Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre

11/05/2024

Moberly garden programming coming Sunday November 17!

Facilitated by Alisha Lettman, Intro to Medicinal & Cultural Plants is a workshop designed for plant and garden lovers curious to learn about native, cultural, edible, and medicinal plants that are growing in the Moberly Medicine Garden. Join this session to learn about herbal medicines, and make simple, accessible, herbal remedies - including a topical salve! Weather permitting, we will work in the garden and prepare the site for winter.

To register, call Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505, call Moberly Arts at 604.718.6521, email us at [email protected], or visit:

https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/537930?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

11/04/2024

This Saturday, November 9th, come join Fernanda Mascarenhas' Natural Dye and Shibori workshop from 5pm to 7pm here at Moberly!

This workshop combines two techniques: shibori and natural dyeing with plants. Shibori is a Japanese manual resist dyeing technique, which produces a number of different patterns on fabric. Each participant will learn some basic ways of tying, pinching and folding fabrics using rubber bands, clamps, pegs, and string, to create a one-of-a-kind cotton bandana. The workshop also explores the beauty of natural colour using plants. Teaching how to extract pigments from plants or food waste to make a dye bath, the participant will have a chance to dye their shibori-bandanas in them. There will be 2 or 3 colours of choice, made from plants or food waste available on the occasion such as turmeric, black tea, hibiscus, annatto seeds, marigolds, carrot tops, avocado pitch or onion skins. All materials provided.

Registration is $45. To do so, you can call Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505, or visit:

https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/521399?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

10/30/2024

Belly Dance Mondays with Karime Kuri
Mondays Nov 9 - Dec 9, 6pm – 7pm

Shimmy into joy! The next block of classes with Karime Kuri begins next week! Join our belly dance class for a fusion of tradition and fun. Embrace rhythm, movement, and self-expression in a welcoming environment. Beginners welcome!

You can register by calling Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505, or visiting the link below:

https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search?activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=belly%20dance%20monday&viewMode=list

10/23/2024

Join us for 👻HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS 🎃 at some of our Family Programs! We will have some themed activities and treats of course 🍭 Costumes are encouraged 🙂

Registration is encouraged so we know how many families to expect! https://tinyurl.com/svnhfam-halloween24

10/08/2024

Coming this November! Join this two-week Intro the Flamenco with Jhoely Triana. In this easy to follow class, you will learn basic flamenco steps, such as hand and arm movements, hand clapping, body movement, and low-impact footwork. Non-marking shoes ae required to participate.

Classes are on Fridays, November 1 and November 8, and $36 to enroll. Call Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505 or visit https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/521352?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true.

09/25/2024

Beginning next Friday, October 4th, Poems from the Kitchen will be taking place here at Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre as part of Culture Days. You can register for all three of these workshops through culturedays.ca/events.

09/25/2024

On Thursday, October 10th, come see the Community Chinese Orchestra perform live here at Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre. Performance begins at 1pm and is free to attend. Weather permitting, performance may take place outdoors, otherwise the performance will take place in our main hall. We hope to see you there!

09/23/2024

Japanese Taiko Drumming is back on Sundays this fall from September 15 to December 15, now offered in Hachijo & Miyake style!

Hachijo Style (10am-11am)
Learn Hachijo Taiko – close to the source! This is a beautiful Japanese traditional drumming that is placed on a high stand; Learn the basics, rudiments, technique, philosophy, and song in Hachijo style! Drumsticks provided.

Miyake Style (11:15am-12:15pm)
Learn traditional Miyake Japanese Taiko drumming on real Japanese drums! Get a full body workout in the low stance of Miyake traditional drumming. Beginners are welcome. Drumsticks and drums are provided.

You can register for either class by calling Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505, or visiting the link below:

https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search?activity_select_param=2¢er_ids=288&activity_keyword=japanese%20taiko%20drumming&viewMode=list

09/18/2024

Moberly Medicinal Gardening continues this Sunday, September 22 from 12pm – 3pm.

Stewarded by Alisha Lettman, the Moberly Community Garden is a medicinal native plant garden where participants can learn about ethnobotany and care for a shared source of food, medicine and biodiversity for their community. In this monthly class, participants will learn about and care for medicinal plants, as well as make herbal medicinal preparations

You can enroll by calling Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505 or online at
https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/522684?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

09/18/2024

Join in with us this fall for our weekly Move, Groove, and Improve program focused on active aging and well-being. Participants engage in physical activities, such as chair yoga. Instruction is in Punjabi and English. All seniors are welcome!

Classes are on Mondays & Thursdays (with the exception of stat holidays) from 10:30am-11:30am, and will be running until December 12th.

You will need to pre-register for the program by calling South Vancouver Neighbourhood House at 604-324-6212 (ext. 158) and speaking with Michelle Luong.

09/11/2024

Our community sewing group returns to Moberly on Wednesday afternoons this Fall!

