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DTES Street Market on Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Very well attended Street Market before Hallowe’en brought out the fun in everyone in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Roland Clarke says:
It was an amazing Sunday for October. The sun was out and the vendors were happy and out in great numbers. Normally we see a marked decline in the number of vendors right after a welfare Wednesday, and this Sunday, we actually got more vendors than we did the week before. This is almost certainly due to the great weather. I remember hearing on the radio that if Sunday was rain free, it would be the longest rain free spell in October in Vancouver history. I think we missed it because of a brief shower at 6am.
The Kindness of Vendors
Today, as last week, I was really struck by what an amazing thing this Street Market has become. Over 150 vendors, packed into the smallest urban park in Vancouver, and very few fights, very few incidents or altercations. Again, this morning, I had a number of vendors be very accommodating when we asked them to move. It is as if the importance of the market really has filtered down through the culture of the vendors in a way that we did not anticipate. In other ways, I saw great generosity from the vendors. If a customer clearly did not have the money for an item, more than once, I saw a vendor just offer it to the person, or discount it to a dollar. It is this that is also an amazing essence of the market. It is survival vending, and if a vendor feels that they have ‘made enough’ that day, then they can be very generous. The idea, of course, is that the customer may be a vendor to them in the future, and they will receive a benefit from this increased social capital. This is also something that is so missing from the box stores and malls that we have built around us. With the store clerks that are travelling miles to work, and the customers that park en mass in the cold underground parking, we lose that sense of community. The sense that commerce really is the origin of community. The market square IS the origin of the town, and that is the origin of a sense of belonging and neighbourhood. We need this kind of personal interaction with each other, and we need to feel that we are interacting with our neighbors. We need the feeling that the person across the counter is part of our community, and that her/his hard work makes them deserving of the little price increase that they receive by cleaning up the item, or knowing all about it, or telling you a story about it. There is something so genuinely human about this level of interaction and it transcends language, ideology and race. It is something magical that creates a feeling of belonging, and it exists at the Pigeon Park Street Market.
ART ABANDONMENT for 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2013 in Vancouver on Oct 27 2013
Community
ART ABANDONMENT
Sunday October 27, 12pm – 3pm
UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main
Join us for an afternoon of random acts of art! Be part of a community movement where we make art together, then go out together to abandon our art at random places for random people to pick up and enjoy! Community art making to take art to the streets in the neighbourhood. Presented by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. Free
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 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 23 to Sunday November 3, 2013
Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 9 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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MOMENTS OF COMMUNITY AND LABOUR HISTORY with Jean Swanson and Joey Hartman for 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2013 in Vancouver on Oct 27 2013
Walking Tour
MOMENTS OF COMMUNITY AND LABOUR HISTORY
Sunday October 27, 11am – 1pm
Meet at Oppenheimer Park Field House, 488 Powell
Moments of Community and Labour History is a walking tour of twelve memorial plaques that commemorate perseverance, resistance and the struggle for inclusion in the Downtown Eastside. Join Jean Swanson (Carnegie Community Action Project) and Joey Hartman (President, Vancouver and District Labour Council) on a walk through the Downtown Eastside where moments in Vancouver’s labour and community history will be marked. People who participated in these community moments will also be on the walk. Learn about camping for CRAB Park, redressing the Head Tax, the death of Olaf Solheim, striking longshore workers being attacked at Ballantyne Pier, the soapbox victory for Free Speech and more! This is the first tour of the commemorative plaques since the project was completed and installed this past summer with funding from the City of Vancouver. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. The walk will end at Woodward’s Atrium, 111 W. Hastings. $10 for non-residents, free for local residents
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 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 23 to Sunday November 3, 2013
Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 9 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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FISHING INDUSTRY COMMUNITY ART INSTALLATION Opening Reception for 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2013 in Vancouver on Oct 26 2013
Reception and Installation
FISHING INDUSTRY COMMUNITY ART INSTALLATION
Opening Reception: Saturday October 26 1:10pm – 2:30pm
G & F Financial Group, 803 E. Hastings
Installation October 29 to 31
G & F Financial Group – formerly known as the Gulf & Fraser Fishermen’s Credit Union – was the heart of fi nancial matters for fi shing people in Vancouver. This art installation features treasures and memorabilia gathered by Rosemary Georgeson from local families involved in the fi shing industry. Rosemary’s Women In Fish Walking Tour culminates at the reception on Saturday, see 11:30am for details. Viewing hours: Tuesday to Thursday, Oct 29 to 31, 9:30am – 5pm. Everyone welcome. Free
This event was on Day 4 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 23 to Sunday November 3, 2013
Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 9 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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WOMEN IN FISH WALKING TOUR with Rosemary Georgeson for 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival 2013 in Vancouver on Oct 26 2013
Walking Tour
WOMEN IN FISH WALKING TOUR with Rosemary Georgeson
Saturday October 26, 11:30am – 1:10pm
Meet at the Chinese Cultural Centre courtyard, 50 E. Pender
See the Downtown Eastside through the eyes of its lands, waters and historic fi shing industry on this ninety minute tour led by Rosemary Georgeson, a Coast Salish Dene artist born and raised in the commercial fishing industry. The tour culminates with a reception at the Fishing Industry Community Art Installation at the G & F Financial Group at 803 E. Hastings. $10 for non-residents, pay-what-you-can for local residents
This event was on Day 4 of the 12 Days of the Heart of the City Festival. Please check the website for more events!
The 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Wednesday October 23 to Sunday November 3, 2013
Over 80 events at over 25 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com
On page 9 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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