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Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians with a host of community partners presents 14th Annual DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE October 25 to November ___ 2017 OF THE • OVER 100 EVENTS AT OVER 50 LOCATIONS Music I Dance I Opera I Spoken Word I Theatre I Film I History Walks I Art Talks I Gallery Exhibits www.heartofthecityfestival.com COMMUNITY PARTNERS Aboriginal Front Door I ACCESS TV (Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society) Admiral Seymour Elementary School I Atira/EWMA (Enterprising Women Making Art) I BC Alliance for Arts and Culture Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art I Carnegie Community Action Project I Carnegie Cultural Sharing Carnegie Learning Centre I Carnegie Newsletter I Caveman Cafe I Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery I China Cloud Studios Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives I City Opera Vancouver I Coast Salish Cultural Network Community Arts Council of Vancouver I Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM I Creativa International Culture Saves Lives I Downtown Community Health Centre I Dr. Sun Vat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden DTES Centre for the Arts I DTES Neighbourhood House I DTES Market Society I DTES Small Arts Grants DTES Women's Centre I EartHand Gleaners Society I Evelyne Saller Centre I Fazakas Gallery Federation of Russian Canadians (BC) I Firehall Arts Centre I Gallery Gachet I Hastings Folk Garden Hogan's Alley Working Group I Instruments of Change I International Web Express Interurban Gallery I Karen Jamieson Dance Company I Kokoro Dance I KW Studios Lord Strathcona Elementary School I Moving Images Distribution I Oppenheimer Park I Ovaltine Cafe Pacific Opera Victoria I Phoenix Artist Collective I Portland Hotel Society I Powell Street Festival Playwrights Theatre Centre I Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre I Red Jam Slam Society I Remington Gallery Sacred Circle Society I Sai Woo Restaurant I Saint James Music Academy I SBC Restaurant SFU Institute for the Humanities I SFU Philosopher's Cafe I SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement St. James' Anglican Church I Strathcona Community Centre I Street Vendors Collective I Theatre Terrific Thursdays Writing Collective I UBC Learning Exchange I UNIT /PITT Projects I Urban Ink Productions Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre I Vancouver Asian Film Festival I Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Vancouver Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grants I Vancouver Police Museum Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie Reading Room, n~ca7mat ct Strathcona Branch) I Vancouver Tea Festival Watari I WePress I Women Transforming Cities I Woodward's Atrium (West Bank Corporation) STRAIGHT.COM ClJttJ~~ Vancouver's leading arts source. 14th Annual DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE HEART,R( CITY FESTIVAL October 25to November 5 2017 Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre & the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians & a host of community partners www.heartofthecityfestival.com 604.628 .5672 INSIDE Welcoming Statements ............................................... 2 - 3 Locations & Venues, with Map .......................................... 4 We Honour Women of the Downtown Eastside .............. s Schedule at a Glance ................................................... 6 - 7 Pre-Festival Events .................................................... 8 - 1 O Handy Guide to Walking Tours ....................................... 11 Festival Events ......................................................... 12 - 43 Visual Arts ........................................................................ 44 Post Festival Events ......................................................... 4S Feisty Feminists ............................................................... 46 Take a Walk on the Downtown Eastside ........................ 47 Congratulations ••.•••••.••.•••.••••••••••••.•••.••..••••.••••••••.•••••••••••• 48 Support the Arts .............................................................. 49 Vancouver Moving Theatre News ........................... 50 - 51 In Memorium ............................................................ 52 - 53 Credits & Thanks ...................................................... 54 - 55 The Heartbeat Continues ................................................ 56 Ticket •~formation 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. FRONT AND BACK COVERS Photo: David Cooper Design: Big Wave Design Appearing on the front: Taninli Wright ,;couver~ tJ'£!!/ 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 develop-ment 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 xwm~kw.iy.im (Musqueam), Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish), and seifiwitulh (Tsleil~Waututh). Festival phoenix logo : Diane Wood Appearing on the back: women in the community at Festival photo shoot 2017 Welcome to the 2017 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Fes-tival! Canada's vibrant arts and culture are a unify-ing force. This year, as we celebrate Canada 150, it is an ideal time to participate in artistic and cultural activities like this festival. This event brings Canadians together and gives voice to the region and its cultural communities and neighbour-hoods. With over 50 venues and 100 events, including visual art, music and theatre, this year's festival pays tribute to women of past and present, and demonstrates our country's rich diversity and cultural heritage. As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I would like to thank the Vancouver Moving Theatre, along with the artists, organizers and volunteers who have worked so passionately to bring us this event. I wish you a very successful festival. The Honourable Melanie Joly Minister of Canadian Heritage Now in its 14th year, the Downtown East-side Heart of the City Festival offers multi-disciplinary forms of art to share inspirational and thought-provoking stories. This impactful event celebrates indi-vidual 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 that showcases artistic talent, cultural diversity and community pride. The BC Arts Council is proud to support Heart of the City and this year's tribute to honouring all women of the community, past and present. Merla Beckerman, Chair BC Arts Council 2 Heart of the City Festival 2017 On Behalf of the Premier John Horgan and the Government of British Columbia, I would like to welcome you to the 14th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. With a theme of Honour-ing Women of the Down-town Eastside, the festival boasts an impressive amount of cultural events and artistic activities over 12 days. Congratulations to the Vancouver Moving Theatre and their partners on promoting the development of arts, cultural traditions and activism through this festival. The continued success of this festival is proof that our arts and culture sector is thriving; this year's festival is bigger than ever, with more than 100 events at over 50 locations it is sure to have something for everyone. Thank you to all of the staff, volunteers, artists, partners, and audience members who give voice to the Downtown Eastside, its residents, cultural com-munities, and neighbourhoods. None of this success would be possible without your contributions. Sincerely, Lisa Beare Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Congratulations to the Heart of the City Festival for another year of per-formances and events in the Downtown Eastside. Thank you for,honouring the amazing women of the Downtown Eastside in your festival theme this year. This festival highlights the creative and resilient community that flourishes here, and I am proud to be your representative in the BC Legislature. My colleagues in Government and I are working together on addressing some of your biggest con-cerns: housing, poverty reduction, childcare - and bringing forward the things that help us thrive: education, arts and culture, mutual respect, and reconciliation in action. This important work must happen in partnership with community. I look forward to paddling together with you towards our shared values and goals. Keep shining! Warm regards, Melanie Mark, MLA Vancouver-Mount Pleasant On behalf of the City Council of Vancouver, it is my pleasure to wel-come everyone to the 14th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. The Heart of the City Festival is a wonderful flagship event greatly valued by the City of Vancouver as a vital annual cultural and heritage event. The Festival supports the voice and concerns of the Downtown Eastside community, celebrates its diverse heritage and cultures, contributes to the development of local arts and cu lture, and serves as a high-impact bridge-building force that shines a light on its low income residents, cultural communities and neighbourhoods. Congratulations to everyone on the festival team, the community partners and residents of the Downtown Eastside on such a wonderful festival recognized across Canada as a leader in community-engaged art practice. Thank you for your leadership and commitment to community; it is through your working together that Vancouver is able to boast such a great neighbourhood-based festival. The City of Vancouver is proud to be a partner with you. Have a wonderful time at this year's 14th Down-town Eastside Heart of the City Festival, and I look forward to seeing you at the Festival Gregor Robertson Mayor of Vancouver As the Member of Par-liament for Vancouver East, it is with great pleasure that I welcome everyone to this year's Heart of the City Fes-tival. For 14 years, this fes-tival, as its namesake, has delivered multi-media art that speaks directly to the heart of the people in our city, particularly our community in the Downtown Eastside. This year's theme, Honoring the Women of Downtown Eastside, the chamber opera piece Missing, and sound installation Summoning, are especially close to my heart, as our community members continue to fight for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women stolen from our community. I am also 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. 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 WELCOME Welcome to the 14th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. This year's festival honours women of this community, past and present. We celebrate your commitment, hard work, creativity, courage and advocacy day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Thank you for your strength, inspiration, leadership and determination that keeps you standing up, moving forward, and taking action on behalf of our community. This year is the first time the festival has taken its theme from one of our programs. MISSING, a new opera by Indigenous creator Marie Clements, is set in the Downtown EastsideNancouver and on the Highway of Tears. Together with the sound installation Summoning, the danced production Crows Nest and readings-in-process of Weav-ing Reconciliation and A Mother Bears Journey, this year's projects are supporting the lived experiences of women, while giving voice to intergenerational impacts of residential schools and life under the Indian Act. Prepare yourself for a banquet of offerings from the women and men of our community: from talks, walks and concerts celebrating our cultural communities; to new work- in-development giving voice to lived experience of the harm reduction movement and homelessness;" from talks and workshops around reconciliation and decolonization to environmental justice and traditions of living from the land and the sea; from music concerts and cross-cultural fusions to commu-nity art-making projects and community celebrations. We are delighted to introduce you to new folks in the festival family: Kat Norris, Elder in Residence; Gunargie O'Sullivan, Multimedia Artist in Residence; Hillary Kaplan, Social Media; and Lalia Fraser, Operations Manager. Thank you Mark Carter, Festival Production Manager, and our great team of production and operations assistants and advisors; and all our much valued community partners who make this festival possible. A special shout-out and huge thanks to Associate Artistic Producer extraordinaire Teresa Vandertuin, who year after year does a stellar job putting the festival up on its feet so we can all enjoy it! 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 It's that time again, time for the Heart of the City Festival on these beautiful unceded Coast Salish lands. We at the Carnegie Community Centre are excited to see what will be presented. The theme this year is "Honouring the Women of the Downtown Eastside." Women are the backbone of our community and have led many successful struggles. From the Raymur mothers who fought for an overpass for their children, to those who honour the missing and murdered women in an annual march, to those who fought for social housing above the new library, women are deeply involved in the community. I hope you enjoy all the Festival has to offer. Many of the events are free and are for all, both the women and men that make our com-munity strong. Phoenix Winter President, Carnegie Community Centre Association Visit our website @ www.heartofthecityfestival.com to learn more about the Festival. From there you can find links to our Facebook page, follow us using your favourite social media and sign up for our newsletter. 0 Follow on Facebook: Heart of the City Festival - Become a friend - Be part of the conversation 2017 Heart of the City Festival 3 Cordova ml!lHastings D m 1 Aboriginal Front Door 384 Main, 604.697 .5662, www.abfrontdoor.com 2 Admiral Seymour Elementary School 1130 Keefer, 604.713.4641 3 Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 639 Hornby, 604.682.3455, www.billreidgallery.ca 4 Carnegie Community Centre 401 Main, 604.665.2220 5 Caveman Cafe 88 W. Pender, 604.331.0668, www.cavemancafe.ca 6 Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery 320Carrall 7 China Cloud Studios* 524 Main 2nd floor, 604.370.1098 8 Chinatown Plaza Mall 180 Keefer 9 Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives 555 Columbia, 604.658.8880, www.cccvan.com 10 Cineplex Odeon International Village 88 W. Pender, 604.806.0799 H Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM coopradio.org 11 Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema & World Art Centre, SFU Woodward's 149 W. Hastings 12 Dr. Sun Vat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall, 604.662.3207, vancouverchinesegarden.com 13 DTES Market 501 Powell 14 DTES Neighbourhood House 573 E. Hastings, 604.215.2030, www.dtesnhouse.ca 15 Evelyne Saller Centre 320 Alexander, 604.665.3075 4 Heart of the City Festival 2017 a 16 EWMA Studio 800 E. Hastings, 604.685.8043, www.atira.bc.ca 17 Fazakas Gallery 688 E. Hastings, 604.876.2729, www.fazakasgallery.com 18 Firehall Arts Centre* 280 E. Cordova, 604.689.0691, www.firehallartscentre.ca 19 Gallery Gachet 88 E. Cordova, 604.687 .2468, www.gachet.org 20 Hastings Folk Garden 117 E. Hastings 21 lnterUrban Gallery 1 E. Hastings, 604.629.8396 22 KW Atrium & Produdion Studios 111 W. Hastings, 604.662.7441, www.kwstudios.ca 23 Lord Strathcona Elementary School 592 E. Pender, 604.713.4630 24 Lore Krill Housing Co-op Community Room 65 W. Cordova 25 NE corner Milross & Quebec 26 naca7mat ct Strathcona Branch 730 E. Hastings, 604.665.3967 27 NW corner Abbott & E. Hastings 28 NW corner Union & Main 29 Oppenheimer Park 488 Powell, 604.253.8830 30 Outside by the alley 325 Carrall 31 Ovaltine Cafe 251 E. Hastings, 604.685.7021, www.ovaltinecafe.ca 32 Phoenix Gallery* 45 W. Hastings (alley entrance), thephoenixgallery.ca 33 Pigeon Park Carrall & E. Hastings Cordova Union t N Venables 34 Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre 920 E. Hastings, 604.257.6949, www.raycam.org 35 Remington Gallery 108 E. Hastings, 604.218.2109, www.remingtongallery.net 36 Russian Hall 600 Campbell, 604.254.9932 37 Sai Woo Restaurant 158 E. Pender, 604.568.1117. www.saiwoo.ca 38 SBC Restaurant (aka Smilin' Buddha) 109 E. Hastings, 778.846.6775, www.sbcrestaurant.ca 39 St. James' Anglican Church 303 E. Cordova, 604.685.2532, www.stjames.bc.ca 40 Strathcona Community Centre 601 Keefer, 604.713.1838 41 UBC Learning Exchange 612 Main, 604.408.5164, www.learningexchange.ubc.ca 42 Ukrainian Hall * 805 E. Pender, 604.254.3436, www.auucvancouver.ca 43 UNIT/PITT Projects 236 E. Pender, 604.681.6740, www.helenpittgallery.org 44 Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre 1607 E. Hastings, 604.251 .4844, www.vafcs.org 45 Vancouver Police Museum * 240 E. Cordova, 604.665.3346, www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca 46 Woodwards Atrium 111 W. Hastings 47 York Theatre 639 Commercial Drive, 604.251.1363, www.yorktheatre.ca .. Most festival venues are wheelchair accessible. IY * venue is not wheelchair accessible SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Prehstlval Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Events .. , October21 October26 October27 October28 October29 October JO • 10:30am-12:30pm 11am-12:30pm 10am-2pm 11am-1pm Block Printmaking Bargain Sale Comm. Art Show Women at Work Aboriginal Front St. James' Hall St. James' Church Walking Tour Door 11am-6pm 10am-4pm Ovalitne Cafe ' 11am-6pm Street Vendors Day of the Dead 11am Street Vendors Woodward's Creative Sessions Snooker Woodward's Atrium Atrium Oppenheimer Park Tournament Monday October 16 1pm-2pm 12pm-5pm 10:30am-11:30am Carnegie Pool 6pm-9pm Workshop World Poetry Cafe Summoning Let's Walk Room Home: Our Way/ Gathering the Fire Co-op Radio KW Production Together 12pm-1:30pm Firehall Arts Centre CFRO 100.5 FM Studio In Hogan's Alley Talk - Cultural .................................... , ... ..... Union & Main Wednesday October 18 ·' Identity 1pm & 2pm 1pm-2:15pm for Women 6pm-7:30pm Phllosopher's Cafe Hastings St. Band Carnegie Classics 11am-12:30pm Carnegie 3rd fir Learning Centre Abbott & E. Hastings Carnegie Theatre Wisdom of Plants SFUWorldArt Walking Tour Centre 6:30pm Opening Reception 2pm-4pm 1pm-3pm Hastings Folk 12pm-2pm The Feminine Touch Redressing Settler Folk Circle Garden Book launch lnterUrban Gallery Cultural Policy Carnegie 3rd fir World Food Day ......................................... SFU World Art Gallery 11am-1pm Friday October 20 Centre Block Printmaking Oppenheimer Park 2pm-4pm DTES Market 5pm-7pm Reception 4:30pm-5:30pm Celebrating the 1pm&2pm 1pm-2:30pm Ice Painting, Carnegie 3rd fir Gallery Mother Earth Ladles 12pm-5pm Hastings St. Band When Spirit 7pm-9pm Benjamin Poulton Smiled of the Tea Party Summoning starts at Carnegie Whispers 2pm-3:30pm Photography FESTIVAL DTES Oppenheimer Park KW Prod. Studio 1:30pm-3pm Co-op Radio Remington Gallery Neighbourhood An Afteroon of CFRO 100.5 FM OPENING 3:15pm-5pm 12:30pm-2:30pm ......................................... CEREMONY House Hallowe'en Short films Choral Voices Saturday October 21 Carnegie Theatre 6:30pm-8pm Carnival My Relations Woodward's Atrium • 10am-4pm DayoftheDead Orange & Black Strathcona CC Carnegie Theatre 2pm-4pm Creative Sessions Party 4pm-5pm 1pm &2pm Concert: Where Oppenheimer Park Ray-Cam CC Carnegie Dance Hastings St. Band Truest 1pm-4pm Workshop 7pm-9pm Troupe Abbott & E. Hastings Pleasure Lies St. James Church ~lleamed Which Came First, Studio Showing 2pm-4pm From My Mother Fascism or Carnegie Theatre In Visible Colours: 2pm-4pm 5pm-7:30pm Carnegie Theatre Misogyny? 