Games
HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL SNOOKER TOURNAMENT
Tuesday November 4, 11am
Carnegie Centre Pool Room, 401 Main
Free
Games, fun, prizes! The Carnegie Pool Room hosts a sixteen-player, single-elimination Snooker Tournament. Sign up at 10am with referee Al H. in the pool room. First come, first serve. First, second and third prizes! For further information contact Colleen, Carnegie Volunteer program 604-606-2708. Everyone welcome!
Puppets
HEALTHY AGING THROUGH THE ARTS
Tuesday November 4, 11:30am – 12pm
Strathcona Community Centre, 601 Keefer
Free
This year the Strathcona Seniors’ Puppeteer group explores their relationship to the neighborhood through the eyes of simple hand-made glove puppets. The seniors came together with the Strathcona Youth Leadership Program in a series of puppet-building workshops led by artists Sharon Bayly and Maggie Winston. As the glove puppets were constructed, both seniors and youth explored their personal relationships to places in the neighbourhood that held particular significance. Stories were shared which led to the creation of a short performance and video. Come see this delightful performance. Everyone welcome.
Music
CARNEGIE CABARET COFFEE HOUSE
Tuesday November 4, 6:45pm – 9:45pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main
Free
Come and listen, or participate in one of the longest-running regular community music programs in the neighbourhood. 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 levels welcome.
Conversation
WHOSE FIRES? WHICH HOME?
An evening of conversation with Vancouver playwrights
Tuesday November 4, 7pm – 9pm (doors 6:30pm)
Playwrights Theatre Centre Test Kitchen Studio, 2nd floor, 739 Gore
Free
What alchemy inspires writers to transform their worlds and their stories? How is a real life community reimagined in the fiction of new plays? Writers whose work has arisen from this place on Coast Salish territory share their thoughts about the interplay between personal story and ancestral memory, inspiration, place and fiction. Join writers Beverly Dobrinsky (Bread & Salt), Hiro Kanagawa (Indian Arm, upcoming with Rumble Theatre), Renae Morriseau (Storyweaving), Brenda Prince (UBC Masters student), and Quelemia Sparrow (Xwayxway, in development with Full Circle) for an interesting and sure to be lively conversation. Hosted by Playwrights Theatre Centre and presented with the Heart of the City Festival.
Please note there are stairs leading up to this venue, and alas, there is no wheelchair access.
Clockwise from top left: Hiro Kanagawa, Quelemia Sparrow, Brenda Prince, Beverly Dobrinsky