Schedule-at-a-Glance

Pre-Festival Events

Friday October 17
7pm – 11pm Window/Community – Louise Francis-Smith Gam Gallery

Sunday October 19
12pm – 5pm DTES SRO Tenant Convention Japanese Language School

Monday October 20
7pm Art Music’s Indigenous Inclusions And The Politics Of Form Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s

October 21-24, October 28
12:30-4:30pm Indian Acts! Coming To The Fire Carnegie Community Centre Gym

Wednesday October 22
7pm Red Skin, White Masks Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s

Friday October 24
3:15pm-5pm Hallowe’en Carnival & Haunted House Strathcona Community Centre Gym

Saturday October 25
10:30am – 10:30pm World Poetry Peace And Human Rights Film Festival UBC Learning Exchange
12pm – 3pm Pumpkin Patch Party MacLean Park
6pm – 9pm Annual Family Hallowe’en Dance Strathcona Community Centre Gym

Monday October 27
5:30-8pm Workshop: Big House Oppenheimer Park Field House
7pm – 9pm Coast Salish Singing & Drumming Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s

Tues Oct 28
1:30-4:30pm Workshop: Indian Acts! Carnegie Community Centre Gym


Theatre in the Neighbourhood

October 21 to 31 Judge Dee’s Chinatown Haunted House Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
October 29 to November 9 The Raymur Mothers The Russian Hall
November 1 to 29 Urinetown: The Musical The Firehall Arts Centre

Visual Arts Exhibitions in the Neighbourhood

Until October 25 The Corruption Of Time’s Dust 221A
Until October 26 Crossing Boundaries: The 7th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show Gallery Gachet
Until October 30 Here And Gone – Artists from Carnegie Art Room Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery
October 20 to 31 Betrayed, Portraits Of Strength UBC Learning Exchange
Until November 1 Far Away So Close: Part I Access Gallery
Until November 2 Dressed In Drama: A Peking Opera Exhibit Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
October 18 to November 4 The Essence Of Art Chinese Cultural Centre Museum


Festival Events
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Wednesday October 29
2pm-3pm Festival Opening Ceremony Carnegie Theatre
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5pm-6pm Opening: Contemporary Quilts – Diane Wood InterUrban Gallery
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6pm Collective Conversation with Ricardo Basbaum Audain Gallery
7:30-9:30pm Hot Jazz Carnegie Theatre
8pm Raymur Mothers (pay-what-you-can Preview) Russian Hall
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Thursday October 30
11am Compaigni V’ni Dansi Admiral Seymour Elementary*
1:30pm Compaigni V’ni Dansi Lord Strathcona Elementary*
*Please note: these school performances are for students,parents and teachers only.
5pm-8pm A Story to Tell UBC Learning Exchange
5:30-8pm 2nd Story: Blood Alley InterUrban Gallery
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7pm-9pm Louis Riel’s 170th Birthday Floral & Hardy
7pm Indians & Cowboys Chapel Arts
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8pm Opening: Raymur Mothers Russian Hall

Friday October 31
11am-12:30 Bargain Sale  St. James’ Anglican Church
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1pm-3pm Poetry & Music Lifeskills
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1pm-3pm Meet the Artist – Louise Francis-Smith Gam Gallery
2pm-4pm Workshop: Big House Oppenheimer Park Field House
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5pm-8pm Barnyard Bash! Coastal Church
7pm-9:45pm Hallowe’en Dance Carnegie Theatre
8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall

Saturday November 1
10am Great Vancouver Fire Walking tour Victory Square
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10am-12pm Workshop: Slam Poetry Carnegie 3rd floor Classroom
10am-3pm Open House Police Museum
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10am-5pm Art Market Woodward’s Atrium
10:30am All-Saints’ Day Mass St. James’ Anglican Church
12pm & 1pm Hastings St. Band Carnegie outside
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12pm-4pm Open House St. James’ Anglican Church
1pm-2:30pm Poetry Slam! Carnegie Theatre
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1:30pm-3pm Poetree Carnegie outside
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2pm-3pm A Year In China Dr Sun Yat-Sen Garden
3pm-5pm Celebration of Bud Osborn Carnegie Theatre
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6pm-10pm Shrines Day of the Dead Carnegie outside
7pm-9:45pm DTES Poets Carnegie Theatre
7:30pm Women in the Round InterUrban Gallery
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8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
8:30pm Thee Ahs SFU Woodward’s
10pm Cast w/ Tiny Pyramids China Cloud Studio