6pm-8:30pm Women Sustain Life Workshop Aboriginal Feast ........................................... UNIT/PITT Community Art lnterUrban Gallery Social Emergency Carnegie Theatre Monday0ctober23 7pm-9:15pm Show Response Centre 7:40pm-7:50pm 6pm-8pm Slahal Story and Demonstration Weaving St. James' Church 3pm-5pm SFU World Art Home: Our Way/ Film&Conv. Carnegie Theatre Reconciliation Centre Gathering the Fire 7pm-9pm Aboriginal 7pm-8pm Honouring Women 3pm-4pm Firehall Arts Centre 6pm-9pm Workshop Talk Friendship Sawagi Taiko Carnegie Theatre Sounds Global Home: Our Way/ Gathering the Fire . &Tzo'kam 8pm-9:30pm Firehall Arts Centre ;, Process of Centre 3pm-6pm Ensemble True Voice SFU World Art Assembly 7pm-10pm Centre Hot+Noisy Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Theatre Project ........................................... SFU World Art Mahjong Social Exhibit Garden Firehall Arts Centre Tuesday October 24 Centre 7pm-9pm Chinatown Plaza ,;.,,;,; And Here WeAre 3pm-4:30pm 1pm-3pm Sne'waylh Shannon's Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM 7pm-9pm Phoenix Gallery Fashion Show 4pm-6pm A Walk of Film 7:30-9pm EWMAStudio Workshop Unintended 7pm-8:30pm Trickster Talk Angrylnuk Opening Ukrainian Beading Consequences Fazakas Gallery 7pm-9pm EWMAStudio Milross & Quebec SFU Woodward's Summoning .......................................... Cinema KW Production Crow's Nest 6pm-9pm 3pm-6pm Studio &Summoning Hallowe'en Dance Celebration of 7:30pm-9:30pm KW Prod. Studio Strathcona CC Women&the Women In 9pm ... 7pm-9:30pm Drum the Round Sidekicks Duo Hallowe'en 7pm-9pm Pigeon Park Sketch Comedy Crow's Nest Carnegie Theatre China Cloud Studios Dance &Summoning Carnegie Theatre KW Prod. Studio 10pm ... 9pm-12am light Out Arts Rational 7pm-9:30pm Wednesday Co-op Radio Film&Conv. Hymns from CFRO 100.5 FM Pipelines & Poetics the Moon Carnegie Theatre China Cloud 7:30pm-9:30pm Studios In Visible Colours: Women Sustain Ufe lnterUrban Gallery 6 Heart of the City Festival 2017 • SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday PostFntival October31 November1 November2 November3 November4 November I Events Hallowe'en All Saints Day All Souls Day 9:30am-10:30am 10am-5pm Daylight Savings Time ends Day of the Dead Kinnie Starr Open House • Hip Hop ala Police Museum 11:45am-1pm 10:30am-12:30pm • Canadlana FIim Screening Blankets & Beats Seymour Elem. 10pm-6pm Survivors Totem Pole Oppenheimer Park Van. Tea Fest. Lore Krill Housing 10am-5pm Dr. Sun Vat-Sen 11:30am-12pm Open House Garden 10:30am Puppetry 11am-12pm Police Museum All Saints' Day Monday November• Healthy Aging Drumming 11am-12:30pm Procession & Mass 5:30pm-8:30pm Through the Arts Culture Saves • Chinatown St. James' Church Mini Drums & Blankets Strathcona CC 11am-12pm Lives Walking Tour 11am-5pm Carnegie0 Theatre Drumming Sai Woo Restaurant 1pm-2pm Culture Saves lnterUrban Gallery Vancouver Tea .. .. ..................................... Sne'waylh Lives 1pm & 2pm 12pm-2pm Festival November 7, I & 11 Co-op Radio Interurban Gallery Hastings St. Band Chapbook Making Dr. Sun Vat-Sen Garden 8pm CFRO 100.5 FM starts at Carnegie Carnegie 3rd fir 1pm & 2pm Missing 12pm-2pm 12pm-2pm Learning Centre York Theatre 1pm-2:30pm Block Printmaking 1pm-3pm Workshop Balkan Shmalkan A Mother Bear's with WePress Learning Centre SIikscreen 1pm & 2pm Abbott & E. Hastings ....................................... Journey lnterUrban Gallery Live Printing Balkan Shmalkan Friday November 10 1pm-4pm Carnegie 3rd fir Carnegie 3rd fir lnterUrban Gallery starts at Carnegie Community Net 11:30am-1pm Learning Centre 2pm-2:30pm Learning Centre 2pm-3pm Making Circle Barrio Flamenco Wax Poetic 1:20pm-2:20pm "Open Studio" 2:30pm-4pm Breath-Ahhh Strathcona CC Co-op Radio 1pm-4pm Kinnie Star lnterUrban Gallery Conversations Theatre Terrific CFRO 100.5 FM Day of the Dead Hip Hop ala 1pm-7pm about Hogan's KW Atrium Studio Spm-7pm When the Veil is Canadlana Canzlne: Festival Alley 2pm-4pm Thin Strathcona 2pm-3pm SFU World Art Centre Festival Closing UBC Learning Conversation Oppenheimer Park Elementary Gallery Tour Reception Exchange The Way China- Intangible 2pm Carnegie 3rd floor town 5pm-6pm 2pm-4pm Missing History Is Being Kia How Ya Speaking Up Bill Reid Gallery York Theatre Gallery ..................................... Shared Co-op Radio PubllcArtas 2pm-4pm CCC Museum CFRO 100.5 FM Resistance Klds'Block 3pm Saturday November 11 neca?mat ct Printmaking Community Concert 6:30pm 5:30pm-7pm 6pm-7:30pm Strathcona Branch Oppenheimer Park &Supper Closing Reception Open Mic Home Grown Ukrainian Hall The Feminine Touch UBC Learning Stories 3pm-4:30pm 2:30pm-3:30pm lnterUrban Gallery Exchange &Open Mic Patsy Klein/Tony Sandy Cameron 4:30pm-6:30pm EWMAStudio WIison Wrhlng Contest Paint It Red ........................................ 7pm-8:30pm &Josh Zubot Award Ceremony Vancouver Asian 6pm-7pm Concert: Playing 6pm-8:30pm FIim Festival Super Cool Our Part Reframlng Carnegie Theatre Carnegie Theatre Cineplex Odeon Tuesday St. James' Church Relations 3pm-4:30pm lnterUrban Gallery neca?mat ct 5pm-7pm Playreadlng • • 7pm-9:30pm Opening Rec. 6:45pm-9:45pm Karaoke Strathcona Branch OJI• Case, Two "SRO" Carnegie Cabaret Evelyne Saller 6:30pm-8pm Case ••• lnterUrban Gallery Coffee House Centre Illicit: Stories Carnegie 3rd floor 3pm-8pm ' Carnegie Theatre from a Gallery Red Jam Slam ' 7pm-9:30pm Harm Red'uctlon Caveman Cafe DYES Front 6pm-7pm VlsualArts Movement & CiTR 101.9 FM &Centre KW Production Breath-Ahhh In the Women's Voices Studio Theatre Terrific 4pm-5pm neighbourhood Carnegie Theatre KW Atrium Studio Stories of Her: 7:30pm-10pm 6:30pm 7pm-8pm Thursdays Writing Missing All Souls' Day Louvre Collective By Invitation Mass Outside alley, 325 Carnegie Theatre Russian Hall St. James Church Carrall 5:30pm-6:30pm 10pm 8:30pm-10:30pm 7pm-9:30pm Poetry Workshop Light Out Hip Hop Ladles Jazz Confluence Belonging Wednesday SBC Restaurant Carnegie Theatre Carnegie Theatre Crowman+ 9pm-12am 7pm-9:30pm Cowan/Meger Arts Rational 8pm Carnegie Sing China Cloud Studios Co-op Radio Missing Along CFRO 100.5 FM York Theatre Carnegie 3'rd fir Gallery 7pm-9:30pm Poets Open Mic Carnegie Theatre 2017 Hea,11 of the City Festival 7 WORKSHOPS · ~_7 HOME: OUR WAY/ GATHERING THE FIRE Mondays October 16, 23, 30, 6pm - 9pm Firehall Arts Centre 2nd floor Studio, 280 E. Cordova Note: studio is not wheelchair accessible Free, register information below Home: Our Way I Gathering the Fire is a series of women-only dance and writing collective creation workshops. Artist and cho-reographer Olivia C. Davies (Metis-Anishnawbe), and writer and facilitator Rosemary Georgeson (Coast Salish) host this creation workshop series to conceive a new work through storytelling and movement improvisation. As part of the final workshop, Gathering the Fire will be presented in the Firehall lobby before the evening performance of True Voice Theatre Project. Safe Space for women-identified persons. Max. 14 participants. To register, please send a short note describing your interest and mention any previous collective creation experie.nce. Contact: info@oliviacdavies.ca PHILOSOPHERS' CAFE: WHAT DOES A STRUGGLING ARTIST NEED TO NOURISH IN ORDER TO FLOURISH? Wednesday Odober 18, 6pm - 7:30pm Carnegie Learning Centre 3rd Floor, 401 Main How can an artist reach self-actualization? How can recogni-t ion, success and comfort affect an artist? What impediments does a struggling artist face? Moderator Randall MacKinnon has extensive volunteer and professional experience, and his particular areas of interest include innovation, dialogue, appre-ciative inquiry, problem-solving, creative living and learning, and governance. Philosophers' Cafe is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafes and restaurants, open to everyone, that have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issu~s from the absurd to the sublime. Co-sponsored by SFU Philosopher's Cafe and the Vancouver Public Library. OPENING RECEPTION THE FEMININE TOUCH Group Exhibit Wednesday October 18, 6:30pm lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carran October 18 to November 11 The Feminine Touch is a group exhibition that celebrates and showcases women and art. From glass works to paintings to collages, we celebrate the expansive disciplines that women use to express themselves. Presented by the DTES Centre for the Arts. Gallery hours Wed to Sat, 1pm to 5pm. 8 Heart of the City Festival 2017 RECEPTION & MEET THE ARTIST ICE PAINTING Rosemary Hayes Friday Odober 20, 5pm - 7pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Odober 5 to October 31 Free The Festival is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Rosemary Hayes, a local artist, printmaker, painter and instructor at EWMA Studios. Her original technique of painting outdoors in minus 6 degrees celsius weather, results in a unique, one-of-a-kind artform that harnesses the essence of winter. She "loves the wind chill factor" because the wind moves the paint around on the paper. Rosemary has selected to show a series of paintings and pastels with the subject matter of people, animals and nature. EXHIBITION RECEPTION BENJAMIN POULTON PHOTOGRAPHY Friday Odober 20, 7pm - 9pm Remington Gallery, 108 E. Hastings Odober 20 to November 11 Benjamin Poulton's photographs investigate the dynamic re-lationship of architectura l forms, textures and geometries with liminal and almost decontextualized human moments in time. His photographs seek to reveal the elusive and emotionally charged juncture between form and feeling, subject and space, what has happened and what is yet to occur. Gallery hours Saturdays 12pm - 4pm or by appointment. WORKSHOPS ~_7 DAY OF THE DEAD CREATIVE SESSION Saturday October 21, 10am - 4pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Also Odober 28 Free Oppenheimer Park hosts Saturday workshops to learn about some of the stories, traditions and crafts for the season from different cultures, including Celtic Samhain, All Souls' Day, and El Dia de los Muertos. Jesus Cristobal will lead traditional Latin American paper decoration-making. Children 10am - 2pm; Adults 2pm - 4pm. WORKSHOP V)_7 LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER: AN INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL STORYTELLING Saturday Odober 21, 1pm - 4pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Join Strathcona-based storyteller Jim Sands in an exploration of personal stories about and around our mothers. What did your mother do before she had children? What was her secret passion? What lessons can we learn from the stories of moth-ers? What was your mother's greatest gift to you, and what was the greatest obstacle she left you with? Participants will work to develop an outline for a five minute story that can be presented in public. If you can, bring photos, objects and other items or just bring your lovely self. Jim Sands is an East Vancouver based storyteller, actor, songwriter, musician and occasional clown who has performed both as a solo artist and with a variety of musical groups. • iii SNE'WAYLH ON CO-OP RADIO Tuesday Odober 24, 1pm ""'.' 3pm Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM In many Coast Salish dialects, "sne'waylh" is the word for teach-ings or laws. The aboriginal language-learning program on Co-op Radio begins with the teachings of the skwxwu7mesh snichim (Squamish language). Today's program offers a panel discussion on an element of the Heart of the City Festival theme: Men Honouring and Protecting Women. With guests Shane Point, a proud member of the Musqueam Nation; Murray Porter, award-winning musician who sings the blues from Six Nations; and Stephen Lytton, a poet from Lytton BC, who asks "how to honour women?" ELDER IN RESIDENCE WELCOME KAT NORRIS Festival Elder in Residence The Festival is thrilled to welcome Kat Norris as our first Elder in Residence. In this role, Kat advises on commu-nity protocol, and participates and shares knowledge at selected Festival events. A Coast Salish poet, writer, social activist and public educator, Kat is the founder and spokesperson for In-digenous Action Movement and speaks on the impact of colonization and Indian Residential Schools. Her traditional name Zucomul'wat is from her Musqueam Great-Great-Great-Grandmother. Kat has a background in family counselling, broadcast-ing, and theatre, and has worked as a Support Worker for First Nations youth . She has' created resources for First Nations communities affected by residential schools, including a Facebook group on her own story of healing, and she organizes pow wows ('gatherings') where she is also active as a singer and a dancer. Kat Norris 2017 Heart of the City Festival 9 COMMUN ENGAGEMENT WEAVING RECONCILIATION RESIDENCY Odober 23 to 26 The public is invited to follow Vancouver Moving Theatre and Playwrights Theatre Centre in the next phase of the development of Weaving Reconciliation, a theatrical production and cultural encounter at three events: CULTURAL SHARING SLAHAL STORY AND DEMONSTRATION Monday Odober 23, 6pm - 8pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Bone game, stick game, slahal game - gambling games of chance that Indigenous people have played for millennia will be explained by keen players who will then lead a dem-onstration of the ancient games. For those who enjoy an atmosphere of friendly competition enhanced by music and cultural interpretations from the Coast Salish and Okanagan peoples, the slahal/stick game will be an exciting addition to your cultural repertoire. For those who already know how to play, you maywanttojoin one of the demonstration teams along with John Dickie Lewis (Musqueam), Tracey Kim Bonneau (Sylix), Woodrow Morrison (Haida) and host Renae Morriseau (Saulteaux Cree). 10 Heart of the City Festival 2017 PUBLIC CONVERSATION TRICKSTER TALK Tuesday Odober 24, 7pm Fazakas Gallery, 688 E. Hastings f rH Renae Morriseau, co-writer and director of Weaving Recon-ciliation, is joined by Tracey Kim Bonneau (Syilx), John Dickie Lewis (Musqueam), Ray Thunderchild (Cree) and Woodrow Morrison (Haida). They will share their cultural teachings of 'Trickster' stories that inform their relationship to land, water, animals and food; and explore how 'Trickster' helps humans in their humanity. . PLAYREADING WEAVING RECONCILIATION Thursday October 26, 7pm - 9:15pm Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Simon Baker Room, 1607 E. Hastings See description October 26 ACCESS TELEVISION.CA "Shamelessly Promoting our Friends and Community!" Community Television in Vancouver, BC focusing on marginalized voices & produced by volunteers. info@accesstelevision.ca Facebook: ACCESS Community Television YouTube: The Activist Network 0 Heart of the City Festival " Twitter: @HeartofCityFest Twitter: @VanMovTheatre Marcus Bowcott Vancouver Biennale 14th Annual OTES Heart of the City Festival Handy Guide to Walking Tours HISTORY, ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE WALKS are always a popular component of the festival. Put on your comfy shoes, grab an umbrella and come along. LET'S WALK TOGETHER IN HOGAN'S ALLEY with Randy Clark Saturday Odober 28, 10:30am (approx. 60 minutes} Meet at NW corner of Union & Main WISDOM OF PLANTS with Lori Snyder Saturday Odober 28, 11 am - 12:30pm Meet at Hastings Folk Garden, 117 E. Hastings WOMEN AT WORK IN THE HOME AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Chinatown/Strathcona 1917-1960, with Marcia Toms Sunday Odober 29, 11 am (approx. 2 hours} Meet at Ovaltine Cafe, 251 E. Hastings A WALK OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES with John Atkin Sunday Odober 29, 3pm - 4:30pm Meet at NE corner of Milross & Quebec SNEAK PEEK INTO CHINATOWN with Judy Lam Maxwell and Steven Wong Saturday November 4, 11am -12:30pm Meet at Sai Woo, 158 E. Pender All walks: $10; pay what you can for local residents For full descriptions of the walking tours, go to the page with that day's events. