Thursday October 17
4pm-6pm Ambulant Response Team Planning Gallery Gachet
7pm-12am The Wearing Want InterUrban Gallery
Friday October 18
1pm-2pm Feast Hall Voice Workshop Carnegie Theatre
2:30pm-5pm Creating Comic Character Workshop Carnegie Theatre
Saturday October 19
7pm Reading People Project Space
Tuesday October 22
9am-4pm Carving Demos Aboriginal Front Door
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Visual Exhibitions in the Neighbourhood
Until Octpber 26 – God Save the Queen at Unit/Pitt Projects
Until October 28 – Edge Grain Carnegie Centre Gallery, 3rd floor
Until November 2 – Minutes from a Second Story at Centre A
October 24 – 31 Judge Dee’s Chinatown Haunted House at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
November 2 – 16 People Like Us at Firehall Arts Centre
Festival Events
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Wednesday October 23
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
2pm-3pm Festival Opening Ceremony Carnegie Theatre
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5pm-6:30pm We Remember Jim Green Dodson Conference Centre
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7pm-8pm Night Before the Opera Carnegie Theatre
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8pm-12am Music Improv Pat’s Pub
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9pm-10pm Magic, Music & Mayhem Carnegie Theatre
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Thursday October 24
9:30am Uzume Taiko Seymour Elementary (please note: this event is for students, parents and teachers only)
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
1:30pm Uzume Taiko Strathcona Elementary (please note: this event is for students, parents and teachers only)
2:30pm-4pm Talk with Timothy Taylor Carnegie Centre, 3rd floor
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5pm Procession starts at Oppenheimer Park
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5pm-7pm Roots of Healing UBC Learning Exchange
6pm-9pm Oppenheimer Park Art Gallery Gachet
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8pm-9:30pm Stanza Project Brickhouse Bar
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9pm-10pm Arts Rational Co-op Radio
Friday October 25
11am-12:30 Bargain Sale St. James’ Church
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11am-4pm One Pot Meal Workshop Oppenheimer Park
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12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
5:30pm-8pm First Nations Drawing DTES Women’s Centre
7pm-9pm Belly Laughs Gallery Gachet
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7pm-10pm Eastside Friday EWMA Studio
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8pm-10pm Hot Jazz Carnegie Theatre
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Saturday October 26
9am-5pm Open House Police Museum
morning Laughing Hand Street Artist Hastings & Dunlevy
10am-12pm John Atkin Walking tour meet at Thornton Park
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10am-5pm Art Market Woodwards Atrium
11am-1pm Kids workshop Oppenheimer Park Field House
11:30-1:15pm Women in Fish Walking tour Chinese Cultural Centre courtyard
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12pm-3pm Pumpkin Patch Party MacLean Park
1pm-2:30 Leaky Heaven Kids’ Comedy Club Russian Hall
1pm-4pm Hallowe’en and Harvest Evelyne Saller Centre
1:10-2:30pm Fishing Industry Community Art Installation Reception G&F Financial Group
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2pm-3pm Iskwew Singers Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
2:30-5:15pm Documentary Films Carnegie Theatre
6pm-9pm Family Hallowe’en Dance Strathcona Community Centre Gym
6pm-10pm Listening to Truth, Seeking Reconciliation Carnegie Theatre
8:30pm Orphans and Dogs Unit/Pitt Projects
Sunday October 27
11am-1pm Jean Swanson Walking Tour meet at Oppenheimer Park
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12pm-3pm Art Abandonment UBC Learning Exchange
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3pm-5pm Women In Fish, with Q&A Carnegie Gym, 2nd Floor
7pm-9pm Women In Fish, with panel discussion Carnegie Gym, 2nd Floor
Monday October 28
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
4pm-5pm Edge Grain Reception Carnegie Centre Gallery, 3rd floor
4pm-6pm Paper Decorations Workshop DTES Neighbourhood House
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5:30-7:30pm Aboriginal Feast Carnegie Theatre
