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Sportsmanship — The Art of the Game, by Louise Rusch

Posted on April 18, 2014 By PLAYER1 Reply

Sportsmanship — The Art of the Game by Louise Rusch Visiting student from Simon Fraser University Arts & Culture Studies Aristotle defined a worthy life as embodying “intellectual and moral excellence” (Feezell 136). The art of sport is about a

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League updates + Tag report

Posted on April 8, 2014 By PLAYER1 1 Comment

League updates After an impromptu off-season, League has three events in April. Saturday 12 April, 2-4 pm — League play at Satellite Gallery for Canadian Art Gallery Hop Sunday 27 April, noon-2 pm — League play day in Elm Park

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Upcoming play — Sunday 26 January — Tags

Posted on January 22, 2014 By PLAYER1 Reply

Tags Sunday 26 January 2014, noon – 3 pm Elm Park “Tag” can be many things, including: a label attached to something, the action of identifying something or someone, and a game that revolves around the undesirable state of being

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Vancouver Courier: 2013 was the year fitness got fun

Posted on December 26, 2013 By PLAYER1 Reply

Megan Stewart, “2013 was the year fitness got fun,” Vancouver Courier, 24 December 2013. Running isn’t just for runners anymore. And racing wasn’t something only racers did this year. In 2013, the stamina sport of barefoot purists, weekend trailblazers, lanky

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Played at FUSE + Sports Day in Canada

Posted on December 7, 2013 By PLAYER1 Reply

On 29-30 November, League participated in a couple events involving the peculiar dynamics of crowds. Friday’s “Crowd Studies” was an installment of the Vancouver Art Gallery‘s popular late-night FUSE event, a party that usually involves music and performances in the

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December: board game jam

Posted on December 3, 2013 By PLAYER1 Reply

December is board game month at League. The challenge is to invent new board, card, or table games. We can either jam with existing game materials, play-test ideas that individuals bring, or invent new game equipment. The “League Home Edition”

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League this week: Kitchen Science, Crowd Studies, Sports Day in Canada

Posted on November 25, 2013 By PLAYER1 Reply

Mushroom Cultivation using Kitchen Science Methods Tuesday 26 November, 7:00-8:30 pm Elm Park field house (sold out) League regular Matthew from Mushboo is leading a workshop on how to cultivate gourmet and medicinal mushrooms using regular kitchen items. This event

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Upcoming play — 26 + 27 October

Posted on October 19, 2013 By PLAYER1 Reply

  Saturday 26 October, noon-2:00 at Great Northern Way Campus Part of Culture + Community event Access off East 1st Avenue Sunday 27 October, noon-3:00 at Elm Park Regular League play day   This weekend League focuses on urban games

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Played: The n Games, Nuit Blanche edition

Posted on October 11, 2013 By Germaine Koh 1 Comment

This edition of The n Games was conceived for the particular conditions of the larger Nuit Blanche event, a 12-hour overnight contemporary art festival that draws audiences of more than a million to downtown Toronto. The projects in Nuit Blanche

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The n Games, Nuit Blanche edition

Posted on October 1, 2013 By PLAYER1 3 Comments

When: 7pm Saturday 5 October to 7am Sunday 6 October Where:  Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 952 Queen Street West, Toronto The n Games is a tournament of invented sports in which players test their teamwork, strategic skills, and adaptability by playing invented

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