TL;WR

Jan 20, 2020

What to do.

Monday, January 20
It's the first year anniversary of Beer & Bachata at Descendants Beer & Beverage starting at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, January 21
Hey. You can get a pound of wings at TWH Social for only $9.95. Just putting that out there. Do what you will.

Inconceivable! The Princess Original has "The Princess Bride" on starting at 6:30 p.m.

Waterloo Startup Founder 101 presents "Humans vs Machines: The Future of AI, and How to Prepare as a Business" at Lazaridis Hall from 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, January 22
Make a t-shirt with the team from #KWFamous with Millennial Makers: Screen Printing Shirts at THEMUSEUM. $20-$25 and tickets are limited!

Thursday, January 23
The 100 Notebook Project exhibition is happening at Tapestry Hall in Cambridge. What's the 100 Notebook Project? Well, 100 community members are given notebooks to do whatever with - journal, sketch, collage, make a comic book - or even leave blank. They're then collected and displayed as an art exhibition for the public. (Gives a whole new meaning to "did you read my diary" eh? -Ed.)

Your KW TItans play Windsor at the Aud. Tip off at 7 p.m.

There's musical bingo over at Descendants Beer & Beverage with the theme of music from 2010-2019.

The Waterloo Brewing Tap House has their first Buck-A-Shuck Oyster Night starting at 5 p.m. and going till 8 p.m.

Friday, January 24
Ancient Shapes play Starlight Social Club with special guest Hyness. $15 advance, $20 at the door Door at 7 p.m, show at 8 p.m.

The Registry Theatre has 365 Pro Wrestling (for real) starting at 7 p.m.

Over at Descendants Beer & Beverage, The Bend will be playing 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Marianas Trench play Centre in the Square starting at 8 p.m.

The Jazz Room has Robin Jessome and Slide Effect at 8:30 p.m.

Rhapsody Barrel Bar has The Orange Men on stage at 9:30 pm.

Saturday, January 25
Soup. ✅Mac'n Cheese. ✅ Chilli. ✅ It's Uptown Waterloo's first-ever Comfort Food Crawl. Tickets are $10 and stops include Kentucky, Abe Erb and Prohibition Warehouse.

Wooden Boat Food Co. has a dim sum pop-up from 3:30 5:30 p.m.

Your Kitchener Public Library presents 85 Queen: An Afternoon with Cynthia Loyst starting at 2 p.m.

Ladies Learning Code has a User Experience workshop 10 to 4 p.m. at Faire in Downtown Kitchener.

Naranj restaurant up by the Boardwalk has the one year birthday celebration with live music from Tyler Schwende - plus cake and amazing middle eastern food.

THEMUSEUM has the ninth edition of "The Brush Off" going down starting at 7:30. It's like The Hunger Games, but with art instead of murder. (Well that went in a direction we didn't expect. -Ed.)

Death Party Playground are dropping their new album “Little Joy” at Maxwell's Concert & Events. Doors 7:30, Music 8:00 p.m. $10 adv. $12 door.

Short Finger Brewing has a OK2BME fundraiser and dance party, supporting LGBTQ2+ youth and their families in Waterloo Region from 8 to 11 p.m.

If you're looking for a gala like no other, you need to check out BMW Grand River presents: Bow Ties, Blues and Barbecue. Leadership Waterloo Region's annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, January 25 at Bingemans.

Sunday, January 26
Jane Bond has Jokes at Jane's with headliner Tamara Shevon (JFL42, NXNE, Beijing Comedy Festival).

Side notes...

Kitchener lost a great friend this weekend. Thom Ryan worked to make the community a great place to live for everyone and he'll be missed.

Helping others with a great fit of time and talent. Athena gives back to an organization close to its roots here in Waterloo Region.

Foodways and Entrees: Cupping sessions help coffee connoisseurs choose beans for your morning cup of joe

On the latest TL;WR podcast, we talk with Beth and Hersi in the studio about their experience moving from Ottawa to Kitchener. We also breakdown the best places for pancakes.