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SUMMARY:Lansdowne Centre Drive-In Summer Series Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Drive-In Summer Series 2026: A classic summer tradition\, drive-in movie theatres offer a unique outdoor movie experience\, allowing audiences to watch films on a large outdoor screen from the comfort of their vehicles while tuning in to the movie audio through their car radios. As traditional drive-in theatres have become increasingly rare across Metro Vancouver\, these events provide a nostalgic blend of big-screen entertainment and community connection for families and movie lovers. \nTo help preserve this beloved summer tradition\, Lansdowne Centre launched its Drive-In Summer Series in 2015. Over the years\, the free outdoor movie nights have become a highly anticipated seasonal event for Richmond residents and beyond\, offering a unique opportunity for families and friends to gather and enjoy films under the stars. \nThis summer\, the series is returning with seven themed movie nights featuring a variety of genres\, from musicals to blockbusters and family favourites. Both drivers and pedestrians are welcome to attend\, with a designated pedestrian viewing zone available on-site. \nLansdowne Centre has shortlisted two films for each screening night and is inviting the public to vote for the movies they would most like to see on the big screen. \nPublic Voting\nVote here: https://lansdowne-centre.com/drive-in-summer-series/ \nScreening Details\nDates: July 22–September 2\, 2026\nTime: Wednesdays\, showtimes start at sunset\nCost: Free\nLocation: Northwest parking lot at Lansdowne Centre
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/lansdowne-centre-drive-in-summer-series-wednesdays/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Lansdowne Centre\, Lansdowne Centre Unit 314 – 5300 No. 3 Road\, Richmond\, V6X 2X9
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SUMMARY:ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl Come Toward the Fire Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam\, with support from the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund\, present the 5th annual ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl – Come Toward the Fire Festival\, a soul-stirring celebration of Indigenous cultures\, creativity\, and community\, from September 18–20\, 2026 at the Chan Centre and venues across the UBC campus\, on unceded Musqueam territory. \nThe festival opens on Friday\, September 18 with a Day of Knowledge Sharing — featuring workshops\, cultural tours\, film screenings\, and an Indigenous artisan market. Saturday\, September 19 brings a full day of family-friendly programming with live music — featuring the Vancouver debuts of LOV and Kalyn Fay — workshops\, dance\, authors\, live mural painting\, film screenings including Gord Downie’s The Secret Path\, and food trucks. The festival closes on Sunday\, September 20 with a ticketed mainstage concert hosted by Reservation Dogs star Dallas Goldtooth and headlined by two-time JUNO Award-winner Aysanabee\, alongside Boslen and Logan Staats. The evening also features the Vancouver debut of JUNO-nominated singer Siibii. \nFriday and Saturday admission is free — a wristband is required for entry. Full festival details\, wristbands\, and tickets to the September 20 closing concert at cometowardthefire.com.
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/%ca%94%c9%99m%cc%93i-cep-x%ca%b7iw%c9%99l-come-toward-the-fire-festival-2/2026-09-18/
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, V6T 1Z1
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SUMMARY:ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl Come Toward the Fire Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam\, with support from the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund\, present the 5th annual ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl – Come Toward the Fire Festival\, a soul-stirring celebration of Indigenous cultures\, creativity\, and community\, from September 18–20\, 2026 at the Chan Centre and venues across the UBC campus\, on unceded Musqueam territory. \nThe festival opens on Friday\, September 18 with a Day of Knowledge Sharing — featuring workshops\, cultural tours\, film screenings\, and an Indigenous artisan market. Saturday\, September 19 brings a full day of family-friendly programming with live music — featuring the Vancouver debuts of LOV and Kalyn Fay — workshops\, dance\, authors\, live mural painting\, film screenings including Gord Downie’s The Secret Path\, and food trucks. The festival closes on Sunday\, September 20 with a ticketed mainstage concert hosted by Reservation Dogs star Dallas Goldtooth and headlined by two-time JUNO Award-winner Aysanabee\, alongside Boslen and Logan Staats. The evening also features the Vancouver debut of JUNO-nominated singer Siibii. \nFriday and Saturday admission is free — a wristband is required for entry. Full festival details\, wristbands\, and tickets to the September 20 closing concert at cometowardthefire.com.
