November 15, 2014, carnegie newsletter

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Nevvs fron1 Oppenhein1er Park

Oppenheimer Park participates in Eastside Culture Crawl Afore h ttp://c ul turecraw I. cal artists. opp(!nh~imer-park

Art sales off the Art Cart I Cash only

Our art and open studio program. OPPE~-Arts. is a dynamic and supp011ivc program at Oppenheimer Park \\-'here many artists in the Downtown Lasts1de devclnp and -.hare their work. In manv wavs OPPI·N­Ans provides local artists \\ith access ro a unilJUL' and vibrant .studio space. Over the years OppcnheinH.:r Park has organized hundreds of an & cultural wnrk­shop~. events and more. Crawlspace features artists who participate in our OPPEI'\-Arts supported studio and exhibition opportunitit.!s.

Visit our studio during Eastside Culture Cra\\ I. meet artists, ami ~upport artists! Oppcn-Arts Studio

Thursdays I 0:30am- I pm (workshop). 2:30-4:30pm (open studio)

In the morning, the studio offers skills development and/or professional development workshops. Vv'c ar~ currently planning for 2015 schedule and ~,-velcom~ your suggestions!

In the afternoon, the space is available for •mists to \\ork on their own project. Som~.? supplies arc avail­able to usc.

Inside Out- Children's Program Saturdays I 0:30am - I 2:30pm

Our revamped children's program offers not only arts and cralis program. but also other subjects such as science. music and more! Come join us to make new friends while you learn something new! An aJult (parent. guardian. frit:mi ov~r the age or 13) must be present \Vhile child is in the program.

Park's Birthday PartY Thursday. November 27. Jpm

Come nnd celebrate with cveryum: who has a birthday this month!

Like us on f:tccbook: Oppenheimer Park- DTES Communities· Back Yard

A Huge THANK YOU to Everyone Involved!

On behalfofthe Do\\ntown Eastside Heart ofthe • City Festival. thanks to all the nnisb. participants. audience mem hers. community partners, t'unding partners, supporters. volunteers, \vork teams. and friends !'or your participation in another extraordinat) festival. There were so many amazing events and inspiring

moments! We are grateful and appreciative of your support and contributions to making our ~ommuntty kJ festival such a success. To continue to cnjo) the 20 14 festival go to the website of AHA Media (www.ahamedia.ca) wh~r~: you will lind an abun­dance or photos and videos of many performance') and events.

If' you have a project or a program idea lu cnntributt or sugg~st for next year's festival. give us u call. 604-628-56'"'2. or talk with Rika 604-665-3003. The 12111 Annual DTES Heart l~{tlte City Festival will run \\ ed Oct 2S to Sun Nov S. 2015.

"I he Festival program and producing team W\\ '" .heartollhecit) festival.com

lYiy HEART Of THE CITY FESTIVAL 2014 As usual. when I received the tirst copy of the pro­

gram guide [became immediately overwhelmed with ~ '- -the sheer amount of events to attend. How could l possibly write about this festival & go to enough events!?

I went to the launch on Wednesday at1ernoon and became quiLe emotional thinking that this was the 11th launch I had been to. When Terry hinted that he and Savannah were contemplating leaving the festival at some point in the l'utme I became horrified .. how would the festival go on'? Then he spoke of how he had had the same feelings

and was working on solving this so the festival would go on into the future by having it operate out of the Woodwards building next year. f relaxed slightly.

After that. I totally missed every event that I had wanted to go to until I attended the conceit on Sunday atternoon in the interurban Gallery. The two voices of lleidi Morgan and Haisla Collins transported me for two hours. Boy, can these ladies can sing! When Heidi sang ·'Take it to the Limit" for Kelly the tears were falling no matter how much 1 tried to stop them! Not to mention. I was surrounded by Diane Wood's lovely quilt tapestries, as I listened to these extremely talented singers. This year lor the first time I got to have my very own

event in the Festival. l co-produced a play called ''Who Stole the Spirit of the Carnegie'' a detective play \,vritten and produced by me and my partner Jimmy and acted by 8 talented Carnegie thespians. We haJ 4 playwriting workshops & 2 rehearsals be­fore the iinal performance on Friday, November 7th in the Camcgie Theatre. The performance had its faults due to lack of rehearsal time but \\'as still well received by a full house audience. I was on pins and needles the whole time. My life had been consumed by this event to the extent that l didn't attend any other festival events this year! Boy was l glad \vhcn it was over! So, as anoLher Heart of the City Festival comes to an

end, I thank everybody vvho makes it happen every year and especially Teresa Vandenuin for giving me the opportunity to stretch my creative talents in yet another direction. This festival does so much to

showcase the talented people that live and work in the dovvntown eastside that it would be a shame to see it end. By Adrienne Macallum

