Pre-Festival Events

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Symposium
THE IMPACT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Tuesday October 20, 11am-4pm
Gallery Gachet, 88 E. Cordova

This symposium will generate dialogue and discussion about how drugs and alcohol affect the lives of those around people with addictions, including the children who are parented by them and the people who love them. The morning panel will focus attention on the needs of children whose parents are addicts, identify the risks involved for these children and the special needs that arise out of their parent’s addiction, the obstacles faced in getting those needs met, and brainstorm potential solutions and next steps. The afternoon panel will look at the issues pertinent to caregivers and significant others of drug/alcohol addicts, including how addiction impacts their personal lives. Speakers to be confirmed. Childcare is available upon request. For further details: www.gachet.org. Everyone welcome. Free

Dialogue
CONVERSATIONS, QUESTIONS AND FREEFALL
with Liz Lerman
Tuesday October 20, 7pm-10pm
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 W. Hastings

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet one of the world’s leading artists in the field of art in community; explore ideas, learn from successes and ask questions in dialogue with choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker Liz Lerman. Ms. Lerman’s ideas about the roles of art and culture in our rapidly changing world are deeply relevant; these are creative and integrative approaches, rooted in many years of experimentation and experience. Facilitated by Judith Marcuse, we welcome participants interested in the diverse field of art in community and social change, and how art practices enrich and inform every sector of our communities. Presented by Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue, in partnership with the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC), LINK Dance Foundation, and Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts. RSVP online by October 13th, www.icasc.ca/lerman_dialogue. Free

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Open Workshop
AFTER HOMELESSNESS…
Thursday October 22, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Russian Hall, upper auditorium
600 Campbell

Headlines Theatre opens the final afternoon of their six-day, community-based Theatre for Living workshop to a small number of audience members who will be invited to participate in a Forum Theatre process on the short plays that workshop participants have created. Forum Theatre involves audience members stopping action in the performance and taking the place of a cast member in an attempt to alter the outcome of the play. The plays and the audience and participant insights will be recorded as part of the research for the main stage after homelessness… project taking place in November. For more information call 604-871-0508 or www.headlinestheatre.com. Please arrive early as the event is able to accommodate a maximum of 10 people. Free

Artist Reception
EVERY EXCUSE IN THE BOOK Jim Dewar
Friday October 23, 5pm-7pm
Carnegie Community Centre, 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main
Exhibition October 19 to November 13

Does the Downtown Eastside have a sense of humour?  Jim Dewar thinks so! Jim’s goal is to express just that through the production and publication of a book of cartoons. A recipient of a Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grant, Jim first had a couple of his cartoons published in the April/May 1999 issue of the DERA Newsletter. A practicing artist for more than thirty years and a permanent resident of the Downtown Eastside since 1995, Jim’s exhibit presents a retrospective of his work combined with exciting new material. The Opening Reception will feature several circulating mock up copies of his book, a talk and a musical performance by Jim, who is also an accomplished guitarist. This is a unique opportunity to meet this talented artist. Free

Community Celebration
HOWL A Study in Fear
Friday October 23 to Sunday October 25
Fri & Sat 7pm-10pm, Sun 2pm-5pm
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell

A collaboration between Leaky Heaven Circus, RayCam Community Centre and the Russian Hall. The weekend before Hallowe’en theatre artists collaborate with community members and children to survey our darkest fears! (A haunted house?) Join the HOWL tour of the Russian Hall and be subject to a variety of frightening ordeals to awaken your deepest phobias. A survey will be taken and the phobias will be collected and calculated on a demographic map of the city. A panel of Child Psychologists, ages 8 through 14, will counsel you through a debriefing session. The project is made possible by the BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver and the Host a City Happening program. For more information www.leakyheaven.com. Sliding scale $3+

Forum
FRESH MEDIA UNCONFERENCE
Saturday October 24, 11am-8pm
W2 Perel Gallery, 112 W. Hastings

FreshMedia and W2 host a one-day forum to re-imagine media and celebrate innovation in the 21st century. We will bring together media innovators, artists, citizens and the online community, and provide an engaging, generative and interactive space where we can create media together. Our ultimate goal is to bring people together to inspire, inform, motivate, share practices and skills, and create visions and practices for moving media forward. To register: www.freshmedia.me. Sliding scale admission $10-20

Live & Silent Auction
THE COMMUNITY QUILT EXHIBIT
Saturday October 24, 7pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
Exhibition October 2 to 24

The Downtown Eastside Centre For The Arts is proud to present its first public show The Community Quilt Exhibit. A culmination of a six-month program of quilt workshops, this exhibit features 25 quilts from across the Lower Mainland and BC that have been created by award-winning quilters, community groups, Downtown Eastside social service agencies and workshop participants. A fine example of communities coming together to create this joint initiative, this unique exhibit culminates with a Community Quilt Live & Silent Auction on Saturday October 24. Presented by the Downtown Eastside Centre For The Arts, a project of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. For more information call 604-689-2787 or www.decentreforthearts.com. Free

Performance
HOT TYPE
Saturday October 24, 8pm
W2 Perel Gallery, 112 W. Hastings

Performance typesetting with MCs scrambling to mix up twitter-length lyrics freshly typeset by the audience on the W2 Woodward’s letterpress. Live music with Vancouver DJ duo, The Funk Hunters, and live screens streaming the world wide web into, and back out, of the space. Hot Type follows the day-long Fresh Media conference www.freshmedia.me on new practices in journalism. Produced by W2 and Fresh Media, in association with LIVE Biennale (an Associate member of W2) and the Heart of the City Festival. Tickets $5 at the door