Category: Music/Art/Drama

Social Justice Activists are entertainers too

A free Night of Labour Films, 7pm Thursday 28 November 2024 at the Apollo Cinema

What: Five short Labour films
When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Thursday 28 November 2024
Where: Apollo Cinema
Location: 141 Ontario Street North, Kitchener Map
RSVP: https://waterloolabour.ca/events/cliff24-waterloo-region-screening/

From the Waterloo Regional Labour Council (white letters on a blue background, under stylized letters WRCL shaped to look like two intertwining arms in solidarity)Waterloo Region Labour Council:

Get ready for a cinematic experience that celebrates the spirit of the labour movement! We’re excited to invite you to an evening of inspiring and thought-provoking films from the CLiFF Canadian Labour International Film Festival The Workers' Film Festival (Orange letters, with a red start in place of the dot on the i in CLiFF)Canadian Labour International Film Festival!

We’ll be showcasing five captivating short films, including:

Curious about what to expect? Learn more about the film lineup at Labour Films

Feel free to bring your friends, and let’s make it a memorable evening!

Can’t wait to see you there! 🎥✨

WE ARE A MEMBER OF
Canadian Labour Congress
Ontario Federation of Labour

50 Sportsworld Crossing Road (East Building), Suite ,
Kitchener, ON N2P 0A4, Canada

Film: Walking Through The Fire at Zion United Church, New Hamburg at 7pm on Thursday 14 November 2024

From Caterina Lindman’s newsletter:

What: Walking Through the Fire
When: 7:00pm on Thursday 14 November 2024
Where: Zion United Church
Location: Map
Register: https://walkingwilmot.eventbrite.ca

This is the screening of a visual album, entitled Walking Through the Fire. It’s an opportunity to hear music and stories from Indigenous musicians from across Canada. This film, created by the award-winning Sultans of String, will be screened at Zion United Church, New Hamburg on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7 p.m. Register now.

Sultans of String Walking Through the Fire A Visual Album (illustrations of guitars on fire)

Stand Up For PCL fundraiser, Wednesday 6 November 2024 at Maxwell’s Concerts & Events

When: 7:00pm on Wednesday 6 November 2024
Where: Maxwell’s Concerts & Events
Location: 35 University Avenue East, Waterloo Ontario Map
Website: Stand up for PCL – Comedy Event
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/stand-up-for-pcl-comedy-event-tickets-1000355358807

Parents for Community Living (line drawing of a house with three circles with the text under an extended roof)Parents for Community Living is having a fundraiser: Join Parents for Community Living for an evening of laughter and purpose as we Stand Up for PCL to help develop housing for people with developmental disabilities.

Attendees will be treated to uproarious performances by top-notch comedians Rob Bebenek and Martha Chaves. The evening will be a blend of entertainment and goodwill as the power of laughter brings people together for a positive impact.

7:00pm doors open and silent auction begins. Show starts at 8:00pm (approx.90 min show). Wrap up of silent auction after the show.

Join Us For an Evening of Laughter and Purpose Parents for Community Living Proudly presented by: Wawanesa Insurance Gowling WLG 2nd Annual Stand Up For PCL Rusty Nail Comedy Eventbrite Tickets $45 $40.00 Early Bird Ends Sept 30th Students $35 Feature Sponsors: Erb & Erb Financial Services Graham Mathew Western Financial Group Canada's Insurance Broker Josslin Insurance a Real Insurance Broker Voisin Chrysler Elmira Wilmot Technologies Your Personal IT Department Headliner Rob Bebenek Headliner Matha Chaves Nov 6 2024 Stand Up for PCL Maxwell's Concerts & Events 35 University Avenue East Waterloo Doors Open & Silent Auction begins 7:00pm Show Starts 8:00pm Tickets available on Eventbrite (various sponsor logos, and photos of the headliners)

Movie and Discussion: A Human Picture, 7pm Wednesday 6 November 2024 at the John M. Harper library

What: Movie and Discussion: A Human Picture
When: 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Wednesday 6 November 2024
Where: John M. Harper Branch, Waterloo Public Library
Location: 500 Fischer-Hallman Road North, Waterloo Map
Register: https://calendar.wpl.ca/event/11998737 for both in-person and online by Zoom.

Shared by Basic Income Waterloo Region (logo is an illustration of three people with arms in the air beside a green leaf, surrounded by a green circle)Basic Income WR:

Join us for a viewing of the short documentary film A Human Picture, about Ontario’s short-lived, but transformational Basic Income Pilot. The session will also include informative presentations and discussions with local experts about this important topic.

The event is being offered in-person and online via Zoom. Please indicate whether your registration is for in-person or online. Those attending online will be sent a Zoom link the day before the event.

Presented in partnership with Basic Income Waterloo Region, a group of community members dedicated to a Basic Income Guarantee as a critical solution to eliminating poverty, responding to the rise of automation in the workforce, and boosting or stimulating the local economy.