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Tuesday October 29
11am Snooker Tournament Carnegie Centre
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
1pm-1:30 Healthy Aging through the Arts Strathcona Community Centre Seniors’ Lounge
5pm-6:30 Readings Playwrights Theatre Centre
5:15-6:30pm Carnegie Community Choir Carnegie Theatre
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6:45-10pm Cabaret Coffee House Carnegie Theatre
7:30-9pm Accordions in the ‘Hood Hogan’s Alley Café
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8pm-9:30pm Creating Pauline: City Opera Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
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9pm-10pm World Poetry Café Co-op Radio
Wednesday October 30
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
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1:30-4pm Aboriginal Cultural Showcase Oppenheimer Park
4pm-6pm Scratch Art Workshop DTES Neighbourhood House
4:30-5:30pm Feels Like Home Reception Carnegie Gallery, 3rd floor
6pm-7:30pm Community Play Reunion Carnegie Gallery and Classroom, 3rd floor
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7:30-10pm DTES Front & Centre Carnegie Theatre
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Thursday October 31
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
1pm-3pm Learning from Each Other Carnegie Learning Centre
1pm-4pm Howl’En Oppenheimer Park
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1:30-3:30pm Scratch Art Workshop Aboriginal Front Door
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7pm Hallowe’en Dance Carnegie Theatre
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9pm-10pm Arts Rational Co-op Radio
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Friday November 1
12pm-4pm Open Studio Raven’s Eye
1pm-3pm Poetry & Music Lifeskills Centre
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5pm-7pm Day of the Dead Oppenheimer Park
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6:30pm All Saints’ Day Mass St. James’ Anglican Church
7:30-9:30pm Barrio Flamenco Carnegie Theatre
8pm-10:30 Taiko Roots Vancouver Ballroom
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Saturday November 2
morning Laughing Hand Street Artist Carrall & Pender
10am-5pm Art Market Woodwards Atrium
10:30am All Souls’ Day Mass St. James’
11am-12:30 Richard Tetrault Walking tour meet at Raven’ Eye Studio
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12pm-4pm Open House St. James’ Anglican Church
12:30 & 1:30pm Hastings Street Band starts at Carnegie Centre
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12:30-2:30pm Slam Poetry Workshop with Sho Wiley Carnegie Theatre
1pm-3:30pm Coming Together, Celebrating our Seniors Ray-Cam Community Centre
2pm-4pm Opening the Treasure Box Urban Aboriginal Fair Trade Gallery
3pm-3:45 Opening Welcome – Out on a Limb Hastings Urban Farm
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3pm-5pm Poetry Slam Carnegie Theatre
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4pm-6:30pm Out on a Limb Workshops Hastings Urban Farm
7pm-7:30 Project Limelight SFU Woodwards
7pm DTES Poets Open Mic Carnegie Theatre
7:30 & 8:30pm Out On a Limb Hastings Urban Farm, under tent cover
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Sunday November 3
Note: daylight savings time change – fall back!
10am-11:30 Maurice Gulbord Walking tour meet at Victory Square
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12pm-3pm Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall Food Bazaar, Japanese Hall
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12pm-3pm Heart of the City Community Showcase Hastings Urban Farm, under tent cover
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1:30-3:30pm Modernize Tailors Opening Reception Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
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1:30 & 2:30pm Hastings Street Band starts at Pigeon Park
3pm-4pm CONNECT Carnegie to SFU Woodwards
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4pm-6:30pm Out on a Limb Workshops Hastings Urban Farm
7:30 & 8:30pm Out On a Limb Hastings Urban Farm, under tent cover
Friday November 8
6pm-10pm Strathcona Pub Social Nite Strathcona Community Centre
8pm Bread and Salt Ukrainian Hall
Saturday November 9
2pm-4pm Opening: Multicultural Foods in BC Photo Contest Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
7pm Dovbush Slide show Ukrainian Hall
Sunday November 10
3pm Bread and Salt & dinner Ukrainian Hall