Saturday October 27
Performance
GRAND SLAM EVENING OF PERFORMANCE ART + HIP HOP
Saturday, October 27, 8pm
Gallery Gachet, 88 E. Cordova
Boonaa + Sinag Bayan + Eekwol + Mils + Mazeguider + Genetics + T.Cee + Riffraff
Gallery Gachet presents an interdisciplinary party at the crossroads of four festivals! Check out this evening of Filipino Performance Art, First Nations, Pinoy, and Latina Hip Hop, African Spoken Word and Chinese electronic remixes that address Canada’s immigrant experience.
Boonaa, in his first Vancouver appearance! Boonaa Mohammed, Toronto Spoken Word/Hip Hop artist and 2007 CBC Poetry Face-Off “Best New Artist.” Sinag Bayan (Vancouver) presents the outcome of their performance art residency with Philippines-based Mideo Cruz and Racquel De Loyola. Sinag Bayan is a cultural arts collective that combines performance art, theatre, song, spoken word and visual arts and is dedicated to bringing to light the stories and experiences of the migrant Filipino. Direct from Saskatchewan, Eekwol and Mils are two of the top native hip hop artists in the country and represent their activist roots by living and creating as supporters of Hip Hop and Indigenous culture and rights. Genetics, Latina twin sisters from East Vancouver, perform soulful hop hop and T.Cee and Riffraff are young and emerging Filipino hip hop artists. From Vancouver, producer, DJ, and electronic artist Jeet Kei the Mazeguider spins electronic dance music to round out the night. Grand Slam programming team: Mildred German, Quin Martins, Irwin Oostindie and Ashly Von Steele.
On the gallery walls . . . Maleta [Suitcase] exhibition featuring Artist-in-Residence (from Montreal) Wing Diocson Yap, plus video, installation, and painting from 20 Vancouver Filipino visual artists.
In association with the Heart of the City Festival, LIVE Biennial of Performance Art, Gallery Gachet’s The Work of Migration series, and Anniversaries of Change, with support from the City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs. For more information call 604-687-2468 or visit www.gachet.org.
Limited capacity. By donation at the door
Walk
A HOMELESS WALKING TOUR
Saturday October 27, 11am – 12:30pm
Meet at steps of Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main
Take a walk through the neighbourhood for a glimpse into the current housing situation in the Downtown Eastside. The walk will address many questions. How many homeless people are in Vancouver? How long has homelessness been a problem? What have governments done to tackle homelessness and can they afford to build more social housing? What can the federal and provincial governments do to end homelessness? Walk led by Wendy Pedersen and Jean Swanson of the Carnegie Community Action Project. The Action Project has very informative fact sheets on homelessness. For more information call 604-729-2380 or 604-839-0379. The walk ends at the Carnegie Centre with an opportunity for informal discussion. $10 for non-residents, pay as you can for local residents, proceeds to CCAP
Television
FEARLESS TV #10:
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL
Saturday October 27, 3am – 4am
Shaw Cable 4
Rebroadcast of Wednesday Oct 24
8pm program.
Talleres
TALLERES PARA HACER LOS ADORNOS PARA LA CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Los sabados 20 y 27 de octubre
de 9:30 a 12:30
En el iglesia St. James.
Venga y entreténgase haciendo cruces y otros adornos que nos servirán para decorar y llenar de muchos colores la Celebración del Día de los Muertos, la cual se llevará a cabo el 1ero. de noviembre. NO importa si no tiene experiencia o considera que no puede hacer adornos, ya que tendremos personas ayudándonos, lo importante es expresar nuestras ideas y aprender entre todos. Estos talleres son completamente gratis y todos los materiales serán proveídos.
Workshop
DAY OF THE DEAD DECORATION WORKSHOP
Saturday 27, 9:30am – 12:30pm
St. James' Church hall, 303 E. Cordova
Come to St. James’ Church and join in a decoration-making workshop to make masks, crosses and other decorations for the annual Day of the Dead Celebration being held Thursday November 1st. Workshop led by DTES artist and resident Diane Wood. All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your ideas, as we will learn from each other. Free
Music
SILK ROAD MUSIC
Saturday October 27, 3pm
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall
This concert will be recorded live and heard on Canada Live hosted by Margaret Gallagher on CBC Radio Two 105.7 FM.
Silk Road Music offers a musical performance that introduces audiences to different cultures through their experience, discoveries, and travels. Qiu Xia He is a virtuoso Chinese pipa performer, recording artist, composer and producer who’s changing and enhancing the musical world around her. Andre Thibault is a brilliant guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, whose fiery rhythms and stunning technique are drawn from a unique blend of flamenco and Moorish traditions coloured with jazz, classical and world music. Joining Qiu Xia and Andre for today’s concert is special guest Jun Rong. After a prestigious career in China, Jun moved to Vancouver where her extraordinary command of the erhu (Chinese violin) has awed her audiences. For more information please phone the Garden 604-662-3207 or www.vancouverchinesegarden.com. Visit the Garden for the afternoon, performance by donation
Music in the Streets
POCO LOCOS
Saturday October 27, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Starts at Main & Hastings
The streets of the DTES will fill with the wonderful Latin-American music of Poco Locos featuring Alfredo Flores, Michel Goycochea and David Botten. Listen for the rhythms, tunes and panpipe airs of these favourite DTES community musicians. You’re in for a treat! Courtesy of the festival.
Theatre
GRAVITY
Saturday October 27, 7:30pm
Chapel Arts, 304 Dunlevy
Information: www.urbanink.ca. $20/$15 Unwaged tickets: pay what you can
Music
UNIVERSAL GOSPEL CHOIR
Saturday October 27, 7:30pm
St. James’ Anglican Church
303 E. Cordova
Benefit Concert for St James’ Children Music Academy. The 90-voice Universal Gospel Choir, conducted by Kathryn Nicholson, will bring their rollicking, hand-clapping, foot-stomping style to the grandiose setting of St. James’ Anglican Church. The event will highlight gospel songs from around the world and will be emceed by Vancouver music maven, Leila Getz. All proceeds from the event will go to St. James’ Music Academy, an initiative offering affordable music education to children living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Gather friends and relatives together and purchase your tickets early. It’s bound to be a sold out event! Tickets: $20 adults/$15 children, contact the church office 604-685-2532.