Learn more and register at: https://calendar.wpl.ca/event/11998737
A Human Picture A participatory exploration of Ontario's Basic Income Pilot. (a woman on the right standing on a ladder putting pictures on a gray concrete wall of people holding signs; there are five pictures already mounted. To the left is an overlay of various film awards, including "Official Selection Hamilton Film Festival 2023")

LWIFF and Fight For Farmland Film Night, Monday 28 October 2024

What: Film Screening and Discussion: Rebels With A Cause – How a battle over land changed the landscape forever Fight For Farmland (B&W letters with a line drawing of a fist holding a stem of wheat, on a salmon-pink background)
When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Monday 28 October 2024
Where: Princess Twin Cinemas
Location: 46 King Street North, Waterloo Map
Register: Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebels-with-a-cause-free-film-screening-discussion-tickets-1038678975777
More info: Wilmot Fight For Farmland Upcoming Events

Rebels With A Cause – How a battle over land changed the landscape forever- A DOCUMENTARY by NANCY KELLY and KENJI YAMAMOTO will be playing at at the Princess Twin Cinema on October 28th from 7-9pm. This is a free film night hosted by the Laurier Wellbeing Film Forum (LWIFF) to learn about and discuss the proposed industrial development of Wilmot Township and explore what it would mean for the future of the Waterloo Region.

Advance registration for this free screening is required to guarantee entrance and tickets are going fast with only a few left. Please sign up at Eventbrite.

Rebels With A Cause How a battle over land changed the landscape forever A documentary by Nancy Kelly and Kenje Yamamoto October 28th, 2024 Princess Twin Cinema 7-9pm Sign up here (QR code) A free film night to learn about and discuss the proposed industrial development of Wilmot Township and explore what it would mean for the future of Waterloo Region (an aerial photo of a town at the water's edge with a mountain ridge in the foreground, a photo of people walking away from the camera, logos for Fight For Farmland and LWIFF
A free film night to learn about and discuss the proposed industrial development of Wilmot Township and explore what it would mean for the future of Waterloo Region.

Egypt Week Finale, 11:45am on Sunday 27 October 2024 at First United Church, Waterloo

Egypt Week 20-27 October 2024 (red, green, black, and white lettering on a papyrus background)
What: Egypt Week Finale
When: Sunday 27 October 2024 starting at 11:45am
Where: First United Church
Location: 16 William Street West, Waterloo, Ontario Map
Website: https://www.crosscultures.ca/2024/10/23/finale-of-the-week/
Contact: office@firstunitedchurch.ca

You’re invited to United Church’s first inter-cultural Lunch and Learn event
This is a great chance to connect and learn together – everyone is welcome !

enjoy Egypt’s rich culture and heritage . . . savour . . . a u t h e n t i c . . . Egyptian cuisine, listen to Ehaab Abdou and Sally Dawoud duet of spiritual acapella . . . Maged Zarif and 3agwand band . . . plenty of turath and sing along

Egyptian artists . . . and a sing along

sponsored by Outreach Committee & Vision Fund Grant
c/o Rev Hoeun Lee
at the uptown Waterloo United Church
in the Hilliard Hall after the Sunday service
16 William Street West, Waterloo, ON N2L 1J3 @King Street South (Bridgeport exit from hwy)

Intercultural Lunch and Learn Egyptian food & stories October 27 (2024) 11:45am Hilliard Hall First United Church 16 William St. W, Waterloo Stories Ehaab D. Abdou WLU Professor Gehan D. Sabry Cross Cultures Music Eagwand Band Egyptian Food Matbakh Balady A Taste to Remember Freewill Donation For more information, contact office@firstunitedchurch.ca

KW Palestine Solidarity Day, Sunday 28 July 2024 at Carl Zehr Square

What: KW Palestine Solidarity Day
When: Sunday 28 July 2024 from 1:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener City Hall
Location: 200 King Street West, Kitchener Map
Online: Instagram @kwpalestinefestival

The 3rd annual KW Palestine Festival introduces Solidarity Day: The World Stands with Palestine🇵🇸

Hosted by Sporas Scattered and the Palestinian Youth Movement.

Due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, we have changed the nature of this event from one of celebration to one of commemoration. Through this event, we hope to raise funds to support those in Gaza facing hardship and raise awareness of the Palestinian cause. As a Solidarity event, we seek to foster connections with our community and allies, uniting people who have been directly or indirectly affected by the current events. This is a safe space to express and connect with Palestine culture and tradition.

Program

2:00 PM Opening Remarks & Drumming Circle by Landback
2:30 PM Palestinian Poetry Performance
3:00 PM Palestine Trivia with Prizes
3:45 PM Irish Ceili Dance Teach-in
4:30 PM Palestinian Folklore Performance
6:30 PM Asala Dabke
7:00 PM Mustafa Al-Azzawi
8:00 PM Mawtini Performance

A poster with silhouttes of dozens of people celebrating with hands in the air, holding five full-colour Palestinian flags. Solidarity Day The World Stands With Palestine Join us for a day of commemorating Palestinian Culture Vendors | Live Band | Games | Food | Performances | Prizes July 28, 2024 | 1:00-9:00PM Carl Zehr Square (200 King St, W, Kitchener, ON) There are sponsor logos for Palestinian Youth Movement and Sporas Scattered at the top.

