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Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival! ❄️🌎 One festival, many neighbourhoods 🌞 #secretlantern 🌝

Vancouver BC
Joined December 2009
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🌼☀️ Prepare for summer solstice by making a beautiful crown of wildflowers with musician and storyteller Beverly Dobrinsky! #SecretSalonSeries #SummerSolstice #IvanaKupala #WildflowerCrown #VancouverEvents
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Award-winning artist shayna-adjowa jones brings a powerful storytelling performance rooted in Afro-diasporic folklore, rhythm, and song. ✨🎶 The lore of the Flying Africans🕊️ 📅 Wed April 8 🕖 7–9pm #SpokenWord #Storytelling #VancouverEvents
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Sunday March 29th | 2–5pm ✨ Secret Stories from Secret Members Theme: Information Interestingly Applied 💡 Got a story where random knowledge became unexpectedly useful? 🤔 Join us - or share your own: [email protected] Members-only 🔗 Link in bio #VancouverEvents
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Mary and Bill are next door neighbours. She’s a regenerative farmer & gardener and he’s a hedge fund manager & golfer. What could go wrong? Come to Secret Lantern Society for a one-woman climate crisis play by Dale Hamilton! #climatechange #regenerate #VanArt
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Dear Friends, Thank you for joining us at the 32nd Annual WSLF! We hope you loved the festival as much as we did and we can’t wait to gather with you again next year! Until then, please enjoy a few memories with this brief video recap: instagram.com/p/DTgPfSwEl_Z/
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✨ With gratitude and glowing hearts, we thank our incredible community partners, sponsors, and funders for helping us bring the 32nd Annual WSLF to life! 💛 🌙 Together, we celebrate light, creativity, and connection - illuminating Vancouver with hope and joy once again.
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🌌 Watch the dark night sky! 🌌 🌙 The 32nd Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival returns just 5 dark nights away, illuminating our community with light, music, and joyous celebration. See our schedule and map!
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🌾 Discover the ancient magic of Ukrainian winter rituals with musician & storyteller Beverly Dobrinsky! Learn songs, taste traditional foods, & explore myths✨ 🎟️ Limited space — reserve your spot now! 🔗 Tickets link in bio #UkrainianTraditions #SolsticeMagic #VancouverEvents
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🌀 December 7 - Walking An Ancient Labyrinth Path presented by mathematical artist and musician Susan Gerofsky. Playing with labyrinth 'seeds' and 'magic squares, we'll make and walk a classical labyrinth. With music and snacks! 🎟️Ticket link in bio! #SolsticeMagic #VancouverArts
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Journey into Europe’s winter masking traditions — where spirit, ritual & season intertwine. Join ritualist Marina Szijarto @ Secret Headquarters for an illustrated evening of ancestral beasts, bells & mystery. 🎟️ linktr.ee/secret_lantern_soc… #WinterSolstice #MaskMaking #AncestralArts
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oin us in the lantern-lit environment of Secret Headquarters to draw beautiful animal skulls found in the wild. Enjoy hot tea, tasty snacks, and new friends! 🫖🖌🎸 Note: this will be the final session of this year so please come! #SecretLanternSociety #LanternLitNights
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💫 Take flight on paper wings as world-renowned origami artist Joseph Wu reveals how humble squares of paper can transform into tiny miracles of imagination! 🎟 Ticket link in bio! #SecretLanternSociety #OrigamiArt #CreativeVancouver #SecretSalonSeries #EastVanArts
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Join us in the lantern-lit environment of Secret Headquarters to draw beautiful animal skulls found in the wild. Enjoy hot tea, tasty snacks, and new friends! #SecretLanternSociety #LanternLitNights #ArtAndMusic #EastVanArts #LiveSketchSession
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✨We’re hiring!✨ The Secret Lantern Society is seeking an Operations Manager to join our artist-run, community-focused team. 📅 Apply by October 21, 2025 🔗 See the full job posting - link in bio! Join our Secret team and keep the lanterns glowing!✨ #VancouverArtsJobs #Hiring
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🌞🌻In this hands-on gathering we will learn about the Ukrainian midsummer celebration Ivana Kupala~ 🎟️Ticket link in bio!
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🖌 Join artist Edward Fu-Chen Juan for an evening of handmade paper art, printmaking, stories of resistance, & a Taiwanese tea ceremony 🍵 His work blends heritage, activism & beauty. 🎟️ Ticket link in bio! #ArtAndActivism #HandmadePaper #TaiwaneseCanadianArt #EdwardFuChenJuan
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Join us for an evening of stories, music & snacks with Naomi Steinberg! 🌏🎶 Just before her cross-Canada tour, she shares tales from Goosefeather—a memoir of her 382-day global journey, plus a magical kamishibai show. 🎟️ Tix in bio! #Storytelling #BookLaunch #GoosefeatherStory
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Experience an evening of “kîhokewin” with Métis artist Gregory Coyes 🌙✨ Immerse yourself in Slow Media, stories, song, bannock & tea in the lantern-lit magic of Secret HQ. 🎶 Tickets in bio! #IndigenousVoices #SlowMedia #VancouverEvents #Kihōkewin #GregoryCoyes
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Ever wondered what the crows flying above are thinking? 🐦 Join bird expert Celina Starnes for a night of crow facts, folklore & a twilight walk! Featuring live accordion, tea, treats & surprises. 🧡 🎟️ Tickets: Link in bio #CrowFacts #VancouverEvents #UrbanWildlife
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