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 11 SPECIAL EVENT FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY Wednesday Odober 25, 2pm - 3:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Join friends from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood and special guests for this year's Festival Opening Ceremony with focus on the 2017 Festival theme Honouring Women of the Downtown Eastside. Features Les Nelson, Carnegie's Elder in Residence; Kat Norris, Festival Elder in Residence; Blues Hall of Fame singer Dalannah Gail Bowen, singing her hit song Mama's Got the Blues accompanied by piano virtuoso Michael Creber; Women in the Round, four extraordinary female singers, Dalan-nah Gail Bowen, Renae Morriseau, Helen Duguay and Sara Cadeau with pianist Michael Creber, and local poet Stephen Lytton reading from his new poem The Heartbeat Continues Through the Hearts of our Women. Refreshments! Everyone welcome. TALK PROCESS OF ASSEMBLY: THE FIRST YEAR OF VISIONING ASOCIAL PRACTICE ARTIST RUN CENTRE Wednesday Odober 25, 7pm - 9pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free Meichen Waxer, co-founder of Arts Assembly, will speak about the formation of this non-profit arts organization and their upcoming projects; its work with different groups from commu-nity, from artists to government; and what the Arts Assembly's strategies are for long-term community-engagement. Artists Helen Reed, Hannah 'Jickling and Holly Schmidt, who have been involved with Arts Assembly's first year of programming wlll share what it means to engage and integrate their practice with diverse groups of people. Presented by SFU's Vancity Of-fice of Community Engagement and Arts Assembly. FILM ANGRY INUK (2016) Wednesday Odober 25, 7pm - 9pm Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free Seal hunting, a critical part of Inuit life, has been cont~oversial for a long time. Now, a new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, are chal-lenging the anti-sealing groups and bringing their own voices Into the conversation. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins her fellow Inuit activists as they present themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy. Presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, with SFU's Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the National Film Board of Canada. 12 Heart of the City Festival 2017 MUSIC LIGHT OUT WEDNESDAY: HYMNS FROM THE MOON Wednesday Odober 25, doors 9pm, show 10pm China Cloud Studios, 524 Main, 2nd floor Suggested donation $5-10 Invisible Taste & Star System Curation Society present Hymns From The Moon, performing new compositions by local com-poser/producer/musician Colin Cowan. The root of the music composed for this project is inspired by archived Canadian educational documentaries found from the 30s and 40s about the then-modern industrial processes; the dark undertones of the visually honest videos are haunting. Featuring Colin Cowan (bass), Tom Wherrett (guitar), Josh Zubot (violin), Meredith Bates (violin) and Sam Davidson (EWl/bass clarinet). ~ WORKSHOP ~__7 BLOCK PRINTMAKING WITH WEPRESS Thursday Odober 26, 10:30am -12:30pm Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main Join us for a free block printmaking workshop where you can draw, caNe and/or 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 supplied. Learn how to sew the patches onto clothing or bags by hand! In partnership with WePress, Aboriginal Front Door and Powell Street Festival Society, supported by the Vancouver Foundation. Snacks and materials provided. Open to all. -ART IN THE STREETS STREET VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Thursday Odober 26, 11am - 6pm Woodward's Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also on October 27 Check it out in the Atrium; it's a pop-up market! Artists creating jewelry, paintings, poetry, and more. The Street Vendors Col-lective, an initiative of the Carnegie Community Centre, aims to introduce a safe mobile vending strategy to the Downtown Eastside, develop an independent and sustainable peer man-aged group, and create vending opportunities for residents. The Street Vendors Collective, made up of artists seeking legitimate outlets to sell their work, uses mobile vending carts and station-ary tables that are licensed for legal vending. MUSIC HASTINGS STREET BAND Thursday Odober 26, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & E. Hastings It's music in the streets! Join the Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans style jazz and blues. Led by multi-instrumental-ist and composer Brad Muirhead, the band is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing w ith professional musicians from across Vancouver. RADIO Iii WORLD POETRY CAFE Thursday Odober 26, 1pm - 2pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM Ariadne Sawyer, host of World Poetry Cafe, is pleased to cel-ebrate the Heart of the City Festival with poetry, inteNiews, crea-tive tips and music. Today, Ariadne welcomes Jesus Cristobal, a Mayan from Guatemala and an active member of the Downtown Eastside community. Jesus Cristobal, a regular at Oppenheimer Park and Watari, has participated in the Day of the Dead events over the years, including leading community paper decoration workshops and playing marimba duets. FOUR BLOCK PIINTMAKINI WORKSHOPS WITH WEPIESS The Festival is pleased to present four free block print-making workshops in collaboration with WePress, Abo-riginal Front Door, DTES Market Society, Culture Saves Lives, Oppenheimer Park, and Powell Street Festival Society. Draw, ca Ne, 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. Learn how to sew the patches onto clothing or bags by hand! Snacks and materials provided. Open to all. Free 1 Thursday October 26, 10:30am - 12:30pm Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main 2 Saturday October 28, 11am - 1pm OTES Market, 501 Powell 3 Wednesday November 1, 12pm - 2pm Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carran 4 For Kids - Saturday November 4, 2pm - 4pm Oppenheimer Park Fieldhouse, 488 Powell WePress strives to be an inclusive and accessible art-space that uses historic and contemporary methods of print and art-making to support learning, skills de-velopment, and creative communications for personal and community benefit in the Downtown Eastside. The seeds were planted in 2013 when long-time artists and community organizers came together to purchase a set of Chinese type from the Ho Sun Hing Print Shop in Chi-natown, which was closing after more than 100 years of operation. In 2015 when the old Woodwards letterpress and type collection, then owned by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (now owned by We Press), needed a new home, the project transformed into WePress. In November, WePress and Gallery Gachetjoin forces at a new location at 9 W. Hastings. For more information: wepress.ca 2017 Heart of the City Festival 13 TALK REDRESSING SETTLER CULTURAL POLICY IN THE ERA OF RECONCILIATION Thursday Odober 26, 2pm - 4pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings By donation, registration recommended: hotc2011.eventbrite.ca This is a public talk, led by Irwin Oostindie (SFU Communica-tions Graduate Researcher), who suggests that ''this place shall be merely the forever colonial wild west" unless cultural policy shifts. Genuine reconciliation and redress requires policy changes, and includes cultural workers and policy-makers alike. Blending theory with practical "how to guide" approaches, the dialogue will include audience participation. Irwin Oostindie is a Dutch settler, media artist, broadcaster, curator, and parent, living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Presented with BC Alliance for Arts & Culture, Coast Salish Cultural Network, SFU Institute for the Humanities, and SFU's Vancity Office of Com-munity Engagement. Facebook: bit.ly/2017HOTC. COMMUNITY THEATRE MOTHER EARTH SMILED Thursday Odober 26, 4:30pm - 5:30pm DTES Neighborhood House, 573 E. Hastings Free Mother Earth Smiled is a narrated and interactive play where Mother Earth asks for help from various groups (the rich and powerful, political leaders, the doctors and nurses). For one rea-son or another they turn her down, leaving her feeling very sad. Then she hears the voices of children, elders, youth and people from every land calling "We will help you, Mother Earth." With narration and participation from the children in the audience, the play engages us all; songs, parade, ribbons and drumming bridge the line between stage and audience. Mother Earth Smiled is an art theatre project for children, led by community-engaged artist Karen Thorpe. TALK WHICH CAME FIRST, FASCISM OR MISOGYNY? Thursday Odober 26, 7pm - 9pm UNIT/PITT Gallery, 236 E. Pender Free UNIT/PITT Projects presents an even ing in a series of talks called the Spectre of Fascism Free School II, organized by Samir Gandesha and Stephan Collis and sponsored by the SFU Institute for the Humanities. This evening's talk, given by Laura Marks, is titled Which Came First, Fascism or Misogyny? Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies. Laura Marks is a writer, a professor of Art and Culture Studies at SFU and leads study in film, video and experimental media. 14 Heart of the City Festival 2017 COMMUNITY CELEBRATION . ORANGE & BLACK PARTY Thursday Odober 26, 6:30pm - 8pm Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 E. Hastings Free PLAYREADING WEAVING RECONCILIATION Join the gang at Ray-Cam for games and other entertain-ment. Family fun with good tricks and treats. Swallow Zhou will twist wondrous balloon art creations, and be sure to visit Randy Tait, facepainter extraordinaire! Especially for children and families. Thursday Odober 26, 7pm - 9:15pm Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Chief Simon Baker Room, 1607 E. Hastings Free A reading of a play-in-progress directed by Renae Morriseau with actors, elders and community activists including Vern Bevis, Sam Bob, Jenifer Brousseau, Stephen Lytton, Woodrow Mor-rison, Dakota Prince, Gunargie O'Sullivan, Marge White, Muriel Williams, and stage manager Dorothy Jenkins. Written by Renae Morriseau, Rosemary Georgeson and Sa-va.nnah Walling with contributions from the cast, knowledge-keepers and partnering communities; dramaturg is Kathleen Flaherty (PTC). The story of Old One is · from lived experience, both specific to the west coast and as uni-versal as Turtle Island. As he nears the end of his life, Old One has to choose between facing his regrets or gambling them away in o.ne big Slahal game. This unique form of theatrical event includes ceremony and protocols from the host nation of each performance, which the reading will indicate. Opportunity for audience feedback will be provided to help the theatre makers in the next phase of the play's development and to prepare for the spring 2018 national tour. A co-presentation between Vancouver Moving Theatre/ Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and Playwrights Theatre Centre. EXHIBIT AND HERE WE ARE Thursday Odober 26, 7pm -1Opm Phoenix Gallery, 45 W. Hastings (alley entrance) Les Kinney, a local artist of the Phoenix Artist Collective, invites you to attend his first public solo exhibition, And Here We Are. The exhibit features Les's current and retrospective work of beautiful acrylic paintings celebrating women and nature. Check out samples of his work on lnstagram at les.kinney. COMEDY SIDEKICKS DUO SKETCH COMEDY Thursday Odober 26, doors 8:30pm, show 9pm China Cloud Studios, 524 Main, 2nd floor $10 The Hero Show presents Sidekicks, a night of duo sketch com-edy which pairs up amazing Vancouver comedians, improvisers arid performers to write and perform sketch comedy together; sometimes for the first time. Hosted by Nima Gholamipour and Ember Konopaki. RADIO Iii ARTS RATIONAL Thursday Odober 26, 9pm -12am Live Broadcast Co-op Radio 1OO.5FM Interviews and commentary on the local arts scene: from thea-tre to art house and commercial cinema; from serious music to dance and movement; what's on in galleries and at local festivals. For this evening's program, hosts Gerry Kowalenko and Jay Hamburger interview directors Ulla Laidlaw and Ariel Martz-Oberlander, along with other participants in the True Voice Theatre Project, a Heart of the City Festival presentation at the Firehall Arts Centre. See October 30 for description of True Voice Theatre Project. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 15 COMMUNITY ST. JAMES' WOMEN'S GUILD BARGAIN SALE Friday Odober 27, 11am -12:30pm St. James' Parish Hall, 230 Gore An hour and a half in bargain sale heaven! Eagerly anticipated, the St. James' Women's Guild Bargain Sale is a gold mine; here's your chance to pick up household items, utensils, books.jewelry, small appliances, gifts, clothes, Christmas presents, a last minute Hallowe'en costume, and oodles of goodies and other treasures for cheap, cheap prices. It's fast and furious so come early! -ART IN THE STREETS STRED VENDORS IN THE ATRIUM Friday Odober 27, 11am - 6pm Woodward's Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Also on Odober 26 See description October 26 INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION SUMMONING (NO WORDS) Friday Odober 27, drop-in 12pm - 5pm, 7pm - 7:30pm KW Produdion Studio, 111 W. Hastings Also Odober 26, 28 By donation See description October 26 .·············· .... .... .... ........ .. .. .. ...... .............. .... .......... .. .... .. ........ .... .............. .. .. ...... .. .... .... ............... . . . . . HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL SOUNDSCAPE sylvf macCormac (7:25) Last year, soundscape artist sylvi macCormac created the Heart of the City Festival Soundscape, a wonderful composition that weaves together sounds of our neigh-bourhood with diverse interviews and voices from our community. In the words of sylvi, "To work with so many wonderful voices is an honour and treasure. They give me great joy. They are also part of my commitment to a larger community. This composition is given to the care of, and for the benefit of, the Heart of the City Festival. These compositions were never mine to keep or call my own since 'the sum of all these parts are we' (Martyn Joseph)." To enjoy this soundscape, follow the link at www.heartofthecityfestival.com . . ... .. .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. .... ........ ..... .... ........ .. .. .. ...... .. .. .... .... .......... .......... ...... ...... .. .... .. ........ ...... ...... .... ... 16 Heart of the City Festival 2017 MUSIC CARNEGIE CWSICS: BRAHMS AND BRUCH Friday Odober 27, 1pm - 2:15pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Under the direction of clarinetist Johanna Hauser, some of Van-couver's finest professional musi-cians have presented more than fifty concerts at the Carnegie over the years. For this year's Heart of the City Festival, Johanna will be joined by violist Tawnya PopRoff and pianist Monica Pfau. They will perform music by Johannes Brahms and Max Bruch, and a piece specially composed to hon-our women of the Downtown East-side. Come and be transported by the glorious sounds of live chamber music and chat with the musicians afterwards. Street Vendors Collective Johanna Hauser Oppenheimer Park Art Show: Reflections COM MU NITY CELEBRATION CELEBRATING THE LADIES OF THE TEA PARTY Friday October 27, 2pm - 4pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell The Oppenheimer Park Ladies' Tea Party has been bringing women together in the Downtown Eastside community for over a decade. Since the early days of gathering in the sports equipment storage room in the old field house, women have met every Friday afternoon to make art, plant seeds, play drums, sing together, grow medicinal teas and drink tea. For this cel-ebration, the Ladies' of the Tea Party will share original song and poems in honour of their tenth anniversary. The Teacup and Fairy Garden created for the Oppenheimer Park Art Show will be on display. Songs, dancing, art, tarot readings and high tea; for self-identifying women only. MUSIC FOLK CIRCLE Friday October 27, 1pm - 3pm Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main Free The Folk Circle is a loose collection of song lovers, pickin', laugh in' and scratchin' as we have fun with tunes we love. Open to anyone, with or without an instrument, who loves to sing along or simply listen. The afternoon is a soft landing for folks who would like to join in. Try it out! Then join in every second Friday for the regular sessions starting on November 10. Led by musi-cian and bluegrass favourite John Ludgate. Everyone welcome! COM MU NITY CELEBRATION HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL il~Mil!~il Friday October 27 +F.J= +ts 3:15pm - 5pm "'FF:::M+.E~:¥.EM Strathcona Community Centre Gym, 601 Keefer illll:11 Free Come out to the annual Hallowe'en Carnival and have a Spook-tacular good time! Organized by the Strathcona Youth Council and Leadership Groups, the Carnival will have fun games and challenges for you! Participate, play, have a chance to win a big prize. Everybody leaves with a candy bag! DANCE CARNEGIE DANCE TROUPE Studio Showing Friday October 27, 4pm - 5pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Come and see the Carnegie Dance Troupe in action! This informal work-in-process, where the dancers will share the beginnings of their next collaborative creation, illuminates how people of all ages, different cultures and abilities create a work of art together. The Carnegie Dance Troupe workshops and performances are produced by Karen Jamieson Dance and made possible in partnership with Carnegie Community Centre, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, SFU Woodwards Cultural Unit. EXHIBITION & RECEPTION ST. JAMES' COMMUNITY ART SHOW Friday October 27, 6pm - 8:30pm St. James' Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Also October 28 Free Join St. James' for the Art Show opening and view works by an array of artists practicing in Vancouver and BC. Honouring Women of the Downtown Eastside, this year's art show explores the Festival theme and showcases diverse interpretations set in the heart of the Downtown Eastside. Visitors will enjoy view-ing thought-provoking art works displayed in the main worship space of the church, which combines forms of Christian tradi-tion in a modernized Gothic idiom. Escape the business of the streets for a few minutes or a few hours and meditate on the art within. The art will also be on view Saturday October 28, 10am to 2pm. All are welcome. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 17 SHOWCASE SHANNON'S FASHION SHOW Friday Odober 27, 7pm - 9pm EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings By donation You may have seen Shannon's designs around the neighbour-hood. Her highly stylized cat and flower designs have been featured in the Oppenheimer Park Art show and on t-shirts for OTES community events. If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of Shannon's highly sought after designs, this is an event you won't want to miss! With a DTES Small Arts grant, and a little help from her friends at the Downtown Community Health Centre and Gallery Gachet, Shannon has produced a new line ofT-shirts, tote bags, hats and patches! Shannon invites you to join her at this special fashion show celebrating her new line of designs. There will be food and a DJ! And merchandise for sale: all funds raised go to Shannon to invest in her designs and merchandise. COMMUNITY CELEBRATION CARNEGIE HALLOWE'EN DANCE & COSTUME PARTY Friday Odober 27, 7pm - 9:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free It's almost Hallowe'en and the spooky Carnegie Centre invites you to put on your most frightful face and your most inventive costume, and dance with the goblins and ghouls in this seasonal dance! Featuring The Honky Tonk Dilettantes, who play classic country music, swing and bluegrass, and sing their little hearts out, bless 'em. Brush up your scary dance moves and join the souls at Carnegie for a bone-rattling dance. Wear a costume to win a prize! 18 Heart of the City Festival 2017 Shannon's designs DANCE STORYTELU CROW'S NEST AND OTHER PLACES SHE'S GONE Friday Odober 27, 7:45pm -9pm (pre-event Summoning 7pm) KW Production Studio, 111 W. Hastings Also October 28 Crow's Nest tells the story of Blue and Rose, friends who have always been there for each other. Now it's time for Blue to move to the other side, and her lifetime friend, Rose, is here to share the unfolding of Blue's life at the edge of society. Weaving con-temporary choreography and storytelling th rough an Indigenous lens, Crow's Nest features storyteller Rosemary Georgeson (Coast Salish/Dene) and dance artists Olivia C. Davies (Welsh/ Metis-Anishnawbe) and Emily Long. See October 26 for description of Summoning. MULTIMEDIA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WELCOME GUNARGIE O'SULLIVAN Multimedia Artist in Residence The Festival is thrilled to welcome Gunargie O'Sullivan as our first Multimedia Artist in Residence. Gunargie is attending Festival events to interview artists and audi-ence members; interviewing guests about the Festival theme on Co-op radio shows; live stream interviewing people on the street; and producing a Red Jam Slam at the Caveman Cafe for live streaming and national radio broadcast (Saturday November 4, 3pm - 8pm - CiTR 101.9 FM). Gunargie has been dedicated to community radio and bringing indigenous people's voices to the air-waves for almost thirty years. A social media and radio powerhouse, she has several radio shows on the go, including Late Night with Savages, When Spirit Whispers and Sne'wayulh at CFRO-FM and Nation to Nation on CJSF-FM. Gunargie is Founder of Red Jam Slam Society, which produces events that feature ' Aboriginal artists and encourages grassroots and inclusive strategies that honour all Aboriginal voices. Check out Festival themed radio interviews on Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM, hosted by Gunargie O'Sullivan: Tues Oct 241pm - 3pm Sne'waylh panel Men Honouring and Protecting Women Mon Oct 301pm - 2:30pm When Spirit Whispers panel Women Honouring Women Tues Oct 311pm - 2pm Sne'waylh guest Yvonne Wallace Thurs Nov 2 5pm - 6pm Kia How Ya guests Estea Elements, Trevor Mills See day pages for descriptions. G) C: :::, "' (0 ;;;· 0 u'i ~-:::, 2017 Heart of the City Festival 19 ............................................................... WALKING TOUR LU'S WALK TOGETHER IN HOGAN'S ALLEY with Randy Clark Saturday Odober 28, 10:30am (approx. 60 minutes) Meet at NW corner of Union & Main $10; pay what you can for local residents Join a walking tour of the historical Hogan's Alley, led by Randy Clark who grew up in the neighbourhood. Prior to the 1970s, Hogan's Alley was an ethnically diverse community, home to a number of black families and businesses. Hogan's Alley was mostly destroyed to make room for the Georgia Viaduct, the first phase of the planned freeway through to Burrard Inlet that was stopped by active members of the community. Randy Clark and the Hogan's Alley Working Group will provide a brief history of the cultural impact of some of the people and places of the area. Presented with the support of the Carnegie Community Action Project. WALKING TOUR WISDOM OF PLANTS with Lori Snyder Saturday Odober 28, 11am -12:30pm Meet at Hastings Folk Garden, 117 E. Hastings $10; pay what you can for local residents Lori Snyder is an indigenous herbalist and educator with a deep knowledge of medicinal and edible plants that grow in common, everyday spaces. Like the Hastings Folk Garden right in the heart of the Downtown Eastside. Lori offers an opportunity to reconnect and tap into the wisdom of ancestral relations who were nourished by this land and cared deeply for its fate. Lori is a descendant from the T'suu tina (Sarcee), Nakota (Assiboine), Cree, Nipissing and Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) people. Since 2013 she has been bringing forth her knowledge of wild, native, edible and medicinal plants to help people reconnect to the wisdom of the Earth. Lori Snyder 20 Heart of the City Festival 2017 EXHIBITION ST. JAMES' COMMUNITY ART SHOW Saturday October 28, 10am - 2pm St. James' Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Also Odober 27 See description October 27 WORKSHOPS ~_7 DAY OF THE DEAD CREATIVE SESSION Saturday October 28, 10am - 4pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Also Odober 21 Come on down to Oppenheimer Park's Saturday workshops to learn seasonal stories, traditions and crafts from different cultures, including Celtic Samhain, All Souls' Day and El Dia de los Muerto; and join with Jesus Cristobal and learn traditional Latin American paper decoration-making! Children 10am - 2pm; Adults 2pm - 4pm. Everyone Welcome. WORKSHOP ~_7 BLOCK PRINTMAKING WITH WEPRESS Saturday October 28, 11am -1pm DTES Market, 501 Powell Join us for a free block printmaking workshop on the Art Cart from Gallery Gachet. 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. Learn how to sew the patches onto clothing or bags by hand! In partnership with WePress, DTES Market Society, Gallery Gachet and Powell Street Festival Society. Snacks and materials provided. Open to all. WePress Workshop A MUSIC HASTINGS STREET BAND Saturday Odober 28, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & E. Hasting 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 en-thusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 21 GAM ES "HOT+NOISY" CHINATOWN MAHJONG SOCIAL Sat Od 28, 3pm-6pm Chinatown Plaza Mall, 180 Keefer free Play-Teach-Learn Mahjong and other Ch inese games! "Hot+Noisy" is in response to rapid changes in Chinatown's urban landscape over recent years, and efforts to bring back its lively, festive community atmosphere. Actively learn and practice the area's culture as a form of resistance, and to (re)build com-munity through the creation of lived cultural experiences. The Fall series happens on the last Saturday of the month, through to and including January 2018. BYOPP means Bring Your Own Poh-Poh (grandma)! Community free play, no gambling. Pre-sented by the Youth Collaborative for Chinatown J'f Jl).H'fli!A fii. For more info: ycc-yvr.com WORKSHOP ~;J UKRAINIAN BEADING WORKSHOP with Tetiana Zaruba Saturday Odober 28, 4pm - 6pm EWMA Studio, 800 E. Hastings f ree Just around the corner from the EWMA Studio is the Ukrainian Hall, home to an active cultural community of artisans, perform-ers 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 de-signs of Ukrainian folk art. You can complete a bead project at the workshop! Printed schemas (plans) and bead kits provided. Workshop for women only. 22 Heart of the City Festival 2017 COM N CELEBRATION 8th ANNUAL FAMILY HALLOWPEN DANCE !!ffii\~ rji~ ffi:i~~'9l~B J Saturday Odober 28 + F.l= + i\ B, 6pm -9pm "'f q:6ifi¥~1tifi¥ Strathcona Community Centre Gym, 601 Keefer lii/J:tl food or 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 donations to support the Strathcona Food Security Programs for families. Everyone w elcome! 2017 Heart of the City Festival 23 ························ ···•···························1 WALKING TOUR WOMEN AT WORK IN THE HOME AND THE · NEIGHBOURHOOD: Chinatown/Strathcona 1917-1960, with Marcia Toms Sunday October 29, 11am (approx. 2 hours) Meet at Ovaltine Cafe, 251 E. Hastings $10; pay what you can for local residents The Festival is pleased to present this fascinating walk-ing tour by Marcia Toms that sheds light on the 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. She says "I have more material that can be fit into the time I have, and that in itself, is exciting." WALKING TOUR A WALK OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES with John Atkin Sunday October 29, 3pm - 4:30pm Meet at NE corner of Milross & Quebec $10; pay what you can for local residents On this walk we'll explore how seemingly unrelated decisions and actions can have far reaching, inter-weaving and unintended consequences for the future. From industrial zoning, coffee and donuts, to an unbuilt cemetery, they have all had an impact on the city we live in. John Atkin is a civic historian and author who has explored Vancouver like few others. With his deep knowledge of urban planning and his love of architec-ture, John leads a fascinating tour that is layered with offbeat insights into the city's architecture, history and neighbourhoods. : ...................................................................................... : 24 Heart of the City Festival 2017 GAMES HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL SNOOKER TOURNAMENT Sunday Odober 29, 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 serve. 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! MUSIC HASTINGS STREET BAND Sunday Odober 29, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Free The Festival is pleased to present the Hast-ings 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. MUSIC CONCERT: WHERE TRUEST PLWURE LIES Sunday Odober 29, 2pm - 4pm St. James Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free Fabiana Katz, a regular recitalist in the Vancouver area, and Stephen Smith, master pianist and collaborator, join forces to present a voice recital for a Sunday matinee performance at St: James' Anglican Church. Where Truest Pleasure Lies features Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel, as well as songs by Britten, Bernstein, Quilter and Bolcom - an all-English program that is fun and accessible for all. WORKSHOP SOCIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE with Kenny Bailey Sunday Odober 29, 2pm - 4pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre SFU Woodward's, 149 W. Hastings Free Social Emergency Response Centers (SERCs) are temporary, emergent and creative pop-up spaces co-led by activists and artists around the USA. They function as both an artistic gesture and a practical solution. The aim is to find the balance between the two, while in the process grappling with questions like: How will we feed people - and their hunger for justice? How will we create a shelter -where it's safe to bring your whole damn self? Co-presented by the Design Studio for Social Intervention and SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. MUSIC AN AFTERNOON OF CHORAL VOICES Sunday Odober 29, 1:30pm - 3pm Woodward's Atrium, 111 W. Hastings Free The Festival has the pleasure to present a Sunday afternoon of choral voices in the Woodward's Atrium. All three choirs are con-ducted by singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, teacher and performer Earle Peach, the most recent recipient of the Mayor's Award (Community-engaged Arts). Congratulations Earle! 1:30pm Solidarity Notes Labour Choir is a choir of activists who know that music is more than pleasurable sound; it is a power-ful language to educate and connect us, and remind us of our strength and history. 2pm The Highs & Lows Choir is a fun and friendly choir for people with lived experience of mental illness, and their friends and supporters. 2:30pm The Gathering Place Choir is open to all levels of sing-ers and meets at the Gathering Place Community Centre in the Downtown South. BOOK LAUNCH WORLD FOOD DAY: OPPENHEIMER PARK COMMUNITY COOKBOOK LAUNCH Sunday Odober 29, 12pm - 2pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Free Please join us to fill our bellies and celebrate the release of Op-penheimer Park's own Community Cookbook! This cookbook features recipes contributed by our park patrons, volunteers and chefs in the neighbourhood. We will distribute free cook-books and serve a popular featured recipe, Hamburger Soup, to everyone in the park. This event honours World Food Day, the theme of which is "fighting hunger" (Food and Agriculture Organization). Bring your appetite for a warm meal and games, and learn about nutrition, sustainability and food resources in the Downtown Eastside! 2017 Heart of the City Festival 25 26 Heart of the City Festival 2017 RADIO Iii WHEN SPIRIT WHISPERS ON CO-OP RADIO Monday Odober 30, 1pm - 2:30pm Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM In the landscape of reconciliation Gunargie O'Sullivan focuses on the current relationship between Canada and First Nations in urban Vancouver. For today's program Gunargie hosts a panel discussion focusing on the Festival theme: Women Honouring Women. Guests: Diana Day, a member of the Oneida Nation, one of the member nations of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy; Robin Banks, a First Nations Afro-American woman protecting the right to be family, OTES style; and Carol Martin, who has advocated for women in the community with the OTES Women's Centre and, after 25 years working in the community, still sees a need for more services designed specifically for women. Gunargie has been dedicated to community and campus radio since 1989, and attributes her knowledge to the many guests who sit in chairs across from her. CULTURAL SHARING ABORIGINAL FEAST Monday Odober 30, 5pm - 7:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free, see below for ticket informaticm Every Monday night for the past twenty-five plus years, Carn-egie has run the ever-popular Cultural Sharing Program: an inclusive space where First Nations and non-First Nations alike share, learn and participate in cultural rights and traditions: from Pow Wows, singing, and drumming to arts and crafts. The Cultural Sharing program invites you to share this Aboriginal Feast with them. Carnegie's first Elder in Residence from the Kwakwaka'wakw, Leslie Nelson, will open the evening; the Carnegie kitchen is cooking up a delicious menu for the feast; and the evening is filled with performances by singers, danc-ers 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 23. Tickets are also distributed throughout the com-munity. The remaining tickets will be ava.ilable at the door of the Theatre on a first come first serve basis. We hope you can join us! DANCE & STORYTELLING HOME: OUR WAY/ GATHERING THE FIRE Monday Odober 30, 7:40pm - 7:50pm Firehall Arts Centre lobby, 280 E. Cordova Free Participants in the Home: Our Way/ Gathering the Fire series of women-only dance and writing collective creation workshops present a work-in-progress performance created during the workshops. Led by Olivia C. Davies (Metis-Anishnawbe) and Rosemary Georgeson (Coast Salish) the workshops are conceiv-ing new work through storytelling and movement improvisation. Gathering the Fire will be presented in the Firehall lobby before the performance of True Voice Theatre Project. Presented in association with the Firehall Arts Centre. THEATRE TRUE VOICE THEATRE PROJECT Monday Odober 30, 8pm - 9:30pm Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova free/by donation An all-seeing eagle soars high above the earth, a storyteller walks across this land, a poet carries the torch of her immigrant grandmother, a playful girl grows into a political leader, a wolf lurks among sheep, and an ancient tree holds it all together. These are some of the characters you will meet on the journey. Join this ensemble of OTES community members as they present She Rises, We Rise, an original presentation inspired by the Festival theme Honouring Women of the Downtown Eastside. The True Voice Theatre Project is dedicated to using theatre to explore themes of community, diversity and homelessness in Vancouver. Directed by Ulla Laidlaw and Ariel Martz-Oberlander, facilitated by Luisa Jojic and Creativa International. Presented with the support of SFU's Van city Office of Community Engage-ment, the Firehall Arts Centre and Fight With a Stick. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 27 CULTURAL SHARING BLANKETS AND BEATS Tuesday Odober 31, 10:30am -12:30pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Free Button Blankets, an important part of Northwest Coast Aborigi-nal Culture, are often referred to as "Robes of Power.". Drop by Oppenheimer Park to listen and learn about the Button Blanket and make your own mini button blanket. Choose your own crest and colour combination, and then get ready to design, sew and share. Stay afterwards for a lovely afternoon of food, friends and fun! PUPPETRY HEALTHY AGING THROUGH THE ARTS Tuesday Odober 31, 11:30am -12pm Strathcona Community Centre Adivity Room, 601 Keefer Free After eleven years of exploring the art of puppetry with each other, these senior artists have made lasting bonds. Inspired by stories they've shared in the workshop, and with the facilitation of Joylyn Secunda, this group of women have created a musi-cal tale of love and loss in which art, luck, and determination triumph over the forces of destruction. Their story teaches many lessons, but here is just one - stay true to your voice, hold onto your luck and you just might survive an army of trouble and misfortune. All ages welcome. RADIO Iii SNE'WAYLH ON CO-OP RADIO Tuesday Odober 31, 1pm - 2pm live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM In many Coast Salish dialects, "sne'waylh" is the word for teach-ings or laws. This aboriginal language-learning radio program, hosted by Gunargie O'Sullivan, begins with the teachings of the skwxwu7mesh snichim (Squamish language). Today's guest Yvonne Wallace, is an emerging playwright who studies at Cap-ilano University. Yvonne is from the Lilwat Nation and is learning the language of her tradition "Ucwalmicwts". Yvonne's writing reflects the memory, loss and renewal of her people's language. 