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May 8th, 2023: What’s Happening in Your Neighbourhood?

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

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Looking for something to do with mom or someone special in your life this weekend to celebrate Mother’s Day?  There are tons of options in Kitchener and Waterloo this Saturday and Sunday to spend quality time with loved ones!  From flower arrangement workshops,  high tea, brunch, cooking classes with wine, and a paint soiree with live entertainment, there is bound to be something for you and your family.  Check out the links below for more details!

Mother’s Day Floral Workshop: Make Your Own Floral Arrangement Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Mother’s Day High Tea in St Jacobs Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Mother’s Day Lunch Tickets, Sun, 14 May 2023 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Mother’s Day – Cooking with Wine Tickets, Sat, 13 May 2023 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Mother’s Day Brunch + Paint Soirée with Live Entertainment Tickets, Sat, 13 May 2023 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Live music lovers – every Wednesday and Friday from 12:00PM – 1:00PM in the month of May, there will be a “Live at Lunch Music Series” taking place at Carl Zehr Square (Kitchener City Hall).  Grab some lunch, bring your friends, and enjoy free live music downtown Kitchener!

Festivals, Events & Experiences – Downtown Kitchener

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Youth Adults Writers’ Group

Tuesday May 9 to Tuesday June 13, 2023
6:30PM – 7:30PM
$5.00
Online
Provincial – Virtual Young Adults Writers’ Group | Autism Ontario

 

Creating Your Individualized Housing and Support Plan

Wednesday May 10, 2023
10:00AM – 12:30PM
FREE
Online
Events Calendar (dsontario.ca)

 

Stencil Printmaking

Thursday May 11, 2023
10:30AM – 12:30PM
$20.00
Button Factory Arts – 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario
Stencil Printmaking / Judy Major-Girardin (Creative workshop) (buttonfactoryarts.ca)

 

55 & Better: Magic Butterfly Lanterns

Thursday May 11, 2023
1:30PM – 2:30PM
FREE
The MUSEUM – 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
55 & Better: Magic Butterfly Lanterns – THEMUSEUM

 

Learn to Cricut

Thursday May 11, 2023
2:00PM – 4:00PM
FREE
500 Parkside Drive, Waterloo, Ontario
Learn to Cricut – Waterloo Public Library (wpl.ca)

 

Japanese Woodblock Printing

Friday May 12, 2023
10:00AM – 4:00PM
$85.00
Button Factory Arts – 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario
Japanese woodblock printing | Elizabeth Forrest (buttonfactoryarts.ca)

 

Follow Your Heart Wampum Edition – Beading Workshop

Saturday May 13, 2023
10:30AM – 4:30PM
$169.99
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery – 25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario
Follow Your Heart Wampum Edition, beading workshop with Naomi Smith Tickets, Sat, 13 May 2023 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite

 

Tommy Younsteen – Bruce Springsteen Tribute Act
Saturday May 13, 2023
8:00PM
$32.50
The MUSEUM – 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Tommy Youngsteen – THEMUSEUM

 

Mother’s Day Drag Brunch

Sunday May 14, 2023
11:00AM – 1:30PM
$11.98
Rhythm and Brews Brewing Company – 1000 Bishop Street North Unit #10, Cambridge, Ontario
Mother’s Day Drag Brunch- Cambridge Tickets, Sun, 14 May 2023 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

 

Virtual Adult Cooking Program

Sunday May 14 to Sunday June 18, 2023
5:30PM – 6:30PM
$5.00
Online
Provincial – Virtual Adult Cooking Program (ages 18+) | Autism Ontario