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Hours of Operation Monday - Friday Saturday & Sunday
9:00am-10:00pm 9:00am-5:00pm
Showtimes and box office times vary, so please check individual listings. The front office is closed 30 minutes prior to building closure.
CONTACT US: ThE Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3 Telephone: (604) 713-1800 Fax: (604) 713-1813 E-mail: info@roundhouse.ca
How to find us
How to Find Us
The Roundhouse is located on the former Expo site at the corner of Davie & Pacific • The aptly named YaletownRoundhouse Skytrain Station is 100 feet from us and Buses C21 & C23 stop within feet of the Roundhouse. • Walking from Granville Street, head east five blocks down Davie • Underground pay parking is available (access off Drake) for $2/hour; $12/7 am - 6 pm weekends and holidays and $3/6 pm - 11 pm everyday. The underground parking closes at 11:00 pm but shows that run later than 11:00 pm will have access through the Roundhouse.
Winter Arts Flyer The winter arts season at the Roundhouse is another exciting mix of dance, music and theatre showcasing the work of professional artists and community members alike. We are proud to be a flexible arts space where ideas germinate, grow and flourish into full scale productions. We welcome you this winter to stay warm in the Roundhouse glow!
Our partners & Collaborators:
PuSh Festival Orchid Ensemble Flicker Art Collaboratory Urban Crawl Full Circle: Talking Stick Festival Bluebird North Dance Allsorts: New Works Music in the Morning Vancouver International Dance Festival RH Community Dancers Radix Theatre Karen Jamieson Dance Joe Ink Move It Youth Theatre Action Group Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Biennale Cover Photo by Chris Randle (VIDF)
January 15
Mountain High River Flow
music | animation | multimedia Co-presented by the Orchid Ensemble and Flicker Art Collaboratory A Roundhouse Partnership Performance Centre Sat Jan 15, 8:00 pm Tickets: $20/$15 at the door, $18/$13 in advance, ticketweb.ca or 1-888-222-6606 FREE lecture at the Vancouver Public Library at 7-8:30 pm on Jan 6, 2011
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he sense of breath flows through different forms of Asian arts, in music, dance, painting, and calligraphy. It is the unifying element between the composers, musicians and media artists in this project. Original, live music rooted in Chinese traditions is performed on a cross-cultural instrumentation, against a backdrop of interactive animated landscape painting. This project incorporates ancient traditions with modern expression, creating an interdisciplinary production that is creative, distinct and culturally reflective.
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large Chinese scroll comes alive with layers of animated brush paintings, giving a paranormal view of the famous Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) of China. Music and the visuals are inspired by the ever-changing climates on top of the Yellow Mountain; a fast moving sea of clouds, unusually shaped stones and pine trees, the white waterfalls and green ponds, singing birds and playful monkeys are the characters in this well balanced eco-system. Drawing inspiration from the landscape to express humanity and emotions is an ancient Chinese tradition; seeking representations of human characters in nature to mirror our souls. As in Chinese philosophy, mountain and water constitute all aspects of Nature in two poles - yin and yang. The scroll acts as an instrument enabling the artists and musicians to interact, improvise and co-create the media image, giving a new range of expression and transforming ancient art forms. Dr. Aleksandra Dulic and UBC students create stunning animation, while Kenneth Newby’s original software controls video images and musical signals, visualizing melodic and rhythmic contours. Rich Asian musical traditions meet original compositions and modern video technology as the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble performs compositions by Dorothy Chang (Canada), Rui Shi Zhuo (Canada/ China), and Lan Tung (Canada/Taiwan). Musicians: Lan Tung (erhu/Chinese violin & vocals), Yu-chen Wang (zheng/Chinese zither), Jonathan Bernard (percussion) Animation: Rabkine Suen & Oliver Szeleczky Animation Assistants: Nadine Bradshaw, Laura Gourley, Michelle Wilmot Producer: Lan Tung
January 18-29
Counter Mappings
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Urban Crawl A Roundhouse Partnership Exhibition Hall Tue Jan 18- Sat Jan 29 FREE and open to the public. Info: pushfestival.ca 604.605.8284
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resented in conjunction with City of Dreams at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Counter Mappings is a contemporary art exhibition curated by Caleb Johnston. This exhibition brings together a body of artistic work that disrupts conventional mapping strategies; plays with spatial technologies; restages cultural memory; and envisions new ways of navigating the urban terrain. Counter Mappings features Vancouver artists working in and across the disciplines of sound, animation, photography and installation art. Vancouver’s historical and contemporary landscapes, sounds and embedded narratives are the central subjects of our poetic mappings. More info at pushfestival.ca Supported by the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, British Council, BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver, Koerner Foundation and Hamber Foundation.
