Oppenheimer Park
488 Powell Street at Jackson Street Vancouver, BC, Canada

We are so happy to have been able to celebrate Day of the Dead/Dia de Muertos a little differently this year with Watari Counselling & Support Services, as part of Heart of the City Festival. Thank you for laughing, crying, smiling and dancing with us. We honour and celebrate all our friends and loved ones

We could not be happier to announce that the Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show continues for the 13th time this year in the format of a community artist book.... Co-published by Gallery Gachet, Oppenheimer Park/Carnegie Centre, and Vines Art Festival, this collection of art and writing engages intrinsically and thematically with displacement and place-making. Oppenheimer Park currently remains enclosed; since August we have been reaching out to artists, writers, and community leaders throughout the DTES neighbourhood and beyond, including those living at KT in Strathcona Park, ensuring this year’s project is as accessible as it can be for artists, coordinators, and audiences. We can’t wait to share it with you later this year; stay tuned for launch date and details. Image: TJ Felix, C.R.A.B. Park (2020), ink and pencil crayon on paper. 18 x 24 in. Image courtesy of the artist. Artist TJ Felix writes: "There's so much history on this waterfront that I couldn't possibly fit it all on one map. I ended up missing some important stuff, but I touched on the history of certain objects & places that I've always felt a connection with. Every map is personal to whoever made it, it shows their bias, their beliefs, their values, & is a reflection of their worldview. CRAB park has always been one of my favorite places in the city, & researching the history there has reaffirmed that love." Oppenheimer Park - DTES Community's Back Yard Vines Art Festival

Tech Cafes are back, virtual style!

There is a new COVID-19 testing site just down the street from O.P.P. at 611 POWELL ST. If you have the following symptoms, you can walk in for a test: - Fever (over 38 deg celsius) AND - New onset of cough (or exacerbation of chronic cough) OR shortness of breath... Open 7 days/week 9am-4pm (closed 12pm-1pm) 778-886-4081 If you have mobility needs, there is also mobile testing available. Call 604-290-3208. Wash your hands and spread out!

COVID-19 need to know (Mar 21):