CALENDAR EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS FOR INCLUSIVE PEOPLE ART SHOWS ANTISOCIAL (2425 Main, enter through the alley)— mixed media by Jennifer Fedorink: To Oct 31 ARTSPEAK (233 Carrall)-'The day that I walked away from the society that I nad known' by Judy Radul & Geoffrey Farmer: Opening Oct 21, 8 PM. To Nov 26 BJORNSON KAJIWARA GALLERY (1727 W 3rd Ave)'Nine Quiet Sitting Figures' paintings by Stephanie Beliveau: To Nov 5 BUSCHLEN MOWATT GALLERY (1445 W Georgia)'Retrospective' sculpture by Lynn Chadwick: Opening Oct 20 CONCOURSE GALLERY Emily Carr Institute (1399 Johnston St)-'Pedestrian' paintings: To Oct 24 CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (555 Nelson)-'Desk Job' Ceal Floyer, Micah Lexier, Daniel Olson. ARTIST TALK by Daniel Olson Oct 20, 7 PM. To Oct 30 GALLERY GACHET (88 E Cordova)-'Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding' by Bruce Ray and Diane Wood & Out of the Box' curated by mental health group Mind's Eye: To Oct 30 HEAVENTREE GALLERY (661 E 15th @ Fraser)'DUET oil landscape, stone & bronze sculpture by Maggie Manning, Ruth McLeod: To Oct 23 HELEN PITT GALLERY (102-148 Alexander)-'Our Body Is in the World/It Has all Gone Terribly Wrong' tour of Gastown led by Anthony Schrag, 9 PM Oct 20 JEM GALLERY (225 E Broadway)-'Unspoken Noise' by Ursula Bentz & Tanya Dubick: To Oct 30 KLEINSTEUBER GALLERY (2nd Floor Tinseltown 88 Powell)- 'Angels & Weasels' by MAD DOG & Miranda Winn: Opening Oct 22, 8 PM. To Nov 23 LE CENTRE-TJrbanites' by Rejeanne Lizotte: To Nov 14 LES GALLERY (1879 Powell @ Victoria)-'Escape Routes' new paintings & installations by Gabriel Dubois curated by Lisa Giroday & Duncan Lewis: To Oct 24 UNDALANDO FINE ART (2001 W 41st Ave)-'Elements' by Suzanne Northcott: Opening Oct 20, 6 PM. To Oct 9 LOBBY GALLERY (Dominion Hotel 210 Abbott)'Window' by Kathyrn Dingwall: To Oct 30 MARILYN S. MYLREA STUDIO ART GALLERY (2341 Granville)-'Mellow Reflections' group exhibition by Librado Lee Anonuevo, Susan Falk, Robert Jess Marshall, Mark McDermott, Marilyn S. Mylrea & Gregg Simpson: To Nov 13 MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY UBC (1825 Main Mall)-'How Far Do You Dare To Go' by Piotr Nathan: To Dec 4 OMEGA Gallery (4290 Dunbar St)—'Spring at Jericho Park' works in egg tempera & recent paintings by Jack Darcus: Opening Oct 27, 6 PM. To Nov 19 SIDEBAR at Malone's (523 Seymour)-Prints, paintings by Richard Lawley: ongoing SIDNEY AND GERTRUDE ZACK GALLERY (Jewish Community Centre, 950 W 41st Ave)—'Metal and Lace...a divine encounter' Sculpture & paintings by Ivan Gasoi, Carolyn Kramer: To Oct 27 Spike Gallery (58 Powell) - URBAN ART SHOW, Jordan Roberts, Oct. 1 - Jan 1. - Tue. - Fri. 12-5pm VANCOUVER ART GALLERY (750 Hornby)-'Jason McLean: The Sky is Falling' ceiling installation: To Jan 2006. 