Poster with a banner of seven Palestinian flags at the top, in the background sever people wearing keffiyehs raising their fists in salute, one holding a large Palestinian flag. Text: Palestine Solidarity Day Program 2:00 PM Opening Remarks & Drumming Circle by Landback 2:30 PM Palestinian Poetry Performance 3:00 PM Palestine Trivia with Prizes 3:45 PM Irish Ceili Dance Teach-in 4:30 PM Palestinian Folklore Performance 6:30 PM Asala Dabke 7:00 PM Mustafa Al-Azzawi 8:00 PM Mawtini Performance (sponsor logos at bottom: Palestinian Youth Movement; Sporas Scattered)

Waterloo Bookfest, now on Sunday 26 May 2024 from 2pm to 8pm at Waterloo Public Square

Due to the anticipated rain, showers, drizzle, cloudburst, storm, downpour, deluge, and other forms of precipitation the Waterloo Bookfest will now be held on
Sunday 26 May 2024

What: Waterloo Bookfest
When: 2:00pm to 8:00pm, Sunday 26 May 2024
Where: Waterloo Public Square
Location: 75 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario Map
Online: KW Writers Alliance https://kwwritersalliance.com/bookfest-2024/

Waterloo Bookfest, Sunday May 26 - 2pm to 8pm, Waterloo Public Square. Find your next summer read! Book Sale, Local Authors, Live Readings. FREE! kwwritersalliance.com/bookfest-2024

Waterloo Bookfest

Find your next summer read!

  • Book Sale
  • Local Authors
  • Live Readings
  • Free!

Family Story Hour starting a 2pm. Waterloo Bookfest, Saturday May 25, Waterloo Public Square. Featuring local children's authors: Danette Byatt, Peggy Dietrich, Elizabeth Ngazi Mbonu, Carolyn Wilker, Christine Callahan-Oke, Jennifer Harris, HM Newsome, Sandra Wilson. kwwritersalliance.com/bookfest-2024

Family Story Hour

Starting at 2:00pm on Sunday 26 May 2024
Featuring local children’s authors:

  • Danette Byatt
  • Peggy Dietrich
  • Elizabeth Ngazi Mbonu
  • Carolyn Wilker
  • Christine Callahan-Oke
  • Jennifer Harris
  • HM Newsome
  • Sandra Wilson

More info at the KW Writers Alliance Bookfest 2024 page.

Waterloo Bookfest – 1pm-7pm Saturday 9 September 2023 at Waterloo Public Square

Waterloo Bookfest | Book sale. Local authors. Live readings. | Saturday September 9 (2023) 1pm - 7 pm | Waterloo Public Square | Calling all authors! Do you want to participate in BookFest 2023? Apply by July 15 | www.kwwritersalliance.com/2023-2 (illustration of a pile of colourful books on a graduated blue-pink background)Grand River Writers & KW Writer’s Alliance are hosting Bookfest 2023.

Featuring dozens of authors across numerous genres in fiction and non-fiction, as well as performances by local storytellers.

Schedule

  • 1pm – 4pm Author Readings
  • 4pm – 6pm Storyteller performances
  • 6pm – 7pm Q&As with Katie Mack and E.K. Johnston

What: Waterloo Bookfest 2023
When: 1:00pm – 7:00pm Saturday 9 September 2023
Where: Waterloo Public Square
Location: 75 King Street South, Waterloo Map
Website: https://kwwritersalliance.com/bookfest/2023-2/

CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo | Community Connections (black and purple lettering on a teal background)Listen to an interview with Bookfest organizer Vanessa Ricci-Thode on CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo, 3:00pm on Friday 1 September 2023

Waterloo Bookfest | Local authors. Live readings. | Saturday September 9th (2023) | 1pm - 7pm | Waterloo Public Square (black letters on a graduated green-orange background, with a line drawing of an open book)

VEFOFEST Popup + Jaqui NDS Tribute

Join UW Animal Rights Society for an evening of powerful music, speakers, poetry, art, estatic dance, food, & inspiring performances.

Instagram: @UWAnimalRights, @VEFOmusic

Saturday July 29th (2023) 4pm at University of Waterloo Arts Quad (Dana Porter Library) | VEFOFEST Popup + Jaqui NDS Tribute | Join us for an evening of powerful music, speakers, poetry, art, estatic dance, food, & inspiring performances. | @UWAnimalRights @VEFOmusic (black letters on a gradient purple-to-green background, with a clip art image of a leaping dancer, a staff of musical notes, and a ribbon microphone)