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/%ca%94%c9%99m%cc%93i-cep-x%ca%b7iw%c9%99l-come-toward-the-fire-festival-2/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, V6T 1Z1
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
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SUMMARY:ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl Come Toward the Fire Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam\, with support from the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund\, present the 5th annual ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl – Come Toward the Fire Festival\, a soul-stirring celebration of Indigenous cultures\, creativity\, and community\, from September 18–20\, 2026 at the Chan Centre and venues across the UBC campus\, on unceded Musqueam territory. \nThe festival opens on Friday\, September 18 with a Day of Knowledge Sharing — featuring workshops\, cultural tours\, film screenings\, and an Indigenous artisan market. Saturday\, September 19 brings a full day of family-friendly programming with live music — featuring the Vancouver debuts of LOV and Kalyn Fay — workshops\, dance\, authors\, live mural painting\, film screenings including Gord Downie’s The Secret Path\, and food trucks. The festival closes on Sunday\, September 20 with a ticketed mainstage concert hosted by Reservation Dogs star Dallas Goldtooth and headlined by two-time JUNO Award-winner Aysanabee\, alongside Boslen and Logan Staats. The evening also features the Vancouver debut of JUNO-nominated singer Siibii. \nFriday and Saturday admission is free — a wristband is required for entry. Full festival details\, wristbands\, and tickets to the September 20 closing concert at cometowardthefire.com.
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/%ca%94%c9%99m%cc%93i-cep-x%ca%b7iw%c9%99l-come-toward-the-fire-festival-2/2026-09-20/
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, V6T 1Z1
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SUMMARY:CINEMA | Lebanese Film Festival - Short Films
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in the heart of Lebanese creativity with an evening dedicated to the most memorable short films from the 10th edition of the Lebanese Film Festival. \nEnjoy a special screening offering the audience the opportunity to discover Lebanese cinema through the lens of Francophone cultural exchange\, followed by a discussion and Q&A session. \n– All public\n– English\, Arabic and French
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/cinema-lebanese-film-festival-short-films/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Vancouver\, 6161 Cambie St\,\, Vancouver\, V5Z 3B2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260928T190000
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SUMMARY:Frankenstein 1931 Screening | Fundraiser for Mary Shelley Meets a Monster
DESCRIPTION:An immersive fundraiser for Dreamqueen Immersive’s upcoming production of ‘Mary Shelley Meets A Monster’. You will be among the first guests to enter the Villa Diodati. With your ticket\, you can expect a sneak peek of the play\, followed by a screening of the original 1931 Frankenstein film. \nUpon entrance you will receive a goodie bag to snack on throughout the movie\, VIP swag\, and the chance to peruse our silent auction. Arrive in your best Regency wear for a chance to win best dressed and take home two free tickets to witness our take on the dark and stormy night in which Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein! \nWitty and sexy in equal measure\, Mary Shelley Meets a Monster invites guests into a stormy June in 1816\, when Mary Shelley and four companions decamp to a villa on Lake Geneva to invent a new genre of literature. \nIt begins simply enough as an evening spent rained in with some of the greatest creative minds in history\, but soon becomes a story about love\, sex\, creation\, ambition\, power\, and resurrecting the dead. \nFollow our socials @dreamqueenimmersive\, or learn more at https://www.dreamqueenimmersive.com/villadiodati
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/frankenstein-1931-screening-fundraiser-for-mary-shelley-meets-a-monster/
LOCATION:Silk Purse Art Gallery\, 1570 Argyle Avenue\, West Vancouver\, V7V 1A1
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260929T180000
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SUMMARY:Mental Health and Wellness Mini Conference
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal depression is real and it can have big effects on the mental health of Canadians. Triggers can include hot or cold weather\, changes in sleep patterns and disrupted routines\, social pressure\, shorter days\, body image concerns and/or seasonal allergies. \nJoin us for a series of discussions\, activities and locally produced short indie films around mental health and how to navigate getting through the Summer months\, into the Autumn and back around again. \nFeaturing Speakers: \nNishant Jain is a writer and sneaky-artist\, making secret drawings of his world everywhere he goes. Nishant’s work addresses urban coexistence\, and drawing as a way to pay attention to our physical environments. He is the host of the popular SneakyArt Podcast\, and writes a weekly Substack newsletter where he shares notes and drawings from his sketchbook adventures. His book\, Make (Sneaky) Art\, offers ideas to build a sketchbook habit based upon mindfulness and observation. \nTasha Feuchuk\, known online as terrorcatmom