What to do.

Tuesday, April 5

odd duck wine and provisions is back at Aura-la Pastrie & Provisions from 11-1 with #takeovertuesday. Caramelized onion purée, potato pavé, herbed cabbage slaw, with your choice of: slow cooked Grassfed beef chuck or roasted mushrooms.

@oddduckwandp X @counterpointbrewing 

Belt out your favourite tune with Karaoke Tuesdays at Goldie's Convenience, 9 p.m. till they drag me off stage.

Kitchener Public Library presents 85 Queen: An Evening with Heather Marshall at 7 p.m. Author Heather Marshall visits Kitchener Public Library to discuss her debut novel " Looking For Jane", an instant #1 best-seller.

Your KW Titans take on the Windsor Express at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 6

BeccaHosts has Trivial Dispute at Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. starting at 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 7

The Apollo Cinema’s Cinema KABOOM presents the trucker meets arm wrestling meets parent rights movie you didn’t know you needed to see — Over The Top — at 7 p.m.

Ashwyn Singh, Rusty Nail Comedy, and the Crazy Canuck DTK present for one night only — The Variety Hour in Kitchener! This is a show that celebrates diverse voices in standup comedy, from the socially laughable to the clinically absurd featuring Ashwyn Singh, Peter Saran, Jesse Singh, Clif Knight and special guests. Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Join the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery for Feast for the Senses 12. It’s a night of tapas-style food and drink pairings inspired by works of art in their current exhibitions. Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m.

Back at Descendants, it’s 'A Night at the Movies’ Music Bingo with a playlist comprised of famous tracks from your favourite movies.

Waterloo Public Library and Words Worth Books present a discussion with author Kimia Eslah, a feminist, queer writer based in Kitchener-Waterloo. Her new novel Sister Seen, Sister Heard is a story for every immigrant struggling between cultures, every youth rebelling against parents, and every woman facing assault alone. Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m.

Want to connect with other musicians in the community? Check out Kitchener Public Library’s Musician Meetup in the Heffner Studio at 7 p.m.

Friday, April 8

The Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Workplace Peer2Peer is back with a coffee chat this Friday, April 8 at 9 a.m.

Cosmic Fishing Theatre present SHADED. Based around Arab-Islamic superstitions and explored through the lens of magical realism, shadow puppetry, and mime performance, SHADED asks: How do superstitions, as cultural phenomena, drive us to think, act, and feel in strange ways today? What are the parallels between tradition and superstition? Friday, April 8 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

Bachelor of Public Relations students from Conestoga College are hosting Mickey’s Marvelous Game Night, a virtual fundraising event for Food4Kids.

The KW Jazz Room has Dayramir Gonzalez live at 8 p.m.

Rural Roots Brewing has country music trivia with BeccaHosts at 7:30 p.m.

Doors open for Maxwell’s Punk Rock Night at 7 p.m., with The Crease Rule, Fortune Coven, Coming Clean, and The Moore Ave. Underground.

Saturday, April 9

Learn how to make your own greeting card with the Button Factory Arts Linocut Spring Greeting Card workshop featuring artist Laura Perrin. Saturday, April 9 at 10:30 a.m.

David Gascoigne from Waterloo Region Nature will be hosting a spring bird walk at the Waterloo Public Library's new Eastside Branch at 10 a.m.

It’s time for the Egg-stravaganza at Schneider Haus. Bring along a basket and join them for some outdoor, springtime fun. Try their carrot toss, bunny races and Easter egg scavenger hunt. Saturday, April 9 at 1 p.m.

odd duck, wine and provisions is presenting a drinking food menu at Counterpoint Brewing from 1 - 9 p.m. Dine in or takeout, dishes are all paired directly to the beers available on tap for the day. Small dishes, and snacks, packed with flavour. DM @oddduckwandp for preorder takeout.

The Princess Cinema has a screening of the very weird movie Time Bandits at 9 p.m.

On the anniversary of Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, the Stroll Walking Tour’s Berlin's Great War Stories walk explores life in the small city of Berlin, Ontario, soon to be changed forever. Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 10

Big Bliss x Saje Wellness present Self-Care Sunday at 2 p.m.

Head over to the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery for their Family Sunday event at 1 p.m. You’ll learn how to create a monochromatic portrait inspired by Esther Warkov's The Man From the Ritz, currently on view in From Her Perspective: Portraits by Canadian Women Artists.

Ways to support local.

Join a neighbourhood Earth Day community clean-up. You can register for supplies with the City of Waterloo by April 12 for the clean-ups on April 22 – 24.

SVP Teens is looking for its next grant recipient. Learn more and apply on their website. Registration required by April 14.

If you work in Waterloo Region, take five minutes to help YMCA of Three Rivers Waterloo Region collect the right data to understand employee well-being in our communities.

What to read.

‘King of all the Principals’ a force for positive change (The Record)

Flashback to Kitchener’s iconic gay bar (The Record)

Try a tasty Monte Cristo at Waterloo Region restaurant and purchase pie to support Ukraine (Waterloo Chronicle)

The Black Parent Council of KW formed over concerns that children were going through the same racism and violence their own parents had faced not too long ago (insideWaterloo)

CTV Kitchener's Nicole Lampa embarking on new chapter (CTV)

Welcome Back, Kitchener: City returns to in-person festivals this summer (The Record)