:Nortfi 'Vancouver Community 'Band Concert

Wednesday, November 19th 7:00- 8:00PM

Carnegie Theatre

Frotn the LibrarY The ·'i'vtain & Hastings Book Club'' is back! Over the years, lhe meet-up has involved reading a book in its entirety one month at a time, reading and beading, reading at Crab Park. etc. This incsrnation will be an opponunity to create a customized reading list based on the boo!-. recommendations that each participant is asked to bring (liction or non-fiction). I've always found that lam 01ore likely· to pursue a book if a friend has made a pitch ... -:o that's what l'm hopi 1g \viii happen as I know Carnegie has avid readers!

Please join me in the "Classroom 2" for the third Tuesday or the month on floor 3. Free. No registra­tion. but I ask that you come at I 0:30. to respect the other participants as they share their rewmmended book.

• 1\ovember 18111 : I 0:30am- I 2:00pm

• December 16111

: I 0:30am- I 2:00pm • Janumy ~011' : I 0:30am- I 2:00pm

I'm debating on featuring one of these books. Guud Morning. Midnight by .lean Rhys, ffa!fbroke Horses by Jeannette Winterson, or The Gasoline Gypsy by Peggy Iris rhomas. If you \\'ant to participate and feel stumped for a

book. VPL has just statieJ alTering immediate ··Reader\ Advisot)'" help via our Facebook page! Yes. a librarian is poised ;:mel read} to find you an incredible book: h t Lps :/ /ww\'v . J~H:c book. com/vanco u verpu bl ic I i brarv

Your Carnegie Librarian. Natalie

Arts Humanities 101

Iryou know 1)fany family or friends \vho might be imerested in taking next !t;nn's Writing \.:oursc. pkasc pas~ on the intake scheduk below.

\\ ..: hope to ~ee you at · hl' upcoming -;tcering com­mitte~ me~ting on Wednc..;day Novemhl'r 19111

• and at nny of the Public Programmes that you ar~ \\Cicome to participute in .111) time. A Tu,·fL ofthe J!idd/1.! East at the Gathering Place. l'e1y Close Reading. Aloud! in th(' top t1oor seminar roum at the Carnegie centre. and the guest teacher !'or the Hum Spe<.~ka SL rit:s on November 26th i~ sociologist Tom Kemple. Sec beluw for more dt!tnils. STEERLNG COMi\'IITT£E 'I he next I hun Sh:ering Cnmmittce meeting is coming up at the Carnegie Centre on Wcunescla_y November 19'11

• from 4.00- 6.00 p.m. A II currelll participants and alumni are welcome. Your ideas and feeJbad, arc important in helping to guide all aspects of lhe Pro­gramme. ·wRITING l:"l'TAKE S~:SSIO:\S Th~ Writing cour-~e is a three-month course that runs ev~ry Tuesda) evening between .January and '\pril. Ent:h \Veck a ncv.- genre und style ot'writing will be taught. including creative liction and non-fiction. po­etry, song lyrics, life writing, journaling, manif\;sto ''riring and more. *Carnegie Centre, Main anJ Hastings \t. Saturday l\ovc111her 22nd al II a.m ··The Gathering Place. I ldmcken and Seymour St. Saturday November 22nd at I p.m *Vancouver Recovery Club, 277S Sophia St. Saturday November 22nd at 3 p.m "Downtown Eastside Women·., Centre t\\Omen only), 3U2 Columbia St.. l\ilond.l) Novl.!mber 24th dt II a.m *Crabtree Corner/Sheway, 533 East H~1stings ~1.. Monday November 24th at 2 p.m STUDY GROVPS Study Groups are lively f()rums rur discussing sub­ject:> llf muwal interest in informed \\ay .... They are free and are held l:.!ithcr weekly or bi-weekly at the C:trnegie Centr~ or The Gathering Place. Panicipants can join these groups at .my stage. Groups are litcili­tatcd by Hum students, alumni, staf'f and volunrel..!r reachers. plus people Jrom the wider communi!).

