Heart of the City Festival 2018 - What to See

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Heart of the City Festival 2018 - What to See

This year marks the 15th iteration of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival—an arts festival of diverse formats that celebrates and shares the voices of the incredible creative and community forces of the Downtown Eastside. Whether you’re looking for visual art, music, theatre, workshops, readings, curatorial tours, or critical discussion, their programming is rich, varied, and offers something for everyone. Check out a few of our top picks for this year’s festival (most of which are free!).

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A Bloody Treat: Snapshots Theatre Collective's Sweeney Todd

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A Bloody Treat: Snapshots Theatre Collective's Sweeney Todd

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd; really, you should. Snapshots Theatre Collective has served up a bloody treat just in time for Halloween. Their site-specific, immersive production of Sweeney Todd, mounted at 348 Water Street (Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop, I should say), submerges the audience in the dark world of Fleet Street so thoroughly that they will even serve you pre-show pie.

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Tarotscopes for the New Moon in LIBRA

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Tarotscopes for the New Moon in LIBRA

The New Moon in Libra rose on Monday October 8th, and this astrologer was busy eating turkey. If you look up, the Moon is a satisfying white slice, waxing towards a Full Moon in Taurus later this month. Libra season is about thinking through both sides of the argument, weighing your options, and trusting your own judgement. When the New Moon passes through the sign, those principals apply to your inner world, your ability to care for others, and your willingness to share your emotions.

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Meet October's Featured Artist: Angus Ferguson!

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Meet October's Featured Artist: Angus Ferguson!

His brain is “a puddle with a reflection of a TV on the surface.” A direct result of, lately, “too much TV-series binge-watching”, Angus Ferguson tells me. He’s been painting all day, and curbing the anxiety he feels when he’s not. He’s listening to Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell and feeling nostalgic. But nostalgia fuels him, for he sifts through old books and sketches when searching for creative inspiration. It sounds like he’s got plenty of inspiration—for if he could be doing anything right now, he’d be “making better work.”

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