Your TL;WR for October 20 to 26

We're keeping Dave Pettitt and his family in our thoughts.

What to do.

Tuesday, October 20

Many groups emerged in the 1960s with an interest in a free Quebec, each with their own ideas. These groups will be defined and explored in a lecture titled “Vive le Québec libre”: Separatism, Sovereignty, and Nationalisms in 1960s Quebec and Canada by Dr. Matthew Hayday, a history professor from the University of Guelphat. RIM Park fro 1:30 - 3:00pm. $10 at the door.

The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre is hosting Accessibility as Innovation at KPL's Central Branch at 6:30 pm. Explore how accessibility can inspire new ideas, products, services, and business opportunities.

Wednesday, October 21

Bag work or school and check out a screening of You Can See Everything at 1 pm at the Princess Twin.

Thursday, October 22

The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery has an end-of-season harvest party, publication launch, and community celebration from 6 to 8 pm. Over the summer, sophia bartholomew and Shalaka Jadhav hosted gatherings at their garden plot, and visited community members in their gardens. Through this series of reciprocal visits, they have produced a publication that compiles the gardening tips, tricks, stories, and photographs gathered in people’s gardens.

Little Mushroom Dining Lounge has Delicious Words Tapas & Poetry Night, a night of great locally sourced food, drink, and poetry readings to fill your stomach and soul. Come anytime after 6pm for drinks and tapas. Poets will begin to share around 7pm. Reservations suggested.

The Pairs & Tennyson King play Emmanuel United Church at 7:30 pm, doors at 6:45 pm.

Friday, October 23

Celebrate Small Business Week with the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre's Business Exchange Open Mic Edition (that's a lot of business). It's an evening of B2B networking, meaningful business connections, and more for Waterloo Region’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. Connect with fellow entrepreneurs, exchange ideas and opportunities, discover local B2B products and services, build partnerships, and showcase your business. Get a professional headshot by Rob Cooper — available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Phil with some Skil has Halloween Music Bingo at Rural Roots Brewing from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.

Can trees communicate with one another? What about with animals? How many litres of sap does it take to make maple syrup? How do trees protect our health... and what are the easiest ways we can reciprocate to protect theirs? Join TWB Brewing to uncover the mysteries of trees with trivia host Negin Safdari at 7 pm.

Join the audience at Homer Watson House & Gallery for a chance to receive a live reading from local psychic Gada Jane! Gada offers insight into people, relationship, love, career, and life situations.

Brandon Dean plays Farm League Brewing at 7 pm.

Ian Sirota headlines Rusty Nail Comedy at 7:30 pm at TWH Social.

Saturday, October 24

October is Women's History Month in Canada. Join Stroll Walking Tours & Phidon Pens for a special collaboration walking tour celebrating Cambridge Women! After the Cambridge HERstory walking tour (11am - 1pm), you'll meet Mano Duggal, co-owner of Phidon Pens and you'll receive a free journal. Then head over to Disko Coffee for a warm drink of chai tea and a short time of journaling (1:00 - 1:45pm).

AutoCate x Society Of Beer Drinking Ladoes presents: Broads, Brooms & Brews! Join them at the AutoCate shop (86 Rankin St. Unit 3B, Waterloo) for a witchy night of local craft beer, great music, and a night with the ghouls! Bring your dog or your designated driver, and let’s get spooky! Halloween costumes encouraged but not required (best costume wins a prize!) 19+

Little Mushroom Dining Lounge has a three-course cider pairing dinner with Great Lakes Farms Cider at 6 pm. Appetizer, main, and dessert accompanied by ciders at each course is $75 per person. Great Lakes Farms is a local family run apple farm and cidery in Port Stanley, Ontario. Reservations required.

There's a Nightmare Oddity Market at Bingemans from 5 to 10 pm with over 50 vendors.

Midnight Run Cafe has its Autumn Crochet Night at 7:30 pm.

The legendary Pinch Cabaret Variety Show is serving up a sizzling lineup of Bellydance, Storytelling, Ukrainian Folk Music, Performance Art, Comedy, Burlesque, Zines & who knows what else! Sat Oct 24 - 8pm | Button Factory Arts - 25 Regina St, Waterloo. Sliding scale tix $5-$30.

Step back in time with Sandy of Vestika's Oddities for a special séance at Homer Watson House & Gallery. Sandy will conduct a true séance in the very room that Homer Watson, Phoebe Watson, and William Lyon Mackenzie King once did the same.

Sunday, October 25

The Patti Payne Quartet is playing at The Galt Club on Sunday from 2 to 5 pm. Reservations recommended.

Luster & Oak have their annual Night Market at Arabella Park Beer Bar from 6 to 10 pm.

Good Co. Productions has one of their awesome secret shows. Who's playing? It's a secret. Where are they playing? It's a secret. Will you be there? Only you know.

Monday, October 26

The Princess Cinema has The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 7 pm.

Ways to get involved.

For many of the families supported by Food4Kids Waterloo Region, the holidays don’t offer the same comfort and restoration as they do for the rest of us. It can be a time of making difficult sacrifices to ensure there is enough food to go around, limiting spending in order to make ends meet, and at times facing unexpected challenges that arise in the blink of an eye.

This year for the holidays, you can make a significant impact for children in our community by donating to Food4Kids Waterloo Region. You’re doing more than just feeding children in need; you’re reminding them and their families that despite their current challenges, they still deserve to feel the magic and warmth of the holiday season.

For $200, you can feed one child through the two weeks they’re away from school for the winter break. The children you’re supporting are your neighbours, a friend of a child in your family, or even a stranger—all of whom thank you immensely for your generosity.

Learn more and donate today!