28 Heart of the City Festival 2017 PLAYREADING A MOTHER BEAR'S JOURNEY Tuesday October 31, 1pm - 2:30pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Learning Centre 401 Main A reading presentation of the new play by Taninli Wright: A Mother Bear's Journey: An intergenera-tional story of trauma and triumph! Th is moving work documents the remarkable 1,600 kilometer Messenger of Hope Walk that Taninli completed across BC in 1997 to advocate for improved educa-tion for First Nation students, Asians and those with special needs. Taninli will read monologues about her epic journey, and you are invited to listen and provide feedback. Taninli received a DTES Small Arts grant to write this play, and is working with Instruments of Change to present a fully-staged theatrical work next year. Taninli Wright READING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOGAN'S ALLEY Tuesday October 31, 2:30pm - 4pm UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main Free The Hogan's Alley Working Group is pleased to present an afternoon of readings and conversation about Hogan's Alley, the ethnically diverse community in Strathcona that was mostly destroyed to make room for the Georgia Viaduct. Guests include writer and editor Chelene Knight who is working on a new book set in Hogan's Alley during the 1930s/50s. Lama Mugabe will facilitate the conversation. So much to talk about, so little time! WORKSHOP SUPER COOL TUESDAY Tuesday October 31, 6pm - 7pm lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall free Super Cool Tuesdays is a speaker series involving local and visiting international artists in conversation with inner-city resi-dents about contemporary art practices. This special Hallowe'en edition of Super Cool Tuesday, hosted by video artist Adriana Lademann and photographer Suvi Bains, will give you shivers! Join us for an interactive spooky storytelling experience, where we enact and discover the archetypes of myths. CARNEGIE CABARET COFFEE HOUSE Tuesday October 31, 6:45pm - 9:45pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Listen or participate in one of the longest running regular com-munity music programs in the neighbourhood. This wonderful program provides an important venue for local Downtown Eastside-involved musicians to practice, learn and share with music on a regular basis. You will be delighted by the range and diversity of talented musicians in the Downtown Eastside. Open mic. Musicians and singers of all styles and skill levels welcome! Sign up at 6:45pm and show your stuff! 2017 Heart of the City Festival 29 WORKSHOP ~_7 BLOCK PRINTMAKING WITH WEPRESS Wednesday November 1, 12pm - 2pm Interurban, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carran 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. Learn how to sew the patches onto clothing or bags by hand! In partnership with WePress, Culture Saves Lives and Powell Street Festival Society. Snacks and materials provided. Open to all. BROADCAST Iii WAX POETIC ON CO-OP RADIO Wednesday November 1, 2pm - 2:30pm Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM Join hosts RC Weslowski, Pamela Bentley and Kevin Spenst as we 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! Heart of the City Festival guests on today's program are members of Raw Speakhers; a fresh women's freestyle collec-tive making their playful yet powerful debut on the East Van hip hop/ freestyle playground. They tackle issues of social justice while nurturing self expression, healing, unity and community. CONVERSATION THE WAY CHINATOWN HISTORY IS BEING SHARED Wednesday November 1, 2pm - 4pm Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia The history of Chinatown is as long as the history of Vancouver, and its fortunes have ebbed and flowed. It could arguably be facing its biggest challenge today - rapid gentrification driven by escalating real estate values. At the same time, there are countless people who are passionate about Chinatown and its history, as well as living and breathing activist groups to steer into an unfolding future. Join us for a conversation about some of the varied and creative ways people in the Chinatown community are sharing its history. Guests include John Atkin, author and civic historian; Doris Chow, co-founder of Youth Collaborative for Chinatown; Melody Ma, a recent member of Vancouver's Arts and Culture Policy Council; and other guests to be confirmed. Robert Sung, emcee, leads culinary and cul-tural walking tours in Chinatown. Presented with the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives. 30 Heart of the City Festival 2017 SHOWCASE OPEN MIC Wednesday November 1, 5:30pm - 7pm UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main Free Join the UBC Learning Exchange in a celebratory evening of open mic and musical performances that celebrate our rich local talents. We are excited to share our music video, produced by the UBC Learning Exchange community and inspired by this year's Festival theme Honouring Women in the Downtown Eastside. We await your voices. Open mic sign up is 5pm - spots are limited and will be offered on a first come first serve basis. Chico Gibson & Blues MUSIC PLAYING OUR PART Wednesday November 1, 7pm - 8:30pm St. James' Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free The Saint James Music Academy and musicians from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra join forces for the first time to perform inspiring music. After a few hours of coaching from the musicians of the Van-couver Symphony Orchestra and the NAC Orchestra, choirs and orchestras from Saint James Music Academy will come together under the direction ofNAC Orchestra Music Director Alexander Shelley. They will play for members of the community in the beautiful St. James' Anglican Church. Works by Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Mozart and folk inspired music will be served up for all to enjoy! Donations in support of Saint James Music Academy accepted at the door. Everyone welcome! .,t. COM MUN ON KARAOKE Wednesday November 1, 7pm - 9:30pm Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander Free The Evelyne Saller Centre will host an evening of karaoke where you can sing your heart out. Lots of songs to choose from; bring out your budding Elvis! Everyone welcome . .. MUSIC LIGHT OUT WEDNESDAY: CROWMAN + COLIN COWAN/JAMES MEGER Wednesday November 1, doors 9pm, show 10pm China Cloud Studios, 524 Main, 2nd floor Suggested donation $5-10 Invisible Taste and Star System Curation Society present Crewman + Colin Cowan/James Meger Contrabass Duet. The Improvisations of Crewman weave together melodic fragments, electronic sounds, and classical innuendos with songs and samples that tickle the imagination. This is metaphysi-cal music of now, imagined by Chris Gestrin on synthesiz-ers and electronic gadget wizardry, Meredith Bates on viola and effects, and Ben Brown on percussion. Opening the evening with improvisations and new works composed for two contrabasses are Colin Cowan and James Meger. Women Rock 2017 Heart of the City Festival 31 Rose-Ellen Nichols Melody Courage -(/) (/) -z G) The spirit of the murdered and missing women will not disappear. They will stay around until we see them and hear them. - Marie Clements MISSING, set in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, is a story of two young women, one indigenous and one white, and the terrible and moving intersection of their lives. It opens in a way you might expect, and closes in a place you cannot imagine. This music drama gives voice to the story of Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, and honours every one of these missing people. The libretto is by the distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements. The composer is Juno-award winner Brian Current, with Gitxsan materials by Vincent Gogag (Gawa gami). Directed by Peter Hinton, performed by Caitlin Wood, Kaden Forsberg, Heather Molloy, Melody Courage (Metis), Rose-Ellen Nichols (Coast Salish), Clarence Logan (Moosomin), Marion Newman (Kwagiulth/St6:lo). Sung in English and Gitxsan. Music has been the thread that has held First nation's history together through times of near obliteration. Because our emo-tions are touched by the music as the stories are being sung, we are unable to forget the important messages that the perform-ers convey. That is why I believe that a story about missing and murdered aboriginal women ought to be told through opera. We need our emotional memories to be activated to absorb how important it is that we take these missing women into our hearts and do what each of us can do to effect change and prevent more loss. Marion Newman (Kwagiulth/St6:lo) singer MISSING is co-produced in Vancouver by City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria in partnership with Vancouver Moving Theatre/DTES Heart of the City Festival. 32 Heart of the City Festival 2017 CHAMBER OPERA MISSING Invitational Concert Performance Wednesday November 1 6:45pm Doors Open/ 7pm Ceremony/ 7:30pm Presentation/ 9:30pm Talking Circle Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Conduded by Timothy Long (Muskogee Creek/Chodaw) An invitational performance for blood families and families of the heart. Presented in a ceremony led by elders under the guidance of the Downtown Eastside MISSING Advisory: Rosemary Georgeson (Community Engagement Liaison), Fay Blaney, Casandra East-man, Eunice McMillan, Lorelei Williams. The purpose is to honour and bear witness to the lives of those who have gone missing. PUBLIC PERFORMANCES November 3, 7, 9, 11, 8pm; Nov 5, 2pm York Theatre, 639 Commercial Drive Tickets: by phone, 604-251-1363; online, thecultch.com In person, Vancouver East Cultural Centre Conduded by Charles Barber After Vancouver, MISSING will perform in Victoria, BC. The co-producers, City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria, are currently working on plans to tour the production to Northern BC and other centres where this opera and its story need to be heard and witnessed. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 33 SHOWCASE LURNING CENTRE LIVE Thursday November 2, 1pm - 3pm carnegle Learning Centre 3rd floor, 401 Main Free Enjoy a showcase of poetry, stories, songs, skits and digital storytelling from the Carnegie Learning Centre. The Learning Centre Is a vital resource that brings teaching to the people of the Downtown Eastside. This year we are honouring all the wonderful women who teach, learn and love in this welcom-ing space. MUSIC STREETS MUSIC HASTINGS STREET BAND Thursday November 2, 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 multl-lnstrumentallst and composer Brad Muirhead, the band Is composed of enthusiastic Downtown Eastslde Involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver. RADIO BROADCAST Ill KLA HOW YA ON CO-OP RADIO Thursday November 2, 5pm - 6pm Live Broadcast Co-op Radio 100.5 FM Explore Indigenous people's struggle for freedom and liberation with host Gunargle O'Sullivan. News, Interviews and music. To-day's broadcast welcomes Estea Elements and Trevor MIiis, two community rap artists committed to finding brighter pathways for all who are Impacted by mental health, and whose music calls to honour and protect women. 34 Heart of the City Festival 2017 CULTURAL SHARING WHEN THE VEIL IS THIN Thursday November 2, 1pm - 4pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell Free In many cultures around the world, the midpoint of the season between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice Is a time when It Is believed that the connection between those living and those dead is most possible - when the veil ls thin. On November 2nd, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), we come together In remembrance of friends, family, ancestors and loved ones who have passed over to the other side. Bring a photo, or light a candle for the Oppenheimer Park community ofrenda (Latin American altar for Day of the Dead). Throughout the afternoon, there will be musical performances, poetry and artwork to be shared, along with Latin American food and refreshments. In collaboration with WATARI and Oppenheimer Park. Everyone welcome. SPOKEN WORD HOME GRQWN STORIES Thursday November 2, 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 commu-nity open mlc. Special guest writer/reader Is Chelene Knight, managing editor of Room magazine, who has published works of prose, poems and letters, and Is writing a book set In the East End's Hogan's Alley In the 1930-S0s. EWMA, a program of Atlra Women's Resource Society, blends art, creativity and entertainment. For more Information visit www.atlra.bc.ca/ enterprising-women-making-art orwww.facebook.com/EWMA-store. We Invite the neighbourhood to an evening where all are welcome to participate! WORKSHOP V}_-7 REFRAMING RELATIONS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY Thursday, November 2, 6pm - 8:30pm mica 7mat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings Free A program of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, Re-framing Relations brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists together in classroom and community settings to creatively engage people of all ages in addressing our shared history and envisioning our future together. In this workshop, poets and multimedia artists Ronnie Dean Harris and Kim Villagante lead a journey of "poetic activation" in hip hop/spoken word verse. Collaborative writing will lead to the creation of Statements of Understanding about what activates the Heart of the City. No experience in writing or spoken word necessary! Produced in partnership with the ne6a?mat ct Strathcona Branch of Van-couver Public Library. MASS All SOULS' DAY HIGH MASS Thursday November 2, 6:30pm St. James' Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova The High Mass Choir of St James' Anglican Church presents Palestrina's brilliant Missa pro defunctis in the context of a Req-uiem Mass for All Souls. Here is a chance to remember departed friends and family- all names forwarded to the church are read aloud in the special prayers at the service: call 604.685.2532 or email: office@stjames.bc.ca. Everyone welcome. SPOKEN WORD HIP HOP LADIES Thursday November 2, doors 8pm, show 8:30pm SBC Restaurant (aka Smilin' Buddha), 109 E. Hastings Free Hip hop, spoken word, freestyle. Words, rhythm, women. It all goes together like rain on the Coast! The Festival and SBC Restaurant present an evening of local self-identified ladies who perform hip hop and freestyle, ranging from the highly experienced to newcomers appearing for the first time in front of an audience. Let's "give it up" for the Hip Hop Ladies! IO Ill ARTS RATIONAL ON CO-OP RADIO Thursday November 2, 9pm -12am Live broadcast CFRO 100.5 FM As the 14th Annual DTES Heart of the City Festival nears its final weekend, there are still many great events to attend. Tune into this live broadcast and find out what's happening. Hosts Gerry Kowalenko and Jay Hamburger interview Tan in Ii Wright who will talk about the many events she is involved with at this year's Heart of the City Festival, including reading excerpts from her new play A Mother Bear's Journey. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 35 SCHOOLS KINNIE STARR - HIP HOP A LA CANADIANA Friday November 3 9:30am Admiral Seymour Elementary School, 1130 Keefer 1:20pm lord Strathcona Elementary School, 592 E. Pender Students, parents, and teachers only. The Festival is beyond thrilled to present award-winning Kinnie Starr in a dynamic program for elementary school students of the Downtown Eastside. Using spoken word, poetry, upbeat rap and singing, Kinnie shares stories and anecdotes that are personal and kind-spirited, exploring love, family, environment, race, identity, dreams and more. The presentation includes a Q&A period about art, creativity, culture, beat-making and poetry. OPEN HOUSE VANCOUVER POLICE MUSEUM Friday November 3, 10am - 5pm Vancouver Police Museum, 240 E. Cordova, 2nd floor Also November 4 Free admission 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. Here you will find exhibits about some of the city's most famous criminals and the men and women who enforce our laws. Join museum staff for free forty-five minute guided tours at 11am and 2pm. For more infor-mation: 604-665-3346 or www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca or check out facebook and twitter! Everyone welcome. WORKSHOP SILKSCREEN PRINTING with Michael Jacko Friday November 3, 12pm - 2pm Interurban, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Free Silkscreen printmaking workshop with Michael Jacko (Odawa/"Ottawa" Nation). Michael is a program coordinator at Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre, working mostly with youth and elders. This workshop is by popular demand! In partnership with Culture Saves Lives. Open to all. THEATRE BREATH-AHHH Friday November 3, 6pm - 7pm KW Atrium Studio, 111 W. Hastings Also November 4 Free Theatre Terrific presents Breath-Ahhh, a rhythmically explosive performance comprised of dance, imagistic gestures, self-expressed soundscape and variations of emotion that explore the universal truth ... that breath is something we all share. Cre-ated by Artistic Director Susanna Uchatius in collaboration with the all-inclusive cast. 36 Heart of the City Festival 2017 CONVERSATION SPEAKING UP, PUBLIC ART AS RESISTANCE: HONOURING OUR SISTERS Friday November 3, 2pm - 4pm VPL: naca?mat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings Free Join us for a discussion with women artists working in the Downtown Eastside who are generating public art to share stories of women of this community. Their public art is a form of resistance as it honours women for their power, courage, resilience, activism, strength, memory, cultures and voices. The artists speaking up this afternoon include: Mercedes Eng, writer and teacher; Sharon Kravitz, activist and documentary filmmaker; Kathy Shimizu, a sansei (3rd generation Japanese Canadian) graphic and web designer; Karen Ward, art=politics=love=justice; Skundaal Bernie Williams (Haida/Coast Salish), carver of the Survivors Totem Pole in Pigeon Park; and Diane Wood, artist and poet. Presented in association with Women Transforming Cities. EXHIBITION & RECEPTION ONE CASE, TWO CASE, THREE CASE Opening Reception Friday November 3, 5pm - 7pm Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main November 2 to 30 Free One Case • Ukrainian Folk Art and Handicrafts: Symbols of Good Fortune Up in the attic, down in the kitchen: for years women at Strath-cona's Ukrainian Hall have decorated their homes and clothing with beautiful objects made from fabric, beads, flour, wood and grasses, with designs that contain symbols of wealth, fertility and good luck. The Festival is thrilled to showcase some of the richness of women's handicrafts from the local Ukrainian Canadian community. Two Case• Collection of Flags Made for the 2017 'Namwayut Walk for Reconciliation During a series of workshops led by We Press, flags were created with artwork commissioned from artist Kwiigay liwaans as well as artwork created by workshops participants. On September 24, folks from many different cultures and backgrounds carried the flags in solidarity with Indigenous Nations. Three Case • Flmo - tastlcl: Oppenheimer Park Art Show Community Project The third case exhibits design tiles that were a collaborative contribution to the Oppenheimer Park Art Show. Members of the Oppenheimer Park art community created the tiles during Fimo-tastic workshops led by facilitator Lily Cheung. For our enjoyment, Michael Nardachioni "sings the ladies"; a selection of folk and rock songs made famous by our favourite female singers. MUSIC PATSY KLEIN/TONY WILSON AND JOSH ZUBOT Friday November 3, 3pm - 4:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Four years ago, vocalist Patsy Klein and guitarist Tony Wilson joined forces and performed covers by a wide range of art-ists. In time they started co-writing songs together. Patsy has contributed vocals on many albums and toured in Canada and Europe, and Tony has released several cd's of his own composi-tions and toured internationally. They are joined for this concert by violinist Josh Zubot, who has experience in many musical genres and has recorded numerous cd's of his own music. The trio will perform original material as well as a few cover songs of music that is emotional and fuses several musical genres. ART LOUVRE Friday November 3, 7pm - 8pm Outside by the alley, 325 Carrall Free An artist talk, a discussion, a performance, a shared moment in time, in the shadow of the Louvre Saloon: we need to talk about history, change, death, our buildings, the idea of home, and all we cannot harm. This is about here. Art: includes words, images, things. Artists: Mercedes Eng, Quin Martins and Karen Ward. A .;;y ' .,. CHAMBER OPERA MISSING Friday November 3, 8pm York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr. Also November 5, 7, 9, 11 Tickets: 604-251-1363; thecultch.com MISSING, set in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, is a story of two young women, one indigenous and one white, and the terrible and moving intersection of their lives. It opens in a way you might expect, and closes in a place you cannot imagine. This music drama gives voice to the story of Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, and honours every one of these missing people. Libretto, by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements; composer, Juno-award winner Brian Current. Presented by City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 37 OPEN HOUSE VANCOUVER POLICE MUSEUM Saturday November 4, 10am - 5pm Vancouver Police Museum, 240 E. Cordova, 2nd floor Also November 3 See description November 3 ···~~~-~;·~·~··········• ······························ · SNEAK PEEK INTO CHINATOWN with Judy Lam Maxwell and Steven Wong Saturday November 4, 11am -12:30pm Meet at Sai Woo, 158 E. Pender $10; pay what you c:ii'm for local residcmts . Join hosts Judy Lam Maxwell and Steven Wong for a glimpse of Chinatown. The tour begins at a heritage res-taurant space, climbs flights of stairs to a heritage clan association, explores a Chinese herbal medicine store and ends the walk at Modernize Tailors, the last Chinatown tailor shop now celebrating 104 years. Both Judy and ·steven have active ties to the people and businesses in Chinatown. Judy leads Historical Chinatown Tours and Steven is a third generation 'man about town' in Vancou-ver's Chinatown. 38 Heart of the City Festival 2017 CULTURAL SHARING VANCOUVER TEA FESTIVAL Saturday November 4, 10am - 6pm Dr. Sun Vat Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Also Sunday November 5 Tkket information: www.va1u:ouverle1ft stival.ca Presented by Vancouver Tea Society and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Clas-sical Chinese Garden, the Tea Festival features leading exhibi-tors from th roughout the tea world to create a true pan-cultural 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! WORKSHOP , CHAPBOOK MAKING WORKSHOP with Mercedes Eng Saturday Novem~er 4, 12pm - 2pm Carnegie Learning Centre 3rd floor, 401 Main Haven't published your writ ing before? Then this chapbook-making workshop with Mercedes Eng is for you! Chapbooks are small handmade booklets that are perfect to sell or to give away. The goal of the workshop is to have each participant leave with 10 copies of a 10-page chapbook. If you can bring your writing on a USB stick that would be great, and if it's handwriting, we will get it typed. Keep in mind that the size of a chapbook page is about 7 inches long x 5 inches across. All materials will be supplied. The workshop is limited to six participants. Please sign up at the Carnegie 3rd floor program office. MUSIC STREETS USIC BALKAN SHMALKAN Saturday November 4, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Carnegie, 401 Main Global music with local attitude: Balkan Shmal-kan'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. 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 new street band on the streets of the Downtown Eastside. THEATRE BREATH-AHHH Saturday November 4, 2pm - 3pm KW Atrium Studio, 111 W. Hastings Also November 3 See description November 3 CURATORIAL TOUR INTANGIBLE: MEMORY AND INNOVATION IN COAST SALISH ART Saturday November 4, 2pm - 3pm Exhibition to December 10 Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby Free A special treat at this year's Festival is a free curatorial tour o· the exhibition, led by curator Beth Carter and Dr. Sharon Fortney Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art explore~ ideas of Indigenous rights, land and sovereignty through the work of six Coast Salish artists: Marvin Oliver (Quinault / lsleta Pueblo); Aaron Nelson-Moody (Squamish); lessLIE (Cowichan, Penelakut and Esquimault); Sesemiya Tracy Williams (Squam-ish); Ronnie Dean Harris (St?:lo/St'at'imc); and Roxanne Charles (Semiahmoo). For more info: www.billreidgallery.ca. RKSHOP ~;J KIDS' BLOCK PRINTMAKING WITH WEPRESS Saturday November 4, 2pm - 4 pm Oppenheimer Park Fieldhouse, 488 Powell Free 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. In partnership with WePress, Oppenheimer Park and Powell Street Festival Society. Snacks and materials provided. Open to all. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 39 Sandy Cameron SONG CARNEGIE SING ALONG CHOIR Saturday November 4, 7pm - 9:30pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main Free The Carnegie Sing Along Choir, led by lo-cal guitarist Mike Richter, meets regularly twice a week to raise their voice 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! 40 Heart of the City Festival 2017 SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST AWARD CEREMONY Saturday November 4, 2:30pm - 3:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Sandy Cameron was one of the best-loved writers to ever publish his work in the Carnegie Newsletter, the free, twice-monthly paper put out by volunteers for over thirty-one years now distributes over a thousand copies. Sandy contributed essays and poetry consistently, always speaking to the nature oflife for members of the Downtown Eastside communities. Last year the Carnegie Newsletter hosted its first contest for writing essays, memoirs and poetry, and encouraged many never-before published writers to submit their work. This year the contest focuses on essay-writing and non-fiction, and honours the memory of Sandy by letting him inspire writers. Today's event will feature readings by selected writers, and Jean Swanson will be on hand to award prizes chosen by a panel of judges. It promises to be exciting! READING STORIES OF HER: THURSDAYS WRITING COLLECTIVE HONOURS WOMEN OF THE DIES 'Saturday November 4, 4pm - 5pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Celebrating ten years of writing, gathering and sharing on the Downtown l;astside, Thursdays Writing Collective is an open door organization that operates out of the Carnegie Community Centre. The collective is made up of writers identifying as Indigenous, People of Colour, mixed race and wh ite, !r~p~ and queer folks, survivors, and many other intersectional identities. Join us 1:1s ":!c.r share work on the theme of honouring women, embracing feminine energy and celebrating women through the presentation of poetry, short fic-tiont memoir, songs, prayers, rants, hybrid experiments and personal essays. PLAYREADING SRO by Brenda Prince Saturday November 4, 3pm - 4:30pm lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall By donation at the door Pinishi, an Anishinabe lkwe-Ojibway woman, remains trapped in an SRO, a sin-gle room occupancy room in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Her life changes when BamBam, her sweetheart, receives money from a car accident. Unexpected characters help her understand who she really is. Playwright Brenda Prince, AKA, Middle of the Sky Woman, is an Anishi-nabe writer originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brenda is a graduate of UBC's Creative Writing Program, a participant in many OTES arts projects, and an Urban Ink BOLDSCRIPT participant. Presented with Urban Ink Productions. Brenda Prince 2017 Heart of the City Festival 41 WITNESS CEREMONY & FILM SURVIVORS TOTEM POLE Sunday, November 5 Lori Krill Community Room Enter just east of 65 W. Cordova On November 5, 2016, the Survivors Totem Pole was raised in Pigeon Park; a lasting symbol of "resistance, persistence and inclusion". 10am Witness Ceremony, by invitation One year ago, witnesses were invited to attend the pole raising ceremony, an honoured role that involves 'holding the event in their heart'. Today, the witnesses gather with Survivors Totem Pole carver, activist and hereditary Haida chief-in-waiting Gul-Kitt-Jaad (Golden Spruce Woman - Skundaal Bernie Williams) to complete their witness responsibilities. 12pm FIim Showing, public invited, all welcome To create a legacy of the Survivors Totem Pole project, local filmmaker Susanne Tabata was asked to document both the lead up to the pole installation and the historic pole raising day. The result is a moving and stunning film (24") where we witness the journey of the Survivors Totem Pole and a tribute to the undying strength and unity of a community of displaced peoples. Led by carver Skundaal Bernie Williams, local indig-enous voice soars, interwoven with commentary from Sacred Circle supporters Sid Chow Tan, Raj Toor, Grace Eiko Thomson; hereditary Squamish Chief Bill Williams; Haida elders Wilfred Price and Woodrow Morrison; Musqueam activist Audrey Sieg I; and anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson. 42 Heart of the City Festival 2017 MASS ALL SAINTS' DAY PROCESSION & HIGH MASS Sunday November 5, 10:30am St. James' Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova A glorious All Saints Sunday Procession and High Mass will cel-ebrate the Saints of Christendom with pageantry and traditional ritual, with incense, bells and inspiring music. Hear the full St. James' Choir in action, and grab a coffee with the community after the service. All are welcome to attend. CULTURAL SHARING VANCOUVER TEA FESTIVAL Sunday November 5, 11am - 5pm Dr. Sun Vat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall Also Saturday November 4 Ticket information: www.vancouverteafestival.ca See description November 4 BALKAN SHMALKAN Sunday November, 1pm & 2pm Starts at Abbott & E. 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. WORKSHOP ~_7 COMMUNITY NET MAKING CIRCLE Sunday November 5, 1pm - 4pm Strathcona Community Centre, 601 Keefer Free, r@ru11st1nr 011 ,..,,..,,t,i,.,..,1,, Join the net making circle and conversation happening during the Land & Sea project. Participants will work with spun local nettle fibres and linen and begin knotting traditional fishnets. While hands are busy, invited guests share stories of fishing this coastline and tend ing and mending the nets. Donations grate-fully accepted towards bringing skill-holders June Pardue (Aluit) and Peter Ananin ( Scottish) to Vancouver in 2018. Workshop facilitated by Sharon Kallis. Up to 15 participants, register on eventbrite.ca. Presented with the EartHand Gleaners Society. MARKET. PAN & TALK CANZINE: FESTIVAL OF ZINE CULTURE & THE INDEPENDENT ARTS Sunday November 5, 1pm - 7pm Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Free Hundreds of zines, books, comics, and small press vendors! Trade, buy, sell, browse, chill, enjoy! At 3pm, there is a panel on Feminism, Witchcraft, and the Occult in the lndie Arts with artists Adriana Lademann, Miki Aurora and Caitlin French discussing the role of witchcraft, the occult and the supernatural in their work. At 5pm, Cole Pauls, creator of the legendary Pizza Punks strip, will do an artist talk and lead in the making of a massive collaborative pizza zine! Co-presented by Broken Pencil and SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement MISSING Sunday November 5, 2pm York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr. Also November 3, 7, 9, 11 Tickets: 604-251-1363; thecu&tdu:om See description November 3 LM PAINT IT RED (2017) Sunday November 5, 4:30pm Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, 88 W. Pender Tidtets:www.vaff.org The Vancouver Asian Film Festival presents the world premiere of the documentary film Paint It Red, by Eva Cohen (Director). What happens when a bunch of seniors face evictions and homelessness? They fight back! The documentary follows Beverly Ho, a young Chinese Cana-dian organizer for the Chinatown Concern Group dedicated to preserving and continuing Chinese cultural heritage in Vancou-ver's Chinatown. Can her efforts, along with other volunteers in the neighbourhood, succeed in stemming the rapid proliferation of million-dollar condos and pricey cafes? The group succeeded in putting a pause to the 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. .. " A VAFF Best Canadian Feature Award nominee. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 43 10TH ANNUAL OPPENHEIMER PARK COMMUNITY ART SHOW: REFLECTIONS Until October 22 Gallery Gachet, 88 Cordova Oppenheimer Park and Gallery Gachet are pleased to present Reflections, an exhibition showcasing artwork from the Oppenheimer Park community. To mark the 10th anniversary, more than thirty-five participating artists share their personal reflections on how the Oppenheimer Park art show has nourished relationships and built community through art. The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show began a decade ago 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. More info: www. gachet.org HOME:GROWN Hilary Morris Until October 29 Dr. Sun Vat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall included in admission Home:Grown is part historical record of Vancouver's ever-changing architectural aesthetics and urban landscapes and part illustrated love letter to self-taught painter Hilary Morris' adopted home. The exhibition presents some of Morris' early sketches and vibrant paintings which reflect a naivete that speaks of the less "shiny" days of Vancouver. More information: vancouverchinesegarden.com/home-grown.html HOGAN'S ALLEY IN 4 PANELS Chris Elawa Until November 5 Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery, 320 Carran window display Free Artist Chris Elawa has created Hogan's Alley in 4 Panels, an installation about the urban site historically known as Hogan's Alley, once the multi-cultural nucleus of Vancouver's first residential black community. Each panel is an illuminated street sign that interprets a different stage of the site's story - the historical alley, the destruction of a vibrant community, the site's current infrastructural occupant and finally the city's proposal to tear the viaduct down. The installation seeks to illuminate a history often hidden in the shadows - much in the same way the site itself now sits in the shadows beneath the Georgia viaduct. 