 1, 2, & 3
A play written and performed by Taninli Wright (Wet'suwet'en) about her remarkable Messenger of Hope Walk. Inspired by the true story of this emerging artist who walked 1,600km across British Columbia to give voice to First Nations children and other marginalized youth. Developed in collaboration with Laura Barron, Jason Clift, Julie McIsaac and Jessica Schacht. Produced by Instruments of Change.
WORKSHOP
HALLOWE’EN ARTS & CRAFTS
Wednesday October 30, 7pm - 9pm
Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free
The folks at Evelyne Saller are getting ready for everybody’s favourite time, Hallowe’en. Costumes, crafts, tricks, and spirits; come and join in the Hallowe’en-themed arts and crafts making workshop. Everyone is welcome.
MUSIC & PHOTOS
HIP-HOP LADIES with GENTLEMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
Wednesday October 30, 9:30pm - 11pm
SBC Restaurant, 109 E. Hastings Free
Come dressed to impress to the famous SBC RESTAURANT for a night of live hip-hop music. Performing are Ghetto Bunny, Miss Christie Lee, and BonaFyde; with DJ Kate Moe Dee. Get your photo taken by local legend DTES photographer Tom Quirk, with his trusted assistant Quin Martins. Join us for 'STYLIN’ AT THE BUDDHA'! Prize given for best Hallowe’en costume!
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
DIWALI IN THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
Wednesday October 30, 7:30pm - 9pm (doors 7pm)
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
The Festival is thrilled to collaborate with the multicultural festival Diwali in BC and its award-winning Artistic Director and storytelling host for the evening, Rohit Chokhani, to bring the radiant light of South Asian dance and music to Carnegie: the heart of our community. The evening features three exceptionally talented and exciting acts: Ashvini Sundaram, an award-winning Bharatanatyam performance artist also trained in ballet, contemporary dance and Canatic music; Karima Essa, a charismatic and passionate performer, three-time Canadian National Dance Champion, and Vancouver’s very own Bollywood star; and performers from South Asian Arts, practitioners of high energy bhangra dance, a form of North Indian dance popular in India and locally. A not-to-be-missed evening. Expect to be up on the dance floor! Refreshments to follow.
Diwali is an annual festival of lights, a celebration of light overcoming darkness, that originated in cultural communities of South Asia and today is celebrated around the world. “As
a
kid”, Rohit Chokhani says, “Diwali
for
me
was
visiting
family
and
friends,
giving
gifts
and
eating
together
and
sharing
a
cup
of
chai.
My
goal
with
Diwali
in
BC
is
to
take
that
experience
beyond
families
and
into
communities.
If
two
different
communities
come
together
over
a
cup
of
chai
and
have
a
good
conversation,
that
is
Diwali.”
WORKSHOP
BUNTING & DECORATIONS
Thursday October 31, 9:30am - 12pm
Carnegie Art Room basement, 401 Main Free
Come join our bunting and decorations workshop to make Day of the Dead and Halloween inspired arts and crafts. This workshop will be led by Erin, a staff member of Oppenheimer Park.
PERFORMANCE
WARRIOR ETHOS: Drumming Narratives of Interculturality
Thursday October 31, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
SFU Woodward's, Frances & Samuel Belzberg Atrium, 149 W. Hastings Free
Performing together, Japanese Canadian taiko artist Kage (Eileen) and African-American percussionist and Music Research Strategist Marshall Trammell explore emergent and collaborative narratives in sound. Their exploration combines their idiosyncratic approaches to new and ancient instruments with the unique acoustics of the inner architecture of the performance space. Presented with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. More info: www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/events/events1/2019-Fall/warrior-ethos-drumming-narratives-of-interculturality.html
RADIO
WORLD POETRY CAFE
Thursday October 31, 1pm - 2pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Ariadne Sawyer, host of World
Poetry
Cafe, is pleased to celebrate the Heart of the City Festival with poetry, interviews, creative tips, and music. Today, Ariadne welcomes musical guest Alfredo Flores, one of the musicians featured in the Festival’s Spotlight on the East End music series!
