TL;WR

Nov 14, 2016

Eating and drinking and working.

Just when you think you're out, they pull back you in. New owners HIP Developments and Melloul-Blamey are partnering with Nick Benninger (Taco Farm, Nick and Nat's Uptown 21) to re-open the iconic Waterloo burger joint.

Close the tab you have open for Amazon and shop local this holiday season. The Waterloo Artisan Market is this Saturday, November 19 from 10am to 4pm. Twenty vendors and live music at the former Brick Brewery Site. (181 King St S, Waterloo)

The Etsy Waterloo Region Holiday Market is two weeks out on Saturday, November 26. More details next week.

Celebrate International Games Day at the Kitchener Public Library. They're teaming up with Red Meat Games, Games on Tap, the K-W Chess Club and Crossroads Board Game Café to bring you an afternoon of games for all ages. Saturday, November 19 from 1pm to 4pm. (85 Queen St N, Kitchener)

Local hockey wear startup Oneiric is on Dragon's Den this Wednesday, November 16 at 8pm!

What to do.

Hive Waterloo Region has their launch party this Tuesday, November 15 at the Kitchener Public Library's main branch from 6:30pm to 9pm. Hive WR's mission is to build a local network between schools, community organizations, and libraries to support digital literacy. (85 Queen St N, Kitchener)

Kitchener's first ever Lip Sync Battle #LipOffKW is this Wednesday, November 16 from 6:30pm to 11pm at Cork Hall at McCabes Kitchener. The event is in support of the YWCA K-W's Living Large Campaign.

Author Kate Sutherland will be reading from How to Draw a Rhinoceros this Thursday, November 17 at Open Sesame from 7pm to 11pm. (220 King St N, Waterloo)

SANTA! SANTA! I KNOW HIM. The Kitchener Santa Claus Parade is Saturday, November 19 from 10:30 to 1pm. The parade runs from Ottawa and King in Kitchener to Cedar, then Cedar to Victoria and Victoria to Weber ending at Bridgeport Rd.

The Underground Studio at THEMUSEUM opens this Sunday, November 20 from 10am – 3pm. The Underground Studio is a maker space to explore soldering, woodworking, programming, and 3d modeling activities. For Sunday only, admission for everyone is only $8.95. (10 King St W, Kitchener)