What to do.
Tuesday, July 26
Pinch Cabaret is back at Button Factory Arts for a brand new night of unexpected variety and live performing arts with music, poetry, theatre, burlesque, and more. Hosted and curated by storyteller Ben Gorodetsky. Get ready for a diverse bill that will delight and flabbergast audiences while bring together disparate artistic communities! Tuesday, July 26 at 8 p.m.
Waterloo Public Library invites you to An evening with Carrie Snyder. Snyder is a fiction writer and editor as she discusses her new book Francie's Got a Gun. Fellow authors Tasneem Jamal and Emily Urquhart will be interviewing Carrie Snyder for the evening.
BeccaHosts has Karaoke Night at Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. starting at 9 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27
RunWaterloo presents the Downtown Kitchener Mile 2022 on Wednesday, July 27.
The Princess Cinema has a screening of Marcel The Shell With Shoes On at 4:30 p.m.
Head over to to AOK Craft Beer + Arcade on Wednesday for their happy hour from 5 – 8 p.m. All 16oz pours are only $6.
Join the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery at the Kitchener Public Library for a free screening of the documentary Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000) by celebrated Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. This film is the fourth in Obomsawin's landmark series on the Kanien’kehá:ka resistance at Oka that would become a pivot point in contemporary relationships between Indigenous nations and Canada. Rocks at Whisky Trench also forms the basis of Archer Pechawis' video performance and installation, For Mike, which is currently on view in Powerful Glow.
Thursday, July 28
uxWaterloo’s July Meetup is Let's talk about problems. In this uxWaterloo Meetup they’ll take a look at problems. Not really that there ARE problems but the foundations of them, where to get them, have good ones, and ones that inspire collaboration, innovation, and most of all action.
TWB Brewing has their Brews & Tunes Acoustic Jam from 6 – 9 p.m. Musicians of all levels are welcome!
Music at the Market is going down from 5 – 9 p.m. at the Kitchener Market. This week’s performers are Paige Warner and Treephones and there’s food from Tavola di Terra, The Pulao Gals, ROW Ice Cream, and Humble Lotus.
Comedian, director, and storyteller Ben Gorodetsky is offering a one hour improv workshop. The focus will be on PHYSICALITY and how to use your entire, glorious self for spontaneous comedy! The workshop will be followed by a one hour improv jam facilitated by Ben, exploring short form and long form improv games that focus on different physical techniques for a fun and immersive approach to collaborative comedy. Thursday, July 28 from 7 – 9 p.m. at 44 Gaukel.
Friday, July 29
Down in Hespeler Village, check out #WalkQueen. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June through October, the Hespeler Village BIA will be closing Queen Street East, Cambridge, from Guelph Ave. to Tannery St. for #WalkQueen; a celebration of Hespeler’s unique and intimate Village district.
Over in Elmira, BeccaHosts has Karaoke Night at Rural Roots Brewing Co. starting at 7 p.m.
Back at TWB Brewing, it’s their Summer Music Series featuring Treephones from 7 – 9 p.m.
Driftwood Theatre has an outdoor performance of an ambitious adaptation of three Shakespeare plays (Henry IV pts 1 & 2, Henry V) — King Henry Five is a powerful story about community, the families we inherit and those we choose, and the legacies we leave behind.
\Head over to Minds Eye Studio Art Gallery and Yoga Studio to celebrate the works of Roshan James! AKASHA centres on the personal experiences of Roshan James (she/her), emerging multidisciplinary Contemporary Artist. Learning about the Akasha and deepening her understanding of her ancestors' connection to nature and Source is an integral part of Roshan's process of discovery, decolonization, and experimentation through abstract mixed media artwork and installations. Friday, July 29 from 7:30-10 p.m.
Maxwell’s Concerts & Events proudly presents Greg Godovitz & The Scarberians with special guests Long Black Cadillac with Errol Starr & Earl Johnson (from Moxy), Friday July 29!
Scott Wicken plays live at the Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre. Scott Wicken writes lyric driven songs that are short stories. Accompanied by deft fingerpicking, his songs shift from earnest and sincere, to funny and irreverent, to surreal and surprising, like each song is a different room in some bizarre rambling house... you ask yourself, am I in a dream?... and why is it all so familiar?... did I live here as a child? Friday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 30
Stroll Walking Tours presents Black History Walking Tour. Meet some of Berlin’s, now Kitchener’s earliest Black settlers: entrepreneurs, teachers, domestic workers, and lawyers who lived and contributed here. Saturday, July 30 from 10:30 – 12 p.m.
Flamenco in the Market is a full ensemble performance hosted by Grand River Flamenco Fest with three international guests and the resident artists/Artistic Directors, Claudia Aguirre and Julian Berg. This outdoor concert will be akin to the "ferias" (fairs) of Spain, with a flamenco market featuring flamenco-themed souvenirs, accessories, and clothing, tapas by La Lola Spanish Catering, and craft beer by Descendants. Saturday, July 30 starting at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 31
BeccaHosts has Family-Friendly Harry Potter Trivia at Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. from 2 – 4 p.m.
On Sunday, check out Stroll Walking Tours Historic St. Jacobs tour. St. Jacobs might look like a town frozen in time, but this small village blends the modern and traditional and always stays connected to its roots.
Concerts in the Park is back this Sunday, July 31.
Monday, August 1
The Apollo Cinema presents a Retro Recall screening of Dirty Dancing – the 35th Anniversary edition at 7 p.m.
Ways to support local.
The seriousness of social isolation was heightened during the pandemic as long-term care and retirement homes restricted visitor access to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Leaving many older adults alone, unable to connect with friends, family and their care partners, and putting them at a great risk of mental decline, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and more.
Would you know what to do if you thought someone - your neighbour, friend, grandparent - was socially isolated? Would you know how to start the conversation and offer support?
Knowing what to say or do isn’t always obvious.
The Supporting Inclusion through Intergenerational Partnership (SIIP) program at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) recently developed a Conversation Guide to help identify and support older adults and care partners in Woolwich township who may be socially isolated.
Everyone has a part to play in supporting their community and an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, especially if that person has been struggling with social isolation. This resource was developed for older adults and care partners within Woolwich Township, however, it can be adapted for many other situations.
Find the Guide at: intergenerationalpartnerships.ca/community-conversation-guide
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What to read.
‘The great thing about pizza is that there are no rules’. A recent addition to The Tannery in downtown Kitchener, The Civil offers about a dozen pizza options and a playful cocktail list, writes Anjana Kipfer (The Record)
Supply teachers turned folk rockers master intricacies of crowd dynamics. Joel Rubinoff talks with I, the Mountain. (The Record)
Ackee and saltfish a dandy dish at Caribbean food spot in Cambridge. The vibe at Irie Myrie’s small oasis makes for an ambience that lives up to the patois in the name, writes Andrew Coppolino (Cambridge Times)