TL;WR

Feb 24, 2020

What to do.

Tuesday, February 25
Ambrosia Corner Bakery has a pop-up from Chef Jon Rennie. Come out and get yourself a Vietnamese noodle lunch. Grassfed beef #phởbò (braised cheeks, shaved denver steak, braised tendon) or vermicelli noodle salad with piles of fresh herbs sour cherry #nướcchấm and #nemnướng Vietnamese meatballs. Everything is gluten free and noodle salad can be made vegan. 11-2 pm.

Zeitspace has a workshop on web accessibility starting at 5:30 pm. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Web Accessibility will help you gain tools and understanding for designing and developing web content that meets basic accessibility standards.

The Grand River Film Festival. THEMUSEUM and CIGI present Cinema Series: "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People". Directed by Thomas Allen Harris and inspired by Deborah Willis's book Reflections in Black, the documentary explores the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present.

Wednesday, February 26
The Beaches are back in Kitchener at Elements Night Club. Doors at 7, music at 8.

Underground Flavour Group brings you a Taste of Guyana at the Kitchener Market starting at 4.

Billy Kidd from Wizard Wars is doing a cabaret show for the KW Comedy Festival at Centre in the Square's Studio Theatre at 8 pm.

The CivicTechWR meetup has Aaron Francis discussing the Vintage Black Canada photographic archives and how these artifacts narrate the past, inform the present and their potential to help us chart the future of our community. 5:30 pm at CIGI.

Young Sales Professionals KW has a their next meetup tonight at 7 at Communitech. The meetup a panel discussion on how Marko Savic (FunnelCake), Jacqui Murphy (Auvik) and Nigel Vanderlinden (Plum) developed their impressive careers starting in a sales role. Come out and learn and network and always be selling.

Thursday, February 27
Check out the 44 Gaukel Art Party & Open House from 6-9pm. Enjoy and explore the #44Gaukel Creative Workspace while checking out amazing local music by Blankie and Eiyn Sof, intriguing interactive installations by St. Marie + Walker and Melika Hashemi, four local painters taking on a live “Exquisite corpse” challenge/collab, plus more art activities, free snacks & drinks for sale by TWB Co-op Brewery.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery has Feast for the Senses 11 featuring Chef Kyle Rennie of King Street Trio. It's a night of tapas-style food and drink pairings inspired by works of art in their current exhibitions.

Tom Green opens the KW Comedy Festival at Centre in the Square. Doors at 7, comedy at 8.

Over at Short Finger Brewing Co, it's the Cruffin Stout Release Party with the fine gluten people from Golden Hearth Bakery.

Jesse Parent Storytellers Series brings you Scott Wickens at Lana's Lounge. Music starts at 7.

Friday, February 28
Stories of Resilience + Challenges in Woke Men features eight diverse, consciously-aware and multi-talented men to sharing their personal stories of overcoming adversity. 6 to 9:30 pm at the Registry Theatre.

Maxwell's Concerts & Events has their Indie Music Night featuring Jacob Bihun, R1SE and Marshall Veroni. Doors at 7:30, music at 8.

I, The Mountain is playing Descendants starting at 8:30.

Saturday, February 29
There's a Wooden Boat Food Dim Sum Pop-Up at Short Finger Brewing Co. from 3:30-5:30 pm.

TWB Co-operative Brewing has Leap Beers starting at noon. They're tapping a different small batch beer every hour.

Kitchener Comic Con 2020 takes over Kitchener City Hall this Saturday and Sunday. Cosplay, collectibles and more. (It took every ounce of self control not to lead this with 'set your phasers to fun'. -Ed.)

Rich Uncle has their happy hour with music from Sarah McLeod running 8 to 11. $5 Red Circle Brewing pints, $10 TRU Skillet Nachos (which we just learned are gluten-free and vegan - Ed.) and more.

Celebrate the leap year at Descendants Beer & Beverage with their 80s dance party starting at 8.

Sunday, March 1
Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village are hosting the Bulgarian Culture Day from 1 to 4 pm.

Yaymaker is at Descendants for a make-your-own chunky blanket workshop starting at 1:30.

Monday, March 2
The Marit Collective has their weekly drop-in session "Everything Happens So Much!" starting at 6:30. Turn off Twitter and go have a conversation IRL.

Maxwell's Concerts & Events has Bif Naked with her Songs and Stories 2020 Tour. Doors 7:30, music at 8.

Keep on your radar....
Early bird tickets are available for the Marit Collective's Know Better, Do Better: International Women's Day 2020 Immersive Conference on March 7.

Safe as Houses and I, The Mountain play Starlight Social Club on March 7.

Side notes.

Fewer police calls since Kitchener consumption site opened. (via CBC)

SHORE Centre’s leader Lyndsey Butcher is stepping down after five years at Kitchener-based sexual health organization. (via The Record)

We need to talk about diversity with Selam Debs (via The Community Edition)

Where to be for....

...comedy

Friday, February 28 & Saturday, February 29
Starlight Social Club
KITCHENER-WATERLOO COMEDY FESTIVAL
featuring Rob Bebenek with special guests Laura Leibow & Chris Robinson
$29 advance
Door at 7:30 pm, show at 8:30 pm
19+