JV/wl could 'no L'ttrrots 110 stick.\'' societie.\' lfJO!t /ifle'.' I !tun's cociology teacher J"orn Kemple \\ill be tack­

ling the llum theme for this year: no c.1rrots no ':>lid..~ When: l:::,very Monday li·OJn 6- 7.30 [1.111

Where: The Gathering Place Facilitator: Shahla Masnumnejud

A Tar,te '~(The Middle Ea.\1 M iddlc Eastern countrie" hav~ a rich ctllture. and

although they arc rrequently identified as one region. e;.1ch country represents :.1 distinguished culture that i:-. rooted in ancient tradittons. In ihb ongoing study group. we enjoy the beauty of these cultures and ex­plore the differences th<~t make each country unique. Sn<JCks and light rcrreshments an: provided. Very C/o.~·e Reading, A./owl/ When: Every Saturday !"rom 12.30- 2.30 p.m (NO SL~~ION NOVEMBER 15) Where: The Carnegie Ccmre third tloor classroom racilitator: Steve Wexler l{eadings: Available at the group This group meets every Saturday to read, interpret

and discuss classic texts on altcrnativ~ weeks. llomer"s classic Gree!-- tragedy The Odyssey origi­nates in thL· 8lh ccnlury B.C.E. and follows Odysseus' struggles to rclurlJ home after the Trojan War and the trials o!"his son l'elcmachus in allcmpting to run his father·s house. l'he Post-Office Clirl. by Stef~m Zweig, tells the st<H} of !~male post-ortice clerk in pl>'teny­stricken Vienna follmving World War I. l'his story dl.!scribes in moving detail the social impact of the First World \Var and the ensuing extreme poverty.

NO DOCUMENTARY t'IGHTS FOR NOVE~·IBER, we \.Viii return in December on the 2'111 & Jrd Saturday.

I Iumanitie-; I 0 I Community Programme Dr. tvlargot Leigh l3utlcr, Academic Director Paul Vv'oodhousc. Programme Coordinator Angela ivlcDonald. Writing Conrdinatnr Wil Steele, Pro!!ramme Assi-;tanl .... Reuben .lentink, Programme Assistant Doreen Ong. Programme Assbtant

tel. 604-822-0028 fax. 60-4-822-609(-i Programme Office: #270 Buchanan E. 1866 Main :"v1all t;niH·rsri) ofBrirish Columbia Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T IZI

Website: http://humanities I 0 l.arts.ubc.cai

Programme & Carnegie Community Centre presents

SPeaKBR S8RIB8-

Join us every fourth Wednesday of the month for stimulating presentations and discussions by guest speakers. November's talk:

What could 'no carrots no sticks' societies look like?

with Sociology Professor Tom Kemple Wednesday, Novetnber 26th 7- 9 PM, 3rd Floor Gallery

The Accidentals Jazz ljand

A spectacular evening of Big Band Swing, Bossa Nova and Fun~

Car-neaie Centre Tlteatre l;'ednesdav, ~£>vember- 2f3'11

7:f)() - S:]() Pn1

Information Session: Saturday, November 15th, 1:00-2:00 PM,

Classroom 2 (3rd fi), Carnegie Community Centre 1\pply t)nlinc ac: w\vw.·v:.lncouvcrfoundationsmallarts.ca/apply Pap~.:r applications are als() av;ubbk at th~: main flnm

mlJ desk, Carnegie Comn1untty Centre

Deadline for submissions is lVIonday, Noven1ber 24, 2014, 4:00PM.

Por info contact: Jason Houchard Email: dtcsariSj)[email protected] PI I: 778-879-9843

Carnegie Classics Concert Granados, Danzas Espanolas

de Falla, Canciones Populares Espafiolas Piazzolla, Nightclub 1960

lbert, Entr'acte

IV/usic inspired by the folk songs and dances of Spain

Elizabeth McBurney, flute Johanna Hauser clannet

Adrian \/erdejo, guitar Friday, November 21st at 3:00pm The Hall at the Carnegie Centre

Alberta

In Albt!rta they nare the oil and gas \Veils: Thrc~ million glue sniffers. They regrcs:-. and call it rdorm. Pruliis arc high. taxes are low. nobody's poor. It comes out oftht! ground black. and stink~ ofsulrur. Relined, it huilds malls and lines pockeLs: :vlak~s some of them rich and keeps all ot them high. In Alberta. the politicians arc pernicious. the media Malicious, and the beef ddiciuus. For culture they have curling und hockev. With matters intdlecLUal. as on matters ;r 1:1ith. Albertans arc basically fundamentalisb. and thev Rigorous I) analyze issues in tl.!llllS of ri!.!ht and · wrong. Or gonu and had. ~ They like Ralph Klein. Geurge Bush. and Disneyland.

