TL;WR

Jul 22, 2019

What to do.

Monday, July 22
Tigh De Gazon hosts Plant Nite: Succulents in Whiskey Barrel at Descendants Beer & Beverage starting at 5 PM. Enjoy a pint while you make your own mini arrangement to take home with you.

It's open mic night at Rhapsody Barrel Bar starting at 7:30.

Tuesday, July 23
Descendants Beer & Beverage has "Schitt's Creek" trivia starting at 8 PM.

Wednesday, July 24
Beer Wars is back at Abe Erb in the Tannery in Downtown Kitchener. $25 gets you samples from seven breweries and $5 from each ticket goes towards the Legacy Foundation. This year's breweries are Abe Erb, Descendants, Elora, Innocente and new this year - Red Circle and Short Finger.

Looking to learn about launching a fintech startup in Canada? Workhaus has "Launching a FinTech Startup in Canada: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly" from 6 to 8 PM with Julien Brault, co-founder and CEO of Hardbacon from Montreal.

Thursday, July 25
Learn about neural networks, creative AI and how DJs make the music they do at "Artificial Intelligence Meets Music" at the Terminal office in Downtown Kitchener. Rave's Machine Learning lead Thor Jonsson will give an awesome talk about how sound can be processed mathematically and explain what occurs when the human brain processes sound. (HAL, please open the pod bay doors and drop the bass. -Ed.)

The Crumby Cookie Dough Company and Four Fathers Brewing bring you 4 X 4 - Craft Beer & Cookie Dough Pairing in Cambridge from 6:30 to 8 PM. Try out four combinations of beer and cookie dough. (If we had an event of the week feature, this would be it. -Ed.)

Pat The Dog Theatre Creations x Edna's present "Drag Me To Edna's", an intimate night of drag at Edna's Micro Performance Space in Kitchener. Hosted by Athena McQueen with performances by George Swoonie and Kiki Rhinestone.

Friday, July 26
The Apollo Cinema is hosting the Drunken Cinema's presentation of 1985's "Fright Night" starting at 7 PM.

The Lancaster Smokehouse has their Summertime Sud Sippin' Dinner at 7 PM. It's a four-course, seasonal feast inspired by local foods and beers. $60 per person.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre has three performances of "Queer Spawn" this weekend starting Friday. It's a one person show made up of stories about growing up as a second generation queer created and performed by: Kira Meyers-Guiden.

Saturday, July 27
The Schneider Creek Porch Party is an afternoon of live music around the Schneider Creek neighbourhood in Downtown Kitchener. Head down from 3 to 7 PM.

Rock and Rumble is back in Downtown Kitchener this Saturday starting at 6 PM. There's a free concert Men Without Hats, vintage arcade games, food trucks, craft beer and live wrestling. (Wait. Men Without Hats? "The Safety Dance"?? Men Without Hats are Canadian? -Ed.)

Cycling Canada comes to Kitchener for the Kitchener Twilight Grand Prix in Victoria Park. It's a 1.3km criterium cycling race through the park - come out and cheer before heading to Rock and Rumble.

Called "Canada's greatest interpreter of Miles Davis' music", trumpet player Brownman Ali and an all-star cast will perform the entire "Kind of Blue" recording from top to bottom starting at 8 PM at TWH Social.

Sunday, July 28
Wind down the week with a walking tour of Waterloo guided by the Architectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) North Waterloo Region branch. This tour focuses on buildings constructed in the 1920s and 1930s.

DVLB has an Intro to Cross Stitch Workshop for Beginners starting at 1 PM. You'll learn about how to prep your hoop and needle, start your first stitch, wrap up your thread and how to finish your hoop for display. Presented by YHCrossStitchDesign.

Welcome to the end of this week's listings. There's a secret bar in Downtown Kitchener. The password is Larry Johnson. That's all we know.

Where to be for....

...music

Saturday, July 27
Starlight Social Club
HAWKEYES
'Last Light of Future Failure' Album Release Party
with special guest Cellos
$10 advance
Door at 7 PM, show at 8 PM
19+