'Emily Carr: Art, Place, Culture': Ongoing VIDEO IN (1965 Main)-'Dirty Gender Secrets' multimedia trans/gendering art event Info: dirtygendersecrets.blogspot.com Oct 21 to Oct 23 WRKS DVSN Gallery (269 Powell)-'A Diploma in Hospitality' new ink drawings by Lee Hutzulak. Opening: To Oct 30 OMEDY SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER Stand up Comic-Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 West 41st Ave) $25 door$22 at little sisters, urban empire Oct 20 LAFF RIOT GIRLS Stand Up Comedy Show feat Ra- chael Des Lauriers Oct 22 LAFF RIOT GIRLS Hallowe'en Comedy Show feat Carina "The Lump" Neumann, Jane "Brain Drain" Stanton Lee Ann ''Crispy" Keple, "Wild" Al Hassam, Patti "Splatter" D, Marhe "Poe"den, & possibly "Beverley Name" if she behaves-Zesty Restaurant 8 PM / $5 w/ costume $10 w/out Oct 29 COMEDY BISTRO hosted by Phil Hanley-Zizanie Cafe (1607 W 7th) 9 PM / free /Thurs BLUE'S COMEDY-Cotton Club Grill (1833 Anderson) 9 PM / $5 every Thurs REALITY CHECK hosted by Shawn Hall-Media Club 8 PM/$10 every Sun BALTHAZAR'S HOUSE OF COMEDY-Balthazar (1215 Bidwell) 9 PM / $5/$2.50 students lnfo:balthazarvancouver.com Mon URBAN IMPROV-Urban Well (1516 Yew in Kits) Mon MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY-Jupiter Lounge (1216 Bute @ Davie) 9 PM Mon THE LAUGH GALLERY hosted by Graham Clark-El Cocal 9:30 PM / $3 Wed THE IMPRENTICE by VANCOUVER THEATRESPORTS LEAGUE-New Revue Stage (Granville Island) Wed & Thurs 7:30 PM Fri & Sat 8 PM / $11-$ 16.50 at ticketmaster or Arts Club Box Office 604 687 1644 Info: 604 738 7013vtsl.com YUK YUK'S-Century Plaza Hotel & Spa (1015 Burrard) $5 - $15 Info: 604 696 9857 crewcomedy.com Tues -Sat PERFORMANCES DIRTY GENDER SECRETS feat Aiyyana Maracle, Bobbi Kozinuk & Qwo-Li Driskill—Video In (1965 Main) 9 PM Oct 22 OBJECT SCULPTURAL feat Martine Viale-Western Front (303 E 8th Ave) 8 PM / $5-8 Info: front.bcca Oct 27 ARK Feat Peter Baren, Bridge Of Sighs, Sleep Of Reason, Wailing Wall-HELEN PITT GALLERY (882 Homer) 10PM Info: Tielenpittgallery.org Oct 27 & Oct 28 ALLEY CAT Opening night w/ Lea DeLaria & Rex Harrington-Vogue Theatre (918 Granville) 8 PM Oct 25 ED WOOD'S ORGY OF THE DEAD:LIVE!-WISE Hall (1882 Adanac St) 7 PM & 9:30 PM / $15 advance-* 18 door Info: screamingchicken.net Oct 20-21 57 VARIETIES-Butchershop (195 E 26th Ave) 8 PM unplugged open stage / variety show, host Rowan Lipkovits, Dy donation / 3 r d Friday each month Next: Oct BRIO flamenco-UBC Recital Hall (6361 Memorial Rd) 8 PM / $28 at festivalboxoffice.com Oct 22 ASTRID HADAD Y LOS TARZANES Cabaret diva-comedienne on Mexican culture—Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 8 PM / $28-45 at ticketmaster Oct 22 BOLLYWOOD w/ Shiamak's Indo Jazz MovementRoundhouse Community Centre 2 PM / $5-$ 10 Oct 23 INDIAN-WESTERN FUSIONS w/ Moshe Denburg a programme on the music of India-Vancouver Public Library (350 W Georgia) 7 PM / free Info: vi-co.org Oct 26 HEARTBEAT-The Centre, tix at centretix.com or 604 699 8888 held over Oct 25-30 'NDAA' & 'MOTSWA by Vincent Mantsoe-Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova) 8PM/$18-$26 0ct26-29 PULSE New dance works by Choom Hanna & JungAh Chung-Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie) 8 PM / 15/512 students, seniors Festival Box Office 604 257 0366 festivalboxoffice.com Oct 28-29 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE By Terrance Mc Nally Directed by Kelly Straughan-Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre (6361 University Boulevard) 7:30 PM / tix 604 822 2678 Oct 25-29 FROM PARTS UNKNOWN by Josh Reynolds-Playwrights