Schedule at a Glance

Pre-Festival

September 7 to October 28
Woodsquat 10 Year Retrospective, Woodward’s Atrium

Monday October 15
10am – 12pm Paper Lantern Making Workshop, Lifeskills Centre
11am – 11:30am Project Bookmark Canada Plaque Unveiling, SE corner of Pender and Gore
2pm – 4pm Paper Lantern Making Workshop, EWMA Studio

Friday October 19
2pm – 5pm Singing & Microphone Technique Workshop, Carnegie Theatre

Saturday October 20
11am – 9:30pm Reel Recovery Film Festival, District 319
4pm – 7pm Continuous Journey, Centre A

Monday October 22
2pm – 4pm Paper Lantern Making Workshop, First United Church
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3pm – 6pm Mini Fall Fair, Woodward’s Atrium
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6pm – 9pm Preserve This: Stories, Food, Culture, Community Dinner, W2 Media Café
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Theatre in the Neighbourhood
September 28-November 3 Chelsea Hotel, Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova St.
October 24-31 Judge Dee and the Seven Garden Murders, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St.
October 24-November 3 Dracula: The Musical?, Chapel Arts 304 Dunlevy
November 10 to December 1 Kid Gloves, Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova St.


Festival Events

Wednesday October 24
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
9am – 12:45pm Children’s Films, Strathcona Community Centre Seniors Lounge
2pm – 3pm Festival Opening Ceremony, Carnegie Theatre
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3:30pm – 5:30pm Home Bunting Making Workshop, Carnegie main floor
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7:30pm – 9:30pm Singing History, Carnegie Theatre
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Thursday October 25
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
10am – 2pm Making Art Through Dialogue & Mosaic Project, EWMA Studio
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5pm – 6pm Talk With the Tailors, Modernize Tailors
7pm – 9pm Howling Comedy with Stand Up For Mental Health, Gallery Gachet
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9pm – 10pm Arts Rational, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
9pm – 10:30pm The Longhand Trio, LanaLou’s Rock & Roll Eatery

Friday October 26
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
11am Axé Capoeira, Admiral Seymour Elementary School
11am – 12:30pm St. James’ Bargain Sale, St. James’ Anglican Church
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1pm – 3pm Comedy Workshop, Aboriginal Front Door
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1pm – 5pm Open House, Vancouver Police Museum
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1:30pm Axé Capoeira, Lord Strathcona Elementary School
5pm – 6pm Festival Art Stroll Procession, starts at Oppenheimer Park
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6pm – 9pm StudioWorks Art Studio/Gallery Open House, Mission Possible
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6pm – 10pm Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show Opening Reception, Gallery Gachet
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6:30pm – 7:30pm SFU Student Pumpkin Carving Contest, Woodward’s Atrium
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7pm – 9pm The Day of the Dead Show Artist Reception Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery
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7pm – 10pm Eastside Friday Celebration, EWMA Studio
7pm – 11pm SFU Woodwards Artist Showcase, W2 Media Café
7:30pm – 9:30pm Barrio Flamenco: Flamenco for the People, Carnegie Theatre
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10pm – late Frite Nite, W2 Media Cafe
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Saturday October 27
10am – 12pm Art w’ Heart Kids Hallowe’en Party, Oppenheimer Park
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11:30am – 1:30pm Gentrification Borderlands Walking Tour, meet at steps of Carnegie
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12pm Pumpkin Patch Party, MacLean Park
1pm – 3pm Lost Streams, Wells and Waters Walking Tour, meet at Maple Tree Square
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1pm – 4pm Community Arts Dialogue, UBC Learning Centre
1pm – 4pm Hallowe’en and Harvest Open House, Evelyne Saller Centre
4pm – 5:30pm Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside, Carnegie Theatre
4pm – 6pm Opening the Treasure Box: a Panel of Historians, Chapel Arts
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4pm & 5pm Hastings Street Band, starts at Carnegie
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5pm – 8pm Passion for Learning, UBC Learning Exchange
6pm – 9pm 5th Annual Family Hallowe’en Dance Strathcona Community Centre Gym
6pm – 10pm Documentaries For Thinkers: Film, Talk, Unplugged, Carnegie Theatre
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7pm – 7:30pm Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Project Limelight, SFU Woodwards World Art Centre

Sunday October 28
11am – 1pm Whazzat? A Tour of Chinatown, meet at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden courtyard
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11:30am & 12:30pm Hastings Street Band, starts at InterUrban Gallery
1pm – 2pm Feather Hack Workshop, Chinese Cultural Centre courtyard
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1pm – 6pm Sunday Jam Session Food Workshop , W2 Media Café
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1:30pm – 3pm Accordion Café, InterUrban Gallery
2pm – 3pm Dream of Words: Poetry and Music, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
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3pm Connect: Karen Jamieson Dance, meet at steps of Carnegie
3:20pm Connect: Karen Jamieson Dance, SFU Woodwards World Art Centre
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3:15pm – 4:15pm Acupuncture, Paper Cutting, Introduction to the Er Hu Workshops, Chinese Cultural Centre
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4pm – 5pm Haisla with Nasty, Brutish and Short InterUrban Gallery
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7:30pm – 8:30pm The Wayne Lavallee Band, InterUrban Gallery
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Monday October 29
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
12:30pm – 3:30pm TinPan Chef: A Cooking Competition and Food Forum, Carnegie Theatre
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2pm – 4pm Funding for Community Arts, W Room (5th floor)
5pm First Nations Performers, Carnegie Gym
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5:45pm Aboriginal Feast, (need ticket), Carnegie Theatre
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Tuesday October 30
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
10am – 2pm Hallowe’en Karaoke: The Voice of Chinatown, Chinese Cultural Centre Multipurpose Room
11am Carnegie Pool Tournament, Carnegie Community Centre
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1pm – 1:45pm Healthy Aging Through the Arts Puppet Presentation, Strathcona Community Centre Seniors Lounge
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1pm – 5pm One Pot Meal Deal Food Workshop Oppenheimer Park
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1pm – 5pm Lantern Making Workshop, Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery
4pm – 6pm Breathe/Write Workshop, Gallery Gachet
6pm – 9pm Sayer / See er: Storytelling and Video, The Nines
6:45pm – 10pm Carnegie Cabaret Coffee House Carnegie Theatre
7:30pm – 9:30pm Eat Rice, Talk Story, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives
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Wednesday October 31
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
2pm – 4pm Community Access Lab Open House, W2 Digital Lab
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2pm – 4pm Felting Workshop, EWMA Studio
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7pm – 10pm Hallowe’en Dance and Costume Party Carnegie Theatre

