Beerlesque IV: Another Outlandish Evening
We can just come right out and say it: Beerlesque IV was a huge success! The night was everything it said it would be and more – more ladies, more beer and more fun than I could have ever expected. It...
View ArticleChildren’s Movies: A Timeless Treasure
Kids love to watch movies together. Laughing together, getting scared together, laughing again – it’s all good fun! Photo by GreenWood Forest Park via Flckr CC. You would have to be living under a...
View ArticleLimitations Create Freedom
Photo by Chris Randle Have you ever felt the inner need and desire to dance, to express yourself through movement, as YOU want, as you FEEL it? Have you ever stopped yourself even before trying?...
View ArticleEverybody Dance Now
Roundhouse dance enthusiasts learn about project highlights. Photo by Karen Clare, 2014 Contemporary dance and the Roundhouse community connected recently, during auditions for PuSh Festival’s 2015...
View ArticleExhibiting the Heart of Women
The voices of Indigenous peoples in contemporary culture are still stifled, as the traditions have historically been stripped away since the beginning of colonialization. Art has been used by...
View ArticleVIDF 2015 – Riffing on the rules
VIDF 2015 – Manuel Roque (Montreal) “I think that experimental ideas and concepts, and interdisciplinary is what people are really excited these days and it’s not just one thing but many things. “ Like...
View ArticleGo Fly a Kite
Kite master Egan Davis and friends at David Lam Park. Photo by Karen Clare, 2015. Kite making is coming to the Roundhouse this April. In partnership with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (VCBF),...
View ArticleThis is for the Birds
This white-throated swift, aka Taylor Swift, was a patient at Wildlife Rescue. She was found on a sidewalk in Coquitlam in November 2013 with injuries that suggested she had struck a window. Her flock...
View ArticleKite Crazy
BCKA president Cathie Jung (right) with two of her kite-making proteges. Photo by Karen Clare, 2015. We went kite crazy at the Roundhouse, during the kite making activities facilitated by the BC...
View ArticleJamming at the Field House
Preserves. Photo by Karen Clare, 2015. The Burrard Marina Field House provided a majestic backdrop for a two-day jam making workshop (August 1 & 2) that was the brainchild of Australian artist Keg...
View ArticleSecret Lives and Habit@
Maddie Karaoke.Photo by Janet Wang, 2015. Illuminated living spaces seemingly on display to evening passers-by provide the inspiration for Janet Wang’s WINDOW installation, Habit@. Habit@ transforms...
View ArticleFraming History: Indigenous Art at the Roundhouse
Curator, filmmaker and cultural planner Kamala Todd. In 2017, a dialogue sparked between Vancouver Park Board Arts, Culture and Engagement (ACE) programmers and Metis-Cree curator, filmmaker and...
View ArticleWheelchair Floorball at the Roundhouse
Wheelchair floorball develops team-work, fair-play, confidence and personal growth among players. In April 2018, the Roundhouse opened its doors to its first wheelchair sport program, wheelchair...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Maria Rita Castillo
Maria Rita Castillo is the Roundhouse’s Production Administrator and an accomplished poet. Beyond acting as our beloved Production Administrator, Maria Rita Castillo is an accomplished poet, using her...
View ArticleNew Dance Artists-in-Residence at the Roundhouse
Heather Lamoureux and Kelly McInnes are the Roundhouse’s new Dance Artists-in-Residence. In Spring 2018 the Vancouver Park Board, in collaboration with Made in BC, launched a call for proposals for a...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Kay Slater
Kay Slater, in the process of hanging work at the CAG, holding work by Kim Beom. This past summer, the Roundhouse welcomed Kay Slater as one of the Centre’s new preparators. With a background in fine...
View ArticleThe World Remembers
On November 6 the Roundhouse Foyer will be animated with a tribute to those who gave their lives during WWI as part of The World Remembers project leading up to Remembrance Day. Spearheading the...
View ArticleIN TRIBUTE: RALPH MCKNIGHT
Former Roundhouse Society Board Director and Advisory Council member, Ralph McKnight. November 7, 1946 – September 25, 2018 It is with tremendous sorrow that the Roundhouse said goodbye to Ralph...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Sally Chan
Roundhouse Community Youth worker, Sally Chan. In Fall 2018 Sally Chan joined the Roundhouse team as our new Community Youth Worker and in just a few months has initiated a handful of youth programs...
View ArticleSkateboarding Comes to the Roundhouse
Participants in the Introduction to Skateboarding program at the Roundhouse. Our Community Youth Worker, Sally Chan, has been hard at work coordinating a variety of new programs for youth in 2019,...
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