January 25 - 29
City of Dreams
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Urban Crawl A Roundhouse Partnership and Residency Exhibition Hall & Performance Centre Tue – Sat, Jan 25 – 29, 8:00 pm, 4pm matinee on Jan 29 Post-show talkback Jan 26, led by David Pay Tickets: Adv. $32 /$28 /$26; at door $34 /$30 /$28 ticketstonight.ca or phone 604.684.2787 Additional service charges apply to phone orders Info: pushfestival.ca 604.605.8284
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ondon-based theatre artist Peter Reder and sound designer Tom Wallace collaborate with Urban Crawl and local artists to bring us City of Dreams—an evocative performance piece that explores the interconnections between memory, identity and place. The central image of the work is a poetic map of the City of Vancouver made from hundreds of found objects that are assembled during the performance. This physical construction of the city is mirrored by a soundscape composed of sampled and archived audio materials, from sounds of the street to snatches of song to oral testimonies. This unique creative residency envisions Vancouver’s past and present, its real and imagined realities—a city recreated from shards of memory and myth, hopes and sufferings. “It is unlikely that anyone could experience this beautiful event without being moved in some way.” —ABC Radio, Brisbane Supported by the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, British Council, BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver, Koerner Foundation and Hamber Foundation.
February 1 - 13
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A Celebration of Aboriginal Performance and Art Full Circle: First Nations Performance A Roundhouse Partnership Performance Centre & Exhibition Hall Feb 1 – Feb 5 at the Roundhouse Feb 1– Feb 13, Citywide Tickets: From $20 - $25 plus Pay What You Can events. Festival passes & group rates available. Concrete Indians Photo Exhibition Feb 1 - Feb 9 at the Roundhouse Free Admission
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ull Circle: First Nations Performance presents the 10th annual Talking Stick Festival: a 13 day, citywide celebration of Aboriginal performance and art. The 2011 festival will play its opening week (Feb 1 – Feb 5) at the Roundhouse before moving into the Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver (until Feb 13) and will feature diverse programming, highlighting the talents of local, national and international artists in a fusion of cabaret, music, dance, theatre and storytelling. Don’t miss the Traditional Opening Night Gala on Tuesday Feb 1 - a jam packed night of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts; drop into the ever popular Ab-Original Cabaret - featuring performers like Leanne Goose (Yellowknife), Digawolf (Yellowknife) and Murray Porter (Vancouver); be sure to catch contemporary dance piece Fragments, by Laura Kramer (Quebec); stomp your feet, clap your hands and kick up your heels at Métis social night; cool out to a soulful evening of jazz; get involved in our “So You think You Can Tell A Story” challenge; attend a Pay What You Can workshop; sit in on an Artist Talk; and keep your eyes and ears open for non-stop events for the whole family. On exhibit at the Roundhouse from Feb 1 – Feb 9, the photographic exhibition Concrete Indians by Nadya Kwandibens of Red Works Studio (Toronto). Everyone is welcome! Come and join Full Circle for the 10th Annual Talking Stick Festival.
For tickets and more information visit fullcircle.ca Programming subject to change.
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A Roundhouse Partnership Performance Centre Sun May 22 8pm Tickets: $21-$29. Bramwell Tovey, conductor Janice Jackson, soprano Scott Good Etudes for Chamber Ensemble Emily Doolittle Four Pieces About Water Dorothy Chang Chamber Variations Tim Brady Hardcore: World Première Lyrics by Gord Downie, of the Tragically Hip Series Tickets and info: 604.876.3434 or vancouversymphony.ca
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February 22
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Where Writers Sing and Tell Presented by the Songwriters Assoc. of Canada
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A Roundhouse Partnership Performance Centre Tickets $15 ( discount for SAC members w/card) Tickets at the door only! Info: 604.224.6201
Tuesday Feb 22 7:30 pm Featuring: David Celia Mary Kastle Dave Phillips Ann Vriend
Tuesday Apr 19 7:30 pm Featuring: Dave Phillips Mark Vescovi Ann Vriend Cara Luft Bruce Coughlan & a special guest
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his popular concert series continues its twelfth season with two upcoming dates featuring different but equally fantastic line-ups of Canadian songwriters. Five gifted artists from widely varying musical genres... one stage...an informal, “unplugged” atmosphere... instant performance magic. Produced by Shari Ulrich, Bluebird North is one of the city’s best showcases for local songwriting talent. The lineup is different every time, and no Bluebird is quite like any other. Don’t miss out! More info: www.songwriters.ca or call (604) 224-6201.
