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Jul 27, 2020

What to do

Tuesday, July 28
Overlap Associates has the second part of their municipal-focused workshop series "What now? Building Better Municipalities Through Human Centred Design" happening at 10:30 am.

Communitech has "Ask Me Anything: PR 101 for Startups and Scale-ups" with myself (shameless self-promotion, eh- Ed.) and the amazing Candace Beres, Communitech's Manager of Public Relation from 2-3 pm.

It's weird to talk about wills and estate planning...but it's important. Join Erin Bury, CEO of Willful, for "Estate Planning 101" starting at 6 pm.

Your Kitchener Public Library and the African Caribbean Black Network of Waterloo Region host An Evening With Desmond Cole. Cole is an award-winning journalist, radio host, and activist in Toronto. His writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, Toronto Life, The Walrus, NOW Magazine, Ethnic Aisle, Torontoist, BuzzFeed, and the Ottawa Citizen. He hosts a weekly radio program every Sunday on Newstalk 1010.

Wednesday, July 29
Waterloo Startup Founder 101 has "Future of Funding: A Chat with Canada's Top Investors & Startup Leaders" on at 12 pm.

How do you plant and maintain healthy trees? Listen, we don't know either. But Reep Green Solutions does. Join them from 7-8 pm for "Success with Trees: Separating Facts from Fiction".

I, the Mountain is live on Side Door starting at 8 pm. They started touring to promote their debut album - but then, all of this happened. Tune in to hear them live together for the first time in five months.

Thursday, July 30
Summer Lights Festival has Thursday Nite Music with Rebekah Stevens starting at 8:05 pm.

The Belmont Village Bestival has a throwback Thursday concert series featuring Goodnight, Sunrise, Romeo Sex Fighter, Craig McNair, Beware, Rufus John and My Son The Hurricane.

Friday, July 31
The Region of Waterloo has space in the second day of their now two-day Anti-Racism Townhall. Visit their site for more info.

Monday, August 3
Art$Pay has a new show ""Space" Odyssey: Mixed Media Paintings by Chantal Zettel" starting Monday, August 3 and running through Monday, August 24 at their Art Incubator on Regina Street in Uptown Waterloo.

The Belmont Village Bestival is going virtual for 2020. It's eight weeks of exciting content through the ages, from the 1930s to the 2000s! There will be events every week from Sunday-Friday on their Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! This will vary from music to art shows and more. Check out their page for full event listings.

Ways to support local

If you're an artist looking for studio space, Art$Pay has some available now in Uptown Waterloo.

Family & Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Foundation has their Camp "In" for Kids fundraiser on August 8, 2020. Have the fun of a night of camping but with all the comforts of home! Grab your pillows, favourite blankets, some snacks, and set-up camp! Whether it’s a full tent in your backyard or a blanket and some cushions in your living room, plan to camp "in" then sit back and let FACS do the rest! Camp "IN" for Kids is sponsored by Joseph & Co. Inc, Recycling since 1880.