Vancouver Curiosity Club!

Weekly meetup at Riley park (or sweet Thea if it’s too cold or raining) to hang out and sketch together! 🎨

Bring your own materiel, this is an unguided chill event, every level is welcome ☺️

Look for the pink gingham blanket! 🌷

I can offer some prompts if you don’t have any idea of what to draw. l like to start with a brief introduction of every members with an icebreaker question and a fun warm up to get our creative juices flowing. Please aim to be on time otherwise you'll miss it.

The goal is to meet new people, keep your art practice going and relax outside! You can bring a camping chair or a picnic blanket. There are lots of shaded spot at that time of day.

There are bathrooms and a water fountain at the park.

I’m really looking forward to meeting you!🌷

🧘📓 Contemplative Meditation + Journaling Circle
Short summary
Most evenings get eaten alive by noise.
This one is for slowing down enough that your attention comes back online.
We’ll begin with a few opening comments, move into a short reading, sit together in contemplative meditation, do a pass-the-stick round while the room is still quiet, journal while the mind is still settled enough to tell the truth, and then open the room for discussion.
This is one full session from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Not two shorter drop-ins.
This is also not guided meditation narration. No “imagine a beach.”
Contemplative meditation is simpler and harder than that: a short reading, a quiet sit, and the work of actually paying attention.
No experience needed. But please come on time. This works much better when the room starts together.
How the session will go
We’ll start right at 6:00 PM.
6:00-6:10 opening comments
6:10-6:20 the reading
6:20-6:45 meditation
6:45-7:10 pass the stick
7:10-7:35 journaling
7:35-8:00 discussion
During pass the stick, sharing stays brief and intentional. Nobody has to perform.
Important note about being late
Because the room settles early, late arrivals can throw it off for everyone.
If you think you’ll be late, better to come to the next one and start with the room from the beginning.
Bring
Notebook + pen
Optional: water or tea
Optional: sweater / cushion / anything that helps you sit comfortably
When and where
🗓️ Date: Wednesday
🕒 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Vancouver Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC
9th floor, left of the elevators when you exit.
Cap 8 + waitlist
Small on purpose. Calm is better than crowded.
RSVP note
If you RSVP and then can’t make it, please cancel so someone else can take the seat.

🌲💧 Cleveland Dam walk - forest, water, and a slower weekday
Outdoor social walk - Capilano River Regional Park / Cleveland Dam.
Short summary
Not every weekday needs to be a performance of productivity.
Sometimes the better move is much simpler:
Go north.
Stand near water.
Walk through trees.
Talk to people who are also trying to have a real evening.
We’ll meet at Cleveland Dam and walk together through the park around the dam and forest, with conversation along the way.
This is not an extreme-adventure meetup.
Not a fitness challenge.
Not a “prove you own technical hiking pants” situation.
Just an approachable outdoor Curiosity Club walk: views, forest air, moving conversation, and a little distance from the usual city noise.
A few questions already sitting in my head

• “Why do some conversations get easier when people are walking?”
• “What does being near water do to the mood of a group?”
• “When was the last time your weekend felt like it had actual space in it?”
• “Do we go outside to escape the city, or to remember how to live in it better?”
• “Why does a forest make small talk feel slightly less fake?”

How the afternoon will go
We’ll meet at the Cleveland Dam parking lot, by the dam viewpoint, at 4:00 PM.
From there, we’ll walk together through the park around the dam and forest.
The pace will be social and conversational, not athletic. People can talk, pause, look around, and let the walk be the thing.
No forced icebreakers.
No networking energy.
No turning nature into content.
Just a good outdoor hang with enough movement to make the conversation feel less stiff.
Bring / weather note
Bring water.
Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Bring a layer - North Vancouver likes to remind people that weather has range.
This event goes ahead in light rain, but may be changed if the weather looks unsafe.
When and where
🗓️ Date: Thursday, August 20th, 2026
🕒 Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Cleveland Dam
Capilano Road at Prospect Avenue, North Vancouver, BC
Exact meeting point: Cleveland Dam parking lot, by the dam viewpoint.
Cap
40 attendees.
Outdoor event, relaxed energy, basic human decency.