{"id":20543,"date":"2016-11-01T06:31:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=20543"},"modified":"2016-11-01T06:31:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T10:31:02","slug":"heart-of-the-city-festival-downtown-eastside-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/heart-of-the-city-festival-downtown-eastside-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of the City Festival (Downtown Eastside Vancouver)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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13th Annual Downtown Eastside
\nHeart of the City Festival<\/strong>
\nWednesday October 26 to Sunday November 6, 2016<\/p>\n

Over 100 events at over 40 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Welcome to the 13th\u00a0Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival\u00a0and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, processions, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, public art, mixed media, art talks, history talks and history walks.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s Festival,\u00a0Living on Shared Territory<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>pays tribute to the Downtown Eastside\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

A special feature this year is the installation of the 27 ft.\u00a0Survivors Totem Pole<\/em>\u00a0in Pigeon Park at Hastings and Carrall. This grass roots initiative led by\u00a0Sacred Circle Society, in the words of carver\u00a0Skundaal Bernie Williams\u00a0(Haida\/Coast Salish), \u201chonours<\/em>\u00a0the many people who have arrived and lived in the Downtown Eastside as survivors<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other Festival highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Realms of Refuge<\/em><\/a>, a participatory evolving gallery project produced in partnership with\u00a0Jumblies Theatre\u00a0<\/strong>(Ontario) that brings to life miniature worlds and explores different ways we find refuge in the places where we live;\u00a0Metamorphose<\/em><\/strong>, a community-engaged dance production and premiere by\u00a0Karen Jamieson Dance<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Carnegie Dance Troupe<\/strong>\u00a0that explores transformation, creation and imagination through dance;\u00a0Richard Tetrault\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>stunning and dynamic three-piece mural\/banner (11.5\u2019high x18\u2019wide) featuring local activists and artists past and present.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

For more information on the Heart of the City Festival, please visit www.heartofthecityfestival.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n

-from\u00a0Heart of the City Festival’s website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

13th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival Wednesday October 26 to Sunday November 6, 2016 Over 100 events at over 40 venues throughout the Downtown Eastside \u00ab\u00a0Welcome to the 13th\u00a0Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival\u00a0and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance,<\/p>\n

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