44 Heart of the City Festival 2017 INTANGIBLE: MEMORY AND INNOVATION IN COAST SALISH ART Until December 10 Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby Curatorial tour, Saturday Nov 4, 2pm Free The exhibition explores ideas of Indigenous rights, land and sovereignty through the work of six Coast Salish artists: Marvin Oliver (Quinault / lsleta Pueblo); Aaron Nelson-Moody (Squamish); lessLIE (Cowichan, Penelakut and Esquimault); Sesemiya Tracy Williams (Squamish); Ronnie Dean Harris (St?:lo/ St'at'imc); and Roxanne Charles (Semiahmoo). Adults $11, Students/Seniors $8, Youth $6, Children under 12 Free, Families $26 For more info: www.billreidgallery.ca. Winter hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11am - 5pm. Visual Arts '17 connected to an event THE FEMININE TOUCH October 18 to November 11 lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall See Pre-Festival and Post-Festival, receptions ICE PAINTING Rosemary Hayes Until October 31 Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main See Pre-Festival reception BENJAMIN POULTON PHOTOGRAPHY October 20 - November 11 Remington Gallery, 108 E. Hastings Free See Pre-Festival reception ONE CASE, TWO CASE, THREE CASE November 2 - 30 Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main Free See Fri Nov 3, opening reception "Encompasing thought" CULTURAL SHARING MINI DRUMS AND BLANKETS Monday November 6, 5:30pm - 8:30pm Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free Listen to the beat of the drum while making your own mini-drum necklace. This fun and exciting evening includes an opportunity to contribute your sewing skills toward a community button blanket; learn how to play the Pow Wow drum; or make a mini-drum necklace with instructor Sam McKay, Hereditary Chief from the Nisga'a Nation. Drop by early to have enough time to try all three activities! CHAMBER OPERA MISSING November 7, 9, 11, 8pm York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr. Also November 3, 5 Tickets: 604-251-1363; thecultch.com See description November 3 WORKSHOP ~_7 BARRIO FLAMENCO "OPEN STUDIO" Friday November 10, 11:30am -1pm lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Free Kelty McKerracher and the DTES Flamencos invite you to an informal Open Studio to experience the art form of southern Spain and join a real flamencojuerga (party)! Barrio Flamenco welcomes guitarist Peter Mole, singer Farnaz Ohadi, and our favourite dancers from the extended flamenco community. Featuring a performance from the fall class, a short lesson in dancing "Sevillanas," the folk dance from Seville, and an offering of non-alcoholic sangria and snacks. Produced in partnership with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and the DTES Centre for the Arts. O/e! DTES Flamencos RECEPTION FESTIVAL CLOSING RECEPTION Friday November 10, 5pm - 7pm Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main free Now that we've caught up on our sleep and cleaned up our room, this is our opportunity to say thank you! Artists, audience members, crew, staff, volunteers, community partners, fellow organizers - there are so many of us who put on the Festival in one capacity or another. Come on down to the Carnegie, the heart of our community, as we say 'Thank you! Another Festival under our belts! Here's to next year!" Join us for conversations, ideas for future festivals and refreshments! See ya there. NG RECEPTION THE FEMININE TOUCH Saturday November 11, 6:30pm lnterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall Odober 18 to November 11 f ree The Feminine Touch is a group exhibition that celebrates and showcases women and art. From glass works to paintings to collages, we celebrate the expansive disciplines that women use to express themselves. Presented by the DTES Centre for the Arts. Gallery hours Wed to Sat, 1pm to 5pm. 2017 Heart of the City Festival 45 FEISTY FEMINISTS by Pat McSherry Five feisty feminists worked in the Downtown Eastside in the late 20th century ministering to the poor, the mentally ill, home-less and dying. Although there is no evidence that they worked together, they were about the same age and in_the area at the same time. Their core Christian values aligned and they helped many of the same people. Part of a quiet stream of loving resistance, these women chose to stand with those who are marginalized and to affirm their dignity. Miriam Jerome Kelliher (1921-2010) was a member of the Fran-ciscan Sisters of the Atonement (East Cordova and Dunlevy), a society (founded 1926) that fed and clothed hungry and homeless peo-ple. In 1942, Miriam witnessed her Japanese-Canadian neighbours being robbed of their homes and freedoms by the Canadian government. The town folks of Greenwood, BC agreed to accept the incarcerated Japanese Canadians only if the Franciscan Sisters would guarantee the safety of the local people and take full responsibility. So Sister Kelliher took an 18-hour train ride to Greenwood a day ahead to make sure there were familiar faces when the first trainload arrived with displaced elderly men, women, and children. She stayed in Greenwood to open a school for children and youth. Elizabeth Kelliher (1924-2013) was Miriam Jerome's younger sister. Born in upstate New York, the sisters were sent to a convent when their mother died and their father was too poor to look after them. In 1988 Elizabeth joined fellow Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement in Vancouver, and later served as President of the Downtown Eastside Residents' Association and Housing Society (DERA). She led or attended meetings for almost every peace and social justice advocacy group in the neighbourhood. She raised Cain everywhere from City Hall to Parliamentto defend the rights of the city's unhoused, addicted, poorest and most marginalized people. After being taken to court by the BC Government as a result of DERA's actions, Elizabeth began organizing the Metro Vancouver Alliance to unite and train citizens in how to gain social, political and economic equality. 46 Heart of the City Festival 2017 May Gutteridge (1917-2006) emigrated from England with her family in 1958 and started the St. James Social Services Society (now called The Bloom Group) out of St. James' Anglican Church. On witnessing the Anglican Church's top down decision to spend thousands of dollars to buy a mansion in Shaughnessy, rather than support her modest request to fund a hospice in the Downtown Eastside, she protested in front of their head office. She advocated for thirty years on behalf of Aboriginal women, pensioners, alcoholics, the poor and the dying. Affordable and supportive housing projects started by May's group on Cordova include Cooper Place, St. James Place, Cordova House, Victory House and St. Luke's Court. May's Place Hospice is West-ern Canada's first independent resi-dential hospice for terminally ill adults. Pauline Fell (1924-2008), a former sharp shooter and horse trainer, managed a ranch and raised a family in the BC interior before becoming a Christian at age 60. All her life, she was a risk-taker; fearless, confident and bold. In 2001, at age 85, Pauline founded the intentional Christian community Jacob's Well at 239 Main Street. She moved into the neighbourhood where she lived and worked until her death, contributing to a thriving community of friendship to support friends through challenges, including navigating the court system and abusive relationships. Pauline regularly visited people in jail, parks, on street corners, in pubs, slowly building relationships with hundreds of Downtown Eastside residents. Bernice Gerard (1924-2008) founded the Shiloh Housing Society (Shiloh Place, 245 Powell). The for-mer radio preacher and Vancouver city councillor was orphaned as a baby and adopted by an Indigenous family. Seven years later, she was taken from her adoptive dad by the Children's Aid Society. Bernice found her calling as a charis-matic preacher, lived with Parkinson's disease and never married. Considered one of BC's most influential 20th century religious leaders, Bernice believed that the work of the church was in the community, and thatthe scriptures taught equality between.men and women, and she encouraged women to.take responsibility for their own lives. 100 years - Ming Wo Opened in 1917 in Chinatown, the legendary Canadian-owned and -operated Ming Wo prides itself on being a source of professional cookware and providing superior service and quality products to generations of Vancouver cooks . ........................................................ 2017 Heart of the City Festival 4 7 CONGRATULATIONS! Members and organizations of our Community are recognized! Congratulations to individuals and organizations who are making a difference in our community, many of whom are long-time contributors to the DTES Heart of the City Festival. ASSOCIATION OF UNITED UKRAINIAN CANADIANS (AUUC) & DOVBUSH DANCERS. The Dovbush Dancers and Dovbush School of Dance of the AUUC Ukrainian Hall at Pender and Hawks were awarded over eight gold medals and trophies for their performances at the 22nd BC Ukrainian Cultural Festival in Mission. These dancers have been striving for their personal and collective best, demonstrating skills and technical abil ity while gaining top marks over the years at this annual festival. The AUUC dancers look forward each year to this Festival, where they enjoy performing the beautiful art of Ukrainian Folk Dance, and meeting dancers from across BC, Alberta and Washington, USA. JOHN ENDO GREENAWAY was the recipient of the Japanese Canadian History PreseNation & Education Award (Nikkei Place Community Awards, 2016). "If there is one thing I have learned in my time working in the Nikkei community," John has said, "it is that we are not a community of victims, but rather suNivors. And yes, thrivers." A past-resident of the Downtown Eastside for over 30 years, John was co-founder of Uzume Taiko and Katari Taiko and is currently a founder/member ofSansho Daiko. John is Vancouver Moving Theatre's Resident Designer and has designed the DTES Heart of the City Festival program guides and posters since the Festival's founding in 2004. Since 1993, John has been the managing editor of The Bulletin, a Journal of Japanese Canadian community, history and culture. CAROLE ITTER received the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Visual Arts. She is the creator of sculptures, collages, performances and big-scale assemblages/installations that are strongly influenced by the people, and the social and political issues of the places where she has lived. An interdisciplinary artist, writer, performer and filmmaker, Carole also, along with Daphne Marlatt, compiled and edited Opening Doors, a treasure house of oral history about Vancouver's East End as part of the Sound Heritage Series for the BC Provincial Archives. ARIEL MARTZ-OBERLANDER was awarded the City of Vancouver Mayor's Award for Community Engaged Arts, Emerging Artist for 2017. Ariel is a theatre artist, writer, teacher and co-director of the True Voice Theatre Project taking place in this year's festival. Ariel divides her time between theatre and community organizing, and specializing in creative protest tactics on land and water. 48 Heart of the City Festival 2017 EARLE PEACH was honoured with the City of Vancouver Mayor's Award for Community Engaged Arts for 2017. A singer, composer, conductor, teacher and political activist, Earle composed the music for Carnegie's anthem, The Sandstone Lady, lyrics by Patrick Foley. He also composed the music for the landmark Downtown Eastside production, Condemned, the Carnegie opera project about homelessness. Earle conducts for three choirs appearing at this year's festival : Highs and Lows, the Solidarity Notes Labour Choir, and the Gathering Place Choir. ANTONETTE REA The film Antonette, about Downtown Eastside-involved transgender street poet, activist and actor Antonette Rea, won three Leo Awards (includ ing Best Short Documentary) which honour the best in BC film and television. Antonette follows Antonette Rea as she rehearses Miss Understood, a play about her moving story as a trans-woman and street worker. DONALD SHUMKA received the 2017 Mayor's Arts Award for Philanthropy. Don has been a steady supporter of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival since its founding. In 2003, he co-founded Friends of Carnegie to support art in the Downtown Eastside, including the landmcvk production In the Heart of a City: The Downtown Eastside Community Play. Don is a firm believer in the role of arts and culture in strengthening communities. TAKEO YAMASHIRO was the recipient of the Outstanding Community SeNice Award (Nikkei Place Community Awards, 2016). A suNivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing before he immigrated to Canada, Takeo Yamashiro is a master shakuhachi (Japanese flute) player and has performed locally with Uzume Taiko, Kokoro Dance, Vancouver Moving Theatre and Powell Street Festival among many others. Takeo co-founded Tonari Gumi: Japanese Community Volunteers Association, where he served as Executive Director for almost thirty years. CONGRATULATIONS TO LOCAL WINNERS OF THE 2017 VANCOUVER HERITAGE AWARDS, for outstanding efforts to preseNe our neighbourhood's heritage: Award of Merit: Walter and Mary Chan House, 658 Keefer; Award of Recognition: Jade Water Pavilion, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Ca rrall for restoration and conseNation upgrades; People's Choice Award: Jack Chow Building, 8 West Pender, for restoration and revitalization of the narrowest building in the world ; People's Choice Award: Mah Society of Canada, 137 East Pender. SUPPORT THE OTES 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. Eva Cho Robin Raweater OTES SMALL ARTS GRANTS 2017-18 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) pro-gram 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 artists 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! INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE INFORMATION? Bring your questions to an Information Session! SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 1pm-2:30pm Program Room II (3rd Floor) Carnegie Centre, 401 Main THURSDAY OCTOBER 26 6:30pm-8pm Meeting Room neca?mat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12 2017 3pm-4:30pm Program Room II (3rd Floor) Carnegie Centre, 401 Main Contact Beverly Walker Coordinator I DTES Small Arts Grants dtesartsgrants@gmail.com 604.665.2213 vancouverfoundationsmallarts.ca facebook.com/dtessag 2017 Heart of the City Festival 49 WEAVING RECONCILIATION Weaving Reconciliation is a multidisciplinary play and Indig-enous cultural encounter led and performed by Indigenous artists and cultural practitioners. Created by director Renae Morriseau (Cree/Saulteaux) with Rose Georgeson (Coast Salish/Dene) and Savannah Walling (American/Canadian). Weaving Reconciliation gives voice to those who've lived within and around Canada's long shadow of colonization. Events unfold through the eyes of Old One, whose life story interweaves with his healing journey as he opens up to life's regrets and hopes. Weaving together theatre, Indigenous cultural practices and lived experiences, the multidiscipli-nary production is about the creators' "hopes for a good future guided by the principles of our cultural past". 50 Heart of the City Festival 2017 In November 2017, the co-writers travel with actor Sam Bob to Native Earth's Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival (Toronto) to open the festival with a workshop preview of Weaving Reconciliation. Next spring 2018, VMT will share this story across Canada emerging from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Weaving Reconciliation tours from Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre), to Penticton/Syilx Territory (En'owkin Centre), Toronto/Treaty 13 Territory (Native Earth Performing Arts), and Winnipeg/Treaty 1 Territory and Metis Homelands (Urban Indigenous Theatre/Where the Riv-ers Meet Gathering). Book From the Heart of a City If you would like to purchase our book From the Heart of a City - Community-engaged Music and Theatre Productions from Vancouver's Downtown Easts/de: 2002-2013, ($31.50), phone 604.628.5672 or email executivedirector@vancouvermovingtheatre.com BAH! HUM G! Returns for eighth 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 OTES 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 old pawn broker face to face with memories he cannot bear 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 un-derpaid, devalued and shamed? On a cold, bleak, biting Christmas Eve, streets filled with desperate people in rags, how will the Cratch it family find the heart to celebrate? Directed by award-winning James Fagan Tait (Crime & Punishment I Downtown Eastside Community Play) and musical director Bill Costin (East End Blues & All that Jazz), Dickens' tale surges to life on Hastings street with a cast of professional and OTES community actors. Bah! Humbug! features Juno award-winning musician/sto-ryteller Jim Byrnes as Scrooge, Renae Morriseau as Mrs. Cratchit, Kevin McNulty as Marley, gospel/blues singer Tom Pickett as Bob Cratchit and Stephen Lytton, Sam Bob, and Savannah Walling as Spirits of Christmas past, present and future. Along with Mike Richter, Jenifer Brousseau, the angelic voices of the Saint James Music Academy Children's Choir; and giant projected images of back alleys, ravens and inner-city streets created by OTES/Strathcona muralist Richard Tetrault. This song-filled, bittersweet twist on a cherished classic celebrates the trans-formative power of human redemption: as relevant today as when it was written over 150 years ago. Don't miss this ever-evolving seasonal favourite where Vic-torian England collides with Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings December 7-9, 13-16, 7:30pm December 9, 10 & 16, 2pm $35 general/$20 students and seniors Early bird tickets available October 16 - November 5 www.sfuwoodwards.ca/ 778.782.928 gca_guestservices@sfu.ca Or at the door one hour before show time 2017 Heart of the City Festival 51 JIM WONG·CHU (1949 - 2017) Jim literally made history as a cultural animator and trailblazer. Born in Hong Kong, he defined Asian Canadian activism by be-coming one of its documenters and creating a cultural landscape now inclusive of Asian Canadian talent. Jim's first creative forays were in photography in the mid-1970s. His Chinatown Ghosts (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1986) is among the first books of poetry by an Asian Canadian. Jim helped found the Asian Canadian Writers' , Workshop, Ricepaper Magazine, Pender Guy Radio, the Asian Ca-nadian Performing Arts Resource (ACPAR), LiterASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing, and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Festival, among many efforts. He also co-edited four anthologies of Asian Canadian fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The newly-named Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers' Award hon-ours his efforts discovering, encouraging and mentoring writers and editors. Always remembered. Always loved. Farewell Jim. Sid Chow Tan CHIEF BEAU DICK WALAS GWA'YAM (1955 - 2017) Chief Beau Dick will not only be remembered for his strikingly provocative art but also his activism and generous spirit. He was a man who gave his heart and soul to his community. Beau was a