Theatre Centre (1398 Cartwright St, Granville Island) Wed - Sat 8 PM /free Preview Oct 25 tix $ 15/$ 12 604 257 0366 or festivalboxoffice.com Oct 25 to Nov 12 ARAB WOMEN, ARAB DANCE-Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie) 12 PM / $6-8 Festival Box Office 604 257 0366 festivalboxoffice.com Oct 27 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Jeff Wayne's Musical Version-H.R. MacMillan Planetarium (1100 Chestnut St) Thursday - Sunday 7:30 PM / tix Festival Box Office 604-257-0366 lnfo:thewaroftheworlds.ca Oct 27-Nov 20 READINGS PEOPLE'S CO-OP BOOKSTORE Celebrating 60 Years feat Medea Benjamin & Jodie Evens-Unitarian Church (949 W 49th Ave) 7:30 PM / free Info 604253-6442 Oct 20 The Nova Library: Al Neil Project presents UNDER THE INFLUENCE: BRINGING TOGETHER WRITERS FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE-Alice Mackay Room Vancouver Public Library 8 PM hosted by Michael Turner Oct 21 ROO BORSON-Crush Champagne Lounge (1180 Granville) 8 PM Oct 24 ROO BORSON-UBC campus, Penthouse at Koemer's Pub 12 noon Oct 25 COLD READING SERIES-ANZA (3 W 8th Ave) casting 7:30 PM curtain 8 PM / by donation lnfo:coldreadingseries.com Every Thurs ON EDGE Reading & Performance Series-Emily Carr Institute (Granville Island, Room 405) 7:30 PM Every Thurs THUNDERING WORD HEARD-Cafe Montmartre (4362 Main) Info: 604 879 8111 8 PM sign up, 9 PM start / Every Sun VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM w/ host Graham OldsCafe Deux Soleils (2096 Commercial) 8 PM sign up, 9 PM slam / $5 to enter. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon each month INK hardcore spoken word, hosted by Ms Spelt-Asbalt (769 E. Hastings) Info: 604 764 PUNK 1st & 3rd Tuesday & based on themes 'Stunts, Fluids & Functions, The Macabre' Info & submission form: signalandnoise.ca By Nov 15 LITERAL LITERARY POSTCARD CONTEST. Send postcard w/ short story relating to the image: 500 words maximum. Cash prizes & publication in Geist magazine for winning entries. lnfo:geist.com By Dec 1 MUSICAL WORKS: acoustic, electronic or interactive submissions, preferably for four or fewer performers, for presentation at Sonic Boom Festival of BC Composers, March 2006. Composers may submit up to three works: fee is $30 for one, $40 two, $50 three. Specific submission guidelines, forms, & info:604 688 6407 or polytrope@telus.net By Dec 5 ONE ACT PLAYS: Theatre in The Raw Play Writing Contest. Cash prizes & winning play is performed. Contact: titraw@vcn.bc.ca or sencT script (no original manuscripts) to Theatre In the Raw, Artistic Director/One Act Play Contest, 3521 Marshall St, Vancouver, BC, V5N 4S2, 604 708 5448. By Dec 31 POLITICAL POETRY for anthology; poems should span potential of category, using human angles to tackle difficult questions; submit up to three poems. Editors should review entries w/in three weeks; selected authors receive five copies of the anthology. Submit by email (subject "Anthology") to submit@destructibleheart.com. By March 1 COMPOSERS/SOUND ARTISTS IN BC in 3 categories: Chamber Music, Digital Music, Interactive Music/Sound & Media. Underage 35. Fee: $20 Form at www.newmusic.org/pdf/competition_2005.pdf By May 31 WORKSHOPS ALTERNATE TUNING