TL;WR

Jul 08, 2019

What to do.

Monday, July 8
Over at Descendants Beer & Beverage, it's Beer & Bachata with Chavem Bachata. Spots are left but you do have to pre-register with Chavem so contact them today for a fun, sexy way to get your body moving!

Have a song inside you that's dying to get out? Head over to Rhapsody Barrel Bar for open mic night. (I'll be singing in my car as usual - no one needs to hear this. -Ed.)

The HackerNest Kitchener-Waterloo July Tech Social is happening at the Nicoya Lifesciences office on King Street near the Frederick Ion station.

Tuesday, July 9
It's an Elora Brewing x Loloan Lobby Bar collab this Tuesday with a five-course dinner with awesome beer pairings from Elora Brewing. (Everyone loves a good collab. -Ed.)

Wednesday, July 10
Get down(ward dog) every Wednesday at the clocktower in Victoria Park with Yoga in the Park - presented by Queen Street Yoga. BYOM.

It's week 3 of the Kitchener Mid-Week Market with farmer’s market vendors, an outdoor beer & cider garden, live music, cooking demos from 4pm-8pm and an open music jam at Workhaus after party from 8pm-11pm.

Maxwell’s Concerts & Events & 107.5 Dave Rocks present Buckcherry with special guests Joyous Wolf and Sierra Pilot. $42.50 tickets + service charge. 19+

Thursday, July 11
Lunch today is Taco Thursdays at J&P Grocery with My BF is GF. Vietnamese Braised Pork Tacos
homemade corn tortillas, slaw, asian pear.

Do you remember the 80's? (I do. -Ed.) Well, even if you don't - head down to Descendants Beer & Beverage for 80's Musical Bingo.

North presents a screening of "General Magic" at the Apollo Cinema starting at 7. It's the story of one of history’s most talented tech teams, who after a great failure, went on to change the lives of billions with products like the iPhone, Android and eBay.

Movies in the Park returns to Waterloo Park this Thursday with "The Lego Movie 2".

Over at the KW Little Theatre, join Jon Corbin for The Soul Bringer Tour - a night of music and poetry that's good for the soul, if you feel good, or feel low. Jon Corbin is a dynamic spoken word and hip-hop artist with an eclectic show that represents peace, love, unity and having fun! Jon is celebrating his most recent album, Every Day.

Friday, July 12
Grab your lunch and a beverage and head down to Carl Zehr Square for Live at Lunch. This Friday it's Amy Dinino performing piano jazz.

Beer. ✅ Ice Cream. ✅ It's Flights and Bites at TWB Brewing Co-operative - join them for a guided pairing of four Four All Ice Cream treats with four beers, including exclusive beers and ice creams crafted ONLY for this event.

Saturday, July 13
Jazz After Dark at TWH Social features the Brownman Akoustic Trio performing the Gershwin Songbook starting at 8pm.

Starlight Social Club presents Hugo Alley with special guests 12 Mile Island and What If Elephants. $10 advance, $15 at the door. Door at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. 19+

Sunday, July 14
Take a walking tour of Uptown Waterloo with the "Building Waterloo walking tour 3: Waterloo's industrial boom". Learn how Waterloo's Board of Trade convinced city council to adopt a "progressive factory policy" of loans and tax exemptions for new industries in the 1890s and see how that shaped the Waterloo of today.

Goats. ✅ Yoga. ✅ It's Goat Yoga at the Growing Hope Farm in Cambridge.

Next week...
Local education tech pioneer D2L is turning 20! To commemorate this milestone, friends of D2L and the community are invited to walk through some of their history and into the future of learning on July 16 between 5 and 8 PM at D2L headquarters in the Tannery Building in Downtown Kitchener. There will be a food truck, office tours and lots of D2Lers will be on hand to walk you through their Deconstructed Time Capsule. Registration is required.

Kitchener's best live world music event is this weekend as Kultrun World Music Festival returns to Victoria Park. It is an incredible world music festival featuring local and international music acts and vendors.

Side note.

"Seeing the Ion dropping off thousands of people of all backgrounds at the multicultural festival on its first weekend was the perfect portrait of what our city is becoming — a more united and inclusive place." Sam Toman asks the question "Did the Ion just amalgamate us?" in the Record.

Nicole Beno just made DTK a heck of a lot more colourful.

There's a new vintage store in downtown Galt. The Community Edition has an interview with Lauren Domonchuk - owner of Nice Try.

Your Kitchener Public Library is celebrating the launch of Ion by asking - what are the stories that move you? Here's what UW's Beth Palmer is reading.