or as writer Drunk off Heart Condition\, is an avid card-sender and mental health advocate. Having lifelong struggles with physical and mental health\, Tasha feels strongly about taking time to take care of oneself. A literary creature\, former musical theatre and show choir kid as well as persistent medical anomaly\, Tasha began writing as a little one with a Dixon Primary Printer #1 and currently writes professionally with a mechanical keyboard or typewriter\, whatever strikes their fancy. Her disabilities\, namely Truncus Arteriosus Type 2 and a few DSM-5 entries\, do make their life a bit more complicated but they also have granted her incredible opportunities. She’s currently in cardiac rehab from her 3rd open heart surgery and working on a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style memoir as well as blogging.\n— \nFeaturing Short Films: \nThe Day My Cat Saved My Life by Kagah Goh – 2021 (7:26 mins): Based on a true-life story of a severe psychotic episode which brings the narrator to the brink of suicide\, where he is eventually found and saved by his cat. \nKagan Goh is originally from Singapore\, but is now a Vancouver-based Chinese Canadian multidisciplinary artist: published author\, spoken word poet\, playwright\, actor\, mental health advocate and activist. He was diagnosed with manic depression at the age of twenty-three\, in 1993. Kagan is a well-known spoken word artist\, essayist and poet\, a respected and established voice in Vancouver’s literary community for over three decades. He has been invited to\nperform at readings\, festivals and on radio\, and has published in numerous anthologies\, periodicals\, and magazines. In 2012\, Select Books in Singapore published his poetic memoir\, focused upon his relationship with his esteemed father\, Who Let in the Sky? \n*** \nPet Un-Friendly Cities: Vancouver by Gleyse de França – Potiguara Productions – 2023 (7:02 mins): A short documentary exploring the impact of Vancouver’s housing and pet policies on vulnerable communities\, mental health and everyday urban life. \nPets + Mental Health by Gleyse de França – Potiguara Productions – 2021 (1:00 min): A short film exploring isolation\, healing and the transformative power of the human-animal bond during the pandemic. \nGleyse de França is a Vancouver-based Brazilian filmmaker\, writer\, producer\, director and actor whose work explores mental health\, social issues\, immigration and contemporary urban life. Her short films Pets + Mental Health: Finding Love in Isolation and Pet Un-Friendly Cities: Vancouver have received international festival recognition across North America\, Europe and Asia. Through intimate\, socially conscious storytelling\, her films explore the human-animal bond\, mental well-being\, isolation and the realities of navigating contemporary urban environments. \n*** \nPebbles by Dimitri Kozma & Elaine Thrash – 2024 (12:17 mins): Emma is quietly unraveling inside an emotionally abusive relationship. Desperate for relief\, she turns to her therapist\, who offers an unexpected coping strategy: carry a small bag and drop in a pebble every time she feels hurt or dismissed. \nDimitri Kozma is a Brazilian‑Canadian director/filmmaker\, multimedia artist\, and writer whose work blends surreal visual language with grounded emotional storytelling. Known for Prime Time or Feast for Vultures\, The Meat\, and Unlovers\, his films explore identity\, trauma\, and the uncanny through intimate\, atmospheric worlds that blur the line between reality and imagination. \nElaine Thrash is a Brazilian‑Canadian actress and writer based in Vancouver. Her film credits include Lucid\, Know My Words Forever\, Prime Time or Feast for Vultures\, and many others. She created the Vancouver Fringe play The Lucky Life of a Black Cat\, and is the author of From Depression to Creation and How to be a Good Husband. Elaine wrote and stars in Pebbles\, bringing a raw\, intimate honesty to the role of Emma.
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/mental-health-and-wellness-mini-conference/
LOCATION:vancouver public library central branch\, 350 W Georgia St\, Vancouver\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:candie.tanaka@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260930T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260930T170000
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SUMMARY:National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Maritime Museum
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on September 30th from 10 AM — 5PM\, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation\, for “Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair” film screenings included with admission. \nAs the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. \nJoin us for a screening of the 30-minute film “Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair” on September 30th for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. \nCONTENT WARNING: This film contains sensitive content on the truths of the Canadian Residential School System which some may find distressing. If you are a Survivor and need emotional support\, a national crisis line is available 24 hours a day\, seven days a week. \nResidential School Survivor Support Line: 1-866-925-4419
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation-maritime-museum/
LOCATION:Vancouver Maritime Museum\, 1905 Ogden Avenue\, Vancouver\, V6J 1A3\, Canada
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