Join us for two screenings of films by Jumana Manna, that trace connections between people and plants in conflict zones. The two distinct events are presented alongside the exhibition Biophilia, at Nanaimo Art Gallery. Doors 6:45pm, film 7pm. See website for locations, registration and more info.
Sheila Norgate announces her 40 year Retrospective art show and sale on Gabriola at the Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre (476 South Rd) on Saturday/Sunday October 3/4, 11-5pm each day with an artist talk at 2pm on Sunday. All events free.
Sheila Norgate announces her 40 year Retrospective art show and sale on Gabriola at the Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre (476 South Rd) on Saturday/Sunday October 3/4, 11-5pm each day with an artist talk at 2pm on Sunday. All events free.
Poetry-Open Mic: An Afternoon on the Moon ft. Nate Nate Nainers reading from their newest (and wildest) book, "smokin' holy spirits." Ex-vangelical, neurodivergent, queer, and down for a trip! Anything goes except hate speech!
It Was Just an Accident (2025) is a political thriller directed by Jafar Panahi about a former Iranian political prisoner, Vahid, who believes he has found his former torturer. Vahid kidnaps the man, leading to a tense, moral road trip to confirm the man's identity, exploring themes of vengeance, trauma, and justice in Iran. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
Peak Everything (also titled Amour Apocalypse) is a 2025 Quebecois romantic comedy directed by Anne Émond that explores falling in love amidst the existential dread of climate change. Quebec Cinema Awards Best Visual Effects
It Was Just an Accident (2025) is a political thriller directed by Jafar Panahi about a former Iranian political prisoner, Vahid, who believes he has found his former torturer. Vahid kidnaps the man, leading to a tense, moral road trip to confirm the man's identity, exploring themes of vengeance, trauma, and justice in Iran. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
Come join me, & meet some new folks for a casual gathering of drawing, collage, journaling, drawing, & ? Oct 7, Nov 4 and future dates TBA. 6:30-8:30 at Whitel Sails Brewing.
Join us at Maffeo Sutton Park on Saturday, October 10, from 2:00-6:00 PM for a free afternoon of fall activities, creativity and community connection. Enjoy complimentary hot chocolate, a Community Gratitude Wall, hands-on arts and activities, the Harvest Photo Experience, Harvest Trivia, a community Scarecrow Patch and Scarecrow Contest, local organizations and vendors, and more. Visitors are also invited to bring gently used coats and blankets or new socks for our Community Warmth Drive supporting the Salvation Army Nanaimo Centre of Hope. 📍 Maffeo Sutton Park 📅 Saturday, October 10, 2026 🕑 2:00-6:00 PM Thank you again for being part of our first annual Harvest Festival. If you have any questions, please email Amanda at spiritofnanaimo@gmail.com.
Nanaimo, BC: Renowned poet Stephen Collis is Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet for 2026/27. Collis’s lecture is October 22nd from 7 to 8:30 pm on the Nanaimo campus in Building 355, Room 203. It is free to attend and will be followed by a catered reception, cash bar, and book signing in Room 211. Collis will also perform two poetry readings. First, there will be a reading and Q&A for students on October 21st from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in Building 310, The Malaspina Theatre lobby. Second, there will be a community reading that night (October 21st) at Windowseat Books (321 Wesley St) from 7-8 pm; student poet Lee Groen will open for Collis, and there will be music. For more information, please email Dr. Neil Surkan, Chair of the Gustafson Committee (Joy Gugeler, Mike Roberson, Sonnet L’Abbé) at Neil.Surkan@viu.ca.
This October, come to the Banquet Hall at the Nanaimo Golf Course for a free-admission Annual Craft Fair! Visit 30 tables of a variety of local crafts and enjoy amazing baked goods! Proceeds from the bake sale support the Salvation Army.
When wildfire closes in on the remote Southside of northern British Columbia, the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and local residents face an impossible choice: evacuate, or stay and defend the land that defines them. With distance, limited access, and delayed outside response, the community is forced to rely on itself—drawing on Indigenous leadership, cooperation, and generations of lived knowledge to meet the fire in near isolation. But the flames expose more than devastation. In the aftermath, the burn reveals the long-erased site of a Cheslatta village, resurfacing a suppressed chapter of history and reframing what is truly at stake. The Fire In Our Hearts is an intimate, cinematic portrait of resilience and sovereignty—showing how community-led action, responsibility, and memory shape survival in a world increasingly defined by fire.