Welcome to the 13th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, processions, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, public art, mixed
Date/Time: Oct 29 2016, 11:00 am to 11:50 pm
Vancouver, The Downtown Eastside
The theme of this year’s Festival, Living on Shared Territory, pays tribute to the Downtown Eastside’s founding peoples, cultures and diverse neighbourhoods as we live, learn and create together on unceded Coast Salish territories under the long shadow of our colonial past and present.
A special feature this year is the installation of the 27 ft. Survivors Totem Pole in Pigeon Park at Hastings and Carrall. This grass roots initiative led by Sacred Circle Society, in the words of carver Skundaal Bernie Williams (Haida/Coast Salish), “honours the many people who have arrived and lived in the Downtown Eastside as survivors”.
Most events are free, but some require pre-registration or do have a ticket price, so please check event details before attending.
Saturday October 29
11am – 12:30pm Where Is Chinatown? With ?????? Chinatown Concern Group Meet on the front steps of Carnegie, 401 Main
12pm – 3pm Maclean Park Pumpkin Patch Party Maclean Park, 710 Keefer
1pm – 1:45pm Hidden Stories Woodward’s Atrium, 111 W. Hastings
1pm – 4pm St. James’ Art Show St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova
1pm – 2:30pm Sneak Peek Of Chinatown Meet at Sai Woo, 158 Pender
2pm – 4pm Screening: The Prison In Twelve Landscapes Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Sfu Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings
3pm – 4:15pm Carnegie Classics: Music Lovers’ Paradise Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
4:30pm – 6pm Realms Of Refuge Finale Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, Entrance On Carrall
6pm – 9pm 7th Annual Family Howl‘een Dance Party Strathcona Community Centre Gym, 601 Keefer
7pm – 9:30pm Documentaries At Carnegie Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
7pm – 10pm The Russian Hall Celebrates Its Re-Opening Russian Hall, 600 Campbell
11pm – 12am DTES Music Theatre Showcase Part One Shaw Cable 4
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