Sunday November 2

Music In The Streets
HASTINGS STREET BAND
Sunday November 2, 12pm & 1pm
Starts at Pigeon Park, Carrall & E. Hastings
Free
Get your dancing shoes ready. It’s music in the streets with the Hastings Street Band and their upbeat New Orleans-style jazz and blues. Led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Brad Muirhead, the Band is comprised of enthusiastic Downtown Eastside involved amateur and semi-pro musicians playing with professional musicians from across Vancouver.

Hastings Street Band 1 - on the street '12 photo Tom Quirk


Walking Tour
CONTOUR WALKING TOUR with Pierre Leichner
Sunday November 2, 2pm
Meet at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Public Park, 50 E. Pender Free
Pierre Leichner is one of the exhibiting artists in Contour, an installation and interactive community project taking place this fall in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Public Park by Art is Land Network. Pierre will lead a walking tour of the Park and the site-specific installations. Learn a bit about the history of Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park and Garden, the Chinese traditions that inspired the builders, and how both the space and the plantings informed the Contour artists in the works they created. For more information: artislandnetwork.com/upcoming-events-for-conduit


Song & Drums
SAWAGI TAIKO & TZO’KAM
Sunday November 2, 2pm – 3pm
Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings
Free
The Heart of the City Festival is excited to present for our community this unique collaboration of singing and drumming between the all-women Japanese drum group Sawagi Taiko and the First Nations performance group Tzo’Kam. Led by composer, producer and traditional singer Russell Wallace, Tzo’Kam is a Lilwat family group who offer traditional and contemporary songs including drumming and dancing. The combination of these songs with the exploratory nature of Sawagi Taiko’s approach to the taiko art form makes for a fascinating afternoon of world culture and indigenous rhythms.

Sawagi Taiko & Tzokam - photo David Cooper

Sawagi Taiko – photo David Cooper


Sunday at the InterUrban

Music
ACCORDIONS ON FIRE…AT HOME!
Sunday November 2, 12:30pm – 2pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings Free
Fire! Never yell this in the theatre but with a gathering of accordions, you’ve got lots to cheer about. Join the creative musicians of the Squeezebox Circle, mild and wild people of your neighbourhoods. They are planning a program of “songs of fire”, “fiery songs” and “home fire songs” and in true accordion diversity, will include classical, folk, ethnic and popular song traditions. Bring your hot pants as there is no limit to the wealth of material that the versatile and always surprising mighty accordion can set on fire! A popular event; stay for the afternoon.

Music
HEIDI MORGAN and HAISLA COLLINS
Sunday November 2, 2:30pm – 4pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings Free
We have a real treat for you! Two amazing singers with their accompanying bands will take the stage this afternoon. First on the program is Heidi Morgan and Friends. Songstress and bringer of soul, Heidi offers a sultry set of blues sure to grab at your heartstrings. Accompanying Heidi is Michael Bellwood on guitar and Joe Bourchier on stand up bass. Rounding out the afternoon is neighbourhood favourite Haisla with Nasty, Brutish & Short, a roots acoustic band specializing in blues and ballads, with flavourings of gospel, jazz and country. Led by Haisla Collins (harmonica, kazoo and lead vocals), featuring Lorenzo Watters (lead guitar and mandolin), Reverend Gabriel Hebert (slide guitar and banjo) and Father Theo (rhythm guitar and twelve-string).

Reading & Poetry
BUD OSBORN AND POEMS FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Thursdays Writing Collective & Mariner Janes
Sunday November 2, 4:30pm-5:30pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings Free
Poet Mariner Janes situates Bud Osborn’s life and poetry in the Downtown Eastside, to be followed by readings from Thursdays Writing Collective of new and published works from the neighbourhood Bud called home. Poet, writer, editor and East Vancouver resident, Mariner Janes works in the DTES and aims to bring the multitude of voices he finds here into his work, through found poetry, transcription and storytelling.

Thursdays Writing Collective is comprised of 150 activists, academics, slam poets, novelists and storytellers who explore issues of self-determination through creative writing. The Festival congratulates founder Elee Kraljii Gardiner and the Collective who, since 2008, continue to hold free, drop-in writing sessions at Carnegie, have published six chapbooks and perform at events throughout the city. For more info: www.thursdayswritingcollective.ca


Workshop
POSTER WORKSHOP with Murray Bush
Sunday November 2, 2pm – 5pm
Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main
Free
Here’s a great opportunity to learn tips and fine tune ideas for community/political posters with activist/graphic designer Murray Bush. Murray urges you to bring ideas for real posters you want to work on. Or  you can start with a blank page! Supplies provided. If you have one handy, bring a laptop. Sponsored by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver and funded by the BCGEU. Following the workshop, join Murray for the opening of his exhibit In Flux: Community/Political Posters at 5:30pm.