Ken Morri:;on

Editorial on the Election The NPA hosted, or a better description might be

spawned, Gordon Campbell as Mayor. He went on to be one of the mostdetested premiers tn the history of BC. There was never any bones about it: the Non Partisan Assoctatton was completely on the side of big money & remains there to the present day. Vision Vancouver made nice sounds at first. It seeks to

make the city more friendly to an upper middle class ($) but is backed solidly by developers. Back in 2004 there were over 52.000 millionaires residing in BC (on paper, paying little) and it was such who ponied up $25,000 a plate to just have lunch with the Vision Mayor Gregor. COPE saw much favour wnh both Libby Davies & then

Jenny Kwan who are now a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly, respectively. Of the 3 groupings, only COPE considers living standards and quality of life for all of Vancouver's residents, not trading away the aspirations of the many for the ease of the few. They even declare intentions to have a vacancy tax on absentee speculators for unused properties! If you read this before Nov 15'h maybe it will affect the

way you vote. Regardless of who ·wms· our struggle will go on; money is just the front runner of dark forces.

PRT

In This to Win Descending into an uncontrollable madnc.,., in these harJ times of heritage bui I dings bdng nauened abruptly by gre~dy developers. historic site'> gone forl.!vcr into the dustbin, forever blo\\n mvay to who knows where only to be replaced by. constructed. pre­nlhricat..:d heapy way-over-priced shoeboxes to clas::­suckers who havt! a few other options a..,ide fnm1 shelling out exorbitant rent cheques to real estate llip­pcrs and their like or getting out of town to reside in th(' boondocks. or maybe rhc stid:s. struggling to scrape a down payment fi.1r a :-.cll-to-the-devilmnn­gage irom extremely tlush con artists I rip-oiTbank­sters for the privilege of existing, pa)Cheque to pay­cheque. hanging by a thread. in the cmire planet's \V!I) expen:-.ive city to reside and survive in. What's the deal with this shell game? Guess \\·ho \\ins gut:ss who lu~..:s winner takes iL all. While this pat1icular m..:ss is going down. there i::. another more impot1<ml pressing fully emerging matter and that is of the daily dwindling thousands ofn.:ccnl & long-time residems or long-neglech.:d. dilapidated. collapsing SRO's. caged & huddling with roommates. fix muny tlte only way just so they can cut the rent nt the end ofevery month !'rom their dctlating inadequate medsly welfare eh..:ques. not to mention struggling being hungry with government-loan in~ebtcJness; students and working pour. \Ve watch in horror out of grimy windl)W<; (i r \\ e have one) as a tox.ic-fuml'd ha1e and construction contaminants spew into the hot grey air, trying not to breathe in too deeply as it seeps through cracks in the walls or cracks in the fractured or shattered glass. Compounu this nightmare \Vith noxiou5 cJrbon waste from cndle:-s streams of sputtering coughing 'chicles right here or all kinds & descriptions & the tennlllal white noise. Stone-cold radiators no heat plumbing bmkc slammin1! doors ... ..... AL times like th~sc I have this a\\e~onH.: tendency tl)

oct to mv lcct & sta!!ger to what was left l1C the win-~ -' '-""""' dow or thb hovel to scrl.!am & shout to the oppr~ssors in this neighbourhood to back otT take ol'l' gd lost &

... just leave us alone to sift tllru the 'vrcck­age. to knd to the remains ofvour ha\'l1'-= that \'lH.o.\t' ramed dmvn upon us tor too long .. and to rebuild what· s lefl of our preciou~ downtown eastside neighbourhood into something rea~onable ~cn~ible bcncvoh.:nt. to make a refonnatinn declaration or & for our beloved community. Get the picture?!!?

ROBYN LIVINGSTONE.

street sermon

(after beanng one too many prt;!achers haranguing about hell-fire on granville slred)

hmlhers and sisters kllow lov;-li fc we are in luck one guy at least came just for us a tremendous low-life .JCSUS

he didn't come do\\n here to thts blood-slew for no limousme rider.;; no bible thumpers no hotshot angle-shooter" no came down hen.: I believe tt"s the truth for me and you I mean junkies wmos hookers cripples crazies thit.:vcs welfare bums and homele<::s rreaks lowest of the low least of all

do your parents hate you? your teachers hate you? po-l icc hate you? your Friends hate you? you hate you? you're really in luck everybody hated jesus loo you got nowhere to live? nowhere to hang your hat'? jesus saKi to a cat

nowhere to go? ·even the foxes or the fidel

and the birds orthe air got somewhere to lav their wearv ass down J _,

but not me oh no'

do people scorn you? vou arc')

put you down? tell stories ahout what a rroblem a judge told me 1 was or no use to sociely the president

of a um vcrsi ty told me I was trash and obscene mv o-vvn mother god bless her told me l \vas the world's biggest assholc hut all that just mak~..:s me eligible lo hook up with .Jesus who got nailed up bleeding swcatmg halls-naked to a wooden cross all that bad hullshit off my back

jesus tells you . - not to hate your 0\Vn SCI f' out here running around like a fool

which is easy to do hut j u~l ask jesus

to take

he'll help you with that love somebody as

'love yoursel r he says unloved and unlovable

' so you can as vou been'

