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TL;WR for April 30 through May 6 2024
What to do.
Tuesday, April 30
The Waterloo Women's Field Hockey Club has its tryouts on April 30 and May 2, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 at Woodside Park. Checkout their site for more information.
Waterloo Public Library has a discussion with Iona Whishaw, in partnership with Words Worth Books, at 7 P.M. Join award-winning author Iona Whishaw as she discusses her new book Lightning Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery, the latest in the Lane Winslow Mystery series.
The Princess Cinema has 45th anniversary screenings of Alien at 6:45 and 9:30 P.M.
Wednesday, May 1
TWB Brewing has May The Force Be With You Trivia from 7 to 9 P.M.
Thursday, May 2
Hackin’ darts and breaking hearts. TWB has its Dart Night from 7 to 9:30 P.m. $10/person.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery presents Culture Talks: Marc Ryan & Adam Nicklin from PUBLIC WORK, an urban design and landscape architecture studio focused on one of today's foremost public topics - the intelligent evolution of the contemporary city. 6:30 P.M. at the Walper Hotel.
Centre in the Square has Jeans ‘n Classics: The Music of Sting & The Police at 8 P.M.
BeccaHosts has 2000s Music Bingo at The Rabbid Fox at 8 P.M.
Frontier Music presents Acquired Taste and Only Fools & Satellites at the Duke of Wellington from 7-10 P.M.
Friday, May 3
Jane's Walks Waterloo Region returns on May 3, 4, and 5. Jane's Walks started in 2006, the year after Jane Jacobs died, as a way to honour her life and activate her ideas. Although she had no formal training as a planner, Jacobs changed the approach to city planning through her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. There are 21 free walks to choose from, learn more at janeswalkwr.com.
Centre in the Square meets Jurassic Park with Dinosaur World Live at 6:30 P.M.
Crow Shield Lodge’s Feed the Fire Fundraiser is happening on May 3 at 7 P.M. at the Willow River Park Pavilion. It’s an evening of music, food and community featuring a silent auction with items from local artists and businesses. It is PWYC and all proceeds go to supporting Crow Shield Lodge programming and operations.
Rusty Nail Comedy Friday at Mortys has headliner Chris Robinson or head down to the Crazy Canuck DTK for headliner Sammy Farid—both shows start at 7:30 P.M.
The Hub has The High Loves w/ Lost In Japan & Housecat at 8 P.M.
Saturday, May 4
Discover one-of-a-kind gifts and meet the makers who bring them to life, just in time for Mother's Day! Come out to the Wonderfully Made market at Catalyst 137 and shop from a curated selection of nearly 50+ makers and talented artisans in Waterloo Region. 10 to 3 P.M.
Short Finger Brewing is hosting May the 4th be with you from 1 to 8 P.M. They will be watching all the Star Wars movies (the bad ones at double speed).
Pinch Cabaret’s Together We're Boisterous Comedy Show is back at TWB for another entertaining evening of Improv, Storytelling & Burlesque starting at 7 P.M.
Josh Piche plays live at Emmanuel United Church at 7 P.M. Josh Piché is a Toronto based singer-songwriter, guitarist & producer. Born & raised in Winnipeg, he learned playing, singing, songwriting & performing from some of the city's best musicians, eventually moving east to Toronto for a taste of the big city.
Rusty Nail Comedy at the Crazy Canuck DTK brings you headliner Lianne Mauladin at 7:30 P.M.
Pink Lemonade Records is brining Debt Cemetary, Rag Ripper, and Hang The Landlord to The Yeti. Doors at 8. $10.
Centre in the Square has Ones — The Beatles #1 Hits at 8 P.M.
The Electric Crush Band is playing the Edelweiss Tavern from 8:30 to 11:30 P.M.
Sunday, May 5
The Willibald Spring Market is 10 to 4 P.M. at the Willibald Distillery in Ayr.
The Kitchener Musical Society Band presents The Wonderful World of Music at THEMUSEUM at 2 P.M. It’s an afternoon of music celebrating Disney’s 100th Anniversary. The concert will be filled with selections from classic Disney animations & films, and all-time favourites.
The Green Room Barbershop has its Spring Maker’s Market from 12 to 4 P.M. They’ll be licensed for the day or enjoy one of Belmont’s best cups of coffee while you shop awesome deals from local makers.
Concordia Choir and the Concordia Children’s Choir present their spring concert, Around the World, at 3 P.M. in the main hall at Concordia Club.
TWB Brewing has a Cinco de Mayo Food Pop-Up with The Lord of the Tacos from 1 to 6 P.M.
Ways to get involved.
Join Runners' Choice Waterloo for the Wings for Life World Run, a truly unique and global race for both runners and wheelchair participants. Instead of a finish line, competitors race side by side to keep ahead of the Virtual Catcher Car.
Meet up with your friends, download the Wings for Life World Run App and join all the other people running at exactly 7 A.M. on Sunday, May 5. The Virtual Catcher Car takes off 30 minutes after the start at 14 km/h and steadily increases its speed until the last athletes have been caught. 100% of all donations and the entry fees go directly into spinal cord research projects.
Maria Simmons has an installation for CAFKA inside the Conestoga Mall. Go check it out!
What to read.
Grand River, St. Mary’s hospitals look at merging (Catherine Thompson, The Record)
New $8-million community centre in Kitchener will be nearly six times larger than current space (Brent Davis, The Record)
Ontario vineyard offers wine in reused bottles cleaned by Kitchener company (Kate Bueckert, CBC KW)
First-of-its-kind Black music festival coming to Kitchener (Josh Piercey, CityNews Kitchener)
Hey Alex how are you? Thanks for putting these together! Love hearing what's going on (+ the reading section at the bottom is awesome).