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road trips Bluebird North: Where Writers Sing and Tell is produced by Shari Ulrich for the Songwriters Association of Canada. The SAC gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Creators’ Assistance Component and Support to Sector Associations Program of the Canada Music Fund.
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Music in the Morning A Roundhouse Partnership Performance Centre Public Performances: Sat Feb 26, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Ticket Info: Adult: $18/Seniors: $15/Youth: $10/Student (University/College w/ valid ID): $15 Family discount – save 10% (two adults, two youth) School Performances: Thu – Fri, Feb 24 & 25, 10:00am & 1:00 pm Ticket Info: adult/$18, student/$10. *1 FREE adult/chaperone admission per group of 10 (Minumum 10 tickets per group) Free Teacher Resource Guide Available Tickets and info: Music in the Morning box office - 604.873.4612
“Mix snow, ice, enchanted mirrors, and reindeer, add a string quartet and narrator, and the stage is set for a magical retelling of a classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.” —Music & Sound Notes, Banff Centre for Performing Arts
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usic in the Morning is thrilled to present this hugely successful, award-winning show which will engage the whole family in the magic of music and storytelling. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale of adventure, The Snow Queen blends vivid imagery and movement with the words of the late Canadian composer, Patrick Cardy. This multimedia production of the much-loved winter’s tale features Toronto-based performer, director and producer of theatre, Along Nashman, and one of Canada’s most exciting young ensembles, the Cecilia String Quartet – recent winners of the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition. The award-winning Nashman has worked with theatres across Canada and was named Number One Theatre Artist of 2008 by NOW Magazine. The Snow Queen tells a story of friendship through adversity and of a brave journey guided by courage and love. When Kay is lured from his home by the beautiful, cruel Snow Queen, his friend Gerda sets out on an epic journey to rescue him. As she searches, she encounters a series of strangers to whom she relays her plight. Charmed by her story and her innocence, each of them helps Gerda, so that at last she is able to find the Snow Queen’s icy palace. But at the end of her epic journey, will Gerda manage to set Kay free? *Dora Award Nominee for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding Production “The quartet is vital in the storytelling, creating a witch’s scream, a lullaby and a sleigh ride. Its members... also morph into characters from the story; narrator and string players sometimes engage in striking dialogue, one using words and the other musical notes.... The Snow Queen is enchanting family theatre, a classic story retold with a striking theatrical touch.” —Now Magazine
March 1 to March 19
2011 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL Photo by Palero y Lamban for i-Tek.es
Performances | Workshops | Drawing Sessions Tues, Mar 1 to Sat Mar 19 Free w/ VIDF membership shows at 7:00 pm Mainstage shows at 8:00 pm Mainstage shows in Performance Centre Community Stage shows in Exhibition Hall Tickets: $35 for adults, $28 for students, seniors and non-profit arts workers, and $25 for groups of ten or more Purchase online at vidf.ca or by phone at 604.662.4966 Info: vidf.ca
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EDAM (Vancouver) Yvonne Pouget (Germany) Deborah Dunn (Montreal) Cruceta Flamenco (Spain) Marc Boivin (Montreal)/ Ichigo Ichieh (Nelson) Kokoro Dance and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Vancouver)
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battery opera (Vancouver) The Source (Vancouver) Arts Umbrella (Vancouver) Khambatta Dance Company (Seattle) T42 (Switzerland) Now or Never (Vancouver)
Life Drawing Sessions: During weekdays only (Mon to Fri at noon) between March 1 to March 19 enjoy an hour-long life drawing session where clothed/ costumed dancers will pose for sketchers. FREE and no registration required.