I mean jesus didn't come all this way go through all that trouble to send you and me to hdl no maybe these other sort successful typL:s I don't know hul not you and me hona fide losers you and [ know this world is all the hell we· rc going to see jesus came to cool us out from I his hc11 nght here right now for real with love not handcuff.<-~ ~ditorials or plastic gloves do you slash-up? overdose'> drink lysol or ~omc shit') slick rigs in your arms? or pull a knife on ~omcbody else? well Jesus ts jusl for vou he was the \.\OTid's all-time biggest loser

the straight people he ~aid lnwli re scum

the priests and judtJes . ;:,

would get to h~aH.'n hatt:d h1m bccau~e

bd()re they did

anu at the end when JCSUS needed his friends they all took off on him except for a h<lllker namcd magdalen hut all his clo">c friends spl1t said 'no way l don't know him' except for his friend judas who tumed jesus m to crimcstoppcrc. his frit:nds made him take the rap all alone you knov,, hov.- that red-; and jesu~ k~pl his mouth shut "'vhcn pont ius pilate the chief or police~ wankd jesus to cop-out

with a pica 117/lll!" so ir vou feel misunderstood nohodv know how vou feel or what vou

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talking about that's jesus too he knovv· about you he betn thmugh tt and don't you allow lhest; puffed-up self-righteous chumps sell you no goody-goody jesus sh1t no _1csus got p1ssed off plenty times

wandering around no bus l~m~ all h1s buddies when jesus was kept savintr

J ;:, "what should we do? what should we do? we're scared'

JC">US told them ·Jay down your lill: for your rriend~ and if your enemy money-grubbing give it up

rip-olTyour coat give him your ~hoes t<JO give up this power-tripping rantasy-e:lcting ego bullshit

and you won't be ~cared no more'

but jesu!:, got nailed-up between two thieves just anoth0r criminal and everybody thought ~o little orjesu~ was down on him so had the\ let a mad terrorist bomber

.I go free mstead or hnn

hut Jesu" told that thicl' tell mg ) ou and mt.: · l take vou with me -· l!oinn- to take him ~ ,::,

hanging on the eros~ ncxl door like he right now today this vcrv hour man -·

to paradise· to paradise

jc"ius told a death-row thief he was

jesus didn:t tell a stockbroker didn~ttcll a rock promoter he told the brokers and promoters ·you can' t get to paradise the way you going' a young banker came up to jesus said ·1 dig your rap ""'hat I golta do?" and jesus told him ·give it up

brother· said ·give all your money tn the poor the punks the drunks the hums give it up' and that bank~,;r did to je.sus \.vhat most people do to you \vhen you got your hand out he just wal~ed avvav ·anything hut my sports car'

in ht~ ovvn home-lown tht..:y called JI..!Sus a l:raz) llllllherfucker 1 been cal kd cw1.y lob oft i me I 1 111 my home-tO\\ n locked up in the nulhousc to pro\c it anJ jt..:Sll!'\ lhev told him ·we know you boy

don't go pullm no fuckin mirm;k..., arounJ hL:rc' and tried to 11rah his ~L"" L hut he ran i:bt damn but vou know \V~t that's like~)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J

--------+-~------~) and if you think you got trouble just keeping your name straight _1esus cnnfus~d many fools wtth that ·are you god ,lr what'J' they \Vcrc always asking him he said '\\ho Jo you say that I am?' a smart-ass jesu:-; wa~ always being told ·you can't do that it'.;; against the rules it's again~t the law' hut jesus talking about the spirit body and soul I thG ,\•hole ch:al real real Ide not jusl social insurance numb<..:rs and II ngerpn nls

andjc~us bdie\ed in havin):! a goPd time told tlH1<.;L'light-ass bastards his kingdom was like a wedding r~<.:~ption and lirst thing jesus did was turn water into wine so thl...') \\ouldn"t run out and the authontit:S ~a\lcd him a drunkard I bul jc..;u.., just kept. saying ·hdp each other love each other no matter what it"s the only thing ynu can count on·

so fcllo\.v lowlilc just know jesus loves yoll' if nobody el~e docs J knn\v ht..: loves me especially when I don't love mysell' tlr anybndv ds(! it's hard to believe in love1 in thi~ crud city in thts nightmare tnne that everybody else pretend~

is just line bul rem~mber 1 no math.:r what kind of nasty slHL you pull jesus lnves Y<'ll in f~H.:t you can't make jesus not love you

hut when you b~en an insult but nOt With jCSIIS

out or your helped you make it

kit:k~d around smce vou \VCrc bom love is like "'

