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: Nov 1 2016, 11:00 am to 9:00 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.
Tuesday November 1
11am – 3pm Big Print Project Chinatown Raven’s Eye Studio, 456 E. Hastings
11am – 1pm Soft Centre: Percussion And Recorder Ensemble Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
11:30am – 12pm Healthy Aging Through The Arts Strathcona Community Centre, 601 Keefer
1pm – 2:30pm Invisible Heroes: Writing From Your Heart Carnegie Learning Centre 3rd Floor, 401 Main
2pm – 4pm Oppenheimer Park Cookbook Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
4pm – 6pm We Can’t Afford Poverty Print Show Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main
6:45pm – 9:45pm Carnegie Cabaret Coffee House Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
7pm – 8:30pm All Our Father’s Relations Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall
7pm – 9pm Home: Our Way Women’s Writing & Movement Circle Firehall Arts Centre Studio, 280 E. Cordova This Workshop Is For People Who Identify As Women
8pm – 9pm DTES Music Theatre Showcase Part Two Shaw Cable 4
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