2008 Schedule of Events

MAIN STAGE
3:00 PM	Blessing by Sam George and introduction by Emcee
3:15 PM	PAWNSHOP DIAMOND
4:15 PM	HEIDI MORGAN
5:15 PM	CITY OPERA
6:15 PM	ROCKING GUYS
7:15 PM	MONICA LEE
BLACKWATER CAFÉ
3:30 PM	Introducton by emcee Diane Laloge
3:45 PM	Debbie Blair
4:00 PM	Rick Lavalee
4:15 PM	Vancouver Storytellers (Mary Gavan)
4:45 PM	Jason Kechely
5:00 PM	Max Tell (Robert Stelmach)
5:15 PM	Michael DeYong
5:30 PM	Eva Waldauf
5:45 PM	Downtown East Side Poets
6:15 PM	Michelle Richard
6:30 PM	John Cote
6:45 PM	Fearless Writers' Group
7:15 PM	Aural Heather
INTERURBAN GALLERY
4:30 PM	Twane Asian Dance
4:40 PM	Kozue Matsumoto
5:00 PM	Tone Indbryn
6:00 PM	Maggie Winston

Schedule subject to change without notice.

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You're Invited - Fearless Faces Meet-Greet/ Cabaret

Friday, August 22
5-7 pm Meet & Greet
7-9 pm Cabaret featuring RC Weslowski and Michelle Richard w/open mic.


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Art Auctions! Cash Bar!
Come join us for this great little event with donations going to the Fearless Festival and the Constant Arts Society.

For more information about the exhibit go here>>> http://fearlessfest.blogspot.com/2008/08/fearless-faces-interurban-aug-14-24.html

Fearless Faces @ the InterUrban - Aug. 14 - 24

Pastels by Felicity Don
Photos by participants in the
Constant Arts Society's
Through Our Eyes, Streetfront and BritLit projects.

This year, the festival is delighted to be expanding into the visual realm by presenting this important exhibit by two of Vancouver's most influencial artists and mentors.
Felicity Don has been facilitating life drawing sessions at Carnegie for years and has sketched a vast number of the local community. She also has the distinction of being a respected courtroom sketch artist, who's work has made it to the covers most of the nation's main newspapers, most notably for her renderings of mass murderer Robert Pickton, the Coquitlam serial killer who confessed to kill 49 women, many of them from the Downtown Eastside.

The irony that she has had the unique opportunity to see this community from two very different perspectives is not lost on us.

The portraits here are filled with both heartache and hope.



We purposely hung many of her works in the windows facing Pigeon Park and along Hastings Street so that the work would be visible even when the gallery wasn't open. Almost immediately, we had people wanting to come in and look around.



Christine Germano, founder and Executive Director of the Constant Arts Society, has found a need in many First Nations communities, including ones here in East Vancouver, for First Nations kids at risk to express themselves while empowering them with the skills to show their community what they see and think is important.
Through projects like Brit Lit, Through Our Eyes and the StreetFront program, Germano gets kids to take photos, write stories or poetry and then she teaches them how to effectively create and display print documents of their work.
The pictures are powerful and inclusive.

FESTIVAL NEWSFLASH: Pawnshop Diamond to Headline

Including: Members of
the Downtown Eastside
BLACK CROW PROJECT:

PAWNSHOP DIAMOND
Katie Ormiston- guitar/vocals, Nina Fleming- piano/vocals, Dave Taylor- electric guitar, Lynn Saffery- bass guitar, Lucas Schuller- drums

After years of hanging around musicians, Katie Ormiston finally picked up her brother's guitar and started strumming the chords herself. Based in Vancouver, she always knew she belonged near music, but didn't expect to actually ever be on stage as a performer. That was for other people, not her. Writing music began when some hard times hit and she needed to find a way to deal with it. In his lyrics, John Prine talks about having to work things out in a song. She can relate. As far as musical influences go, her precious vinyl collection includes classics like Neil Young- Harvest Moon, Paul Simon- self-titled, JJ Cale- Naturally, Joan Armatrading- Show Some Emotion... and so on.
Living in the East Van musical community, she was fortunate enough to have friends that shared her passion for original music rooted in tradition. In fact, thier first show was the result of a promise she had made to herself for her 30th birthday. That was it! She was going to do what she had always dreamed of. Perform. Thanks to that night and many other living room jam sessions with friends, Pawnshop Diamond evolved.
When it comes down to it, they love live music.
Listen to them here:

http://www.myspace.com/pawnshopdiamond

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Volunteer Application

Here's your opportunity to get involved in this fun and meaningful project!

There are lots of ways to help, including:

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• Event set-up and take down
• Public Safety
• Audience Services
• Volunteer Services
• Publicity and Marketing

We now have a handy online volunteer application.

Please take a few moments to fill it out and help us make this great event happen!

All volunteers are invited to an exclusive after-party on the night of the festival to chill, chat and celebrate your hard efforts.

Fearless Fest Wishlist

Supported in part by the BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver and the Hamber Foundation, Fearless has big plans but, frankly, not so deep pockets. We are asking for help from the community to provide us with some key resources which will keep operational costs down, provide free food and entertainment for the day’s events and allow us to pay performers and entertainers (most who live and work in the Downtown Eastside) for their time and talent.

This is a wish list of what we need:

• Art Supplies
• Food
• Coffee
• Soft drinks
• Juice
• Bottled water
• Heavy duty rubber gloves
• Truck and driver
• Banner fabric
• Two-way Radios
• Tables
• Chairs

If you have any of these items and can give us access to them or donate them to us for the festival, please contact Steve Duncan at srduncan@shaw.ca or call 604-788-8340.

What is Fearless?

The Fearless Festival is the best-kept secret in Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
A dynamic celebration of art, theatre, music, diversity, history and hope in and around Pigeon Park.
Take a minute to watch this video highlighting some of last year's event and decide for yourself how you can become involved.