"nh we love you so much we want tn hur1 you some more· when you sutTcring real bad just reach a hand

hL·art and h~·11 help you make it jesus has already you just diJn·l know it

I and th~ gospel tell you the gospdjusl the highlights ora lowlife jesus bdi~ved in the devil too th~ devil that runs around in him and h~r and lllt,; and you and all over everyplace cl.sc set.:m"\ like .JC~us knc·w tht; devil p~.!rsonally but jesus did11't go on and on about some ihcrapy-!'elf:.hclp-sociah\orker-shrink-hcadcd-\ ictim-di-.ease-shit jesus knew ''e couldn't be thi<\ crazv

" this mi~er<1hlc thl~ goduarnned mt~n and viciOUS \Vithout a lot of he] p

l'rom the d~..:\ i 1 jesus 1-.no\\c::; \\e 'rc in th 1~ worltJ

.... o JeSUS weu!...

kil:k-hoxl!d th~ devil right OUl of people ~nd easily possc"~ed h) all the crap

knows all thi" ~turr

~o the dev1l came to :-;ce j~..:sus <me on nnt: when 1csus w~1s strung-ow !"rom not ~ating and hanging-out in the desert near karnlnops and the devil said to _1csus ·if you"re such a bigshot turn lhl~ ._tone 1£1tO a loaf of hreaJ and feeJ _yoursdf

and jC"llS '>aid . Corgct you 1"d rather be hungry what you td! me to do' did you ever do that'! rcfu-;e and have people say 'you don' t know· what's good ror you'?

than do

then the devil said to jesus 'look here I show you all the world cars drugs pm .. .:cr ~c:-: beer in the whole world I'll give you all that just say you're mint.:' but jesus could m.)l he bought and the devil kept working on him the <.kvil said ·n!...ay · you ~o stupid .iump off this clirr and ~cc if your big da<Jdy :-.ave you like you always talking about' JeSU'- just laughed he kne\\1 bt:tter

I haven't always known bett~r though those deals lh~ devtl oftl:redj~sus ~ound pretty good to ml' hut [have been most I) fucked-up in mv life sol ain'tthe best expert on my own ltfe' I do need hdp so all you nuts junktes freaks jesus is always by your side like a kind of no bul\shil trulh-talkmg gLJide ahvays \\llh you but not ~o close by h~..:'ll gd on your nerves

l mean a lot of times you lhink hc's nol there at all cause he ain'l doing what you think he ought to be doing lor you<· but he's there knowing \vhal you need better than you do "· knowing you hettcr than you do just likl? the devil do

hut that's good and cverything probably broke lil--.c me hettcr to do has made us

because everything I know how to do you k novv' hO\<\ to do has got us both right here

maybe on dope no rca! hope listening to a Iunati(.;

because neither of liS haS figured OUl anything v .. ith the mountain-moving love J~Sus

all to be

Rud Osborn

SHAKESPEARE CLASSES WITH THE HONEST FISHMONGERS

The company who brought their hit produLtions of King Lear and ivleasure for .\kasurc to the C:.~rnegie Centre will be oflcring Shakespearean classes for any age or experience level, and will run every Monday· morning for the next three months. Beginner Drop In: I O:OOam- J J·10am. requires no prcviOU'; experience or commitment to multiple classes. l3c prepared to get on your t'cet with Shakespeare's bcauti ful '"ords even if you have never read a Shakespeare pia) before~ All are welcome! Advanced Intensive: 11 :cl5am- 2pm, i f you have some Shakespeare anJ.'or 1cting c;...perience and think )Oll \\ilnt logo to the next level, the intensive '"ill require commitment to multiple classes and some memorization/ preparation or scenes and monologues.

Starts Monday, November 17th 3rd Floor, Classroom II

Kevin Tknncll (director ofThe Honest Fishmongers' hit productions of Hamlet. King Lear. and Measure for ~ka::.ur~) will be leading these classes. He has just returned rrom the renowned Stratford Festival in Ontario \vhere he has been partaking in a two year directing apprentice/assistantship working'' ith some of Canada and the world's finest directors of Classical theatre. Immediately follm\i ng the Carnegie classes Ke,in will be going to London. England \·vhere he has recently been offered a job as Assistant Director at the U lobe Theatre for the 201 5 ::;e;:ason. Ue sure to jump at the chance to work with him before he heads ollto work at 1JllC of the finest theatres in the world! Feel free to e-mai I "-evi nbenncn88(~0gmai I. com if) ou have questions .

Another Day In Paradise

Early on a spring morning. l heard her before I saw her. Scritch, scritch. scritch ... A tall, dignified woman Walking along Powell Street, Scritch, scritch, scritch ... Wcating an elegant, lloor length gown Constructed from a shower curtain. The tram dragging on the sidewalk

in her wake, 'Scritch, ~critch, scritch.

