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BARRIO FLAMENCO for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 1 2015
Music & Dance
BARRIO FLAMENCO: Flamenco for the People
Sunday November 1, 7pm – 10pm
The Ironworks, 235 Alexander
By donation at the door
Celebrate the spirit of the Downtown Eastside with an unforgettable evening of live flamenco music and dance! Flamenco is an art form by and for the people, danced and played with spirit, ferocity, laughter and tears. It was born in the taverns and living rooms of the barrios, or poor neighbourhoods, of Southern Spain – a song of the street, a cry, and a celebration.
Hosted by flamenco artist and teacher Kelty McKerracher, Barrio Flamenco features some of the most compelling flamenco dancers, singers and musicians in the city, alongside the Carnegie DTES Flamencos. This year Kelty hosts, direct from Spain, singer Naike Ponce, in her first Canadian appearance.
Also featured this evening are guitarist Peter Mole, singer Farnaz Ohadi, dancers Michelle Harding, Andrea William, Maria Avila, young favourite Sophia Ludwig, and many more!
To celebrate Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, our Barrio Flamenco includes a shrine to honour those who have gone before. On the night when the divide between this world and the spirit world blurs, join us for this exciting juerga (flamenco party) to laugh, play, pray, cry, enjoy and stamp your feet!
An annual venue-packed favourite. Olé!
This event was on Day 5 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015
Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Visit the Heart of the City Festival website
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.
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SUNDAY AT THE INTERURBAN for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 1 2015
Music
SUNDAY AT THE INTERURBAN
Sunday November 1, 12:45pm to 4:30pm
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, entrance on Carrall
Free
Come to the InterUrban for a wonderful afternoon of music from some of the communities’ favourite performers.
12:45pm Michael Edwards, a stalwart at Oppenheimer Park, opens the show with original and alternative folk rock in a bluesy-jazzy mix.
1pm Rose Shraa Ttha Siccama and David Stone of RedSoulBluez take the mic. Rose, a Northern Tutchone singer, songwriter, musician, poet and artist, has been creating and living on Coast Salish Territory, aka Vancouver, BC for over 20 years and David is a multi-award winning, platinum and gold recording artist and musical wizard.
2:15pm we welcome Beaver T and the Divas; that is Beaver Thomas, a fabulous Cree guitarist who grew up playing at Carnegie and has been a professional musician since he was old enough to be on the road, with local singer/musician Murray Black, and Peggy Wilson, everyone’s favourite bass player and harmonic vocalist. We look forward to a set of classic country, rock, blues, jazz and more.
3:45pm Orkestar Slivovica will cap the afternoon in the InterUrban. The Balkan Brass ensemble plays and sings a diverse repertoire, from insanely fast dance tunes to heartwrenching songs, often in crooked rhythms and exotic scales. Sure to be an exciting afternoon!
This event was on Day 5 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015
Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Visit the Heart of the City Festival website
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.
Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!
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STEALING LIGHT: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 1 2015
Story
STEALING LIGHT: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
Sunday November 1, 2pm – 3pm
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall
By donation to the garden
In this remarkable solo show Stealing Light: Stories of Transformation, Columpa C. Bobb (Artistic Director, Urban Indigenous Theatre, Winnipeg) enacts the story of a long-ago greedy chief who hoarded and would not share the life giving light of the stars, moon and sun. Raven stole these gifts from the power hungry chief and set them free for all people. Weaving stories and wisdom from her ancestors (Columpa is a great-granddaughter of Chief Dan George) mixed with contemporary stories of the wounded earth today, Columpa calls for Raven to once again steal the light.
This event was on Day 5 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015
Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Visit the Heart of the City Festival website
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.
Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!
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SOLIDARITY NOTES LABOUR CHOIR for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 1 2015
Song
SOLIDARITY NOTES LABOUR CHOIR
Sunday November 1, 1:30pm – 2pm
Woodward’s Atrium, 111 W. Hastings
Free
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir is a group of activists who know that music is more than pleasurable sound: it is a powerful language that educates, connects and reminds us of our strength and history. The ongoing struggle for labour and human rights has produced music that inspires and reconnects us to hope and possibility. Solidarity Notes sings at rallies, picket lines, performances, memorials and sky train stations, throughout Vancouver and other spots in the Lower Mainland wherever the message is needed.
This event was on Day 5 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015
Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Visit the Heart of the City Festival website
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.
Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!
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STROLLING THE HEART OF THE CITY with John Atkin and Bob Sung for 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2015 in Vancouver on Nov 1 2015
Walking Tour
STROLLING THE HEART OF THE CITY with John Atkin and Bob Sung
Sunday November 1, 10:30am (1½ to 2 hrs)
Meet at SE corner of Jackson & Alexander
$10; pay what you can for local residents
Join walking-tour masters extraordinaire John Atkin and Bob Sung for an extensive and entertaining tour of the historic areas of Downtown Eastside, Strathcona and Chinatown. Stroll the Heart of the City and explore the sites of Oppenheimer Park, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinese herbal medicine stores, pastry shops, bbq meat stores and the tranquil Dr. Sun Yat Sen Park. After the tour, John and Bob will head to the Jade Dynasty Restaurant for a no-host dim sum lunch ($15 per person).
This event was on Day 5 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 12th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2015
Over 90 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Visit the Heart of the City Festival website
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 29 of the Festival Program guide, there is a writeup on AHA MEDIA
The Festival is thrilled to partner with the DTES’s AHA Media to provide social media coverage (video/photos/blog) of the Heart of the City Festival. AHA Media gives voice to our local community and provides services for individuals and organizations to share their news and special events on a broader scale through social media. Founded in 2008 by local artists April Smith, Hendrik Beune, and Al Tkatch, AHA Media previously collaborated with Fearless City Media and has an ongoing working relationship with W2Community Media Arts and various other organizations and individuals in the DTES community. The members of AHA Media describe themselves as “definitely not mainstream media”. Based in Vancouver’s DTES, their style is described as non-invasive and unassuming.
Say Hello to AHA Media as they visit the Festival events. They will be happy to chat with you. Stay connected to the festival with AHA’s links – see photos/videos of the festival events you attended; take in a festival event you missed; or follow one festival event while you are attending another!
Follow AHA MEDIA on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Flickr!
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