In a relaxed, collaborative environment, explore a wide variety of small hand-stitched projects based on fabric squares of varying sizes. We go beyond quilting! Think: pincushions, needlebooks, simple bags and intriguing embellishments, with lots of opportunity for experimentation and personal choices. No previous sewing experience needed. All materials supplied, but feel free to bring your own.

For more information and to register, please call Moberly Arts at 604.718.6521.

08/26/2024

Moberly Medicinal Gardening
Sundays Sep 1 & 22, Oct 13 & 20, 12pm – 3pm

Stewarded by Alisha Lettman, the Moberly Community Garden is a medicinal native plant garden where participants can learn about ethnobotany and care for a shared source of food, medicine and biodiversity for their community. In this monthly class, participants will learn about and care for medicinal plants, as well as make herbal medicinal preparations

You can enroll by calling Sunset Community Centre at 604.718.6505 or online at
https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/522684?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

08/22/2024

The Annual 2-Spirit Friends and Family BBQ day is THIS Saturday! This family event is completely free, and an absolutely joyous time for everyone. Come watch some performances from talented Indigenous drag performers, get some BBQ, visit our vendors and enjoy some music and ceremony!

08/16/2024

The Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre will be a south Vancouver hub for Culture Days this year, with several free events from Polymer Dance, Echo Park Film Centre, the African Friendship Society, and Johnny Trinh. Check out all the upcoming offerings here!

https://culturedays.ca/en/hubs/b04858b3-a533-41b2-98f9-e67e3a8b22cc

08/07/2024

WORLD PREMIERE of SOVA: A to Z

Join us this Sunday, August 10th here at Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre to watch the screening of SOVA: A to Z accompanied live by Onibana Taiko. Admission is free! Doors open at 6:30pm.

08/06/2024

Hello South Van and Moberly residents! Please join 2-Spirit United and Moberly Arts and Culture Center for our 3nd Annual 2-Spirit BBQ and Family Fun Day in Moberly Park on August 24th from 2pm to 3:30pm.

This is a free event, featuring a BBQ with the fixings, culture craft sale, drag show with some of Vancouver’s finest 2-Spirit entertainers, prizes, and swag. This is an alcohol-free event.

07/31/2024

Join us on our upcoming event next week on August 5th from 11am-1pm!

07/23/2024

To commemorate Emancipation Day, the day when slavery was abolished in Canada and across the "British Empire", join us in the garden for a land-based celebration on Sunday, August 4th from 2pm-5pm! Participants will be led in an Afro-Caribbean plant walk, harvest dye plants including indigo, and get a chance to work with fresh indigo, amaranth and/or marigold natural dyes. There will be a performance of original music in an acoustic set in the garden, and a light picnic lunch will be served.

You can register online at https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/520299?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true or call Moberly at 604.718.6521.

07/08/2024

Before the Plate – July 13, 2pm – 5pm
Film screening + tool making workshop
Before the Plate (Antes do Prato) is a documentary portraying how agro-ecological family farming in Brazil has been creating bridges between cities and the countryside to propose a revolution in the current model of food production and consumption: networked, connected, and supportive. The tool making workshop invites people to rethink their relationships to food by re-imagining gardening tools as collaborators in the gardening process rather than tools for control. Come join us for a free afternoon of activities!

07/02/2024

Show on Earth: Wallace Line and Deep Time by Gamelan Turtle Bliss
Saturday July 6th, 7pm – 9pm

Come enjoy the beautiful sounds of the gamelan, a traditional ensemble of Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, and Wayang Shadow Puppets. This event is a free open rehearsal for Show on Earth, a gamelan and wayang shadow puppet show about evolution and life on earth.

For more information, please contact Diane Kadota
at [email protected] or (604) 728-8240.

06/26/2024

06/19/2024

Vancouver Gamelan Open Rehearsal
Saturday July 6th, 7pm – 9pm

Come enjoy the beautiful sounds of the gamelan, a traditional ensemble of Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese peoples of Indonesia. The Vancouver Gamelan group will be doing open rehearsals in preparation for a show, free for all to attend and enjoy.

For more information, please contact Diane Kadota
at [email protected] or (604) 728-8240.

06/18/2024

Before the Plate – July 13, 2pm – 5pm
Film screening + tool making workshop

Before the Plate (Antes do Prato) is a documentary portraying how agro-ecological family farming in Brazil has been creating bridges between cities and the countryside to propose a revolution in the current model of food production and consumption: networked, connected, and supportive. The tool making workshop invites people to rethink their relationships to food by re-imagining gardening tools as collaborators in the gardening process rather than tools for control. Come join us for a free afternoon of activities!

06/12/2024

Join us at our Event with Paradies Lagardère on June 13, 2024!

Register here➡️: https://lnkd.in/eFqwupKF

This exciting in-person event will be held at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House.

If you're looking to explore new career opportunities, this is the perfect chance to
✔️ Meet with the Paradies Lagardère hiring team,
✔️ Participate in face-to-face interviews, and
✔️ Learn about available positions and company perks.

For more information about our programs, services, and events, visit us at www.southvan.org.