COURSE w/ Les Finnigan in Moveable Music School 7:30 PM lnfo:604 871 0369 or mms@uniserve.com Every Tues Oct 18-Nov 22 WEST END WRITERS WORKSHOP-Barcley Manor, downtown West End. Meet 1st three Tuesdays of each month Info: wewriters.com SCREENINGS COMMUNITY BUBBLEGUM MUSIC IS THE NAKED TRUTHI-Video In Studios (1965 Main Street) 8 PM / $5 Oct 20 OUR COMMUNITY STORY: A LIVING HISTORY PROJECT—Hastings Community Centre (3096 E Hastings) 7:30 PM Info: mediaundefined.ca Oct 20 BLOODSHOTS: 48Hr HORROR FILMMAKING CHALLENGE-Write, Shoot, Edit & Score a horror film in 48 Hours! lnfo:bloodshots.org Oct 21-23 7th ANNUAL CINEMUERTE FILM FESTIVAL-Pacific Cinematheque Oct 26-31 MEASURING SECURITY MEASURES films & panel discussion around civil liberties & national security w/ Tom Sandorn, BC Civil Liberties Association, Naava Smolash, Zool Suleman—Vancouver International Film Centre (1181 Seymour St) 7 PM Info: stopracialprofiling.ca Oct 27 LIDA ABDUL-Video In Studios (1965 Main Street) 8 PM Info: videoinstudios.com Oct 28 CN IMAX (201-999 Canada Place)-tix $11.50+ Now showing: MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION 12, 2, 7, 8 PM daily $11.50+. HAUNTED CASTLE 3D 1, 3, 9 PM daily; ALASKA: SPIRIT OF THE WILD 6 PM daily; WILD SAFARI 3D 12, 2, 4, 7, 9 PM daily; SHARKS 3D 11 AM, 3, 5, 8, 10 PM daily. Info: 604 682 4629 or imax.com/vancouver WHERE THE TRUTH LIES-Park Theatre (3440 Cambie) Daily 4, 7, 9:30 PM + Sat-Mon 1:30 PM. Info: 604 709 3456 or parktheatre.info HAUNTED VANCOUVER TROLLEY TOURS-Vancouver Museum (1100 Chestnut St, in Vanier Park) 7 & 9 PM Info: tix at vancouvertrolley.com Oct 14-31 FRIGHT NIGHTS-Playland @ PNE 6 PM & 11 PM / $17 at safeway, 7 eleven & shoppers drug mart Info: pne.ca Oct 14-31 INTERFERENCE: static x-static-Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street) 7:30 PM / $10-15 at zulu, ticketmaster Info: newmusic.org Oct 19-22 GLOBAL IMPACT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS-Unitarian Church Centre (949 W 49th Ave) World Federalist meeting & talk by Jennifer Wade, founding member of Amnesty International in Vancouver 7:30 PM Oct 20 OUR COMMUNITY STORY: A LIVING HISTORY PROJECT film, photos, animation & soundscapes-multiple venues on E Hastings btwn Nanaimo & Slocan Info: mediaundefined.ca Oct 14-Nov 30 ARTS IN ACTION Global Responses & the DTES forum29 W Hastings 1-5 PM / $2-100 sliding scale Info: heartofthecityfestival.com Must Pre-Register: cai@vcn. bc.ca Oct 20-21 OUR BODY IS IN THE WORLD/IT HAS ALL GONE TERRIBLY WRONG-Helen Pitt Gallery (102-148 Alexander) 9 PM meet at gallery for tour of Gastown led by Anthony Schrag / free / Oct 20 MDA OF BCS MONTHLY EDUCATION EVENING feat speaker Dr Hiram Mok, psychiatrist at UBC Mood Disorders Clinic w/ update on depression-Sunrise Hall (1950 Windermere St) 7 PM / free Info: mdabc.ca Oct 20 THE SACRED ART OF LISTENING Free Public Talk speaker Kay Lindahl-Vancouver Public Library (350 W Georgia) 7:30 PM Oct 21 EARTH (LING) a Festival - Youth, Arts, Activism-Great SUBMISSIONS SIGNAL & NOISE FESTIVAL calls for video works, sound pieces, installations or performances relating to theme Body, Bodier, Bodiest: Exercises in Physical Potentials' Northern Way Campus - Friday 7:30 