Games
CARNEGIE SNOOKER TOURNAMENT
Tuesday October 29, 11am
Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main
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. For further information contact Colleen, Carnegie Volunteer program 604-606-2708. Everyone welcome! Free
Open Studio
FIRST NATIONS ARTIST STUDIO
October 23 – 25 & October 28 – November 1, 12pm – 4pm
Raven’s Eye Studio, 458 E. Hastings
On weekday afternoons during the Festival, the artists of the Raven’s Eye Studio will open the doors to host an ongoing First Nations artist studio. A group of artists work in the studio on a regular basis and they are happy to talk with you. See the artwork, talk to the artists. Artists include studio coordinator Jerry Whitehead, painter and muralist, and sculptor Gary Oliver. Make sure you take the opportunity to talk with Jerry about the spectacular mural, Through the Eye of the Raven, on the side of the Orwell Hotel where the studio is based on the ground floor. Free
Puppets
HEALTHY AGING THROUGH THE ARTS
Tuesday October 29, 1pm – 1:30pm
Strathcona Community Centre Seniors Lounge, 601 Keefer
Healthy Aging Through the Arts is a collaborative project between seniors and artists working together to explore the seniors’ stories through art. The Strathcona Seniors puppet group, led by artists Sharon Bayly and Maggie Winston, present Playtime, a story told by humanette puppets: the seniors use their own head and an attached miniature body to perform. It is fun to watch and a pleasure to share the enjoyment of art with the seniors. Come out and see this delightful performance. Everyone welcome.
Free Reading
PLAYWRIGHTS’ READING & RECEPTION
Tuesday October 29, 5pm – 6:30pm
Playwrights Theatre Centre, 2nd floor 739 Gore
Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) joins the Heart of the City Festival for our first collaborative public event in PTC’s new home. Drop in for a casual chat, a cup of tea and a taste of fresh theatre writing from established and emerging playwrights. The writers reading include Downtown Eastside community theatre makers Brenda Prince, UBC Masters student in Creative Writing; Patrick Foley, longtime community activist, songwriter and playwright; Leith Harris, poet, writer and athlete; and special guest PTC associate, creator, actor, dramaturge and dancer Lisa C. Ravensbergen. Our host for the afternoon is producer, director and PTC Dramaturg Kathleen Flaherty. Come for fifteen minutes or stay for ninety. Free
Song
CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CHOIR
Tuesday October 29, 5:15pm – 6:30pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main
Come along to the Carnegie Community Choir’s regular session and join in the fun! Enjoy a safe place to sing original and international a capella arrangements, play with group vocal improvisation, and experience techniques to free your natural voice. The choir is led by music and theatre facilitator Metta Paterson, who creates safe spaces where groups are able to revel in creativity, spontaneous play, empathic connection and powerful communication. Everyone welcome. Arrive on time! Free
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Music
CARNEGIE CABARET COFFEE HOUSE
Tuesday October 29, 6:45pm – 10pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main
Participate in one of the longest-running regular community music programs in the neighbourhood. Or just come and listen. You will be delighted by the range and diversity of talented musicians in the Downtown Eastside. Open mic and featured performers. Sign up at 6:45pm and show your stuff. Coordinated by singer/guitarist Steve Edwards. Basic musical instruments provided. You may even entice a backup band to accompany you. Musicians and singers of all styles and skill level welcome! Free
Music
ACCORDIONS IN THE ‘HOOD
Tuesday October 29, 7:30pm – 9pm
Hogan’s Alley Cafe, 789 Gore Street
Join this gathering of accordions! – and their players – from the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. With their versatile and always surprising mighty accordions, the creative musicians of the Circle will play theatre show tunes, cabaret music and much much more! Thanks to Daniel and Patricia of Hogan’s Alley Café for hosting this event. Arrive early to purchase a treat or one of their superb Mexican hot chocolates. This promises to be a fabulous evening! Free admission
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Presentation
CREATING PAULINE: CITY OPERA VANCOUVER
Tuesday October 29, 8pm – 9:30pm
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia
City Opera Vancouver offers an informal presentation about the creation of the new opera Pauline (by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes) scheduled to premiere May 2014. City Opera will provide an introduction to the life of Canadian poet and performer Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) and a taste of the music from the opera. The Festival is thrilled to welcome special guests including composer Tobin Stokes, director Norman Armour, singer Rose-Ellen Nichols, pianist David Boothroyd, and conductor and artistic director Charles Barber. Discussion welcome. Free
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Radio
WORLD POETRY CAFÉ
Tuesday October 29, 9pm – 10pm
Co-op Radio 100.5FM
Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica Olea, the hosts of World Poetry Café, are pleased to celebrate the Heart of the City Festival with poetry, interviews, creative tips and music. Tonight they welcome Wanda John-Kehewin, Cree poet who uses writing to understand and respond to the near decimation of First Nations culture; Rene Hugo Sanchez, award-winning musician, folklorist and poet, originally from Peru; and the Downtown Eastside’s own Richard Tylman who is honoured to share a poem written by his friend the late Sandy Cameron about holocaust victim and martyr Janusz Korczak, – “beautiful and heart-wrenching.” Together, we will create a universe of love.