Thursday November 1
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
10am – 2pm Making Art Through Dialogue & Mosaic Project, EWMA Studio
1:30pm Kutz & Dawgs, (schools only), Russian Hall
1:30pm – 4pm Aboriginal Cultural Showcase, Oppenheimer Park
2pm – 4pm DTES Social Media Workshop and Networking, UBC Learning Exchange
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6:30pm All Saints’ Day Mass, St. James’ Anglican Church
7pm – 9pm Building: a Social Writing Evening, Dunlevy Snackbar
8pm – midnight PuppyGames: Board Games and Cards, The Nines
9pm – 10pm Arts Rational, Co-op Radio 100.5FM

Friday November 2
7am – 8am W2 Morning Radio Project, w2radio.wordpress.com, Co-op Radio 100.5FM
1pm – 3pm Lifeskills Slam Poetry & Music Therapy Lifeskills Centre
5pm – 8pm Out of the Basement Opening Reception & V6A Project Preview, Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery
6pm – 7:30pm Lantern Procession of Light: Nurturing the Spirit, meet at steps of Carnegie
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6pm – 10pm Mortal Coils: Video Exhibition, The Nines
6:30pm All Souls’ Day Mass, St. James’ Anglican Church
7pm – 9pm Sharing Our Stories/ ПЕРЕКАЗ НАШОГО ЖИТТЯ, Ukrainian Hall
7:30pm – 9:30pm DTES Front and Centre: Ballads, Blues & Rock ‘n Roll, Carnegie Theatre
8pm – 9pm Kutz & Dawgs, Russian Hall
8pm – 10pm Indigenous Cabaret, W2 Media Café
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9pm – 10pm Allergic to Labels: Artisan Retrospective W2 Media Café
10pm – late Eid and Diwali Music Night, W2 Media Café

Saturday November 3
10am – 12pm The DTES: Adust Your Perceptions Walking Tour, meet at SW corner of Powell & Columbia
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11am – 1pm Drum Circle & Percussion Jam, Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre Gym
1:30pm – 3:30pm The Tour of Nothing: The Freeway That Never Was Walking Tour, SE corner of Main & Union
1:45pm – 4:45pm Read. Write. Share. W2 Media Cafe upstairs
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2pm – 4pm Artists of the DTES: Talk and Forum, Gallery Gachet
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3:30 – 5pm Unveiling, Plaque Presentation & Reception, Walter and Mary Lee Chan House
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3:30pm – 5:30pm An Afternoon of DTES Digital Stories and Other Films, Carnegie Theatre
5:30pm – 7:30pm Interurban: An evening of archival films and stories, Centre A
5:30pm – 11pm Strathcona Community Centre 40th Anniversary Celebration, Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant
7pm DTES Poets Open Mic, Carnegie Theatre
8pm – 10:30pm Big Jazz at the Heart of the City Festival, Ukrainian Hall
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10pm – late Bluetech Sound Performance, W2 Media Café
11pm – 12am W2TV, Shaw Cable 4

Sunday November 4
Note: daylight savings time change – fall back!
10:30am-12pm Powell Street Walking Tour, meet at SE corner of Powell & Jackson
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12pm & 1pm Hastings Street Band, starts at Carnegie
12pm – 3pm VJLS & JH Food Bazaar, Japanese Hall
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12pm – 5pm Art Cart at DNC Street Market, Pigeon Park
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1pm Mearingstone, meet at Victory Square
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3pm AUUC Community Concert & Supper, Ukrainian Hall
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7:30pm – 9pm Urban Barn Dance, Ukrainian Hall
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10pm  – 11pm W2TV, Shaw Cable 4

Post-Festival Events

Tuesday November 6
5:30pm – 8pm Net Tuesday, W2 Media Café

November 6 to 11
Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts, W2 Media Café

Thursday Nov 8, 15, 22, 29
10am – 2pm Making Art Through Dialogue & Mosaic Project, EWMA Studio

Friday November 9
9am – 7pm The Big House Project Workshops, Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House

Saturday November 10
12pm – 2:30pm Kaya’chtn: A Community Gathering, (by invitation only), Skwachays Healing Lodge & Residency
2pm – 5pm Panel Discussion & Catalogue Launch Centre A
7pm – 10pm To/From BC Electric Railway: 100 Years Closing Party, Centre A
11pm – 12am W2TV, Shaw Cable 4

Sunday November 11
10pm – 11pm W2TV, Shaw Cable 4

Monday November 12
2pm – 4pm The Art of Mentorship Workshop, Carnegie Theatre

November 16 to 18
Eastside Culture Crawl, various locations

December 12 to 16
Bah Humbug! A staged reading of an Eastside adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Woodwards