Workshop
MEDICINE WHEEL WORKSHOP
Tuesday November 3, 10am-12:30pm
Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main
Many cultures have medicine wheels and one of the most ancient is from North America. Join community elder Lorelei Hawkins in a workshop to learn and apply the universal teachings of self-development and growth based on positives in your life. A general workshop on the four directions: mental, emotional, spiritual and physical, all based on respect. The Aboriginal Front Door is an accessible storefront that assists Downtown Eastside Aboriginal people to walk through life with love, honour, respect and compassion for all things in creation, including themselves. Everyone welcome. Free
Workshop
HANDS ON CRAFTS
Tuesday November 3, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Aboriginal Front Door, 384 Main
Break the Cycle Now! is a workshop with handi-woman Sue Blue, aka the ‘Bannock Queen’ or the ‘Queen of Cordova.’ Share thoughts and questions while beading and other handicrafts. Ongoing activities at the Front Door include elder capacity building, healing circles, arts and crafts and drumming circles. Everyone welcome. Free
Music
CABARET COFFEE HOUSE
Tuesday November 3, 6:45pm-10pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre
401 Main
Participate in one of the longest running regular community music programs in the neighbourhood. Open mic and featured performers. Sign up at 6:45pm and show your stuff. Basic musical instruments provided, you may even entice a backup band to accompany you. Musicians and singers of all styles and skill level welcome! Free
Community
LIVING STORIES
Tuesday November 3, 7pm-9pm
Carnegie Community Centre 3rd floor Learning Centre, 401 Main
The Festival invites you to see four digital stories compiled from material gathered this June at Eastside Stories, a weekend where Downtown Eastside involved residents shared stories of what they have done and are doing to survive and build community. The sessions covered in the digital stories include: The Fight for Community Recognition, where speakers shared their struggles to form DERA; It’s a Long Story…, about being Aboriginal and an artist in the DTES; Three Guys and an Alley, memories of growing up around Hogan’s Alley; and Standing Up for Community featured long-time activists who convinced the City to abandon plans for urban renewal in favour of rehabilitating existing homes. If you missed Eastside Stories, here is your chance to hear what the fascinating guests said about living, playing and standing up for who we are. A number of the session participants will be in attendance and we could pick up right where we left off. Documentation and editing by Projections. You can also view the digital stories online HERE. Everyone welcome. Refreshments. Free
Closing Reception
MY SPACE Rita Leistner
Tuesday November 3, 7pm
W2 Perel Gallery, 112 W. Hastings
Exhibition October 24 to November 3
My Space is the result of an extensive oral history project involving VANDU members, Brooklyn/Toronto photographer Rita Leistner, and curator/researcher Julia Wilson (SFU). Tonight’s reception features a giveaway of Rita’s large beautiful prints to the subjects of the photographs. Audio and text will also be featured in this exhibition. Presented in association with Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), W2 and the Heart of the City Festival. Regular gallery hours Wed – Sat, 12pm-6pm. Free
Music
DALANNAH GAIL BOWEN & FRIENDS
Tuesday November 3, 8pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
“It’s that voice; Smokey, Earthy, Soulful, Powerful” says music critic Doug Gallant. Enjoy an intimate evening of gospel, blues and original work with Dalannah Gail Bowen, one of Vancouver’s premier vocalists. This is a great opportunity to hear great music with a great singer. Dalannah, a proud Downtown Eastside resident, revived her singing career in 2003 when she participated in the landmark In The Heart Of A City: The Downtown Eastside Community Play (Vancouver Moving Theatre/Carnegie). Her first CD Mamma’s Got the Blues, of which the title track was a finalist in the 2008 International Songwriting Awards, continues to receive international airplay. Settle in on a cold November Tuesday and listen to some fine music with Dalannah, accompanied by Harris Van Berkel on guitar and Andre Lachance on stand-up bass. Free
Radio
WORLD POETRY CAFE
Tuesday November 3, 9pm-10pm
Live Broadcast Co-op Radio CFRO 102.7FM
World Poetry Café hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea celebrate the Heart of the City Festival with special poetry guests from the community. Tonight we share time with well-known DTES poets Delayne Azrael, Robyn Livingstone and Rudolf Penner. All you have to do is listen!