What to do.

Tuesday, March 17

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the families who create homes away from home for your Kitchener Rangers on March 17 at the Kitchener Rangers St. Patrick’s Day game and  Billet Appreciation Night! The Rangers are taking on the Flint Firebirds at home, and they’re turning the Aud green with St. Patrick’s Day spirit, from festive décor to green beer, as the Ranger Nation celebrates in true Irish style. 

The Irish Rovers are playing at Centre in the Square at 8 pm.

The Boathouse has live Irish music for St. Patrick's Day featuring the Mighty Kin! Make a reservation!

Wednesday, March 18

The UW Music Noon Hour Concert (at noon) is Between Grace and Fire with Lucy Liuxuan Zhang and Woobin Park.

The Kitchener Rangers and the City of Kitchener are teaming up once again to bring the second annual Downtown Showdown to Carl Zehr Square on Wednesday, March 18 from 12–5 PM! The afternoon features:

• Live 3-on-3 Rangers road hockey tournament (six fast-paced games + a championship final!)
• Autographs all afternoon with your favourite Rangers
• Photos with Tex roaming the square
• Live DJ + high-energy performance by The Trevor Show
• ree hot chocolate & maple taffy
• Fire trucks, police vehicles & the City’s electric Zamboni up close
• Hot dogs with Kitchener Minor Hockey (donations welcome!)

Dirty Work Studio is hosting its first DWS Lecture featuring English PHD Candidate Haley Down. This talk and discussion examines the multifaceted role of recipes in women’s food memoirs. Down argues that recipes within memoirs are not just practical, they invite the reader to participate in the text with their own bodies, something most literary forms do not do. 6 to 8 pm. PWYC.

TWB Brewing x Seen on Screen Podcast have 1996: The "Wait That Was 30 Years Ago?!" Trivia Night at 7 pm.

Thursday, March 19

The Rabbid Fox has Disney Music Bingo from 8 to 10 pm.

Imagine a true crime podcast meets a Sunday barbecue you are invited to. Welcome to Stanley Court. Your hosts, Simon and Denise, have been lovingly married for thirty-one years. While awaiting the arrival of their daughter, Sophie, they re-examine their past and share details of their sleepy neighbourhood, their disappointing barbecue, and the sinister secret their neighbour kept hidden for twelve years. Straight from its opening at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Nicolas Billon’s The Neighbours comes to the Conrad Centre. Directed by Green Light Art’s Matt White, The Neighbours explores how ordinary people can become entangled in extraordinary cruelty and how communities reckon with uncomfortable truths. Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, 36 King St. W., March 19—29.

Anything goes at this month's Pinch Presents: SHOW & TELL open mic. Comedy, Music, Burlesque, Poetry, Drag, Performance Art, Lectures, Rants, etc! 5 min spots / Performer sign up at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm / Sliding scale tickets $5-$15 / Waterloo Visitor Info Centre (10 Father David Bauer Dr).

LWIFF is back with another free movie and discussion at the Princess Twin on March 19! Along with The Auntie's Dandelion and O:se Kenhionhata:tie (Willow River Centre), they are screening three Haudenosaunee short films, each providing a unique look at how wellbeing emerges from land, language and kinship. A guided community discussion will help attendees to deepen their understanding of how these factors can support community thriving in the Waterloo Region. 

The UW Art Gallery is hosting an opening reception for CODA: 52nd Fine Arts Senior Undergraduate Exhibition from 5 to 8 pm. This annual exhibition captures the creativity and diversity of practices that students have been exploring in the studio arts program.

It's a Sudbury Saturday Night. On a Thursday. In Kitchener. Your KW Titans are taking on the Sudbury 5 at The Aud. Tip off is at 7 pm!

Rell has general knowledge trivia at Farm League Brewing at 7 pm.

Friday, March 20

Dirty Work Studio is holding Deplatform Party, Part II – again! This is a celebration of the love of analog. In Part I, they chatted and committed to migrating off Spotify, a conversation which gave rise to the many ways we used to share music — mixtapes, etc.In Part II, on March 20, they'll be burning CDs, collaging covers for said mixtapes, and there’ll be opportunities to try tape dubbing and vinyl ripping too.

Centre in the Square has Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin: Duo Piano at 8 pm.

Excuse Me is playing The Boathouse at 7 pm. Ticketed event.

The Jendy Way is playing live at the Lancaster Smokehouse from 6 to 9 pm.

Public Seating DIY presents Brantford riot grrl trio Ruby Doom B, psychedelic garage rock sweet hearts Pretty the Band, local all star noise makers Frankie Teardrop, and rising gothic soul artist Caine at Fresh Ground Cafe at 8, doors at 7 pm.

Saturday, March 21

Join KW Library Things at their "How to Hang a Picture Workshop" where you'll learn how to hang a picture like a pro. If you're tired of hoping your frames are level, that you actually hit a stud, or that you used the right wall anchors, this is for you. $10 for this two hour workshop. Proceeds go towards strengthening the sharing economy and accessible employment in the Waterloo Region.