Sunday November 2
12pm & 1pm Hastings Street Band Pigeon Park
12:30-2pm Accordions On Fire InterUrban Gallery
1pm Walking tour: Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
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2pm Walking tour: Contour with Pierre Leichner Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden
2pm-3pm Sawagi Taiko & Tzo’Kam SFU Woodward’s
2pm-5pm Workshop: Posters Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery
2:30-4pm Heidi Morgan and Haisla Collins InterUrban Gallery
3pm Panel: Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
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4pm-4:45pm Open Dance Studio Carnegie Gym
4:30-5:30pm Reading & Poetry InterUrban Gallery
5:30-7pm Opening: Murray Bush Exhibition Carnegie Gallery
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7pm-9pm Barrio Flamenco The IronWorks
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8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall

Monday November 3
1pm-3pm Expressive Arts Gallery Gachet
5:30-8pm The Big House Carnegie Theatre*
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6:30pm All-Souls’ Day Mass St. James’ Anglican Church

Tuesday November 4
11am Snooker Tournament Carnegie Pool Room
11:30am-12pm Puppets: Healthy Aging Through the Arts Strathcona Community Centre
6:45-9:45pm Cabaret Coffee House Carnegie Theatre
7pm-9pm Conversation with Vancouver playwrights Playwrights Theatre Centre
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Wednesday November 5
1pm-2pm Great Fire Slide Show Carnegie
7:30-9:30pm DTES Front & Centre Carnegie
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8pm Raymur Mothers (2-for-1) Russian Hall

Thursday November 6
2:30-5:30pm Scraps & Stitches Carnegie 3rd floor Gallery
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4:30-5pm Magic Stories DTES Neighbourhood House
4:30-7:30pm Readings and Photo Exhibit Gallery Gachet
5pm-7pm WorkshopGather Round UBC Learning Exchange
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7pm Sports, Creativity And The Radical Imagination SFU Woodward’s
7pm-9pm Women’s Art DTES Neighbourhood House
7pm Salt Water City Stories Chapel Arts
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7pm Indians & Cowboys Chapel Arts
8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
8pm-11pm Panic Starr Fortune Sound Club
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Friday November 7
2pm Mystery Play Carnegie Theatre
6pm-7:30pm Feast Your Eyes Too! DTES Women’s Centre*
* Men are welcome to attend this event
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6pm-10pm Pub Social Strathcona Community Centre
7pm Comedy Gallery Gachet
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7pm Opera: Mozart Carnegie Theatre
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7pm-10pm Eastside Friday EWMA
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8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
8pm Comedy China Cloud Studio

Saturday November 8
10am-5pm Art Market Woodward’s Atrium
11am Walking tour: Renovictions Carnegie outside
11am Walking tour: Black Strathcona  Hendrix Shrine
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11am-3pm Open House Evelyne Saller
12pm & 1pm Hastings Street Band Carnegie outside
12pm-3pm Fieldhouse Hop start at MacLean Park
2pm-3pm Artist Talk: Big Print – Steamroller Woodprints Raven’s Eye Studios
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2pm-4pm Opening: Chinese Painting Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
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2pm-4:30pm Celebrating Black Strathcona Carnegie Theatre
4pm-6pm Right to Remain Gallery Gachet
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6pm-9:45pm Reconciliation – Moving Forward Together Carnegie Theatre
6:30-9:30pm Sing Along Choir Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery
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8pm Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
9pm String bands China Cloud Studio
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Sunday November 9
10am Jade Peony Walking tour Meet at Chinese Cultural Centre courtyard
1pm-3pm Urban Cloth Hastings Urban Farm
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1:30-3:30pm Hastings Street Band RayCam Community Centre
2pm Closing: Raymur Mothers Russian Hall
3pm Concert & Supper Ukrainian Hall


Post-Festival Events

Sunday November 16
12pm-3pm Food Bazaar Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall

November 20 to 23
Eastside Culture Crawl Numerous Locations

December 10 to 20
Bah! Humbug! SFU Woodward’s