passionate community leader who tirelessly supported endeavours to make the world around him a better place. First and foremost, Beau was a man who showed up. He attended rallies and events for causes dear to him and was always willing to entertain crowds with a story or a song. He made a powerful statement by just being present and showing solidarity. We can all learn from this example. LaTiesha Fazakas 52 Heart of the City Festival 2017 DEBBIE BLAIR (1951 - 2016) Debbie Blair was a world traveler, fine arts life model, a huge fan of the Heart of the City Festival, and one of Carn-egie's avid hikers. She disappeared on September 29, 2016 while hiking with a group of friends in the area of the Black Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park, West Vancouver. She is likely to have stepped off the trail in difficult terrain, and failed to return to the same spot. With nighttime tempera-tures hovering not far above freezing, search operations by around 50 SAR volunteers were suspended after three days, without finding any confirmed sign of Debbie. Her whereabouts are not known; the missing person investigation is still open. We remember Debbie the way she was, active, curious and creative. Richard Tylman BILL WONG (1922 - 2017) Bill Wong was a heartbeat in this city. He grew up in Strathcona and worked in Chinatown. He and his wife Zoe were longtime audience members of the Heart of the City Festival, and Bill became a participant when he shared the 2007 TV documentary Tailor Made: Chinatown's Last Tailors, that told the family story of Modernize Tailors, including his father Gung who founded the shop, tailor brother Jack and financier brother Milton. Modernize Tailors was famous for making zoot suits and custom suits for many celebrities like Sean Connery. In 2013, the City of Vancouver declared "Modernize Tailors Day", in recognition of their 100th anniversary in business. Bill was famous for his friendly nature, warm smile and big heart. His son Steven carries on Bill's legacy at the shop and participating in the Festival. Todd Wong STEVE EDWARDS (1953 - 2017) Vancouver Moving Theatre and DTES Heart of the City Festival are saddened that musician and sound techie Steve Edwards, a long-time DTES resident and Carnegie regular, has crossed the river. Steve was an exceptionally fine guitarist, sound technician, and a respected and friendly guy with a warm heart. Steve was a valued member of the Heart of the City Festival production team, and we also appreciate the great work Steve did over the years to support, organize and play at the Carnegie Tuesday night music jams. Steve's good spirit, love of music, and support for the local DTES community and music scene are going to be greatly missed. Rock on Steve! Terry Hunter TRACEY MORRISON (1970 - 2017) Tracey's death has an immeas-urable impact on everyone in the DTES; she was a natural leader and she touched us all. We miss what she would have contributed to the future, be-cause she did so much while she was here. Tracey was one of the Carnegie Learning Cen-tre's Invisible Heroes and her story is of courage, determina-tion and outstanding contribution to the community. In Tracey's own words "That is all I truly want for Christmas, for all to ally together. Stop the Drug War. Stop the War on the Poor. We must all work together and help our people who are some of the most criminalized, stigmatized, and marginalized, all living here in the OTES. We have the right to live." Teresa Vandertuin COLLEEN CARROLL (d. 2016) It is with great sadness that the Festival learnt of the passing of Colleen Carroll. For many years Colleen lived in the Ford Building across from Carnegie. Here she volunteered count-less hours, started the Saturday night Documentary Series, which still runs today. Colleen loved to paint in our community: from Oppenheimer Park to Crab Park to scenes and people at Carnegie. Her creative and beautifully executed painting of seniors playing checkers was the poster image for the Carn-egie's 30th Anniversary. Colleen moved to Central America in her later years, leaving us with a legacy of wonderful images and memories. We thank Colleen for her love and great work for the people of the Downtown Eastside. Terry Hunter ANDY KOSTYNUIK (1953 - 2016) Andy was one of the truest artists I knew; to quote Ear-le Peach, Andy was a "bril-liant, angry, kind, passionate, wounded, committed, con-sistent, but above all musical man." There are so many ways to describe Andy and all of them true. He was a creative guy with his own unique voice; he sang of the urgency offree love, free drugs, and g*dd*am freedom. I first met Andy when he participated in I Love the OTES produced by Savage God Theatre Company. He performed at the Festival and throughout the community countless times. I miss him dearly. Teresa Vandertuin 2017 Heart of the City Festival 53 HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL Executive Artistic Producer Terry Hunter Associate Artistic Producer Teresa Vandertuin Associate Artistic Director Savannah Walling Operations Manager Lalia Fraser Production Manager Mark Carter Social Media Manager Hillary Kaplan Designer John Endo Greenaway (Big Wave Design) Publicist Jodi Smith (JLS Entertainment) Program Liaison Maggie Winston Administrative Assistant Doug Vernon Elder in Residence Kat Norris Multimedia Artist in Residence Gunargie O'Sullivan Residency Coordinator (Weaving Reconclllation) Kerriann Cardinal Community Liaison (Missing) Rosemary Georgeson Missing Advisory Fay Blaney, Casandra Eastman, Eunice McMillan, Lorelei Williams Production Staff Kougar Basi, Bill Beauregarde, Jen Castro, Liisa Hannus, Andy McAvoy, Duffy McWhirter, Neal Miskin, Mark Oakley, Andy Smith, Elwin Xie Operations Staff Gerardo Avila, Jen Castro, Gilles Cyrenne, Arnita Daniels, Ada Dennis, Claris Figueira, Billy Hopeless, Ann Lahde, Christina Lahde, Catherine Millard, Karen Thorpe, Alex Watts, Jeff Wilson, Elwin Xie Studio Photography David Cooper On Site Photography Terry Hunter, Mark Montgomery, Tom Quirk, Chris Randle Program Gulde Contributors Sid Chow Tan, John Endo Greenaway, LaTiesha Fazakas, Terry Hunter, Stephen Lytton, Pat McSherry, Richard Tylman, Teresa Vandertuin, Savannah Walling, Maggie Winston, Phoenix Winter, Todd Wong 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 Hollie McKeil Carnegie Reading Room Natalie Porter Volunteer Coordinator Sindy Bruno Security Coordinator Skip Everall Kitchen Coordinator Steve McKinley 54 Heart of the City Festival 2017 CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION Board of Directors: President Phoenix Winter, Vice President Priscillia Tait, Treasurer Pat McSherry, Secretary Adrienne Macallum, Member at Large Gilles Cyrenne, Lisa David, Thelma Jack, Debra McNaught, James Pau, Emma Price, Mike Tapp, Margaret Teng VANCOUVER MOVING THEATRE Artistic Director Savannah Walling Executive Director Terry Hunter Accountant Lucy Lai Bookkeeper Miyra Onley Artistic & Administrative Resident Marisa Smith Administrative Assistant Doug Vernon Auditor Raber and Mattuck Designer in Residence John Endo Greenaway Strategic Planning Consultant Lori Baxter Filemaker Consultant Oak Bay Softrends Computer Consultant David Skulski Board of Directors: President Ann McDonell, Vice President Renae Morriseau, Secretary John Atkin, Treasurer Louise Leclair THANK YOU to the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians for their continuing support, and to SFU Woodward's Cultural & Community Programs (SFUW) for co-producing Bah! Humbug!, an annual benefit for the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and community arts in the Downtown Eastside. HATS OFF TO OUR SPONSORS 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. PROGRAM GUIDE IMAGE/PHOTO CREDITS Sharon Burns, Garry Checora, Kelli Clifton, David Cooper, Emily Cooper, Culture Saves Lives, Greg Ehlers, Kwiigay liwaans, Sylwia Kisynska, Matt Koeleman, KK Law, Mark Montgomery, Peter Norris, Tom Quirk, Chris Randle, Chuck Stoody, Sid Chow Tan, Karen Ward, Geoff Webb, WePress, Dana Wilson, and many more unknown artists and photographers. 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 Anonymous (2), Evan and Ingrid Alderson, Elizabeth Ball, Russ and Lee Anthony, John Atkin, Michael Clague, Tom Crean, Jay Hamburger, Frank Harris, Katrin Harris and Mary Jane, Terry Hunter, Louise Leclair, Richard Kwan, Mary McCauley, O'Day Productions, Richard Evans Architecture, Roger Seaman, Sid Chow Tan, Carol Uhte and Jon Strohbehn, Savannah Walling Canada BRITISH ...... COLUMBIA Canada Council for the Arts fi't;TYOF VANCOUVER I BREAKFAST TELEVISION. City r OMNI" DIVERSITY TELEVISION Conseil des Arts du canada A BRmSH COLUMBIA ARTS COUNCIL An¥1CYofltlel'NMna!ofllridihc.otumbla • ,, j WOODWARD'S Friends of DTESArts PHOTOSHOOT PARTICIPANTS Lucy Alderson, Erol Almelek, Wm. J. Atfield Jr., Curtis AuCoin, Stella August, Ghia Aweida, Sam Bob, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Roger Brouillette, Victoria Bull, Alice Bullington, Deborah Chartrand, Wendy Chew, Eva Cho, Ward Cho, Chris Cook, Graham Cunningham, Gilles Cyrenne, DJ, Carey Ditmars, Elaine Durocher, John ·I Endo Greenaway, Cindy Fedora, Rose Georgeson, Cliff (Chico) Gibson & Blues, Margaret Gorrell, Erica Grant, Theresa Gray, Leith Harris, Bradley Hawkins, David Hawkins, Georgina Hawkins, Marius Hawkins, Matthew Hawkins, Heidi Ho, Grant Houle, Terry Hunter, Jay Jay, Taralyn Karras, Patricia Kelly, Montana King, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Brie L, Ulla Laidlaw, Cara Lang, Harry Langon, Debra Leo, Jing Li, Emily Long, Stephen Lytton, Carol Martin, Ariel Martz-Oberlander, Kelty McKerracher, Alice L. McMillen, David Mendes, Minami, Shayesteh Mohammadin, Joan Morelli, Renae Morriseau, Woodrow Morrison, Leslie Nelson, Peggy Nelson, Connie Ng, Kat Norris, Aisha O'Sullivan, Gunargie O'Sullivan, Gary Olver, James Pau, Brenda Prince, Harriet Prince, Robin Raweater, Mike Richter, Sandy Scofield, Tina Shaw, Priscillia Tait, Jan Tse, Page Turner, Marie Urdiga, Helen Volkow, Savannah Walling, Marge White, Candace Whitehead, Audrey Wilson, James Witwicki, Teresa Wong, Richelle Woods, Taninli Wright, Elwin Xie COMMUNITY PARTNERS Aboriginal Front Door, ACCESS TV (Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society), Admiral Seymour Elementary School, Atira/EWMA (Enterprising Women Making Art), BC Alliance for Arts and Culture, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Carnegie Community Action Project, Carnegie Cultural Sharing, Carnegie Learning Centre, Carnegie Newsletter, Caveman Cafe, Cheeky Proletariat Art Gallery, China Cloud Studios, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives, City Opera Vancouver, Coast Salish Cultural Network, Community Arts Council of Vancouver, Co-op Radio CFRO 100.SFM, Creativa International, Culture Saves Lives, Downtown Community Health Centre, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, OTES Centre for the Arts, OTES Neighbourhood House, OTES Market Society, OTES Small Arts Grants, OTES Women's Centre, EartHand Gleaners Society, Evelyne Saller Centre, Fazakas Gallery, Federation of Russian Canadians (BC), Firehall Arts Centre, Gallery Gachet, Hastings Folk Garden, Hogan's Alley Working Group, Instruments of Change, International Web Express, lnterUrban Gallery, Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Kokoro Dance, KW Studios, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Moving Images Distribution, Oppenheimer Park, Ovaltine Cafe, Pacific Opera Victoria, Phoenix Artist Collective, Portland Hotel Society, Powell Street Festival, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, Red Jam Slam Society, Remington Gallery, Sacred Circle Society, Sai Woo Restaurant, Saint James Music Academy, SBC Restaurant, SFU Institute for the Humanities, SFU Philosopher's Cafe, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, St. James' Anglican Church, Strathcona Community Centre, Street Vendors Collective, Theatre Terrific, Thursdays Writing Collective, UBC Learning Exchange, UNIT/PITT Projects, Urban Ink Productions, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation , Vancouver Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grants, Vancouver Police Museum, Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie Reading Room, naca?mat ct Strathcona Branch), Vancouver Tea Festival, Watari, WePress, Women Transforming Cities, Woodward's Atrium (West Bank Corporation) SPECIAL THANKS BEHIND THE SCENES Staff and patrons of the Carnegie Community Centre, Ken Tabata and Sarah Estacaille and the Carnegie Music Program, Paul Taylor and the Carnegie Newsletter, staff and patrons of Oppenheimer Park, Doug Alder, Lucy Alderson, Betsy Alkenbrack, Deborah Angrave, Odo Ansah, John Atkin, Curtis AuCoin, Charles Barber, Constance Barnes, Laura Barron, Rebecca Bartlett, Janice Beck, Sharon Belli, Nicole Bird, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Michael Boucher, Barbara Bourget, Dawn Brennan, Sindy Bruno, Carrie Campbell, Kerriann Cardinal, Beth Carter, Jen Castro, Doris Chow, Stephanie Chow, Eileen Clabburn, Catherine Clement, Marie Clements, Sarah Common, Colin Cowan, Vanessa Cowley, Jesus Cristobal, Lisa David, Olivia Davies, Linda De Ciantis, Beverly Dobrinsky, Tracey Draper, Nathan Edelson, Jason Eng, LaTiesha Fazakas, Kathleen Flaherty, Danny Fung, Rosemary Georgeson, Cathleen Gingrich, John Endo Greenaway, Nigel Haggan, Jay Hamburger, Mark Haracka, Nicola Harwood, Malcolm Eric Hassin, Johanna Hauser, Bahram Heidari, Kay Higgins, Jay Hirabayashi, Joseph Hirabayashi, Thelma Jack, Debbie Jimmy, Am Johal, Erin Johnson, Luisa Jojic, Sylvia Jonescu Lisitza, Sharon Kallis, Deb Karras, Dianna Kleparchuk, Karla Kloep1per, Joe Knight, Gerry Kowalenko, Landon Krentz, Stephanie Kripps, Vincent Kwan, Bill Kwok, Adriana Lademann, Christina Lahde; Judy Lam Maxwell, Cara Lang, Aly Lane, Kristin Lantz, Laurel Lawry, Stephen Lytton, Adrienne Macallum, Hollie McKeil, Kelty McKerracher, Steve McKinley, Carol Martin, Anthony Meza-Wil?on, Renae Morriseau, Audrey Moysiuk, Lama Mugabo, Brad Muirhead, Suzie O'Shea, Gunargie O'Sullivan, Anthonia Ogundele, Irwin Oostindie, Rekha Pavanantharajah, Corey Payette, Wendyf.,edersen, Katie Piasta, Fiorella Pinillos, Natalie Porter, Lucy Price,' Stephen Rathjen, Mike Richter, Eric Rhys Miller, Ariadne Savvyer,'kathy Shimizu, Rosslyn Shipp, Sherry Small, Marisa Smith, Patrick Smith, Rena Soutar, Chrystal Sparrow, Donna Spencer, Yu Su, ~eetha Subramaniyam, Robert Sung, Jean Swanson, Susanne Jabata, Pamela Tagle, Priscillia Tait, Liza Tam, Sid Chow Tan, Susanna Uchatius, Marie Urdiga, Rika Uto, Jay Vidler, Harsha Wa,lia, Beverly Walker, Dorothy Watkins, jil p. weaving, Carol White, S~~Q.dc'lal Bernie Williams, Maggie Winston, Phoenix Winter, Stev~n _Wong, Vincent Wong, Diane Wood, Ellen Woodsworth, Elwin.Xie, Nina Yanez, Fanna Yee ... and thanks to those we may have unwittingly forgotten, and to those who helped after this program guide went to print. 2017 Heattof the City Festival 55 The Heartbeat Continues Through the Hearts of our Women by Stephen Lytt_on, Downtown Eastside resident As an Interior Salish Nlakapamux man, I no longer.havf;,· <> #W' )0 elders to guide me from my nation. They have f /ag:• wars, alcohol, and murder. I speak with those who I can for guida What does honouring women of What is the action of honourin Abusers can say they honour Women. There are Wolves out there who . killing. .</< And that's why we continue Our women in the Downtown Turtle Island And they come ill prepare~. There are wolves out ther~ re and they do, to rey on that opportunity, Giving women a false sense of care and loving. / .. pain, the same sorrow. Sooner or later some ¥iii prey to the streets and are forced to I ask the women: how can I show m work in the sex trade. What does that mean, going forwar Or are murdered. Or go missing. I want to walk alongside you and r How do we honour that? In honouring women, h.ow can I not the problem? Honour begins in a respectful relationship. You have to earn it. And what is honour? I honour women from the Downtown Eastside, When I talk about honouring women, Those who have moved to other communities I mean they are the heartbeat of the nation. tion, and And those who are no longer with us. Women from the four corners of the globe are the heartbeats Because they have paved a path for the women of today. of their nations. They have shaped and guided and molded women who are How do I begin to honour you? leaders today. They have had the strength in courage to persevere. To End violence against women, Men need to stand up To take a stand against violence. The Heart of the City Festival is a proud supporter of the Moose Hide Campaign, a grassroots movement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men who are standing up against violence towards women and children www.moosehidecampaign.ca 56 Heart of the City Festival 2017 Bowen Zhang M andarin Edition 9:30pm Jasdip Wahla Punjabi Edit ion 8:00pm Karen So I Cantonese Edition 9:00pm City and OMNI are Proud Sponsors of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival BREAKFAST ca.~ 'WJ TELEVISION. •·™ BreakfastTelevision.ca Cl 11 --·~· OR0GERS' Shaw SD 8 I HD 214 Bell 254 Telus HD 119 I 120 OMNITV.CA Q oMNI'" OR0GERS. The UBC Library and UBC Learning Exchange would like to thank the following participant for his contributions to digitizing this community-generated document: Graham Cunningham This community-generated work was digitized and deposited to cIRcle, UBC's open access digital repository, as part of the Digitizing Community Memories project of the Making Research Accessible in the Downtown Eastside initiative (MRAi). In collaboration with the UBC Learning Exchange and UBC Library, the project provided training and support for community members in the Downtown Eastside to digitize and make openly available community-generated materials. This project aimed to increase access to historic Carnegie Centre publications and preserve these unique materials for years to come. For more information on this project and the UBC Learning Exchange, please visit learningexchange.ubc.ca. January 21, 2019
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