“The hood is like me—lots of warts, pimples and a rough exterior with a slight hint of danger. But if one cares to look—a place of complexities. Danger and excitement abound, but (an) oasis of love and warmth are here. Neighbour helping neighbour, acts of charity and kindness are everywhere. All one has to do is look.”

Peter Gojevic, Storytellers from the Downtown Eastside presented by the DTES Neighbourhood House
at the Japanese Hall, Oct. 25, 2008


Schedule Overview

Festival Events

Wednesday October 28
2:30pm Festival Launch, Carnegie Theatre
7pm InfluencyWest Reading Salon, W2 Perel Gallery
8pm The Downtown Eastside Music Theatre Showcase: Thirty Songs from Seven Productions, Russian Hall

Thursday October 29

2pm-5pm Unsung Heroes of the Four Corners, Carnegie 3rd floor Learning Centre
5:30pm-10pm Children Live Dream Here, Chapel Arts
9pm-10pm Arts Rational, Co-op Radio CFRO 102.7FM

Friday October 30
11am-12:30pm Bargain Sale, St. James’ Anglican Church
1pm-4pm Workshop – How About Now?, PACE
1pm-5pm Quilt of Hope Reception, DTES Neighbourhood House
2pm-3pm Khac Chi Bamboo Music, SUCCESS Choi Hall
6pm-9pm Hallowe’en Dance, Strathcona Community Centre
7pm-10pm Hallowe’en Dance, Carnegie Theatre
7pm-10pm ReDisCovery: a night of performance and shamanic ritual, Gallery Gachet
8pm The Downtown Eastside Music Theatre Showcase: Thirty Songs from Seven Productions, Russian Hall

Saturday October 31
11:30am–1pm Sites of Empowerment Walking Tour meet at steps of Carnegie
12pm-5pm Open House, St. James’ Anglican Church
1pm-5pm Workshop – Community Letterpress, W2 Perel Gallery
1:30pm-3:30pm They All Started Here History Walk, meet at SW corner of Heatley and E. Hastings
2pm TheatreSports, Carnegie Theatre
3:30pm-5:30pm Afternoon of Documentaries, Carnegie Theatre
6pm-10pm Evening of Documentaries, Carnegie Theatre
8pm-midnight Vampyre Love Ball, Chapel Arts

Sunday November 1
Note: daylight savings time change  – fall back!
10am Chinatown: Then and Now Walking Tour, meet at Millennium Gate
11:15am All Saints’ Day Mass, St. James’ Anglican Church
1pm-2:30pm The Dreamcatcher, Firehall Arts Centre Theatre
3pm-4pm Khac Chi Bamboo Music and Special Guests, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
3pm-5pm His Image, Carnegie Theatre
3pm-6pm The Douglas Chronicles, Firehall Arts Centre Studio
6pm-9pm Holy Cow Reception, Lolo’s Café
7:30pm-8:30pm Satsang, radha yoga & eatery
7:30pm Comedy Night at Carnegie, Carnegie Theatre
8pm The Dreamcatcher, Firehall Arts Centre Theatre

Monday November 2
1pm-3pm Carnegie Village Choir Project, Carnegie Theatre
5:30pm-7:30pm First Nations Cultural Sharing Carnegie Theatre
6:30pm All Souls’ Day Mass, St. James’ Anglican Church
8pm The Sandy Scofield Band, Carnegie Theatre

Tuesday November 3
10am-12:30pm Medicine Wheel Workshop Aboriginal Front Door
1:30pm-3:30pm Hands On Crafts, Aboriginal Front Door
6:45pm-10pm Cabaret Coffee House, Carnegie Theatre
7pm-9pm Living Stories, Carnegie 3rd floor Learning Centre
7pm My Space Reception, W2 Perel Gallery
8pm Dalannah Gail Bowen & Friends, InterUrban Gallery
9pm-10pm World Poetry Café, Co-op Radio CFRO 102.7FM

Wednesday November 4
1pm-4pm Story Sharing Circle, Aboriginal Front Door
2pm-2:30pm Wax Poetic, Co-op Radio CFRO 102.7FM
6pm First United Celebration, First United Church
6pm-8pm Community Play Revisited, Carnegie Theatre
8:30pm-9:30pm Iskwew, Carnegie Theatre

Thursday November 5
10:45am Iskwew, Admiral Seymour Elementary School
11am Woodward’s Community Celebration Planning Meeting, W2 Perel Gallery
1pm-4pm Mythogyny: the lives and times of women elders in BC, UBC Learning Exchange
1:30pm Iskwew, Lord Strathcona Elementary School
3:30pm-5pm Workshop – Tiny School of Art, EWMA Studio
5pm-7:30pm Dialogue: Role of the Arts in the DTES, W2 Perel Gallery (note: change in venue)
6pm-8pm Meet the artist From Buffalo Meat to Baloney, radha yoga & eatery
7:30pm FearlessTV Presentation, W2 Perel Gallery
8pm-10pm The Downtown Eastside Performance Showcase, Radio Station Cafe (note: change in venue)

Friday November 6
12pm-2pm Carnegie Jazz Band, Carnegie Theatre
12pm-5pm Open House, Vancouver Police Museum
5pm-8pm Workshop – Taiko Basics, DTES Women’s Centre
5pm We Call It Home Parade, Oppenheimer Park
6pm-9pm We Call It Home Reception: Headlines + Oppenheimer + Pivot, Gallery Gachet
6pm-9pm Artisans Catalogue Launch, EWMA Store
8pm-1am The Evolution of Inspiration Reception Gallery Atsui

Saturday November 7
10:30am–12pm Japanese-Canadians and the Labour Movement History Walk, meet at Japanese Hall
11am-1pm Workshop – Sacred Dance, radha yoga & eatery
1:30pm, 2:30pm DTES Samba Band, starts at Main & Hastings
2pm Sustainability Lecture, radha yoga & eatery
3pm-5pm An Afternoon with Bud Osborn, Carnegie Theatre
3pm-10pm The Downtown Art Walk, various DTES galleries & studios POSTPONED to Spring 2010
5pm-8pm Workshop – Taiko and Movement, DTES Women’s Centre CANCELLED
8pm-9:30pm Illuminating the Four Corners, corners of Main & Hastings
8pm-9:30pm Four Corners Memory Table, Carnegie Centre main floor
8pm Hot One Inch Action, W2 Perel Gallery

Sunday November 8
10am FIRE! History Walk, meet at SE corner of Dunlevy and Alexander
11:30am-1:30pm Eastside Mural Art Talk, Russian Hall downstairs
11:30am-2:30pm Seasonal Soups Cooking Class, radha yoga & eatery
12pm-3pm VJLS & JH Food Bazaar, Japanese Hall
2:30pm, 3:30pm DTES Samba Band, starts at Main & Hastings
3pm AUUC Community Concert & Supper, Ukrainian Hall
3pm Reading (and Writing) Circle, Spartacus Books
3pm-10pm The Downtown Art Walk, various DTES galleries & studios POSTPONED to Spring 2010
7pm Urban Barn Dance, Ukrainian Hall
7:30pm-8:30pm Satsang, radha yoga & eatery