My Upcoming Free Events, feel free to join whichever interests you :)

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If you’ve been craving something low-pressure + meaningful, here are the upcoming meetups I’m hosting. Comment the emoji of the one you’d try, or drop a topic you want next 👇

🧘📓 Meditation + Journaling Circle — contemplative meditation, a short reading, quiet sitting, journaling, and an honest room that starts calm instead of loud. Tue Jun 2, 6–8pm @ VPL Central — Cap 8 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/315028117/

💍📜 Should you get married? — Francis Bacon from 1612 being weirdly useful about marriage, freedom, ambition, love, duty, and the ugly parts people usually avoid saying out loud. Sat Jun 6, 11am–1pm @ VPL Central — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314954147/

🌊🎨 Kits Beach Hangout — books, sketchbooks, snacks, blankets, ocean air, and a casual Saturday evening outside without networking energy or a fake social script. Sat Jun 6, 6–8pm @ Kitsilano Showboat / above Kits Pool — no cap

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314954063/

📚🤫 Silent Reading Party + book chat — bring whatever book is currently judging you, read quietly around other humans, then share a few book thoughts at the end if you want. Sun Jun 7, 11am–1pm @ VPL Central (L6 North 690) — Cap 12–15 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/314748026/

🧠⚠️ Who Goes Nazi? Dorothy Thompson’s Essay from 1941 — a sharp old essay about politics, personality, fear, status panic, cowardice, and who collapses under pressure. Sun Jun 7, 1–3pm @ VPL Central — Cap 12–15 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314748071/

📵🤖 Debate Night #2: should kids under 16 be banned from social media and AI? — tech ethics, childhood, loneliness, parenting, freedom, AI companions, and whether “protect the kids” is enough of an answer. Sun Jun 7, 3–5pm @ VPL Central — Cap 12–15 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314748350/

🌾🏠 Living the Land movie outing — a quiet Chinese rural drama about family, harvest, land, modernization, and what progress costs when it arrives inside ordinary lives. Sun Jun 7, 6pm @ The Cinematheque — buy your own ticket

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/315033669/

🎤 Karaoke Sunday at Fionn MacCool’s — sing if you want, cheer if you don’t; bad singing welcome, bad behaviour not. Low-pressure Sunday night social hosted by Mary. Sun Jun 7, 7:45–10:45pm @ Fionn MacCool’s — Cap 20 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314953652/

🎬💍 The Fellowship of the Ring movie discussion — did Peter Jackson capture Tolkien, betray him, rescue him, or build a different beast entirely? Sat Jun 13, 12–2pm @ VPL Central — Cap 13 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/314759158/

🍣🎥 Jiro Dreams of Sushi — documentary discussion about mastery, obsession, family, discipline, perfection, and whether devotion becomes a cage. Sun Jun 14, 11am–1pm @ VPL Central (Room 690, 6th floor) — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/314925142/

📖🪆 Chekhov’s “The Darling” — a short Russian story about love, dependence, devotion, self-erasure, and the terrifying work of actually having a self. Sun Jun 14, 3–5pm @ VPL Central (L4 North 492) — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/314925162/

🧙‍♂️📖 Lord of the Rings year-long reading, session #4 — we start The Two Towers: Boromir’s fallout, Rohan, the Ents, Saruman, and what happens after the Fellowship breaks. Sat Jun 20, 12–2pm @ VPL Central (Level 5 South) — Cap 13 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-fantasy-scifi-meetup-group/events/314759022/

🍜🔥 Off-Radar Eats #4: Northern Vietnamese night at CHÉN — small-table dinner in Burnaby Heights: bún chả, crab parcels, egg coffee, and real conversation over food that makes the city feel bigger. Sat Jun 20, 6pm @ CHÉN, Burnaby — Cap 7 + waitlist; everyone pays their own bill

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/315027649/

📅🕚 Why Do You Keep Not Doing the Thing? — procrastination, self-control, avoidance, burnout, discipline, and why the “just try harder” answer usually fails. Sun Jun 21, 11am–1pm @ VPL Central — Cap 12–15 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314841970/

🌊🏹 The Odyssey Part 3: homecoming, revenge, and the end — Odysseus returns to Ithaca, but coming home is not the same as getting your life back. Sun Jun 21, 3–5pm @ VPL Central (L6 North 690) — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-fantasy-scifi-meetup-group/events/314886818/

🗡️🕊️ Vinland Saga: what does it mean to be a true warrior? — revenge, masculinity, pacifism, fatherhood, slavery, forgiveness, and whether “I have no enemies” is strength or fantasy. Sun Jun 21, 6–8pm @ Waves Coffee (900 Howe) — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314953807/

🌊🟢 The Green Ray movie outing — Rohmer’s quiet summer film about loneliness in good weather, wanting connection too badly, and the tiny hope of one strange sunset sign. Sat Jun 27, 8:30pm @ The Cinematheque — buy your own ticket

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/315049083/

🩸🎞️ Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in 70mm — both films as one unrated epic, big screen, intermission, 70mm chaos, and probably no normal brain left by midnight. Tue Jun 30, meet 6pm / movie 7pm @ The Park Theatre — buy your own ticket

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-literature-and-film/events/314951402/

🏛️🧠 How to Think Like a Roman Emperor — Stoicism, psychology, emotional control, Marcus Aurelius, and whether philosophy actually helps when life starts pressing on you. Sat Jul 18, 1–3pm @ VPL Central — Cap 12 + waitlist

https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-meetup-group/events/314925159/

Small practical note: Meetup RSVPs are free; movie tickets and restaurant bills are separate where mentioned. Most of these are intentionally capped small so it stays genuinely conversational. If it’s full, hop on the waitlist — spots often open up.

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