A call for spooky Halloween stories, bus trips into the past with sweets and crafts, and movies about magic – from Hocus Pocus to The Witches – can be found in this month’s Monarch Newsletter for seniors. As well, fall feasting is on the menu with glazed ham, roast beef and chicken lasagna.
The fall 2025 opening of the Kerrisdale Arena ice rink, originally scheduled for Sept. 27, has been delayed due to an unexpected mechanical issue. We will share updates as soon as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to ensure the rink is safe and ready for use.
BOO! Our annual Halloween Carnival returns Saturday, Oct. 25! Kids 2-11 years can wear their favourite costume while checking out the haunted house, bouncy castle, games and crafts! 🎃 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 🎃 Location: Gym and Room 109 🎃 Register here ($6/child). UPDATE: This event is now full but waiting list registration is available.
Get a jump on autumn by signing up for a new or returning program, or winter camp! Four ways to register: • Online via our clickable Fall 2025 Guide • Online via our Find a Program & Register webpage • In person at our front desk (5851 W. Blvd., Vancouver) • By phone at 604-257-8100
A love for tennis was sparked early on for brothers Spencer and Marshall Mackoff. First introduced to the sport in public parks as young children by their mother, they began playing more seriously at UBC tennis camps. Eventually becoming coaches themselves, they founded Summer Smash Tennis together in 2012 – and haven’t looked back. Operating year-round today, Summer Smash Tennis teaches some 2,000 students annually through community centres, schools and First Nations. Spencer, drawing from his varsity
Don’t tell Jan Cooper that you can’t sing. “Singing is within all of us. Some people are natural and others need to be trained. If you can speak, you can sing,” says Cooper, a vocal coach with 40 years’ experience. Introducing his vocal training programs to the Kerrisdale Community Centre this year, Cooper brings a variety of musical and theatrical experience to the classroom. He got his break during the production of Godspell at the
Introducing the 2025-2026 KCCS Board of Directors! These are the volunteers who work so hard to help make the Kerrisdale Community Centre run so smoothly. If you’d like to give back to your community and be a part of this dedicated team, stay tuned for future calls for nominations and learn more here.
As a shy child, Jessica Wampler discovered the power and magic of music. “I found through music I was able to express myself in ways I was too shy to do in my daily life,” says Wampler. “I felt the magic that music can bring, whether singing alone at home or finding the courage to somehow perform in front of a live audience.” Today, the West Side Music Together teacher helps babies and children up to
He has a master’s degree in computer science, and he’s worked as an Apple software engineer and UBC quality assurance team lead. Yet Nikhil Naidu’s career highlight stems from one small but moving moment while he was teaching. As director of Wize Computing Academy (Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby), Naidu fondly recalls when one of his students created their very first game from scratch. “It was a simple project, but the pride they felt and the excitement they
You could say that Gloria Yu’s skill set strikes a rather complex chord. Indeed, the music teacher and active performer knows how to play at least 10 types of instruments – from the harp, baroque recorder and classic guitar to Chinese string pieces like the guzheng, pipa, erhu and liuqin. But when it comes to introducing children to the art of playing music, it’s the piano and ukulele that are her instruments of choice. “I hope