Murray Bush - fluxposter2 - InSiteExhibition & Reception
IN FLUX: COMMUNITY / POLITICAL POSTERS by Murray Bush
Opening: Sunday November 2, 5:30pm – 7pm
Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main
Exhibition November 2 to 30
Free

The Festival is pleased to present an exhibit of some of Murray Bush’s flux design community action posters. Murray is an artist, activist, photographer, graphic designer and longtime DTES resident who loves making posters almost as much as he loves canoeing. You have probably seen Murray’s posters over the years in the DTES, on everything from Woodward’s to Insite to the Olympics. His posters are challenging and bold and grab our attention to the cause. Murray will lead a poster workshop at 2pm earlier today.


An Afternoon with The Raymur Mothers

Walking Tour
RAYMUR MOTHERS WALKING TOUR
Sunday November 2, 1pm
Meet at Russian Hall, 600 Campbell
$10, pay what you can for local residents
Take a walk with Carolyn Jerome and more “militant moms and kids” who participated in the Raymur Mothers’ direct action in 1971 to ensure the children’s safety. The one-hour walking tour will visit main historic points of interest and will share some of the stories that inspired Bob Sarti in the writing of his new play The Raymur Mothers.

Panel Discussion
THEY WOULDN’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
Sunday November 2, 3pm
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell
Free
Join some of the women, grown-up children and friends who took part in one of the most iconic and successful feats of direct action in Vancouver history! In 1971 a group of single mothers from the Downtown Eastside challenged some of Canada’s most powerful corporate interests on behalf of their children – and won! Share histories, reflections and observations for the future. Moderated by Jay Hamburger, director of the new musical The Raymur Mothers, by Bob Sarti and Bill Sample.

Theatre
THE RAYMUR MOTHERS They Wouldn’t Take No For An Answer
Sunday November 2, 8pm
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell
See Wednesday October 29 for full description and ticket information.


Dance
OPEN DANCE STUDIO
Sunday November 2, 4pm – 4:45pm
Carnegie Community Centre Gym, 401 Main
Free
Watch and move! Come see Karen Jamieson Dance Company and the Carnegie Dance Troupe in action! Watch the dancers as they show you the inner workings of their dance workshops and get a sneak peak of how they are creating their new dance piece for 2015. Join the group and learn some simple dance moves – experience the joy of dance!


Music & Dance
BARRIO FLAMENCO: Flamenco for the People
Sunday November 2, 7pm – 9pm
The Ironworks, 235 Alexander
By donation
Celebrate the spirit of the Downtown Eastside with an unforgettable evening of live flamenco music and dance! Flamenco is an art form by and for the people, danced and played with spirit, ferocity, joy, laughter and tears.

Hosted by flamenco dancer and teacher Kelty McKerracher, Barrio Flamenco features some of the most compelling flamenco dancers, singers and musicians in the city. This year we welcome guitarist Peter Mole, singer Jafelin Helton, dancers Maria Avila, Andrea Williams, Michelle Harding, Liat Harlev, young favourite Sophia Ludwig, and special guests. And a big ‘ole!’ to our Carnegie Flamenco students!

Following last year’s performance, DTES resident and poet Stephen Lytton was so inspired he wrote: “The dance reinvigorates people who want to be involved….We want to dance but don’t or can’t. The performers dance, and through them everybody dances. The love is dance, is the romance…Dance me away Barrio Flamenco. In the spirit of dance, we dance.”

To celebrate Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, our Barrio Flamenco includes a shrine to honour those who have gone before. Bring a photograph of a dearly departed, a flower or candle to contribute to the shrine. On the night when the divide between this world and the spirit world blurs, join us for this exciting juerga (flamenco party) to laugh, play, pray, cry, enjoy, and stamp your feet!

The enthusiastic audience at the Barrio Flamenco 2013 Festival event overflowed out the doors of the Carnegie Theatre, so please note: this popular event will take place this year at The Ironworks, a larger venue on Alexander at Main. Ole!

Barrio Flamenco (2) - photo Mark Montgomery

photo Mark Montgomery