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May 15th, 2023: What’s Happening in Your Neighbourhood?

Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your neighbourhood?

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Everybody romaine calm! The KW Hab plant sale is back!  Herbs, vegetables, flowers and more are on sale now until May 25th.  Check out the links below for more information and to shop all of KW Hab’s Our Farm products!

2023 Our Farm Plant Sale – YouTube     Our Farm – KW Habilitation Shop      Our Farm – KW Habilitation

 

Did you know that Region of Waterloo Museums have events taking place all month? From a family tides workshop, an annual heritage plant sale, a beading workshop, a colours of India cultural day, and a climate change project, there is bound to be something for you!  Click the link below for more event and workshop details.

Calendar – Waterloo Region Museum

 

Art lover?  Want to start connecting with people and ideas through art?  The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery offers free guided walking tours of the museum and current exhibitions. The art gallery is a great place to become inspired and challenged through deeper understandings of ourselves, our cultures and our communities.

Programs & Events | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (kwag.ca)

 

Click here – Activity search | Active Kitchener (activecommunities.com)  –  to see what’s happening at Huron Community Centre

Click here – Activity search | Active Kitchener (activecommunities.com) – to see what’s happening at Forest Heights Community Centre

Click here – Activity search | Active Kitchener (activecommunities.com) – to see what’s happening at Doon Pioneer Community Centre

 

There are plenty of ways to get out and about in Waterloo Region outside your neighbourhood association including:

 

Understanding Autistic Burnout, Inertia, Meltdown and Shutdown (BIMS)

Tuesday May 16, 2023
12:00PM – 1:00PM
FREE
Online
Understanding Autistic Burnout, Inertia, Meltdown, and Shutdown (BIMS) with Dr. Christie Welch – webinar.net

 

A Discussion with Author Carolyn Huizinga Mills

Tuesday May 16, 2023
7:00PM – 8:00PM
FREE
2001 University Avenue East, Waterloo, Ontario
A Discussion with Author Carolyn Huizinga Mills – Waterloo Public Library (wpl.ca)

 

Fever Dreams Comedy with Ronnie Edwards

Tuesday May 16, 2023
7:30PM
$11.98
The Crazy Canuck Kitchener – 141 Ontario Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
Fever Dream Comedy with Ronnie Edwards Tickets, Tue, May 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite

 

QUEEN – It’s A Kinda Magic

Wednesday May 17, 2023
8:00PM
$40.00 – $69.00
Centre In The Square – 101 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
Queen | Centre In The Square

 

Experimental Drawing

Thursday May 18, 2023
10:00AM – 1:00PM
$45.20
101 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
Experimental Drawing | Thursday 18 May | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (kwag.ca)

 

Technology to Support Independence

Thursday May 18, 2023
10:00AM – 11:00AM
FREE
Online
Technology to Support Independence – May 18, 2023 (constantcontact.com)

 

Mandalas – Creative Workshop

Thursday May 18, 2023
10:30AM – 12:30PM
$20.00
Button Factory Arts – 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario
May 18th- Mandalas | Jakki Annerino (creative workshop) (buttonfactoryarts.ca)

 

Artist Talk: Jessica Karuhanga

Thursday May 18, 2023
7:00PM – 8:00PM
FREE
101 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
Artist Talk: Jessica Karuhanga | Thursday 18 May | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (kwag.ca)

 

Little Big Band Theory

Friday May 19, 2023
8:00PM
$25.00
The Jazz Room – 59 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario
Little Big Band Theory | Little Big Band Theory, Waterloo, ON live at The Jazz Room – May 19, 2023 (ticketscene.ca)

 

Scarf Workshop

Saturday May 20, 2023
9:30AM – 1:00PM
$60.00
Kitchener-Waterloo Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild – 161 Stirling Avenue South, Kitchener, Ontario
KWWS – Kitchener-Waterloo Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild

 

How To Take A Great Photo

Saturday May 20, 2023
10:00AM – 11:30AM
FREE
Only1 Andy Wright Photography & Design – 277-44 Gaukel Street, Kitchener, Ontario
How To Take A Great Photo Tickets, Sat, 20 May 2023 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

 

Danae Olano from Cuba “Women in Jazz Series”

Saturday May 20, 2023
8:00PM
$20.00
The Jazz Room – 59 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario
Danae Olano from Cuba “Women in Jazz Series” sponsored by DIVA International | Danae Olano from Cuba “Women in Jazz Series, Waterloo, ON live at The Jazz Room – May 20, 2023 (ticketscene.ca)

 

Pinch Cabaret

Saturday May 20, 2023
8:00PM – 10:30PM
$6.66
Button Factory Arts – 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario
Pinch Cabaret #18 Tickets, Sat, 20 May 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Colours of India

Sunday May 21, 2023
1:00PM – 3:00PM
$11.00 (Museum Admission fee)
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum – 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, Ontario
Colours of India – Indian Cultural Day (waterlooregionmuseum.ca)