MUSIC IN THE STREETS
HASTINGS STREET BAND
Thursday October 31, 1pm & 2pm
Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free
Also November 2, 3 & 4
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, semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
CARNEGIE HALLOWE’EN DANCE
Thursday October 31, 7pm - 9:30pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Featuring Rollin’ and Tumblin’, a band known for their electric and eclectic blend of blues and soul. Enjoy music from blues legends such as T-Bone Walker, Elmore James and Sam Cooke, along with funky jazz instrumentals by Earl Hooker and Nat Adderly. Led by Dave Paterson on vintage guitar and harmonica, with blues piano great Dave Webb, and Sandy Smith (The Twisters) on drums. Come dressed in your most creative costumes to win a prize!
RADIO
ARTS RATIONAL
Thursday October 31, 9pm - 11pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Interviews and commentary on the local arts scene. For this special Festival program, host Jay Hamburger interviews Jim Sands about Finding
Light
in
the
Darkness:
Stories
About
Community,
Change
and
Hope, a storytelling project he is leading at this year’s Heart of the City Festival. Other invited storytelling guests will be in the studio to share their own stories. An exciting and innovative program of storytelling, and a show to listen to for those interested in creative writing!
THEATRE
SRO, a play by Middle of the Sky
(aka Brenda Prince)
Thursday October 31, 6pm - 9pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrell
By donation at the door
Also November 3 & 6
The new play SRO follows the story of Pinishi, an Anishinabe Ikwe and Ojibway woman trapped in a Downtown Eastside SRO hotel and her efforts to escape from her circumstances both physically and spiritually. The play uses a fascinating storytelling style, both intimate and expansive, to create a world that helps the audience understand the constraints of being trapped in an SRO, and witness how Indigenous people use their traditional stories, songs and memories to escape confined living situations. SRO is part of Home,
Homelessness
and
the
Culture
In-Between, a week-long residency led by Renae Morriseau with Sophie Merasty that explores the challenges and hopes experienced by residents of SRO hotels and the DTES. Produced by Urban Ink Productions. See
page
13
for
more
information.
THEATRE
ŪTSZAN
Thursday October 31, 7:30pm
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
$20/15. Tickets at door or advance sales: 604.689.0926
boxoffice@firehallartscentre.ca
or www.Firehallartscentre.ca
Also November 1 & 2
This passionate story about language and how it informs identity, follows the journey of a woman and her quest to reclaim her language. In the process, she uncovers Indigenous knowledge, humour, strength and resilience. Directed by Jefferson Guzman, ūtszan (to make things better) is written and performed by artist Yvonne Wallace (Lil̓wat7úl), making the Downtown Eastside the first stop after her world premiere in Whistler.
RADIO
KLA HOW YA on CO-OP RADIO
Thursday October 31, 5pm - 6pm
Live Broadcast Co-Op Radio CFRO 100.5FM
Host Gunargie O’Sullivan kicks off this year’s Heart of the City Festival on a number of radio programs with news, interviews and music that explore the struggle of Indigenous people for freedom and liberation. For today’s program, Gunargie will field live phone-ins from festival staff and artists participating in the October 31 festival events. Be sure to tune in to hear about the events that will be going on at this year’s Festival!
ROCK OPERA IN-DEVELOPMENT
TALE OF THE EASTSIDE LANTERN
Thursday October 31, 7pm
CBC Studio 700, 700 Hamilton
$15. Tickets at the door, or advance sales: www.eastsidelantern3.eventbrite.ca
Experience a Chinatown story in the making. Join Vancouver Cantonese Opera and playwright/ composer Shon Wong, the bandleader for Son of James, for an excerpt from their hybrid Chinese rock opera in-development. In the shops and neon lit streets of Chinatown, Jimmy wrestles with his personal demons and sets out to solve a mystery guarded by spirits living in the underworld. Jimmy is led by the sounds of rock and motivated by the oldest feeling in the world … love. Directed by Andy Toth, the cast includes Rosa Cheng (Artistic Director of Vancouver Cantonese Opera), Ukrainian Chinese guitarist Henny Young, guzheng player Michelle Kwan, erhu player Lan Tung, and lead vocalist Shon Wong – whose father James founded the Chinatown Hillbillies band to fundraise for Chinatown causes. Stay afterwards for a chat with the creators of the show. Co-produced by Vancouver Cantonese Opera and Son of James, and presented by Vancouver Moving Theatre.