PM exhibitions & music performances, Saturday 11 AM-5 PM workshops, 8 PM performances, 10 PM onwards Afterparty w/ Beats without Borders Info: earthproiect.ca/earthling Oct 21-22 PALDEN GYATSO former prisoner of conscience & Tibetan Buddhist monk-HR MacMillan Space Centre 7 PM / $5-10 donation Info: 604 732 9910 Oct 22 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 2005 REGIONAL CONFERENCE-VCC downtown 9-5 PM Sat, UBC-Student Union Building 10-5 PM Sun / $5-15 Info: amnesty, bc.ca/conference Oct 22 & 23 DIRTY GENDER SECRETS-Video In Studios (1965 Main Street) Info: dirtygendersecrets.blogspot.com Oct 21-23 THE SACRED ART OF USTENING-Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace (1825 W 16th Ave) 10 AM / $50 (includes lunch) Registration: 604 669 2546 or tmsc@telus.net Oct 22 MARCH & RALLY: US/UK out of Iraq, Canada out of Afghanistanl-Vancouver Art Gallery 3 PM Info: mawovancouver.org Oct 22 ALTERED MINDS: Dirty Gender Secrets moderated anel discussion w/ Paul Wong, Johanna Houseolder, Daniel Olsen, Warren Arcan & moderator Glenn Alteen-Grunt Gallery (116-350 E 2nd Ave) 3 PM Oct 23 BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL: The Arts of the Downtown Eastside w/ June Sanders, Irwin Oostindie & Michael Clague-Centre A 4 PM Oct 24 KNITTING CIRCLE: discussion group on multi-disciplinary performance art, bring knitting/handicraft & pillow to sit on-Western Front (303 E 8th Ave) 7 PM Info: front, bc.ca monthly Oct 25 2nd ANNUAL HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL: Downtown Eastside Arts Initiative-various performance, film, art, workshop, discussion & community events Info: www.heartofthecityfestival.com Oct 26-Nov 6 PRACTICE YOUR FRENCH-Le Centre Culturel Francophone (1551 W 7th) 6 PM / free / Thursdays SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS-Gayway (913 Davie) 7 PM Fridays, 11 AM Sundays Info: saavancouver.org Onoing Fridays & Sundays NITTING-Gayway (913 Davie) 1 PM Info: gaywayca Sundays K f BENEFITS D.O.A. fundraiser for Jim Green & Vision Vancouver-Lamplighter $5-20 Oct 27 ONE MIC STAND YouthCo AIDS Society Fundraiser feat GreenTara, Kaboom, Mother, Emily Rupe, Marin Patenaude & DJ BuzyB-Cafe Deux Soleils 9 PM / $5+ PARTIES PEOPLE'S CO-OP BOOKSTORE 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION w/ readings by Co-founders of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin & Jodie Evans reading 'Stop the Next War Now. music & refreshments-Unitarian Church (949 W 49th Ave at Oak) 7:30 PM Oct 20 DIRTY GENDER SECRETS feat Aiyyana Maracle, Nation of Two, Cease Wyss, Kathy-Ann March, Sven Black/Lucille Fur, Karen Earl, Samonte Cruz, Kai Ling-Xue, Connor McCollum, Thirza Cuthand, Louis Esme Cruz, William Maria Rain, & Basil Shadid—Video In (1965 Main) 7 PM Info: 604 872 8337 Oct 21 BDSM / FETISH PLAY PARTY-WISE Hall (1882 Adanac St) 8 PM Info: rascals-club.com Oct 22 DARK RAVE w/ costumes sci-fi & futuristic-Club 23 (23 W Cordova) 10 PM / $5-7 Oct 30 NU MASQUERADE PARTY masks/other face disguises mandatory, escapism, decadence & romance—Nu (1661 Granville) 8:30 PM / $10 Info: 604 646 4668 Oct 31 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES Sanctuary Halloween Party-Sonar 9 PM Oct 31