You'll watch it with 150 people who care as much as you do, in a theater booked for exactly one audience. You're reading this before it's public.
You'll watch it with 150 people who care as much as you do, in a theater booked for exactly one audience.
Dinner and the film are included with every seat.
Sold out every time
Top Gun: Maverick, 2022. Dune: Part Two, 2024.
The night starts before the movie does. Reception, auction, and screening all happen at the Culver Theater.
Doors and VIP reception
An hour reserved for VIP guests. Costumed performers move through the crowd.
Into the auditorium
The whole room moves in together and finds its seats. Dinner is brought to you there.
The auction
Two lots, called live from the floor. Bidding moves fast, and what it raises pays for the training.
Dune: Part Three
Lights down, before opening weekend, with 150 people who chose to be there.
You'll also be asked to introduce yourself to at least one person you don't know. That isn't an icebreaker gimmick, it's the house rule.
The circle of people you meet stops growing as you get older, unless something forces it back open. That's what the night is for.
Two custom Damascus crysknives, forged for this night by master blacksmith Emiliano Carrillo. The pattern in the steel comes from folding the billet by hand, so no two blades are alike and these will not be made again.
Two lots, two winners. Valued at $5,000 each
Citizen Medic Foundation teaches first aid, CPR, and disaster preparedness to people outside medicine, the ones most likely to be first at the scene.
Each workshop trains 30 to 50 people. Students pay $20 to $30, and we waive it for anyone who asks. The Foundation covers the rest, about $1,000 a workshop: extra instructors so the groups stay small enough that everyone practices, mannequin rental, food, and the bandages and slings that get used up.
There are 150 seats, and every one includes dinner brought to your seat. VIP adds the reception, with light snacks and drinks, arrival by 4:00 PM. Standard is dinner and the film, arrival by 5:00 PM. There's no late seating once the film starts at 5:30. Choose one to continue to checkout.
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Everything a Standard seat includes, plus
Buying four together? Four VIP seats are $1,000, four Standard seats are $500. Seating together is guaranteed for the group. Email events@citizenmedic.org to book as a group.
Coming as a company?
Sponsorship tiers put your people in the best seats and your company on the screen before the film.
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Seats open up when plans change, and next year's list is built from this one. Put your name down and you'll hear first, before the page goes public.
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Know someone who belongs here?
The room is built by the people already in it. Send this to one person you'd want to sit next to.
Pass it onCitizen Medic Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 83-2949404. Only the amount paid above the fair market value of the seat, food, and drinks is tax deductible. Your receipt will state the deductible portion.
Kai Chang 張敦楷
Executive Director & Founder, Citizen Medic
Kai founded Citizen Medic in 2019 and has personally led every workshop since, training more than 500 motorcyclists. Before that he taught first aid and CPR for the American Red Cross for eleven years, teaching about 2,000 people, from Scout troops to the Italian and Singaporean consulates in San Francisco.
Dr. Laurence Rifkin, DDS
Co-Chair, First Light 2026
Dr. Laurence Rifkin is a Beverly Hills cosmetic dentist, author, and sculptor who has treated performers, public figures, and patients from around the world for more than five decades, combining science and fine art to build natural, individualized results. He's also an avid motorcyclist and owns one of the earliest examples of Arch Motorcycle's flagship KRGT-1. A longtime friend and supporter of Citizen Medic Foundation, Larry joins First Light 2026 as a co-chair.
Avens O'Brien
Co-Chair, First Light 2026
Avens O'Brien is a Los Angeles entrepreneur, public speaker, and Co-Founder and Vice President of Operations at Advanced Mycology, the company behind XÜM and PLÜR. Her work sits at the intersection of consumer products and psychedelic education, with an emphasis on transparency and responsible use. XÜM sponsored Citizen Medic's sold-out Dune: Part Two screening in 2024, and Avens is back this year to help build the next one.
Questions before you commit? Write to events@citizenmedic.org and you'll hear back from a person.
No. This is a private screening on December 17, before opening weekend. The auditorium is booked for guests of Citizen Medic.
Everything happens at the Culver Theater. Park in any of the three Culver City lots: 9099 Washington, 3846 Cardiff, or 3844 Watseka. The city covers the first hour, and the theater validates two more, so bring your ticket inside. Three EV charging stations are at 9099 Washington.
No rule, but past guests have dressed up. Blazers, a good jacket, something with personality. Nobody has ever been overdressed here.
This one’s for the grown-ups. Drinks are served all night, so every guest needs to be 21 or over.
Your seat is transferable. Email events@citizenmedic.org and we’ll move it to whoever takes your place.
Anything else, including dietary needs, accessibility, and seating a group together, write to events@citizenmedic.org.
Can't make it? Cover the seat you can't use. A gift of any amount is appreciated and fully tax-deductible. We'll send a receipt for your records.
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