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April 18 to 29
Big IDEAS
Responding to public Art
April 18 -29, 2011 Exhibition at the following venues: The Roundhouse Sunset Community Centre and Vancouver Library Square Gallery Presented by The Vancouver Biennale and Partners
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An Exhibition responding to the Vancouver Biennale Public Art Cross-Media Arts by Students of British Columbia
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IG IDEAS: Responding to Public Art’ is a student creative project, responding to the Vancouver Biennale’s public art installations in our communities. The initiative is a Vancouver Biennale schooloutreach program, designed to inspire cross-media art creations. It also aims to challenge students to use art imaginatively in class, both as a stimulus for artwork and for learning in other curriculum areas. Selected artworks from Grade 10 to 12 students, will be exhibited at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Sunset Community Centre and Vancouver Library Square Gallery from April 18 to 29, 2011.
Join the Vancouver Biennale Facebook to be part of the discussion and share the creative journey of the artists.
The Vancouver Park Board is committed to providing a vibrant public realm for our city’s citizens and visitors. As a Board, we recognize the role of art in that vibrancy and the importance of including the arts as a part of everyday life. http://vancouver.ca/parks/arts/sculpture_biennale.htm
Roundhouse residencies Winter 2011 Residencies at the Roundhouse Roundhouse Community Dancers Radix Theatre: Beautiful Problems Karen Jamieson: Collision Seniors’ Dance: Move It Youth Theatre Residency Project Check out all of our courses and programs at www.roundhouse.ca
Make It Mondays!: A Drop in Family Art Night 3rd Monday evening of every month, BEGINNING Jan 17th 6:30 – 8:30pm, Free with Roundhouse membership ($2pp donation for materials requested)
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oin artist Allee Wells to experiment and create as you make art together as a family. This drop-in family art program invites parents and children ages 2 – 8 years to learn about making art as you explore art media and mark making and much more in fun, open ended creative activities that will inspire the whole family. Allee Wells graduated with a BFA (Drawing and Printmaking) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and is currently studying Early Childhood Education. Allee is a practicing mixed-media artist and fashion designer who has exhibited her work in Vancouver, Whistler and Ottawa. She has been teaching art to individuals and groups of all ages at various institutes across Vancouver for over 9 years.
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he Residency program is an important part of our commitment to community cultural development. Professional artists and educators in residence engage for a year or more with the people who come together in and around the Roundhouse every day. Their collaborative projects unfold over time through workshops, drop in programs, discussions, rehearsals and productions. Residency projects are about building creative community; they promote diversity, interdisciplinary activity, innovation collaboration and involvement. In a Roundhouse Residency the process is as important as final product. Residency programs are FREE with membership thanks to funding from the Vancouver Parks Board program but please register.
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Roundhouse community dancers
Instructor: Jacci Collins Sundays Jan 9 - Apr 17 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm 15 Sessions FREE Dance Studio Call 604-713-1800 to register 41637.101RH
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ow in its 12th year, this dance residency brings together a community of nonprofessional movers of all ages to explore the processes of dance, working with professional dancers in a wide range of disciplines from classical ballet to hip hop. In the past we have worked with dancer/choreographers with expertise in modern and contemporary dance, clowning, aerial dance, fire dancing, and Laban Movement Analysis. Past instructors have included Tara Cheyenne, Kevin Bergsma, Vanessa Goodman, Kathryn Ricketts, Karen Jamieson, Donna Redlick, Barbara Bourget, Alvin Tolentino, Jai Govinda and many others.
These programs are FREE thanks to funding from the Vancouver Park Board but please register! Class size is limited.
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his winter Jacci Collins from Joe Ink: Move It! will facilitate the Roundhouse Community Dancers and Seniors’ Dance: Move It! An independent dance artist, choreographer, yoga instructor, Jacci Collins has been facilitating Move It! Workshops since 2002. Jacci has worked in Johannesburg with Moving Into Dance Mophatong under the mentorship of David Thatanelo April, and here in Vancouver with Joe Laughlin, Tara Cheyenne, Kokoro Dance, and many others.
Seniors’ Dance: Move It!