• .. GOod-bYe tnY Friend" You're there \.Vhenever I need you vou · ve never let me down You all ways know what to do rm happy when you·re around. You cheer me up when I'm reeling blue You're heri.! for me each day So manv vears 1' ve turned to vou

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To take mv troubles awav. . . But now it's time to lct you know You're there too much for me Ir"s timi.! to try and let you go lt 's time to set you free. Being with you has been really nice

--------------------But l have too much to Jose Financial Literacy Workshops with Vancity Your friendship costs too high a rricc

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Lisa David . . . So g_ood-byc mv friend . . .

Thursday, Nov 271h 1n the Carnegte Learnmg Centre '"' "' 1 . . mv oooze.

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vVhat rasses lor NORMAL in this ndghbourhooJ ­is behind closed doors in others. There it seethes be­neath the surface like the frC1th from a pressure ketlle -behind and beneath the neatly kept lawns, the care­fully trimmed hedges, the blooming llowers and gar­dens. the treed and shaded streets. the joyous SOLillds of kids at play.

Behind and beneath rhe locked doors, the draped windO\.VS a menace lurks- human nature-!lhasa face- yours- as you walk dO\·Vn the street.

Roger Stewart

Photo: Fraser Stuart This was taken just a couple of blocks away on Pender

Help the planet, help us all

It \Vas 1974. The Watergate Scandal was rocking America. Neil Young was rocking Canada. TransCanadu Corp was building a natural gas pipeline from Alberta to Ontario ... and almost nobody had heard of the tar :.and~ o1·

climate change. You and I know a lot has changed. After years of uncontrolled expansion. the tar sands can now be seen !'rom space. They are the fastest growing source o[ greenhouse gas crnis<;ions in Canada. And todav cli-mate pollution is the greatest threat to life on eanh. ..

Now there is a desperate push by Big Oil ro expand the tar sands even further for export to lucrative international

markets. including China. India. Europe and the l JniteJ States. Remember that 40-ycar-old gas pipeline'.' Just days ago. TransCanada appli~d to tht: l\lation:1l Fnergy BoarJ ~o C~lmert it into the largest tar sands pipeline ever built. Renamed ''Energy East", this old. steel pipeline would be extended to pump more than I million barrels oftar sands crude- per day. every Jay from ·\lbctia LO export rcrrninals in Quebec and Atlamic Canada ... putting tens ofthousands of families. fanns. lakes and rivers along the route at direct risk of a catastrophic pipeline spill.

That's why I'm writing you with urgency. I've just returned from Atlantic Canada. \\.here a wall of opposition to Energy East is building. The Council of

Canadian:. organized a .;;cries of free town hall medings in communities throu~hout 1\!ova Scotia and New Bruns-~ ~ ~

\Vick. where I ~poke to more than a thousand concemed citi/ens ... anu let me tell you something very special is happening! from the Prairies to the Bay of I· und). ranners arc locking arms with families. tishcnnen and First Natiuns to say "no'' to I ransCanada's Energy East and "yes" to a clean energy future. And here's why: I. For export. not ror Canadians: TransCanada claims En~rg.y East would be a "nation builder" that will solve the energy needs of Atlantic Canada. But behind their !lag \\aving. they've made no secret that it1S lirst and foremost an e\.pon pipeline. 2. 961 waterways: That's how many precious lake~ anu rivers TransCanada says Energy East would cross over its 4.600-km !'pan. 3. -W-ycar-old <;teel: l'o save money, TransCanada plans to rcpurposc their up to 40-ycar-oiJ natural gas pipeline and only build new sections for part ofthc project. In 1974. thinner ~ileel was useJ in remote areas because it \Vas cheaper. Not only is a rupture more likely in remote areas where the pipe is thinner. it could take a lot longer bc­t'lm~ a rupture is noticed and the pumping is -;topped. ~r. TransCanadu's poor safety record: In 2014 alone. TransCnnada has had tive major pipeline spills. In the last audit ollheir key safety management systctm. it was round to be "non-compliant" in four out of nine categorit.:s. -). II igher home heating costs: If you heal your home with natural g<.h. pre pari! to pay a lot more if Energy Easr is approved. rhnt's because TransCanada's pipeline will no longer carry natural gas. Gaz M~tro CEO Sophie Brochu argues that. unless a new line is built, 3.6 million customers could sec a 150%, price increase over the course ofu single winter.

Simply put Energy East boils down to "Your Risk. Their Reward." 1\ow that TransCanada has officially applied to build their tar sands expott pipeline. you & I must redouble our cff01ts if we're to ~top it. The clock is llcking.

