What to do.

Get the week started off right with Yuletide Yoga with Queen Street Yoga at Kitchener Public Library tonight, Monday Dec. 11 at 7 PM. Please bring your own yoga mat as it's frowned upon when you sweat all over the Fiction section.

The awesome folks at Green Light Arts are excited to bring back award-winning artist Izad Etemadi to Kitchener in his second show featuring the character of Leila; a passionate, exuberant, Persian, Muslim woman that has won over the hearts of audiences across Canada and off-broadway in New York City with standing ovations and rave reviews.

A Very Leila Christmas picks up Leila’s story after she’s immigrated to Canada from Tehran, Iran. Leila takes a customer service job in a call centre during the holiday season inspiring her to learn all about this “Christmas-thing Canadians seem to love so much”. Leila tries impressing a co-worker (played by an unsuspecting audience member) by promising to throw the ultimate Christmas party – without any idea of how to do it – and hilarity ensues. Audiences join in singing all their favourite Christmas songs along the way and ultimately help Leila discover the true meaning of Christmas.

Blackball Comedy is back at Rhapsody Barrel Bar this Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 8:30 PM with headliners Nitish Sakhuja and Dylan Gott.

THEMUSEUM's Beer+ series is back this Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 6:30 PM with Beer + Essential Oils. Learn how to make blends to help with headaches, stress and body pain and enjoy a pint of Descendants beer.

The ninth annual Chanukah in the Square celebration is here this Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Join together to mark the start of the holiday of Chanukah, with the lighting of Waterloo Region's tallest Menorah. Enjoy tasty Chanukah treats, and get your own Menorah and candles, dreidels and chocolate gelt.

There DogHausWaterloo annual holiday dog walk is this Wednesday, Dec. 13 starting 7 PM at The Boat House in Victoria Park.

This Thursday, Dec 14 at 7:30 PM, come on down to Midtown to the historic 700+ seat auditorium of KCI for an outstanding music concert. Did you know that KCI auditorium was the previous home to the KW Symphony? (H/T to educator, snow sculptor and all around great guy Matt Morris).

Elliott and the Audio Kings play Ethel's Lounge this Saturday, Dec. 16 starting at 9 PM. Good excuse to check out their reno and eat nachos.

Tri-City Roller Derby is hosting Homemade for the Holidays - Craft and Gift Market at Descendants this Sunday, Dec. 17 from noon till 4 PM.

Matt Weidinger is playing his annual holiday show at The Jazz Room in uptown Waterloo this Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 PM.

The Hub Holiday Market is this Thursday, Dec. 14 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Communitech Hub, 151 Charles St. W. in Kitchener.

Little bit further out - but honestly, we're going to be phoning it in by late December. Head on down to Chainsaw on Saturday, Dec. 30 for a night of food, drinks and live music to benefit the Food Bank Of Waterloo Region!

Admission is 3 non-perishable food items or $5 at the door. All proceeds will go to the Food Bank Of Waterloo Region.

Featuring music from Rawls Royce, Among Legends, Coming Clean, Alex Unger and KW's AntiSocial Surf Club!

Our friends at Astrodog Media have a holiday contents for swag, bragging rights and glory (and also a major grand prize) with Ruff Galaxy.

Play each week to win prizes like toques, tees and hats. The top ten high scorers will win admission to RUFF GALAXY: Unleashed, an in-person tournament held in January 2018, where each entrant is competing to win $10,000.00 (CAD) of in-kind video production services provided by Astrodog Media.

Where to be for...

...Music

Heavy Hearts, Harbour, Gold Finch & More
Thurs. Dec. 14 | 7 PM
Maxwell's

...Trivia

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Trivia
Sun. Dec. 10 | 3 PM
Descendants Beer & Beverage Co.

...Movie

An Evening with Greg Sestero
Thurs. Dec. 14 | 9:30 PM
Princess Cinema