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🍅 New West Farmers Market – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

✨ City Hall Illumination - Blue - Prostate Cancer Awareness Month – 5:00 PM

📝 SFU Writing Consults – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

🎙 Rock Room Karaoke Nights at The Legion – 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

📚 Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

🎙 SAPP x Moodswing Monthly Open Mic – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

🎙 Georgie's Local Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🎭 Howe Sound New West Bingpot! Thursday Trivia – 7:00 PM

❓ Steel & Oak Thursday Trivia Night – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎙 The Terminal Pub Colossal Thursdays Karaoke – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎤 Notorious Grey Fox Open Mic Jam – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🎭 Comedy Exposed at the Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

🍵 High Tea at You N Me' Cafe – 11:00 AM / 1:30 PM / 4:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🗣 English Conversation Circles – Friday Sessions – 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

🍝 Italian Sagra – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

🧘 Yoga with HIM in New West – 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

🎲 Friendsday Night Board Games – 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🎸 Sip n’ Strum Fridays at Mechanics of Music – 7:00 PM

🎲 Georgie’s Local Hot Bitch Rock & Roll Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hitmix Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎙 Howe Sound New West Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🤝 Referral Network Monthly Meet up – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎙 Weekly Karaoke Every Friday – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

💃 Live Band Swing Dance with Westside Swing – 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM

🎙 Notorious Grey Fox Karaoke Friday Nights – 9:00 PM until Close

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

🗣 Spanish Conversation Drop-in – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🌱 Glenbrook Ravine Eco-Fest – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

🗣 English Conversation Circles – Saturday Sessions – 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

🎶 Uptown Live Summer Series – 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

🛍 Fall Craft Market, hosted by the Crafty Cousins – 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

🚶‍♀ Parkinson SuperWalk – 11:30 AM

🚶 Explore New West Walk – 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

🥌 Try Curling Clinics – 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

🚢 Samson V Museum – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

🧵 Rug Tufting at Arrieta Art Studio – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

🎉 Recovery Day BC Street Festival – 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

🛒 Downtown's Front Yard: Hyack Square Market Days – 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🚲 Youth Cycle Express: $2 Drop-in for Youth Ages 13 - 18 – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

🎶 Live Music Saturday's with Angie Faith – 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

🎸 Live Music Saturday at the Legion Branch 2 – 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM

🎒 Boot Scootin' Back to School Bash – 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🎶 Saturday Night Live Music at The Terminal Pub – 9:00 PM

🎙 Karaoke Saturdays at Kelly & Carlos O’Bryan’s – 9:00 PM to 12:30 AM

🎶 Georgies After Dark at Georgies Local – 9:30 PM

🕹 Fighting Game Night – Phantom Alley

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

💃 Free Beginner Square Dance Lesson! (Ages 50+ Only)

New Westminster storyboard artist Shaan Ali Khan sees New West Comic Fest as more than a place to sell art. For him, it is a chance for local creators to meet the public, connect with one another and show just how much creative work is being produced in the community.

Khan, who lives near the downtown waterfront, has worked in storyboarding for about 15 years. His interest in animation began early, growing up with shows such as Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men comics and films including Star Wars. Those influences eventually led him toward visual storytelling as a career.

Storyboard artists help shape animated productions at an early stage, planning shots, framing and character movement before projects move further into production. Khan has worked on projects including Pantheon and Scavengers Reign, which he considers highlights of his career.

He has also seen major changes in the animation industry. Streaming companies invested heavily in animated projects during the pandemic, but that spending has since slowed, making it more difficult for studios and artists to secure support for new work.

Khan believes that uncertainty is also encouraging artists to create independently and find new ways to reach audiences.

That is part of what makes events such as New West Comic Fest valuable.

Khan typically brings prints inspired by pop culture, including video games and animation, but he is especially interested in seeing creators promote original characters, comics and stories.

For emerging artists, conventions also provide immediate feedback. Creators can see what catches visitors’ attention, learn which pieces generate interest and make connections with other artists and potential supporters.

Khan said those connections can sometimes be surprisingly local, with artists and visitors discovering they live only a few blocks apart or have worked with some of the same people.

For first-time Comic Fest visitors, his advice is to arrive with an open mind, explore unfamiliar work and take a chance on something they have never seen before.

New West Comic Fest - Sapperton Community Hall

New Westminster gardeners can give their homegrown seeds a fresh start at an upcoming hands-on seed cleaning event hosted by the New Westminster Public Library.

The session will help gardeners prepare seeds harvested over the summer for storage or donation to the library’s seed library. Participants will learn and take part in traditional seed-cleaning methods, including threshing, winnowing, screening and sorting.

Gardeners are encouraged to bring their own harvested seed material to clean together. Those with extra seeds, large quantities of bulky seeds or divided bulbs can also bring them to share with others.

Participants should bring small bags or envelopes for taking new seeds home, along with any seeds or bulbs they would like to contribute.

The event will be held outdoors in the Main Branch parking lot, weather permitting. If heavy rain makes outdoor activities impractical, the session will move indoors to the Auditorium, although some messy seed-cleaning activities may not be possible inside.

Bring Your Seeds & Join In

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