Shop Vintage, retro and prelove clothing, pop culture memorabilia, Blind Date with a Book, glassware, pottery, home decor, art and more at the Lucky Duck Pop-up Vintage Market at Wave Maker Craft Brewing from 1 to 5 pm.

The Waterloo Historical Society welcomes Philip Augustine to detail some of his family’s background in Berlin/Kitchener. Doors open at 12:30PM and the meeting begins at 1:15PM at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church lot at 54 Benton St., Kitchener. As always there is no admission charge to WHS meetings and everyone is welcome.

UW Music presents Longing & Love: Chamber Choir concert at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 23 Water Street North, Kitchener.  Admission is $10 general, $5 students.  Tickets are available at the door.

Midnight Run Café is hosting a creative writing workshop on World Poetry Day at 7 pm led by two local published poets and authors, Ana Dee and r.k. gandi. The event is a relaxed 2.5-hour session focused on developing new creative writing techniques, speaking about available government funding for creatives writing projects, answering publishing questions, and creating a welcoming space for people who enjoy writing or are curious about publishing. Special offer for TL;WR readers—$10 off with code POETRY at checkout.

Sunday, March 22

UW Music is back at it with Orchestra@UWaterloo goes to the Opera at 7:30pm at Knox Presbyterian Church. Together with the Grand River Opera and the University of Waterloo Choir, the orchestra will present a selection of popular opera pieces by composers such as Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss

Dirty Work Studio is hosting creative code for riso, with lee wilkins in the studio experimenting with bringing code and print together! Learn about code, riso printing and why code for riso works. 12 to 3 pm. $15.

Play with Clay Cambridge has a stein making workshop at Farm League Brewing from 6 to 9 pm.

Laurier Music and Retail Therapy KW are hosting an afternoon of live music, refreshments, and thrifting! Join them from 2-6pm for an interactive musical shopping experience. All are welcome and encouraged to come out. Donations encouraged as all proceeds will support the DVVA and our local KW community! It's a capstone project hosted by Maya and Alexis.

Fast Eddie and friends are playing live at Short Finger Brewing from 2 to 5 pm.

Monday, March 23

Porchlight is hosting a series of free Queer+ Teen Crafting Nights, and you can check it out on Monday, March 23. They happen at the Cambridge Food Bank (54 Ainslie St. S.) Mondays from 5-6:30. They're designed for teens ages 13-17 who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ or are questioning.

What to do March Break?

Kicking it in KW for March Break? Have kids at home and looking for something to do?

THEMUSEUM has March Break programming, including:

• Monday, March 16: THEFARM indoor petting zoo returns thanks to Triple C Farm.
• Tuesday, March 17: Paint THEMUSEUM Green for St. Patrick’s Day with the IRL Festival.
• Wednesday, March 18: $9.99 Wednesday, open late with reduced admission until 9 PM.
• Thursday, March 19: Be awed by a magic show with tricks the family will love.
• Friday, March 20: Ahoy, matey! A Pirate Show will wash ashore at THEMUSEUM.
• Saturday, March 21: International Day of Colour Maker Market, featuring local artists and businesses offering all things colourful and bright.

Or...check out indoor mini golf at Putt Social!

They've got a special March Break deal from March 16—20. Kids golf free with 1 paid admission from noon to 3 pm.

You can also have fun all week long at Region of Waterloo Museums and Libraries!

Tuesday, March 17

• 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Games – In partnership with Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre (Wellesley Library Branch)
• 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Puppet Adventures! – Presented by Puppets Elora (Bloomingdale Library Branch)
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Speaking of Wildlife Meet and Greet (Schneider Haus – Kitchener)

Wednesday, March 18

• 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Comics and Anime – In partnership with Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre (New Dundee Library Branch)
• 2 to 3 p.m. – Science and Slime Show with Busy Bees Parties (Baden Library Branch)
• 2 to 3:30 p.m. – Skate with RWL! (Bill Gies Rec Centre, Wellesley)

Thursday, March 19

• 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Operation Autopilot! – In partnership with Engineering Science Quest (Linwood Library Branch)

Friday, March 20

• 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Meet the Zamboni! The Coolest Machine on Ice – In partnership with the Township of Wilmot (Wilmot Rec Complex – Baden)
• 2 to 3 p.m. – Art with an Artist: Bigfoot and Wizards with Sara McTavish (St. Clements Library Branch)
• 2 to 3 p.m. – Walk on the Wildside – Therapy Dog Visit (Schneider Haus – Kitchener)

Saturday, March 21

• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Skull Detectives (Schneider Haus – Kitchener)
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Eid Carnival (Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum – Kitchener)

What to read.

Why Waterloo Region is Canada’s Culinary Capital This Year (Alex Bielak, Food for Thought)

Rock This Town Returns With a New Era of Music History (Ayden Elworthy, Community Edition)

Retro Rollers Rolls Into Kitchener (Alex Kinsella, Community Edition)