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
Community
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER
Thursday October 31, 1pm – 3pm
Carnegie Learning Centre 3rd floor, 401 Main
The Carnegie Learning Centre has been working on the theme “Learning from each other” throughout the fall. Students and volunteers will lead off the afternoon session by sharing new writing, performance and digital stories. Then everyone at the workshop will get a chance to share their own experiences of “learning from each other.” Writings will go into a future booklet. Everyone welcome! Free
Community Celebration
HOWL‘EN
Thursday October 31, 1pm – 4pm
Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
It’s Hallowe’en and everyone’s ready to party. Come to Oppenheimer Park in costume for snacks and karaoke and to party! One way or another there will be music and dancing. Join in The Howl at 4pm. Let the ghoul out and the howls echo! Everyone welcome. Free
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Workshop
SCRATCH ART
Thursday October 31, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main
Artist Vern Clare has lots of fun arts and crafts ideas up his sleeve. For this workshop, Vern will help you explore colourful techniques of scratch art around the themes of Day of the Dead. Vern is a veteran in the East Van alternative art scene known for his giant puppets, carnival music, community art workshops and political activism. Free
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Community
HALLOWE’EN DANCE & COSTUME PARTY
Thursday October 31, 7pm – 10pm
Carnegie Community Theatre, 401 Main
Tonight is Hallowe’en and the spooky Carnegie Centre invites you to put on your most frightful face and join in the dance! The band tonight is The Do-Rites who play a danceable mix of mid-century styles including rockabilly, country, blues and jazz. The Do-Rites Trio is composed of Steve Taylor on drums, Joanie Kepler on upright bass, and frontman Jimmy Roy on vocals, guitar and steel guitar who says, “We’ll have the joint jumpin’!” The band can be heard every Sunday evening at the Revel Room on Abbot and Cordova. Brush up your scary moves and join the ghouls at Carnegie for a bone-rattling dance! Free
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Radio Drama
ARTS RATIONAL
Thursday October 31, 9pm – 10pm Live Broadcast
Co-op Radio 100.5FM
Theatre In the Raw presents five scenes with six actors from the upcoming musical The Raymur Mothers by Bob Sarti and Bill Sample, directed by Jay Hamburger. This will be a live radio broadcast of dramatic highlights from the larger theatrical work. The play is based on the true story of mothers from the Raymur Housing project in the early 1970s who couldn’t stand to see their children cross the treacherous railroad tracks to get to elementary school every morning. What did they do? Tune in to Arts Rational and find out how these young mothers banded together to take charge of a situation that was ground breaking to a neighbourhood close to our hearts. For your listening pleasure.
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