Instructor: Jacci Collins Mondays Jan 17-Feb 14 1:00 pm-3:00 pm 6 Sessions FREE Dance Studio 55+ yrs Call 604-713-1800 to register 51782.101RH
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acci Collins invites older adults to rediscover the profound pleasure of movement as you alleviate stress, affirm creativity and find renewed energy and confidence.
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Radix Theatre Beautiful Problems
Wanna be part of the Problem? Instructor: Andrew Laurenson Saturdays Feb 19 - Apr 16 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm 9 Sessions FREE Room B Call 604-713-1800 to register 41337.101RH
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adix Theatre winds down its artist-inresidency with one last set of workshop focused on the development of Beautiful Problems, a new production inspired by the 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and the IBM computer Deep Blue. Beautiful Problems explores complexity, human error, and the repercussions of war.
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here’s still time to get involved. Radix is seeking people from a variety of backgrounds and age groups to participate in the final creation and eventual presentation of Beautiful Problems. Join Radix Artistic Director Andrew Laurenson and other Radix Associate Artists as they refine ideas for a supporting chorus of performers. Some performance experience is helpful but not mandatory. Activities include physical warm-ups, games, improvisations, and scene rehearsals. Learn about ‘devised theatre’ and the making of a contemporary theatre production, to be presented at the Roundhouse May 12 - 21, 2011. Participants are encouraged to be available for each class, and will be given first consideration for casting in the final production.
No knowledge of chess is necessary!
These programs are FREE thanks to funding from the Vancouver Park Board but please register! Class size is limited.
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Karen Jamieson Collision
Instructor: Karen Jamieson Fridays Jan 14 - Feb 25 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm 9 Sessions FREE Dance Studio Call 604-713-1800 to register 41337.101RH
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ollision is the central metaphor for an evolving dance project with Karen Jamieson Dance – an imaginative collision of professional and community dancers, a dance centre and a community centre, a site specific work and a stage based performance. How fitting that this project should develop at the Roundhouse – a place where many histories, cultures and people and practices meet and engage.
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he work on Collision continues this fall and winter with free weekly dance workshops for people of all ages and abilities. Workshops will combine elements of previous Creation and Foundation programs and will include input from visiting artists. Participants will collaborate with Karen on ideas for a dance performance based around the theme of collision. Rehearsal and performance processes grow out of workshops and can involve members of the dance workshops who wish to go further in their creation of this new site specific work. The culminating work will be site specific to the Roundhouse and take place in public spaces all over the Roundhouse in the summer of 2011. The creative process continues.
These programs are FREE thanks to funding from the Vancouver Park Board but please register! Class size is limited.
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YOUTH THEATRE RESIDENCY PROJECT
A Roundhouse Residency for Youth with Theatre Artists: Valerie Methot, Ken Lawson, Chandra Lesmeister and Jeremy Baxter
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egun in spring of 2002, this Youth Theatre residency continues to engage youth with professional theatre artists to develop their knowledge and skills on and off the stage. Youth learn and participate in different aspects of theatre while creating their own scripts and seeing them through to production and performance. Over the years the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group has cultivated many stellar performances, earned the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and raised funds to help RAWA open an orphanage in Afghanistan. In May 2008, RHY-TAG was awarded the City of Vancouver Youth Award for outstanding contribution to the youth community in Vancouver.
If you you are interested in the project, call for updated information, to be put on a waitlist, or other possibilities for involvement. You must have passion for theatre and are interested and able to commit 100% to the production schedule -- including weekly Thursday workshops/rehearsals, tech rehearsals and all shows -- please leave a message for Valerie Methot with Brenda Racanelli, Arts Programmer, at 604-7131807 or brenda.racanelli@vancouver.ca Here’s what some of the youth have to say about the project: I find the writing process rewarding. Being able to put ideas and issues that I feel are relevant into a play and actually having these ideas acted out on stage is an amazing experience for a youth, especially during an age when many feel their voices are not heard.” This project is a very important part of my life as it is to all the other participants in the group. It is a great way for young people to be able to voice their opinion through great art. Project partners include: Some Assembly. Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre and Vancouver Coastal Health. Supporters include: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Watari, Canada Council for the Arts, Vancouver School Board, Kinex, Methotical Productions, Vancouver Foundation, and Coal Harbour Community Centre.
These programs are FREE thanks to funding from the Vancouver Park Board but please register! Class size is limited.
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