• Builu community awareness and resi"'tance: Kno•"lcdge is power, and your gift will enable the Council to in­fnrm and engage thousnnds of more people along the pipeline route. We'll expand our successfulto\.vn hall me\.!t­ings to the Prairies. reach even more people in Ontario and Quebec, c.1nd galvanize communities into taking collec­tive action. Ju::.t like the pipeline lights in B.C., community resistance is key to stopping Energy East! • Counter TransCanada's ditiy tricks: Back in July, the Council of Canadians hdped to expose that TransC1nada made a $30.000 donarion to the Ontario tcm n of Mattawa. which sits on the proposed pi pel inc path. In exchange. city onicials had to agree to "not publicly comment on TransCanada's operations or business projects"' for five years! Your gitt will help the Council closely monitor, expose and stop any l'urther attempts by TransCan.tda to lmy the silence and compliance or elected orlicinls anu communities • Promote green jobs and alternatives: Investing in the green economy generates up to seven times the number o! jobs as projects like Energy East, while en'-.uring that ruture generations will !'>t ill have a planet \VOrlh living Oil.

With your gift. the Council will produce a ne\\ report that outlmcs how Canada can transition away fr(llll fossil fuels while creating thousands or new '"green. decem and rublic"' jobs tor all. "ro L:hange cvcrytl1ing w~ need everyone." This global call to action on climate change brought millions together

in September for the People's Climate March. Please give what you can today. \Vith thanks for all ;ou do.

Maude 13arlow National Chairperson Prefer to donate hy phone? Callus toll-frc\.! at 1-800-387-7177

Prefer to donate by mail? Send your cheque payable to "The Council of Canadians": 300-251 Bank Street, Ottawa. ON K2P I X3

LAST WAR WINS The Carnage Club social & the malignant word of god have invited mankind to a party or sons Be Nice & try to be on time, the stars will all be there the heads of state will want to commemorate all the lives lost.. we have been fighting for such a long time .. so many lives destroyed wasted or just outright taken rrom those for some insane rl.!ason \vcre they old enough to die that is a pitiful excuse for people to kill each other life should be tor living not dying, like a terrorist group hosting Saturday Night Live with mu­sical guest Terminal Death the <.:rowd can clap vvith intermittent crying, like a re-enactment ofthc boy in the corner & his final days now that would be a funny skit then go live out on the street w·herc laughter has tumed people blue & are now having a fit maybe a nerve gas attack is trying to be hotter than the surface of our sun. now are you are still alive with rabbits & handkerchiefs pouring ou1 or each pocket Vl•ith all your new gadgetry each kid will have their own

rocket & even the cvilist man on this Earth cannot stop \Vhal is about to come. as a mass exouus begins to pour out of each city I remain where I !'eel I am needed right here I shall watch the fall of a once lruly beautiful city but nov\ very plastic surgery disaster kind of city let the guilt patiy begin, the armies carry­ing white ilags are just about to arrive l guess some or us must have obvious]) survived is this good or bad or worse I really do not care & then sometimes we mav be the newest members of hell at least we know wh~re we are were all of our primitive moments a pile of sins? So life is a training coarse to see who's worth saving & those that do not in this Last War Wins sce­nario yours has a \vay of backfiring on you as you try to Lake it to the grave & the bits of selfishness begin to pour Silence is a lovelv sound in any language for some it is their breaking point look at our achievements: half the world bon fire while here in the material part little kids try their hardest to look older so they can be a centre fold ofCiawGiamour Magazine then they can be trained the Al-Queda way 1 am sure they'll take orders & we can soon sift thru their once nice now blown up with many dead town or city in some block, in some joint, let L~:::> get our destruction kits on like a rnoti vati~nal speaker who can't get out of bed as an­other one of these everyday's has come almost time to take your life savings & everything you can pawn if it's nexl \var wins that waits for us Jet's book our get­out-or-town Jlight on Rubberband Airways I've always \vanted to lly through endless tire & molten ash. iikc leaving empty-handed this silence l've k.ept begins to fade of course being human that is not our way so many speak out of turn god l hate people that ignoramly fi.tck.ing stupid way gee It's almost time to say goodbye ror novv why arc \Ve

constamlv against someone or something an eternity full ofto1;1o~·ows hangs itself in the balance you take care, like a game show host with nothing to get rid of let alone sell in all honesty I've always thought that we have already passed & this is hell now if lam right or even if I am wrong please stop running and accept your fate but always beware.

By ROBERT J'vlcGfLLIVRA Y

Dedicated to my granddad Alex John McGillivray who came from Scotland to Canada & fought for this country in WWI.

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